Storms in Illinois in 2024

Events

2,568

Deaths

14

Injuries

86

Damage

$20 million

Episodes

262

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.

January 2024

• Drought in Illinois, January 1 to 16, 20248 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 202413 events
• Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 20246 events
• Winter Storm in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 20242 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 8 to 10, 202418 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, January 9 to 10, 2024$4,000 · 4 events
• Winter Storm in Illinois, January 11 to 12, 202411 events
• Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 12 to 13, 20243 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Illinois, January 12 to 14, 20241 death · 50 kt wind · 41 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, January 12 to 13, 2024$8,000 · 8 events
• Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 13 to 16, 20241 death · 29 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 13 to 15, 202414 events
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Illinois, January 14 to 17, 20242 deaths · 44 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 14, 202416 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, January 14, 20248 events
• Flooding in Illinois, January 15 to 27, 20244 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 16, 202412 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 20, 20241 death · 1 event
• Cold in Illinois, January 20, 202411 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 20, 20241 event
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22 to 23, 202447 injured · 30 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22 to 23, 202422 events
• Cold in Illinois, January 23, 20241 death · 1 event
• Dense Fog in Illinois, January 23, 20243 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, January 23 to 24, 202418 events
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Illinois, January 24 to 27, 2024$250,000 · 5 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, January 24 to 25, 202419 events
• Flood in Illinois, January 30 to 31, 20241 event

February 2024

• Flood in Illinois, February 1 to 7, 20241 event
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, February 8, 2024EF1 · 13 events
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, February 8, 2024EF1 · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 8, 20241 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Illinois, February 10, 20241 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in Illinois, February 10, 20241 in hail · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 16, 20241 event
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 16, 202410 events
• Hail in Illinois, February 22, 20241.25 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Illinois, February 22, 20241 in hail · 1 event
• Strong Wind in Illinois, February 27 to 28, 2024$10,000 · 10 events
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, February 27, 2024EF1 · 17 events
• Tornadoes and Flood in Illinois, February 27, 20241 injured · EF1 · 74 events
• Hail in Illinois, February 28, 20241 in hail · 1 event

March 2024

• Dense Fog in Illinois, March 2, 202418 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, March 3, 2024$20,000 · 2 events
• High Wind in Illinois, March 3, 202450 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 4, 20241 in hail · 9 events
• Hail in Illinois, March 4, 20241 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Illinois, March 4 to 5, 20241 in hail · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 13, 20241.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail in Illinois, March 13 to 14, 20241.75 in hail · 11 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 14, 2024EF1 · 4 events
• Tornado in Illinois, March 14, 2024EF1 · 1 event
• Flooding in Illinois, March 14, 20245 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 14, 2024EF0 · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 14, 20244 in hail · 14 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 14, 20243.75 in hail · 19 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 14, 2024$955,000 · EF1 · 11 events
• High Wind in Illinois, March 16, 202451 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Illinois, March 22, 20245 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, March 25, 2024$13,000 · 13 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, March 26, 2024$4,000 · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 26, 202450 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Illinois, March 30, 20240.88 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Illinois, March 31, 20241.5 in hail · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 31, 20242.5 in hail · 43 events

April 2024

• Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 1, 2024$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail in Illinois, April 1, 20241 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Illinois, April 1, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 2, 2024$25,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 2, 20242 injured · $1.1 million · EF2 · 22 events
• Hail and Strong Wind in Illinois, April 2, 2024$6,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
• Tornadoes in Illinois, April 2, 2024EF0 · 3 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, April 2 to 3, 20243 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, April 3, 2024$2,000 · 2 events
• Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 6, 202417 events
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 7, 2024$145,000 · EF1 · 6 events
• Flooding in Illinois, April 7 to 25, 20243 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, April 7 to 8, 202418 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 16, 20241.25 in hail · 17 events
• Dust Storm in Illinois, April 16, 20241 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 16, 202452 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 16, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 18, 2024$305,000 · EF1 · 20 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 18, 2024$90,000 · 2 in hail · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 18, 20241 injured · EF1 · 20 events
• Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 22, 20244 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, April 23 to 24, 202419 events
• Hail in Illinois, April 27, 20240.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 27, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Flood in Illinois, April 28, 20241 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 29, 2024$2,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood in Illinois, April 29, 20241 event
• Dense Fog in Illinois, April 29 to 30, 202418 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 202450 kt wind · 1 event

