Illinois

Storm History: Edgar County, Illinois

289 episodes, 389 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Edgar 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
389
Deaths
2
Injuries
23
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
289

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
Tornado131023$1.9 million
Hail8200$381,000
Flash Flood5900$885,000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$53,000
Heavy Snow1700
Winter Storm1400
Drought1200$43 million
High Wind1010$45,000
Heat810
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Excessive Heat600
Blizzard400$850,000
Flood300$700,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Ice Storm200
Frost/Freeze100
Dense Fog100
Winter Weather100

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 Edgar County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Edgar CountyEvery warning in Edgar 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.