Storm History: DuPage County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in DuPage 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
- 1,203
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 149
- Damage
- $49 million
- Episodes
- 561
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 366 | 4 | 125 | $23 million |
| Hail | 209 | 1 | 3 | $957,000 |
| Flash Flood | 207 | 2 | 4 | $22 million |
| Flood | 118 | 0 | 11 | $1.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 102 | 1 | 4 | $2.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 40 | 0 | 0 | $129,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 0 | 2 | $250,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $39,000 |
| Blizzard | 5 | 4 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $69,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2005
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2021
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Flash Flood, July 17, 1996
- Tornado, April 28, 1955
- Tornado, July 17, 1972
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 1995
- Flood, March 31, 2007
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Tornado, June 21, 2011
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2006
- Tornado, May 30, 2018
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 17, 1963
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, June 13, 1976
- Tornado, July 17, 1972
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
- Tornado, May 26, 1965
- Tornado, November 12, 1965
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Flood, April 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Hail, March 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- High Wind, January 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, October 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2025
- Flood, August 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Flood, June 18, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Hail, August 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2024
- Hail, August 5, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2024
- Hail, June 24, 2024
- Tornado, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Flood, May 2, 2024
- Tornado, February 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2023
- Tornado, July 14, 2023
- Tornado, July 12, 2023
- Flood, July 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 13, 2023
- Hail, June 1, 2023
- Hail, April 20, 2023
- Flood, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, February 27, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, November 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2022
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Tornado, July 22, 2022
- Heat, July 5, 2022
- Flood, July 4, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, June 13, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, May 25, 2022
- Flood, May 3, 2022
- Tornado, April 30, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 28, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2021
- Flood, August 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Tornado, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, June 26, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Flood, June 12, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 18, 2021
- High Wind, March 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, November 10, 2020
- Flood, October 22, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Flood, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Flood, June 22, 2020
- Tornado, May 17, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2020
- Flood, April 29, 2020
- High Wind, April 20, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 15, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 10, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2019
- Flood, October 26, 2019
- Flood, August 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Tornado, June 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2018
- High Wind, October 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2018
- Tornado, September 3, 2018
- Flood, August 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2018
- Hail, August 1, 2018
- Flood, July 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Flood, June 22, 2018
- Tornado, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 9, 2018
- Flood, May 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2017
- Hail, August 28, 2017
- Flood, August 3, 2017
- Flood, July 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Flood, July 19, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, March 20, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2016
- Flood, May 25, 2016
- High Wind, March 16, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, September 18, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Hail, August 10, 2015
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2014
- Flood, August 1, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2014
- Hail, April 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 2, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Hail, September 11, 2013
- Hail, August 31, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 23, 2013
- Tornado, June 12, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013
- Hail, November 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in DuPage CountyEvery warning in DuPage 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.