Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 2014

1,712 events in 238 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,712
Deaths
27
Injuries
32
Damage
$257 million
Episodes
238

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 Wind36514$2.1 million
Hail30303$2.6 million
Winter Storm12817
Flash Flood11802$245 million
Heavy Snow11610
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill9560
Strong Wind7600$80,000
Dense Fog76012$100,000
Winter Weather7520
Cold/Wind Chill68150
Flood6500$98,000
Tornado6004$5.8 million
Frost/Freeze5000$155,000
Heat3510
Excessive Heat2600
High Wind1500$5,000
Lightning1300$1.0 million
Heavy Rain900$5,000
Lake-Effect Snow600
Funnel Cloud600
Freezing Fog400
Sleet200
Lakeshore Flood100$350,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2014

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November 2014

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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.