Freeze Watches in Oklahoma
198 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
- 198
- Busiest year
- 201316 freeze watches
- Average year
- 9over 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.
- Delaware County53
- Nowata County53
- Ottawa County53
- Washington County53
- Craig County52
- Ellis County50
- Harper County49
- Adair County48
- Garfield County48
- Noble County48
- Woods County48
- Woodward County48
- Cimarron County48
- Grant County47
- Kay County47
- Major County47
- Alfalfa County46
- Pawnee County45
- Roger Mills County45
- Texas County44
- Dewey County44
- Mayes County44
- Rogers County44
- Beaver County43
- Blaine County43
- Custer County43
- Kingfisher County43
- Logan County43
- Payne County43
- Cherokee County41
- Canadian County40
- Washita County40
- Beckham County39
- Caddo County37
- Kiowa County37
- Creek County37
- Greer County36
- Wagoner County36
- Grady County35
- Harmon County34
34 more counties
- Oklahoma County34
- Tulsa County34
- Cleveland County33
- Comanche County33
- Lincoln County33
- Seminole County33
- Muskogee County33
- Haskell County32
- Hughes County32
- Latimer County32
- McClain County32
- Pottawatomie County32
- Okmulgee County31
- Jackson County30
- Tillman County30
- Garvin County30
- Johnston County30
- McIntosh County30
- Murray County30
- Okfuskee County30
- Stephens County30
- Pittsburg County29
- Pontotoc County29
- Atoka County28
- Carter County28
- Cotton County28
- Marshall County28
- Coal County27
- Pushmataha County27
- Bryan County26
- Jefferson County26
- Love County25
- Choctaw County22
- McCurtain County7
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:01 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 37 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 36 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 40 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.