Ice Storm in Illinois

Events

488

Deaths

7

Injuries

52

Damage

$13 million

• Blizzard and Ice Storm in Illinois, February 1 to 2, 20113 deaths · $11 million · 35 eventsA powerful storm system tracking from the southern Plains into the Great Lakes brought a wide variety of wintry precipitation to central and southeast Illinois on Februray 1st into the 2nd.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, December 28, 20152 deaths · $5.0 million · 8 eventsA multi-faceted storm system impacted central Illinois from December 26th through 28th...bringing heavy rainfall, significant ice accumulations, and strong winds.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, December 8 to 9, 20072 deaths · 2 injured · $590,000 · 15 eventsA winter storm brought an extended period of freezing rain to portions of central Illinois on December 8th and 9th. The area most impacted by the ice storm received widespread 3 to 4 tenths of an inch of ice.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22 to 23, 202447 injured · 30 eventsLow-level warm air advection overrunning cold surface air resulted in light freezing rain developing on the morning of Monday, January 22, continuing into that evening.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 20 to 21, 20101 death · 18 injured · $230,000 · 11 eventsAn upper-level disturbance tracked across the region on January 20th, bringing a period of freezing rain to central Illinois. Ice accumulations of one tenth to one quarter of an inch were common along and north of I-72.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 20251 death · $1.2 million · 19 eventsA major to locally historic winter storm impacted southern Illinois on the 5th with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Illinois, February 24 to 25, 20071 death · 1 injured · $965,000 · 13 eventsA widespread and crippling ice/snow storm affected eastern Iowa, northwest and western Illinois, and extreme northeast Missouri on February 24, 2007. This massive ice storm was the worst to affect the region since January 22-23, 1965.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 12 to 13, 20071 death · 13 eventsA winter storm spread freezing rain into west central Illinois during the afternoon hours of February 12th.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2008$2.0 million · 14 eventsA powerful storm system produced between one quarter and three quarters of an inch of ice across parts of central Illinois on December 18th. Areas along and north of I-72 were most severely impacted, with widespread tree damage and power outages reported.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 13, 2017$200,000 · 19 eventsUp to one-quarter inch of ice accumulated on elevated surfaces, including trees and power lines. Ground surfaces were relatively warm following three days of high temperatures in the 50's and 60's. Therefore, impacts on travel were quite minor due to the melting on pavement.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 1999$150,000 · 19 eventsSignificant ice accumulations caused travel problems across southern Illinois beginning late on New Years Day and continuing through the night. Traffic volume was especially light because it was a holiday weekend.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2008$100,000 · 18 eventsA strong winter storm moved across northern Illinois during the late evening hours of December 18th into the morning of December 19th. Ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch were reported across much of Livingston, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties.
• Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 2005$110,000 · 11 eventsThe biggest winter storm of the season affected Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri from the evening of 4 January to the morning of 6 January.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, December 10 to 11, 2007$50,000 · 13 eventsA large area of freezing rain fell across the region on December 10-11, 2007. This precipitation occurred on the cold side of a stationary frontal boundary that extended from the southern Plains to the lower Ohio Valley.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Illinois, January 20 to 21, 2006$28,000 · 6 eventsA major winter storm moved from the southern Plains into the eastern Great Lakes from 20 January to 21 January 2006. Temperatures were critical during the event with some areas remaining all snow while others began as rain and transitioned to snow.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1, 202122 eventsMainly freezing rain fell across east central Illinois during the morning of January 1st producing a widespread area of one quarter inch or more of ice accumulation south of Interstate 80.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 15 to 16, 2006$14,000 · 12 eventsA winter storm moved along a frontal boundary from the southern Plains and into the Great Lakes region.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 15, 199719 eventsFreezing rain coated surfaces with around a half inch of ice. Travel became very difficult in a short period of time. The weather prompted Southern Illinois University in Carbondale to shut down for the fourth time in 30 years.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 25, 200419 eventsThe areas hardest hit by this ice storm were along and north of a line from Harrisburg to Carbondale, where about one half inch of ice glazed all surfaces. Numerous accidents were reported.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 8, 199918 eventsFreezing rain coated surfaces with around a quarter inch of ice in most areas. The exception was in the vicinity of the Ohio River from Massac County to Hardin County, where locally one half inch of ice was observed.
• Blizzard and Ice Storm in Illinois, February 25 to 26, 200718 eventsA mixed precipitation event developed over northern Illinois on February 25th. Only far northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border remained mainly snow.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 11 to 12, 201918 eventsFreezing rain developed during the afternoon of February 11th and continued through the morning of February 12th, causing significant ice accumulations across all of northern Illinois. Damage to tree limbs and power lines were reported in some areas.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 1, 202117 eventsLow pressure tracking from eastern Oklahoma during the early morning of January 1st to northern Indiana by the evening of the 1st brought a prolonged period of freezing rain to much of central Illinois.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, February 17 to 18, 20001 injured · 8 eventsAn ice storm affected central parts of Illinois, near the Illinois River Valley, from late in the evening on February 17th through the late afternoon hours of February 18th.
• Ice Storm in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 200516 eventsA major winter storm moved across the mid Mississippi Valley and into the Ohio Valley on January 5th and 6th. This system brought significant icing to much of central Illinois, with ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch common.

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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.