Storm History: DeKalb County, Illinois

Events

654

Deaths

3

Injuries

40

Damage

$16 million

Episodes

404

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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• Tornado, April 9, 20152 deaths · 11 injured · $8.0 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 20141 death · 7 injured · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 9, 20152 deaths · 11 injured · $8.0 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 14, 2008$3.0 million · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 23, 2007$2.0 million · EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 2007$750,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2014$551,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 19751 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2006$210,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2008$110,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010$100,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2010$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2013$84,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2008$62,000 · EF1 · 11 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2010$50,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$50,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 5, 2010$26,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 1959$25,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 21, 1967$25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 1977$25,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 31, 2007$25,000 · 83 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, May 15, 20253 in hail · 5 events here
• Flood, April 4, 20233 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 7, 20203 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 2, 20183 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2014$551,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, April 5, 2010$26,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, May 19, 20052.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20002.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20032.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20192.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 14, 20261.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 20, 20231.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, August 28, 1990F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 9, 20152 deaths · 11 injured · $8.0 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 21, 1967$25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1976F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1981F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 1957F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 15, 1978F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 1984F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 1990F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 1991F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 1995F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 2026EF3 · 4 events here

Every tornado in DeKalb County, with its track

• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2026EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 2026EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 2026EF0 · 3 events here
• Flood, April 27, 202663 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 17, 2026EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 14, 20261.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, March 31, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 15, 20261 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 202660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202661 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 28, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 202556 kt wind · 7 events here
• Hail, August 16, 20251.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 23, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 8, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 21, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 15, 20253 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2025EF0 · 19 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 15, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024EF2 · 8 events here
• Flood, July 14, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2024EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 2024EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 4, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 27, 2024EF1 · 7 events here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 202450 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 23, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 2023EF1 · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 20, 20231.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 202369 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, April 4, 20233 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF2 · 5 events here
• Ice Storm, February 22, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 29, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 28, 20221.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 20221 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 2022EF0 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 5, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 13, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 202270 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, February 22, 20220.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20223 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 8, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, August 24, 20211 in hail · 6 events here
• Funnel Cloud, August 19, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 202170 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 10, 202160 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 9, 2021EF1 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 202165 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 4, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, January 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 2020EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 10, 2020EF1 · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20201.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 23, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 14, 202060 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, April 7, 20203 in hail · 3 events here
• Ice Storm, January 10, 20201 event here
• High Wind, November 27, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 31, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20191 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20192.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20191 event here
• Hail, April 11, 20190.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 24, 201956 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 17, 20191 event here
• Ice Storm, February 11, 20191 event here
• Ice Storm, February 5, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 25, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 20, 2018$6,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 201865 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 20181 event here
• Flood, August 28, 2018$21,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 2, 20183 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20181 event here
• Hail, January 22, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, October 14, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 19, 2017$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, June 14, 2017$8,000 · 1.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 17, 2017EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 7, 2017$1,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017EF3 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20161 event here
• Hail, July 6, 201665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 201662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 201665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 25, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015$1,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 2, 2015EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 9, 20152 deaths · 11 injured · $8.0 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2014$551,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 20141 death · 7 injured · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$50,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Flood, September 18, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20131.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2013$25,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2013$84,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Tornado, April 17, 2013EF0 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20131 event here
• Hail, September 4, 201256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012$12,000 · 65 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 18, 201261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20121 event here
• Flood, March 17, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20111 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011$15,000 · 75 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2011$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 2011$500 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, April 3, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20112 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 11, 20101 event here
• Tornado, November 22, 2010EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 27, 2010$10,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2010$50,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2010$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 23, 2010EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2010$5,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010$100,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 5, 2010$26,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 20091 event here
• Ice Storm, December 23, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20091 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 26, 20093 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 5, 20092 events here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 2009EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 25, 20090.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20081 event here
• Ice Storm, December 18, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, September 14, 2008$3.0 million · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 20083 injured · $15,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2008$62,000 · EF1 · 11 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 2, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20081 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2008$110,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 6, 2008$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20081 event here
• Flood, February 17, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, January 31, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20071 event here
• Ice Storm, December 1, 2007$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 2007$2.0 million · EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 200760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 2007$750,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 200760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 3, 2007EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 1, 20071 injured · $10,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 200756 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, March 31, 2007$25,000 · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 21, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, March 2, 20071 event here
• Blizzard, February 25, 20071 event here
• Blizzard, February 13, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, February 6, 20071 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20061 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 2, 20061.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2006$210,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 2006$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 10, 200661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 3, 200655 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 17, 200660 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 27, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 20061 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20061 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20061 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20051 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20051 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20051 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 200555 kt wind · 1 event here

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

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.