Storms in Illinois in 2022
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2022, 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 2022 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
The year
- Events
- 2,181
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 232
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 718 | 0 | 1 | $489,000 |
| Winter Weather | 254 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 186 | 0 | 1 | $328,000 |
| Winter Storm | 177 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Flash Flood | 112 | 1 | 4 | $13 million |
| Dense Fog | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 77 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 72 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heat | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| High Wind | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 39 | 0 | 3 | $1.6 million |
| Heavy Snow | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Rip Current | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2022
- Drought in Illinois, January 1 to 31, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 2022
- Sleet in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 2022
- Flooding in Illinois, January 4 to 17, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 5, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22 to 23, 2022
- Cold in Illinois, January 25, 2022
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Illinois, January 25 to 26, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, January 27, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 28, 2022
February 2022
- Drought in Illinois, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 1 to 2, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 2 to 3, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 7, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, February 8 to 13, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, February 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in Illinois, February 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 17, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, February 17, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, February 17 to 28, 2022
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 17, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 18, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, February 22, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Illinois, February 22, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 23 to 24, 2022
- Sleet in Illinois, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 24 to 25, 2022
March 2022
- Flooding in Illinois, March 1 to 20, 2022
- Drought in Illinois, March 1 to 29, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 5, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 5, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 5 to 6, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 5, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 6, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 6, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, March 10 to 11, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, March 11, 2022
- Funnel Clouds in Illinois, March 23, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, March 25 to 31, 2022
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 2022
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, March 30, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flood in Illinois, March 30, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, March 31, 2022
April 2022
- Flood in Illinois, April 1 to 2, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, April 2, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, April 10, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, April 11, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, April 11, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, April 13, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 13, 2022
- High Wind in Illinois, April 14, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 19, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, April 23, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 24, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, April 24, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, April 29, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Illinois, April 30, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 2022
May 2022
- Flooding in Illinois, May 3, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, May 7 to 12, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 11, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, May 12 to 15, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 13, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, May 13, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, May 13, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 13, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, May 14, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, May 14, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 14, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, May 15, 2022
- Tornado in Illinois, May 15, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, May 19, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 20, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 21, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 2022
- Tornado in Illinois, May 25, 2022
- Funnel Clouds in Illinois, May 25, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 25, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 25, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 26, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 26, 2022
- Tornado in Illinois, May 26, 2022
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 31, 2022
June 2022
- Flood in Illinois, June 1, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, June 1, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 6, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 6, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, June 6, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 6, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, June 6 to 7, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 12, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 12, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, June 12 to 16, 2022
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, June 13 to 15, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flood in Illinois, June 13, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 15, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 2022
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 17, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 17, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 17, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 21, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 25 to 26, 2022
July 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, July 4 to 8, 2022
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 4 to 5, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 4 to 5, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 4, 2022
- Heat in Illinois, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Illinois, July 5 to 7, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 7, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 8, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, July 8, 2022
- Tornado in Illinois, July 8, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 11, 2022
- Rip Currents in Illinois, July 13 to 14, 2022
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, July 15, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, July 15, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17, 2022
- Funnel Clouds in Illinois, July 17, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 17, 2022
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, July 20, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 20, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 2022
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, July 22 to 24, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, July 22 to 24, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 23, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, July 23, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 24, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 26, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 26, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Illinois, July 27, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 28, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, July 28, 2022
August 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 1, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 1, 2022
- Heat in Illinois, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 1 to 2, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 2, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 2, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, August 2 to 19, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 2022
- Heat in Illinois, August 3, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3 to 4, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 4, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 5, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 7 to 8, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 7, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 8, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 8 to 9, 2022
- Rip Current in Illinois, August 11, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, August 16 to 17, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 19 to 20, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 19, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 20, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 20, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, August 20, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 28, 2022
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 28, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 29, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 29, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 29, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 29 to 30, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 29, 2022
September 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, September 3 to 4, 2022
- Flood in Illinois, September 4, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, September 4, 2022
- Flash Flood in Illinois, September 4, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, September 11, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 18, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 18, 2022
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, September 18 to 19, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 18, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 20, 2022
- Drought in Illinois, September 25 to 30, 2022
October 2022
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 12, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, October 17 to 18, 2022
November 2022
- Drought in Illinois, November 1 to 30, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, November 1, 2022
- Hail in Illinois, November 4, 2022
- Strong Wind in Illinois, November 5, 2022
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, November 5, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 5, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 5, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, November 12, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, November 25 to 26, 2022
December 2022
- Drought in Illinois, December 1 to 19, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 5 to 6, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 6 to 7, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 9, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Illinois, December 21 to 24, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, December 22 to 23, 2022
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 22 to 24, 2022
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 22 to 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 22 to 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 24, 2022
- Cold in Illinois, December 24 to 25, 2022
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 26, 2022
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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.