Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 2011

2,859 events in 304 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2011, 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 2011 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

Open the live radar over Illinois

The year

Events
2,859
Deaths
68
Injuries
60
Damage
$299 million
Episodes
304

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind88219$2.0 million
Hail67804$26 million
Flood17900$5.3 million
Flash Flood17017$213 million
Heat1522315
Winter Weather13623$4,000
Excessive Heat122100
Tornado78514$41 million
Heavy Rain7400
Strong Wind6500$85,000
Lightning6403$438,000
Dense Fog5900
Blizzard54172$12 million
Winter Storm4900
Frost/Freeze3800
Funnel Cloud1700
Heavy Snow1203
Cold/Wind Chill990
Drought800
Ice Storm500
High Wind500$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Wildfire100
Dust Storm100$19,000

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.