Alert archive / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in the United States, 2023
696 winter storm warnings in 2023. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 696
- Busiest month
- March189 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- February 20, 202321 winter storm warnings
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- California80
- Alaska61
- Colorado54
- Wyoming51
- Wisconsin43
- Montana42
- Washington38
- Minnesota37
- Nebraska37
- Idaho35
- Oregon30
- Utah30
- New York28
- South Dakota26
- Nevada26
- Michigan25
- Maine24
- Arizona23
- New Mexico20
- Iowa20
- Kansas14
- West Virginia14
- Texas13
- Vermont13
- Illinois12
- Pennsylvania11
- New Hampshire9
- North Dakota9
- Massachusetts8
- Indiana8
- Missouri8
- Oklahoma8
- Arkansas6
- Ohio6
- Connecticut5
- Virginia4
- Hawaii4
- New Jersey4
- North Carolina3
- Kentucky3
3 more states
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.