Cold Weather Advisories in Washington
30 cold weather advisories 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 cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 30
- Busiest year
- 202521 cold weather advisories
- Average year
- 15over 2 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.
- Clark County15
- Cowlitz County13
- Skamania County13
- Pacific County10
- Wahkiakum County10
- Whatcom County4
- San Juan County3
- Snohomish County3
- Asotin County2
- Douglas County2
- Ferry County2
- Garfield County2
- Grant County2
- Lincoln County2
- Okanogan County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Spokane County2
- Stevens County2
- Whitman County2
- King County2
- Kitsap County2
- Pierce County2
- Adams County1
- Chelan County1
- Columbia County1
- Kittitas County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Yakima County1
- Clallam County1
- Island County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Thurston County1
The latest cold weather advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:26 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | SEW | Whatcom | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:27 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Island, Jefferson, San Juan, Snohomish, Whatcom | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:16 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | SEW | Whatcom | 21 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:33 AM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 23 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:38 AM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | SEW | King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:51 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:24 AM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | SEW | King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish | 22 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:01 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 22 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:08 PM PST | Cold Weather Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 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.