Freeze Warnings in Washington
207 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
- 207
- Busiest year
- 201324 freeze warnings
- 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.
- Klickitat County93
- Yakima County90
- Walla Walla County79
- Benton County72
- Franklin County72
- Columbia County62
- Kittitas County62
- Spokane County40
- Okanogan County37
- Grant County34
- Adams County33
- Douglas County30
- Pend Oreille County27
- Stevens County27
- Asotin County25
- Garfield County25
- Ferry County22
- Lincoln County21
- Whitman County17
- Chelan County16
- Clark County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Pacific County1
- Skamania County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Thurston County1
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:52 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Grant | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:58 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:49 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:25 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:19 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:12 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 31 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.