Illinois

Storm History: Gallatin County, Illinois

748 episodes, 774 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gallatin 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
774
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
748

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
Flood14500$2.5 million
Dense Fog10800
Strong Wind5300$51,000
Frost/Freeze5100$25,000
Heat5110
Winter Weather5000
Hail4800$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3800$347,000
Winter Storm3500$620,000
Excessive Heat3400
Tornado32013$4.3 million
Drought2900$3.5 million
Flash Flood2700$666,000
Heavy Snow2100$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill2000
High Wind1100$1.5 million
Ice Storm600$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud200
Freezing Fog200
Lightning200$120,000
Dust Storm100$1,000
Wildfire100$10,000

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 Gallatin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gallatin CountyEvery warning in Gallatin 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.