May 2024

• Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 21, 20242 events
• Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 2, 20241 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 2, 20241.75 in hail · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 2, 2024$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 2, 20241.5 in hail · 7 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, May 4, 20242 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 4, 20241 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 4, 202451 kt wind · 2 events
• Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 4, 20240.88 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 4, 202456 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 4, 2024$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 7, 202465 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 7, 20241 in hail · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 7, 202461 kt wind · 11 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 7, 2024EF0 · 37 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 8 to 9, 20241 injured · $1.4 million · EF1 · 35 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 2024$35,000 · 2.5 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 202461 kt wind · 3 events
• Flooding in Illinois, May 9 to 18, 20244 events
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Illinois, May 13, 202450 kt wind · 5 events
• Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 14, 2024$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, May 18, 202416 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 19, 20241.5 in hail · 9 events
• Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 20241 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 20, 20241 injured · 1 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, May 21 to 22, 20242 injured · 60 kt wind · 30 events
• Dust Storm in Illinois, May 21, 20246 injured · 4 events
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Illinois, May 21, 2024$11,000 · 56 kt wind · 17 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 20241 in hail · 20 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 2024$51,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Illinois, May 23, 20240.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 24, 2024EF1 · 15 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, May 24, 20241.75 in hail · 34 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 24, 20241 in hail · 12 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 24, 2024$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 26, 2024$15,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 26, 20241 injured · $1.1 million · EF3 · 26 events
• Flood in Illinois, May 26, 20241 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 2024$255,000 · EF1 · 17 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 2024$10 million · EF2 · 18 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 202452 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 27, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Flood in Illinois, May 28, 20241 event

June 2024

• Flash Flood in Illinois, June 3, 20241 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 4, 202452 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 4 to 6, 202458 kt wind · 8 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 5, 2024EF1 · 3 events
• Dense Fog in Illinois, June 6, 20241 event
• High Wind in Illinois, June 6, 20241 death · 1 injured · 1 event
• Dust Storm in Illinois, June 6, 20242 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 2024EF1 · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 20241 in hail · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 202456 kt wind · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 13, 2024EF1 · 39 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 20241.75 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 2024$7,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 20241 injured · 52 kt wind · 19 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 16, 20241 in hail · 2 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, June 17, 20241 death · 1 injured · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in Illinois, June 20, 20241 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 21 to 22, 202452 kt wind · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 22 to 23, 2024EF0 · 68 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 22, 202452 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 24 to 25, 20241 injured · 1 in hail · 22 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 20241.75 in hail · 32 events
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25 to 26, 202456 kt wind · 18 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, June 25, 202419 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 25, 2024$30,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Illinois, June 25, 20241 in hail · 3 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, June 25, 20241.75 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 20241 injured · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, June 29, 202414 events
• Tornado in Illinois, June 29, 2024EF0 · 1 event
• Rip Current in Illinois, June 30, 20241 death · 3 injured · 1 event

