Freeze Watch
Status
Event Continued Active alertStart Time
Sat 10/17/2026 02:00 AM EDTEnd Time
Sat 10/17/2026 10:00 AM EDTSignificance
WatchImpacts
Moderate impact
Locations Affected
Minneapolis, MN ∙ Saint Paul, MN ∙ Bloomington, MN ∙ Plymouth, MN ∙ Brooklyn Park, MN ∙ Coon Rapids, MN ∙ Burnsville, MN ∙ Eau Claire, WI ∙ Eagan, MN ∙ Blaine, MNFull Alert Message
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 900 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Technical Header
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-161400- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca- Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce- Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Minneapolis, Elk River, Center City, Le Sueur, Blue Earth, Granite Falls, Menomonie, St James, Little Falls, St Cloud, Redwood Falls, Fairmont, Hastings, Eau Claire, Benson, Gaylord, Chaska, Litchfield, Cambridge, Ladysmith, Glenwood, Owatonna, Sauk Rapids, River Falls, Madison, Olivia, St Peter, Osceola, Hudson, Monticello, Hutchinson, Morris, Long Prairie, Alexandria, New Ulm, Faribault, Blaine, Chippewa Falls, Waseca, Princeton, Victoria, Mankato, Chanhassen, Stillwater, Mora, Red Wing, Rice Lake, Montevideo, St Paul, Durand, Shakopee, Willmar, and Albert Lea 900 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026
