⚠️ Freeze Watch – Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Iowa; Johnson; Cedar; Clinton; Keokuk; Jo Daviess; Stephenson; Carroll – Thursday, October 15, 2026

Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 1:57PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

* WHERE…Portions of northwest Illinois and east central, northeast,
and southeast Iowa.

* 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.

Instructions

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.