Freeze Warnings in New York
468 freeze warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 468
- Busiest year
- 201248 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 21over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Warren County86
- Washington County69
- Herkimer County68
- Cayuga County65
- Saratoga County63
- Orange County62
- Putnam County62
- Westchester County62
- Franklin County58
- Essex County54
- Ulster County51
- St. Lawrence County50
- Suffolk County49
- Clinton County48
- Hamilton County47
- Rockland County46
- Greene County46
- Rensselaer County46
- Chautauqua County45
- Erie County44
- Schenectady County42
- Columbia County41
- Lewis County40
- Albany County40
- Onondaga County40
- Dutchess County38
- Fulton County38
- Oswego County37
- Allegany County37
- Seneca County36
- Yates County36
- Cattaraugus County34
- Oneida County34
- Jefferson County32
- Livingston County32
- Genesee County31
- Montgomery County30
- Schoharie County30
- Steuben County30
- Ontario County30
22 more counties
- Wyoming County29
- Delaware County28
- Madison County28
- Monroe County27
- Wayne County27
- Otsego County26
- Niagara County26
- Orleans County26
- Chemung County25
- Cortland County25
- Schuyler County25
- Bronx County24
- Tompkins County24
- Kings County23
- New York County23
- Richmond County23
- Chenango County23
- Tioga County23
- Sullivan County23
- Broome County22
- Nassau County22
- Queens County21
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:51 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 29 hr |
| May 21, 1:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 31 hr |
| May 11, 1:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison and 7 more | 19 hr |
| May 11, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 19 hr |
| May 11, 1:23 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson and 4 more | 19 hr |
| May 11, 1:06 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | Greene, Herkimer, Schoharie, Ulster | 19 hr |
| May 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 18 hr |
| May 2, 1:15 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates | 17 hr |
| May 2, 12:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 15 hr |
| May 1, 1:30 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 20 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester | 43 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 18 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.