Illinois

Storm History: Hardin County, Illinois

558 episodes, 565 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardin 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
565
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
558

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
Dense Fog9800
Frost/Freeze5100$30,000
Heat5011
Strong Wind5000$48,000
Winter Weather4800
Flood4600$329,000
Winter Storm3500$9.0 million
Drought3200$3.5 million
Excessive Heat3200
Hail2100$227,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$90,000
Heavy Snow1700$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Flash Flood1501$211,000
Tornado1100$36,000
High Wind900$4.2 million
Ice Storm600$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Freezing Fog200
Wildfire100
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Hardin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hardin CountyEvery warning in Hardin 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.