Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 2013

1,847 events in 261 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,847
Deaths
40
Injuries
195
Damage
$1.6 billion
Episodes
261

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 Wind51400$2.3 million
Hail28211$2.3 million
Flood17730$82 million
Flash Flood15613$276 million
Winter Weather13410
Winter Storm11100$150,000
Dense Fog7400
Tornado719189$1.2 billion
Heat6420
Heavy Snow6102
Frost/Freeze5500
Drought5400
Heavy Rain2600
Cold/Wind Chill16160
Lightning1610$55,000
Strong Wind1400$16,000
Funnel Cloud1100
High Wind600$1,000
Blizzard300
Excessive Heat160$25,000
Ice Storm100

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.