Storms in Illinois in 2007

2,024 events in 272 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2007, 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 2007 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: 2,024
Deaths: 37
Injuries: 153
Damage: $123 million
Episodes: 272

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	534	2	33	$2.7 million
Hail	252	0	4	$3.3 million
Winter Weather	231	1	0
Frost/Freeze	207	0	0	$23 million
Ice Storm	129	4	3	$1.6 million
Dense Fog	108	0	0
Flood	100	0	11	$1.3 million
Flash Flood	72	0	1	$7.2 million
Heavy Snow	58	1	0
Drought	49	0	0	$66 million
Winter Storm	47	1	0
Blizzard	44	3	0
Heat	38	0	37
Heavy Rain	29	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	29	14	0
Strong Wind	24	0	1	$243,000
Tornado	23	2	52	$15 million
Excessive Heat	19	8	9
Lightning	13	1	2	$20,000
High Wind	11	0	0	$83,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	0	$2.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2007

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March 2007

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June 2007

July 2007

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September 2007

October 2007

November 2007

Frost and Freeze in Illinois, November 7, 200719 events

December 2007

Every year in Illinois Every state in 2007 Tornadoes in Illinois in 2007 Warnings in Illinois in 2007 2006 2008

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.