Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin
282 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
- 282
- Busiest year
- 201243 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 13over 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.
- Vilas County60
- Forest County56
- Florence County55
- Oneida County53
- Marinette County50
- Lincoln County47
- Langlade County45
- Trempealeau County42
- Oconto County42
- Marathon County40
- Adams County38
- Chippewa County38
- Juneau County38
- Richland County38
- Marquette County38
- Clark County37
- Jackson County37
- Monroe County37
- Taylor County37
- Vernon County37
- Portage County37
- Wood County37
- Buffalo County36
- Eau Claire County36
- Green Lake County36
- Columbia County35
- Sauk County35
- La Crosse County34
- Dane County34
- Menominee County33
- Shawano County33
- Crawford County32
- Green County32
- Waushara County32
- Grant County31
- Dodge County31
- Fond du Lac County31
- Dunn County30
- Iowa County30
- Lafayette County30
32 more counties
- Jefferson County29
- Washington County29
- Rusk County28
- Ashland County28
- Brown County28
- Calumet County28
- Iron County28
- Outagamie County28
- Price County28
- Sawyer County28
- Sheboygan County28
- Winnebago County28
- Waupaca County28
- Barron County27
- Polk County27
- Saint Croix County27
- Douglas County27
- Rock County27
- Washburn County27
- Pierce County26
- Bayfield County26
- Pepin County25
- Kewaunee County25
- Manitowoc County25
- Walworth County25
- Burnett County24
- Waukesha County24
- Door County22
- Ozaukee County21
- Kenosha County20
- Milwaukee County20
- Racine County20
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:20 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette | 4 hr |
| May 21, 2:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 6 hr |
| May 10, 1:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Polk, Rusk | 19 hr |
| May 10, 12:02 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marathon and 7 more | 20 hr |
| May 10, 12:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Taylor and 1 more | 20 hr |
| May 5, 1:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Taylor and 1 more | 19 hr |
| May 5, 12:53 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, Rusk | 19 hr |
| May 1, 1:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 19 hr |
| May 1, 7:56 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marathon and 7 more | 24 hr |
| May 1, 2:25 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 30 hr |
| May 1, 1:42 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, Rusk and 1 more | 18 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.