July 2024

• Rip Current in Illinois, July 1, 20241 death · 1 event
• Flooding in Illinois, July 2 to 22, 20249 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 2, 202452 kt wind · 3 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, July 3 to 4, 202420 events
• Tornado in Illinois, July 4, 20241 event
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 2024$151,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events
• Flooding in Illinois, July 5 to 22, 20242 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 7, 202452 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 8, 202452 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 9, 2024$35,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Illinois, July 9, 2024$50,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Illinois, July 10, 20241 event
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 11, 2024$141,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 12 to 13, 2024$70,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, July 13 to 14, 2024$2.0 million · 60 kt wind · 16 events
• Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 14, 202460 kt wind · 7 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 202420 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 202470 kt wind · 18 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 20241 death · 1 injured · $500,000 · EF1 · 79 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 2024EF1 · 12 events
• Heat in Illinois, July 15, 202411 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, July 15 to 16, 2024$300,000 · EF2 · 46 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, July 15 to 16, 20244 injured · EF2 · 163 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 15 to 16, 20241 death · EF1 · 118 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, July 16 to 17, 2024$10,000 · 10 events
• Flood in Illinois, July 18 to 20, 20241 event
• Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, July 23, 202460 kt wind · 9 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 28 to 29, 2024$250,000 · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 29, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, July 29 to 31, 202421 events
• Funnel Clouds in Illinois, July 29, 20242 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 29 to 30, 2024$68,000 · 65 kt wind · 6 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 30, 202456 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 30, 202455 kt wind · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 30, 20241 in hail · 10 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 30, 2024$32,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 31, 20241 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 31, 202455 kt wind · 1 event

August 2024

• Excessive Heat and Heat in Illinois, August 1, 202417 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 1, 202461 kt wind · 6 events
• Flooding and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 1, 2024$232,000 · 74 kt wind · 12 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 5, 20242 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Illinois, August 5, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 6, 202452 kt wind · 7 events
• Rip Current in Illinois, August 7, 20241 death · 1 injured · 1 event
• Heat in Illinois, August 15 to 16, 20242 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 15, 202460 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 15, 2024$85,000 · 78 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail in Illinois, August 15, 20241 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 15, 2024EF1 · 8 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 15 to 16, 2024$12,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
• Flood and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 15 to 16, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 16, 202460 kt wind · 9 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 16, 202452 kt wind · 2 events
• Rip Currents in Illinois, August 18, 20241 death · 2 injured · 2 events
• Heat in Illinois, August 24, 20241 event
• Excessive Heat in Illinois, August 27, 202421 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 27, 20242.5 in hail · 35 events
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 27, 202456 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 28, 2024$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 2024$2,000 · EF0 · 2 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 30, 202452 kt wind · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 20241.25 in hail · 2 events

September 2024

• Drought in Illinois, September 10 to 30, 20242 events
• Hail in Illinois, September 20, 20240.88 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 21, 2024$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, September 23, 20242 events
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in Illinois, September 24, 20246 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, September 27, 2024$18,000 · 5 events
• High Wind in Illinois, September 27, 202457 kt wind · 7 events

October 2024

• Wildfire in Illinois, October 6, 2024$320,000 · 1 event
• Drought in Illinois, October 15 to 31, 202417 events
• Frost and Freeze in Illinois, October 16, 20247 events
• Frost and Freeze in Illinois, October 17, 202415 events
• Hail in Illinois, October 24, 20241 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Illinois, October 25, 20240.75 in hail · 1 event
• Wildfire in Illinois, October 29, 20242 events
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 30, 2024$25,000 · EF0 · 2 events
• High Wind in Illinois, October 31, 2024$50,000 · 1 event

November 2024

• Drought in Illinois, November 1 to 26, 202418 events
• Flash Flood in Illinois, November 4 to 5, 20241 event
• Winter Weather in Illinois, November 30, 20248 events

December 2024

• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 2, 20247 injured · 4 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 2, 202419 events
• High Wind in Illinois, December 4, 202452 kt wind · 6 events
• High Wind in Illinois, December 4, 202450 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Illinois, December 4, 202453 kt wind · 5 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 4, 20242 events
• Strong Wind in Illinois, December 4 to 5, 2024$1,000 · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 12, 20241 injured · 3 events
• Ice Storm in Illinois, December 14, 20246 events
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 14, 20247 events
• Flood in Illinois, December 29, 20241 event
• Strong Wind in Illinois, December 31, 2024$1,000 · 1 event

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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.