Freeze Watches in Texas
382 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
- 382
- Busiest year
- 201434 freeze watches
- Average year
- 17over 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.
- Dallam County53
- Hartley County53
- Brooks County48
- Jim Hogg County47
- Sherman County46
- Hansford County45
- Kenedy County44
- Deaf Smith County43
- Moore County43
- Oldham County42
- Zapata County42
- Ochiltree County41
- Potter County36
- Randall County36
- Lipscomb County35
- Lamb County34
- La Salle County32
- Live Oak County32
- McMullen County32
- Bee County31
- Goliad County31
- Victoria County31
- Hardeman County30
- Hutchinson County30
- Swisher County30
- Starr County30
- Carson County29
- Roberts County29
- Wheeler County29
- Cochran County29
- Hale County29
- Hemphill County28
- Armstrong County28
- Castro County28
- Parmer County28
- Hidalgo County28
- Hockley County28
- Gray County27
- Wilbarger County27
- Floyd County27
192 more counties
- Refugio County27
- Bailey County26
- Briscoe County26
- Yoakum County26
- Willacy County26
- Andrews County25
- Collingsworth County25
- Donley County25
- Foard County25
- Knox County25
- Lynn County25
- Terry County25
- Wichita County25
- Calhoun County25
- Kleberg County25
- Nueces County25
- San Patricio County25
- Gaines County24
- Martin County24
- Baylor County24
- Crosby County24
- Lubbock County24
- Dawson County23
- Childress County23
- Garza County23
- Borden County22
- Scurry County22
- Hall County22
- Archer County22
- Clay County22
- Dickens County22
- Motley County22
- Jim Wells County22
- Webb County22
- Ector County21
- Howard County21
- Midland County21
- Mitchell County21
- Cottle County21
- King County21
- Duval County21
- Glasscock County20
- Haskell County20
- Reagan County20
- Kent County20
- Stonewall County20
- Fisher County19
- Jones County19
- Nolan County19
- Taylor County19
- Throckmorton County19
- Ward County19
- Winkler County19
- Callahan County18
- Shackelford County18
- Aransas County18
- Crane County17
- Upton County17
- Tyler County17
- Loving County16
- Cameron County16
- Newton County16
- Brown County15
- Coke County15
- Coleman County15
- Concho County15
- Irion County15
- Runnels County15
- Sterling County15
- Tom Green County15
- Jack County15
- Pecos County15
- Jasper County15
- Brewster County15
- Jeff Davis County15
- Montague County14
- Young County14
- Culberson County14
- Presidio County14
- Cooke County13
- Hardin County13
- Kimble County12
- McCulloch County12
- Mason County12
- Menard County12
- San Saba County12
- Sutton County12
- Grayson County12
- Palo Pinto County12
- Wise County12
- Crockett County11
- Schleicher County11
- Parker County11
- Terrell County11
- Grimes County11
- Collin County10
- Delta County10
- Eastland County10
- Fannin County10
- Hopkins County10
- Hunt County10
- Lamar County10
- Stephens County10
- Brazos County10
- Burleson County10
- Denton County9
- Rains County9
- Houston County9
- Madison County9
- Trinity County9
- Walker County9
- Erath County8
- Hood County8
- Montgomery County8
- San Jacinto County8
- Washington County8
- Comanche County7
- Kaufman County7
- Somervell County7
- Liberty County7
- Polk County7
- Dallas County6
- Ellis County6
- Hamilton County6
- McLennan County6
- Rockwall County6
- Tarrant County6
- Van Zandt County6
- Austin County6
- Brazoria County6
- Colorado County6
- Fort Bend County6
- Harris County6
- Matagorda County6
- Waller County6
- Bowie County6
- Reeves County6
- Bell County5
- Hill County5
- Johnson County5
- Lampasas County5
- Mills County5
- Anderson County5
- Falls County5
- Freestone County5
- Henderson County5
- Jackson County5
- Leon County5
- Limestone County5
- Navarro County5
- Robertson County5
- Wharton County5
- Red River County5
- Bosque County4
- Coryell County4
- Hudspeth County4
- Milam County4
- Camp County4
- Cass County4
- Cherokee County4
- Franklin County4
- Gregg County4
- Harrison County4
- Morris County4
- Nacogdoches County4
- Panola County4
- Rusk County4
- Sabine County4
- San Augustine County4
- Shelby County4
- Smith County4
- Titus County4
- Orange County4
- Chambers County3
- El Paso County3
- Galveston County3
- Angelina County3
- Marion County3
- Upshur County3
- Wood County3
- Jefferson County3
- Bandera County2
- Blanco County2
- Edwards County2
- Gillespie County2
- Kendall County2
- Kerr County2
- Llano County2
- Real County2
- Medina County1
- Uvalde County1
- Burnet County1
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 | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Ochiltree, Sherman | 37 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Ochiltree and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:43 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher | 36 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Oldham and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:23 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LCH | Newton | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:11 PM CST | Freeze Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:03 PM CST | Freeze Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 16 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:40 PM CST | Freeze Watch | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 8 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:37 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata | 35 hr |
| Jan 26, 11:19 PM CST | Freeze Watch | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:52 AM CST | Freeze Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 36 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.