Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 2019

2,095 events in 300 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,095
Deaths
16
Injuries
15
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
300

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 Wind58700$511,000
Flood266110$50 million
Hail24820$4.7 million
Winter Weather15920
Strong Wind11411$149,000
Flash Flood10922$752,000
Winter Storm8620
Heavy Snow8400
High Wind8301$125,000
Frost/Freeze5700
Dense Fog5200
Tornado5101$1.7 million
Heat4010
Excessive Heat4020
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3110
Ice Storm2700
Heavy Rain2200
Cold/Wind Chill1810
Lightning900
Lakeshore Flood600
Funnel Cloud400
Coastal Flood100
Rip Current110

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.