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Freeze Watches in Ohio, 2026

13 freeze watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Freeze Watches
13
Busiest month
April11 freeze watches
Busiest day
April 18, 20264 freeze watches

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 1:22 PM EDTFreeze WatchILNAuglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 19 more23 hr
Apr 6, 1:02 AM EDTFreeze WatchPBZGuernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble9 hr
Apr 6, 1:14 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLXAthens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington11 hr
Apr 18, 12:56 PM EDTFreeze WatchPBZCarroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 2 more12 hr
Apr 18, 1:29 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more11 hr
Apr 18, 1:56 PM EDTFreeze WatchIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more12 hr
Apr 18, 2:54 PM EDTFreeze WatchILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 9 more11 hr
Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more13 hr
Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDTFreeze WatchPBZBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more13 hr
Apr 19, 12:41 PM EDTFreeze WatchILNDelaware, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking13 hr
Apr 19, 1:54 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 17 more11 hr
May 1, 3:03 AM EDTFreeze WatchIWXAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more9 hr
May 1, 1:25 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more23 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

41 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.