Freeze Warnings in Texas
1,041 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
- 1,041
- Busiest year
- 201376 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 47over 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.
- Goliad County147
- Live Oak County147
- Bee County146
- McMullen County145
- Victoria County145
- La Salle County136
- Refugio County108
- Calhoun County99
- Jim Wells County94
- Duval County92
- San Patricio County92
- Kleberg County83
- Nueces County83
- Jim Hogg County79
- Brooks County76
- Webb County72
- Zapata County72
- Kenedy County70
- Tyler County70
- Hardin County65
- Dallam County64
- Hartley County64
- Sherman County58
- Bowie County57
- Red River County56
- Aransas County54
- Cass County53
- Moore County53
- Wilbarger County52
- Ochiltree County52
- Camp County51
- Franklin County51
- Gillespie County51
- Hardeman County51
- Kerr County51
- Morris County51
- Oldham County51
- Titus County51
- Deaf Smith County50
- Haskell County50
214 more counties
- Throckmorton County50
- Hansford County50
- Burnet County49
- Kendall County49
- Real County49
- Jasper County49
- Newton County49
- Bandera County48
- Clay County48
- Cooke County48
- Foard County48
- Llano County48
- Medina County48
- Shackelford County48
- Wichita County48
- Blanco County47
- Edwards County47
- Jones County47
- Montague County47
- Uvalde County47
- Val Verde County47
- Wood County47
- Archer County46
- Callahan County46
- Fisher County46
- Harrison County46
- Knox County46
- Panola County46
- Rusk County46
- Smith County46
- Upshur County46
- Gregg County45
- Marion County45
- Taylor County45
- Baylor County44
- Bexar County44
- Grayson County44
- Hays County44
- Nolan County44
- Travis County44
- Young County44
- Hidalgo County44
- Starr County44
- Cherokee County43
- Fannin County43
- Jack County43
- Lamar County43
- Randall County43
- Williamson County43
- Lipscomb County43
- Coleman County42
- Comal County42
- Kinney County42
- Nacogdoches County42
- Potter County42
- Hemphill County42
- Brown County41
- Coke County41
- Concho County41
- Eastland County41
- Guadalupe County41
- Lamb County41
- McCulloch County41
- Palo Pinto County41
- Runnels County41
- Shelby County41
- Stephens County41
- Sterling County41
- Tom Green County41
- Wise County41
- Wheeler County41
- Denton County40
- Hopkins County40
- Houston County40
- Irion County40
- Menard County40
- Caldwell County39
- Collin County39
- Delta County39
- Hunt County39
- Roberts County39
- San Saba County39
- Schleicher County39
- Willacy County39
- Bastrop County38
- Kimble County38
- Lee County38
- Polk County38
- Sutton County38
- Trinity County38
- Cochran County37
- Crockett County37
- Madison County37
- Mason County37
- Parker County37
- Rains County37
- Armstrong County36
- Comanche County36
- Crosby County36
- Fayette County36
- Grimes County36
- Hale County36
- Hockley County36
- Sabine County36
- San Augustine County36
- San Jacinto County36
- Wilson County36
- Donley County36
- Angelina County35
- Brazos County35
- Dawson County35
- Erath County35
- Gaines County35
- Lubbock County35
- Montgomery County35
- Walker County35
- Washington County35
- Collingsworth County35
- Atascosa County34
- Borden County34
- Burleson County34
- Frio County34
- Hamilton County34
- Karnes County34
- Liberty County34
- Lynn County34
- Mills County34
- Terry County34
- Van Zandt County34
- Bosque County33
- Gonzales County33
- Hood County33
- Hutchinson County33
- Kaufman County33
- McLennan County33
- Somervell County33
- Yoakum County33
- Andrews County32
- Bailey County32
- Carson County32
- DeWitt County32
- Floyd County32
- Henderson County32
- Parmer County32
- Scurry County32
- Waller County32
- Austin County31
- Briscoe County31
- Castro County31
- Colorado County31
- Gray County31
- Hill County31
- Johnson County31
- Lampasas County31
- Lavaca County31
- Navarro County31
- Tarrant County31
- Ward County31
- Winkler County31
- Anderson County30
- Bell County30
- Childress County30
- Coryell County30
- Dickens County30
- Martin County30
- Swisher County30
- Zavala County30
- Cameron County30
- Cottle County29
- Garza County29
- Howard County29
- King County29
- Midland County29
- Rockwall County29
- Upton County29
- Ector County28
- Falls County28
- Freestone County28
- Glasscock County28
- Harris County28
- Limestone County28
- Loving County28
- Maverick County28
- Mitchell County28
- Motley County28
- Crane County27
- Dallas County27
- Ellis County27
- Leon County27
- Reagan County27
- Brazoria County26
- Kent County26
- Milam County26
- Robertson County26
- Hall County26
- Pecos County26
- Dimmit County25
- Matagorda County25
- Stonewall County25
- Wharton County24
- Jackson County23
- Fort Bend County23
- Hudspeth County23
- Chambers County22
- Galveston County21
- Terrell County21
- El Paso County21
- Brewster County18
- Culberson County18
- Jeff Davis County17
- Presidio County15
- Reeves County8
- Orange County6
- Jefferson County5
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 10:56 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Ochiltree, Sherman | 33 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Ochiltree and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:29 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 33 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 9 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:26 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:37 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 38 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 27 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:34 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 16 more | 22 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.