Drought, Grundy
- When
- October 28, 6:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -88.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Illinois, October 28 to 31, 2025
Severe drought conditions developed across Grundy, Kendall and Northern Will Counties in late October.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions developed across Grundy, Kendall and Northern Will Counties in late October.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Kendall
- When
- October 28, 6:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 41.591, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Northern Will County
- When
- October 28, 6:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Northern Will County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 41.445, -87.979 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 28, 2025
- Coastal Flood and Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia, October 28 to 30, 2025
- Drought in Alabama, October 28 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Texas, October 28 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Indiana, October 28 to 31, 2025
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, October 28, 2025
- Strong Wind in Virginia, October 28, 2025
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 28, 2025
- Drought in Alabama, October 28 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Georgia, October 28 to 31, 2025
- High Wind in New Mexico, October 28, 2025
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1295035, 1295036, 1295038.