Storms in Illinois in 2006

2,661 events in 739 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2006, 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 2006 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: 2,661
Deaths: 53
Injuries: 97
Damage: $72 million
Episodes: 739

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
Hail	908	1	6	$2.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind	761	0	6	$15 million
Heat	184	42	4
Winter Storm	148	1	10	$14 million
Tornado	144	1	55	$9.1 million
Flash Flood	78	0	2	$30 million
Drought	69	0	0
Strong Wind	68	0	5	$100,000
Winter Weather	66	0	0	$12,000
Flood	49	0	0	$498,000
Heavy Rain	48	0	0
Dense Fog	33	0	0
Lightning	31	0	0	$55,000
Funnel Cloud	26	0	0
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	10	1	0
Ice Storm	5	0	0	$42,000
Blizzard	5	0	0
High Wind	3	0	4	$105,000
Sleet	2	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	7	5

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.