Alert archive / North Carolina
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina
690 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
- 690
- Busiest year
- 200755 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 31over 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.
- Burke County97
- Caldwell County97
- McDowell County97
- Lincoln County83
- Cherokee County83
- Clay County83
- Davie County83
- Bladen County82
- Jackson County82
- Rowan County82
- Robeson County81
- Rutherford County81
- Catawba County80
- Iredell County80
- Polk County80
- Haywood County79
- Cleveland County77
- Swain County76
- Macon County75
- Alexander County75
- Cabarrus County74
- Gaston County74
- Graham County74
- Avery County72
- Columbus County71
- Mitchell County71
- Yancey County71
- Mecklenburg County70
- Madison County68
- Buncombe County67
- Transylvania County66
- Union County66
- Person County64
- Granville County63
- Vance County62
- Pender County62
- Davidson County60
- Henderson County59
- Forsyth County59
- Guilford County59
60 more counties
- Randolph County59
- Warren County59
- Alamance County58
- Durham County58
- Chatham County56
- Franklin County56
- Orange County56
- Stanly County56
- Montgomery County54
- Beaufort County52
- Wake County52
- Halifax County51
- Hyde County51
- Lee County51
- Moore County51
- Ashe County50
- Edgecombe County50
- Watauga County50
- Jones County50
- Nash County49
- Pamlico County49
- Washington County49
- Wilson County49
- Tyrrell County48
- Anson County48
- Northampton County46
- Duplin County46
- Greene County46
- Lenoir County46
- Martin County46
- Pitt County46
- Richmond County45
- Brunswick County44
- New Hanover County44
- Harnett County42
- Hoke County42
- Wayne County42
- Alleghany County41
- Johnston County41
- Surry County41
- Wilkes County41
- Yadkin County41
- Hertford County40
- Cumberland County40
- Sampson County40
- Scotland County40
- Dare County39
- Stokes County37
- Bertie County36
- Gates County36
- Caswell County35
- Rockingham County35
- Camden County31
- Chowan County31
- Perquimans County31
- Pasquotank County30
- Currituck County29
- Craven County19
- Onslow County19
- Carteret County16
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:44 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery | 20 hr |
| May 2, 12:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 21 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 33 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:40 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 20 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Pender | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:45 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 43 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.