Storms in Illinois in 2005

1,635 events in 380 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Illinois in 2005 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,635
Deaths: 15
Injuries: 71
Damage: $263 million
Episodes: 380

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	531	1	2	$962,000
Hail	341	0	1	$3.8 million
Drought	294	0	0	$229 million
Heat	95	6	62
Flood	62	0	0	$2.2 million
Frost/Freeze	48	0	0	$26 million
Flash Flood	44	0	0	$683,000
Heavy Rain	30	0	0	$2,000
Winter Weather	30	0	0
Dense Fog	30	0	0
Winter Storm	29	0	0
Heavy Snow	27	0	0	$5,000
Ice Storm	24	0	0	$110,000
Tornado	22	0	3	$156,000
Lightning	10	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
High Wind	4	0	0	$207,000
Strong Wind	4	0	3	$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	8	0

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.