Alert archive / Winter Storm Warnings

Winter Storm Warnings in the United States, 2026

334 winter storm warnings in 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. 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.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Winter Storm Warnings
334
Busiest month
January122 winter storm warnings
Busiest day
January 23, 202625 winter storm warnings

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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.

11 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 23, 202625winter storm warnings
  2. January 22, 202624winter storm warnings
  3. February 19, 202615winter storm warnings
  4. February 21, 202613winter storm warnings
  5. March 13, 202612winter storm warnings
  6. January 30, 20269winter storm warnings
  7. February 17, 20268winter storm warnings
  8. March 10, 20268winter storm warnings
  9. April 1, 20268winter storm warnings
  10. February 16, 20267winter storm warnings
  11. February 23, 20267winter storm warnings
  12. April 2, 20267winter storm warnings
  13. January 5, 20266winter storm warnings
  14. February 14, 20266winter storm warnings
  15. March 5, 20266winter storm warnings

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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.