Illinois

Storm History: Cass County, Illinois

268 episodes, 319 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cass County, Illinois: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
319
Deaths
3
Injuries
7
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
268

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado7317$6.1 million
Hail5800$7.2 million
Flash Flood4600$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind3100$186,000
Heavy Snow2200
Winter Storm1800
Drought1400$29 million
Flood1000
Excessive Heat800
High Wind700
Heat700
Ice Storm710$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Blizzard400$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill310
Winter Weather300
Frost/Freeze100
Dense Fog100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Cass County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cass CountyEvery warning in Cass County since 1986Every county in Illinois

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.