Storm History: Fayette County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fayette 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
- 383
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $6.3 million
- Episodes
- 310
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 | 90 | 0 | 13 | $4.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 82 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Hail | 57 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $601,000 |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, November 9, 1984
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Tornado, July 21, 1954
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, April 19, 1996
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Tornado, April 30, 2025
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Flood, March 19, 2008
- Flood, April 16, 2013
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 1996
- Tornado, May 12, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- High Wind, May 11, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Hail, June 7, 1982
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2010
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Hail, February 19, 2026
- Hail, May 14, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2015
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Hail, July 18, 2003
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 14, 1957
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, May 21, 1957
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, July 21, 1954
- Tornado, June 4, 1960
- Tornado, November 26, 1965
- Tornado, November 9, 1984
- Tornado, May 9, 1990
- Tornado, May 12, 1990
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Hail, February 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 30, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, April 18, 2024
- Tornado, April 7, 2024
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, August 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Hail, May 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Sleet, February 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Hail, July 23, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2015
- Hail, April 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Heat, September 1, 2013
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2013
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Flood, April 16, 2013
- Blizzard, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2012
- Drought, July 10, 2012
- Hail, July 2, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Heat, September 1, 2011
- Heat, August 31, 2011
- Heat, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Heat, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2010
- Hail, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Tornado, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- High Wind, May 11, 2008
- Flood, March 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2008
- Sleet, February 21, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Hail, July 30, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Hail, June 3, 2006
- Hail, April 30, 2006
- Hail, April 16, 2006
- Hail, April 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Heat, July 20, 2005
- Hail, May 11, 2005
- Hail, March 31, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2005
- Heavy Rain, January 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2004
- Heat, July 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain, November 17, 2003
- Heat, August 24, 2003
- Heat, August 15, 2003
- Hail, July 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Heat, August 1, 2002
- Heat, July 26, 2002
- Heat, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2002
- Heat, July 8, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2002
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2002
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flood, May 1, 2002
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Hail, April 24, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 2001
- Heat, August 21, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2001
- Heat, August 7, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 29, 2001
- Heat, July 17, 2001
- Heat, July 7, 2001
- Hail, July 4, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- High Wind, March 13, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Hail, August 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2000
- Tornado, May 12, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2000
- Hail, April 20, 2000
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2000
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1999
- Tornado, June 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Ice Storm, January 13, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 21, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 1998
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 1998
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 12, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1997
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Fayette CountyEvery warning in Fayette 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.