Storms in Illinois in 2025

2,702 events in 254 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2025, 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 2025 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: 2,702
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 33
Damage: $533 million
Episodes: 254

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	978	0	1	$1.1 million
Hail	331	0	0	$179,000
Winter Weather	161	1	3
Tornado	141	0	20	$31 million
Drought	134	0	0
Dense Fog	120	1	0	$19,000
Flash Flood	109	0	2	$499 million
Heavy Snow	101	2	2	$80,000
Cold/Wind Chill	96	2	0
Winter Storm	89	0	0
Heat	76	1	0
Strong Wind	71	0	0	$46,000
Flood	69	0	0	$7,000
Excessive Heat	61	0	0
High Wind	40	0	0	$78,000
Dust Storm	30	0	4
Heavy Rain	29	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	21	0	0
Funnel Cloud	16	0	0
Ice Storm	11	1	0	$1.2 million
Lightning	7	0	0
Freezing Fog	5	0	0
High Surf	3	3	1
Wildfire	2	0	0	$55,000
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0

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.