Storm History: Iroquois County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Iroquois 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
- 564
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 360
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 | 171 | 0 | 13 | $9.7 million |
| Hail | 82 | 0 | 0 | $195,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 77 | 0 | 1 | $204,000 |
| Flash Flood | 64 | 0 | 1 | $7.6 million |
| Flood | 48 | 0 | 0 | $86,000 |
| Winter Storm | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 5 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2008
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, October 3, 1990
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2006
- Tornado, April 14, 2006
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, May 31, 1954
- Tornado, March 6, 1956
- Tornado, July 14, 1979
- Tornado, June 22, 1990
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2005
- Strong Wind, May 11, 2008
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 17, 1963
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, March 6, 1956
- Tornado, April 22, 1963
- Tornado, September 14, 1965
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, August 5, 1979
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, May 31, 1954
- Tornado, May 21, 1956
- Tornado, April 6, 1972
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Flood, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, April 22, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- High Wind, January 14, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2025
- Drought, October 7, 2025
- Wildfire, October 5, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Funnel Cloud, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Flood, June 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, May 14, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Hail, August 30, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 24, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 13, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, November 5, 2022
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Hail, August 3, 2022
- Heat, July 5, 2022
- Flood, July 4, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2021
- Tornado, October 3, 2021
- Flood, July 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Flood, June 30, 2021
- Tornado, June 26, 2021
- Tornado, June 25, 2021
- Flood, June 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Wildfire, October 14, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Tornado, May 17, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 10, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Tornado, July 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 30, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2018
- High Wind, October 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2018
- Flood, July 5, 2018
- Flood, June 10, 2018
- Hail, May 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Flood, July 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Flood, June 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Hail, May 26, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, March 20, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2016
- Flood, August 15, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2016
- Hail, March 15, 2016
- Tornado, September 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Flood, June 7, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, June 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Tornado, July 31, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
- Flood, August 13, 2011
- Tornado, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Flood, May 14, 2011
- Tornado, May 7, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2008
- Strong Wind, May 11, 2008
- Strong Wind, March 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, October 18, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2007
- Flood, March 23, 2007
- Blizzard, February 25, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2006
- Flood, August 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2006
- Tornado, May 24, 2006
- Hail, May 18, 2006
- Tornado, April 16, 2006
- Tornado, April 14, 2006
- Tornado, April 2, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, February 16, 2006
- Flood, October 2, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2005
- Drought, June 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Flood, May 19, 2005
- Flood, January 12, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2004
- Flood, June 11, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2004
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2003
- Tornado, July 27, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2003
- Hail, July 17, 2003
- Hail, July 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2003
- Hail, July 7, 2003
- Hail, July 6, 2003
- Tornado, May 14, 2003
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2002
- Tornado, June 4, 2002
- Flood, May 12, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Hail, October 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2001
- Hail, July 8, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Iroquois CountyEvery warning in Iroquois 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.