Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 2022

2,181 events in 232 episodes

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

Open the live radar over Illinois

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind71801$489,000
Winter Weather25400
Hail18601$328,000
Winter Storm17710$25,000
Flash Flood11214$13 million
Dense Fog9700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7900
Excessive Heat7710
Drought7500
Flood7200$10,000
Heat6500
Strong Wind5400$62,000
High Wind4300
Tornado3903$1.6 million
Heavy Snow3700
Cold/Wind Chill2600
Frost/Freeze2300
Funnel Cloud1400
Sleet1300
Heavy Rain800
Lightning600$20,000
Rip Current312
Lake-Effect Snow200
Blizzard100

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.