Freeze Watches in Oregon
272 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
- 272
- Busiest year
- 201132 freeze watches
- Average year
- 12over 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.
- Curry County150
- Douglas County124
- Coos County122
- Klamath County72
- Josephine County69
- Jackson County68
- Lake County54
- Malheur County15
- Umatilla County10
- Morrow County9
- Wasco County8
- Gilliam County6
- Sherman County6
- Jefferson County6
- Wheeler County6
- Hood River County6
- Crook County4
- Deschutes County4
- Union County4
- Grant County3
- Wallowa County3
- Lane County3
- Linn County3
- Marion County3
- Benton County1
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 1:37 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:00 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | PDT | Union, Wallowa | 10 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:54 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | BOI | Malheur | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:50 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | PQR | Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:23 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | BOI | Malheur | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:39 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | PQR | Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion | 10 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:42 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 23 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:55 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | PDT | Umatilla | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:44 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | PQR | Benton, Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:03 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 9 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:52 PM PST | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:44 PM PST | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 21 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.