Freeze Watches in Ohio
202 freeze watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 202
- Busiest year
- 201239 freeze watches
- Average year
- 10over 20 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.
- Fairfield County50
- Darke County45
- Hocking County45
- Licking County44
- Miami County44
- Athens County44
- Perry County44
- Franklin County43
- Madison County43
- Pickaway County43
- Morgan County43
- Ross County43
- Vinton County43
- Champaign County42
- Clark County42
- Clinton County42
- Preble County42
- Warren County42
- Highland County42
- Pike County42
- Butler County41
- Fayette County41
- Hamilton County41
- Montgomery County41
- Meigs County41
- Scioto County41
- Washington County41
- Clermont County40
- Greene County40
- Hardin County40
- Jackson County40
- Auglaize County39
- Delaware County39
- Mercer County39
- Shelby County39
- Adams County39
- Brown County39
- Logan County38
- Union County38
- Gallia County37
48 more counties
- Lawrence County34
- Columbiana County27
- Muskingum County27
- Paulding County27
- Carroll County26
- Coshocton County26
- Defiance County26
- Guernsey County26
- Knox County26
- Putnam County26
- Tuscarawas County26
- Williams County26
- Allen County25
- Ashland County25
- Fulton County25
- Harrison County25
- Henry County25
- Jefferson County25
- Marion County25
- Morrow County25
- Richland County25
- Van Wert County25
- Belmont County24
- Wyandot County24
- Crawford County23
- Monroe County23
- Noble County23
- Holmes County22
- Mahoning County22
- Medina County22
- Seneca County22
- Trumbull County22
- Wayne County22
- Lucas County21
- Portage County21
- Stark County21
- Summit County21
- Ashtabula County20
- Hancock County20
- Huron County20
- Wood County20
- Sandusky County19
- Geauga County18
- Lorain County17
- Erie County16
- Cuyahoga County14
- Ottawa County14
- Lake County11
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 23 hr |
| May 1, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:54 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 17 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:41 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking | 13 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:54 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:14 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:02 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 9 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. Rebuilt daily.