Storms in Illinois in 2023

2,505 events in 208 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2023, 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 2023 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: 2,505
Deaths: 15
Injuries: 106
Damage: $566 million
Episodes: 208

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	919	0	6	$926,000
Hail	580	0	0	$10 million
Excessive Heat	205	1	0
Tornado	145	4	57	$2.3 million
Strong Wind	137	0	0	$114,000
Drought	110	0	0
Flood	71	0	0	$65,000
Winter Weather	70	0	0
Flash Flood	57	0	2	$552 million
Heat	53	0	0
High Wind	39	0	0
Winter Storm	36	0	4
Heavy Rain	23	0	0
Frost/Freeze	19	0	0
Heavy Snow	12	0	0	$75,000
Ice Storm	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Lightning	4	0	0
Dust Storm	3	8	37	$100,000
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Rip Current	2	2	0
Freezing Fog	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2023

Every year in Illinois Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Illinois in 2023 Warnings in Illinois in 2023 2022 2024

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.