Freeze Watches in Wisconsin
59 freeze watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 59
- Busiest year
- 201213 freeze watches
- Average year
- 4over 16 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.
- Green County13
- Dane County12
- Iowa County12
- Lafayette County12
- Sauk County12
- Marinette County12
- Columbia County11
- Marquette County11
- Rock County11
- Lincoln County11
- Green Lake County10
- Douglas County10
- Florence County10
- Forest County10
- Langlade County10
- Oconto County10
- Oneida County10
- Price County10
- Sawyer County10
- Vilas County10
- Washburn County10
- Dodge County9
- Fond du Lac County9
- Jefferson County9
- Kenosha County9
- Racine County9
- Sheboygan County9
- Walworth County9
- Washington County9
- Waukesha County9
- Ashland County9
- Bayfield County9
- Iron County9
- Kewaunee County8
- Manitowoc County8
- Milwaukee County8
- Outagamie County8
- Ozaukee County8
- Burnett County8
- Brown County7
32 more counties
- Calumet County7
- Door County7
- Winnebago County7
- Marathon County7
- Menominee County7
- Portage County7
- Wood County7
- Adams County7
- Clark County7
- Jackson County7
- Juneau County7
- Monroe County7
- Taylor County7
- Rusk County7
- Shawano County6
- Buffalo County6
- Crawford County6
- Grant County6
- La Crosse County6
- Richland County6
- Trempealeau County6
- Vernon County6
- Barron County6
- Polk County6
- Waushara County6
- Chippewa County5
- Dunn County5
- Saint Croix County5
- Waupaca County5
- Eau Claire County4
- Pepin County4
- Pierce County4
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:29 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:31 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee and 3 more | 15 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.