Storms in Illinois in 2012

2,134 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2012, 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 2012 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: 2,134
Deaths: 56
Injuries: 145
Damage: $1.2 billion
Episodes: 273

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	546	0	8	$9.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	398	0	2	$748,000
Drought	348	0	0	$1.2 billion
Excessive Heat	196	29	0	$750,000
Dense Fog	171	0	0
Winter Weather	64	6	10
Frost/Freeze	64	0	0
Winter Storm	62	1	0
Heat	60	5	0
Tornado	37	9	113	$5.4 million
Strong Wind	34	0	2	$105,000
Blizzard	33	0	0
Flood	27	0	0	$11,000
Flash Flood	21	0	2	$1.8 million
High Wind	20	0	0	$44,000
Heavy Rain	14	0	0
Lightning	12	1	0	$50,000
Funnel Cloud	10	0	0
Heavy Snow	6	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	4	3	0
Wildfire	4	0	5	$2.2 million
Rip Current	2	2	0
Dust Storm	1	0	3	$10,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 2012

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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.