Storm History: McLean County, Illinois

Events

943

Deaths

19

Injuries

48

Damage

$110 million

Episodes

512

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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• Ice Storm, December 28, 20152 deaths · $975,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20061 death · $400,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20091 death · 3 injured · $35,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 26, 19971 death · 1 event here
• Heat, August 19, 20051 death · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 8, 20071 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20091 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20101 death · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 12, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Heat, June 6, 20111 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 20131 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Heat, August 25, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, December 7, 20151 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20241 death · 1 event here

• Drought, September 1, 2012$66 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2021$12 million · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 24, 1982$10 million · F2 · 7 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20121 injured · $3.5 million · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 1981$2.5 million · F2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, September 29, 1986$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 2020$1.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 1998$1.1 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 20, 2000$1.1 million · F1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 1996$1.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 28, 20152 deaths · $975,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1995$668,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 2015$500,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, November 17, 2013$485,000 · 4 in hail · 7 events here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20061 death · $400,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 18, 2008$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 1, 2018$290,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 19981 injured · $275,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 1995$256,000 · F3 · 5 events here

• Hail, November 17, 2013$485,000 · 4 in hail · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, May 7, 20233.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20233.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 20142.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 15, 20092.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 12, 2006$126,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 29, 19902.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 15, 20252.5 in hail · 29 events here
• Hail, July 11, 2020$1.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, August 13, 20112.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20232 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 18, 2009$170,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 13, 20082 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 4, 20022 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 20, 1976F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1976$25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1977F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1981F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1995$668,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 2004F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 1956$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 14, 1965$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 24, 1967$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1974$250,000 · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 14, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 18, 1975F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 1976F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1976$25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 1981F3 · 2 events here

Every tornado in McLean County, with its track

• Tornado, June 17, 2026EF3 · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 2026EF3 · 22 events here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20263 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 202661 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dust Storm, May 4, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Hail, March 26, 20261.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Winter Weather, March 15, 20261 event here
• Hail, March 6, 202652 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, December 28, 2025EF2 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20251 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 29, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202561 kt wind · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 2025EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 16, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, May 16, 20254 events here
• Hail, May 15, 20252.5 in hail · 29 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2025EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 19, 20251 injured · EF1 · 4 events here
• High Wind, March 14, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 27, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 24, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, July 14, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 13, 2024EF1 · 17 events here
• Dust Storm, June 6, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, May 21, 20241 event here
• Hail, May 7, 202461 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, March 13, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20241 death · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 22, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 202361 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2023EF2 · 16 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20233.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, June 12, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, May 7, 20233.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 2023$6,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20232 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, April 15, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 202352 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF3 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 202363 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 3, 2023EF1 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 202259 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 18, 2022EF0 · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 20221.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 202265 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 202261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 20221.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, October 24, 20211.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, October 11, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 20211 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 16, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2021$12 million · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, January 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 10, 2020$130,000 · 70 kt wind · 7 events here
• Tornado, July 15, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 11, 2020$1.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 202052 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, April 26, 20201 event here
• Lightning, January 11, 2020$30,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 27, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 27, 2019$30,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20191 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 2019$40,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2019EF1 · 8 events here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Hail, April 22, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 24, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 11, 20191 event here
• Tornado, December 1, 2018$290,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 16, 2018$25,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 2018$25,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 10, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 14, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 9, 2018$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 23, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, November 18, 20170.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20170.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20171 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 14, 2017$75,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$56,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017EF3 · 3 events here
• Hail, November 2, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2016$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016$130,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, May 26, 2016$60,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 21, 20161.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2016EF2 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20161 event here
• Ice Storm, December 28, 20152 deaths · $975,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, December 7, 20151 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 2015$500,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 20152 events here
• Hail, June 8, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2015$30,000 · EF0 · 8 events here
• Hail, April 8, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 20151.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20151 event here
• Heat, August 25, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 20144 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2014$49,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 28, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 20142.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, February 20, 2014EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20141 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20131 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 20131 death · 1 event here
• Hail, November 17, 2013$485,000 · 4 in hail · 7 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, September 19, 20131 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2013EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2013$18,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 24, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 20121 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2012$66 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20121 injured · $3.5 million · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Drought, June 19, 20121 event here
• Winter Weather, January 12, 20121 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20125 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 20112.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 201161 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20111 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2011$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heat, June 6, 20111 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2011$18,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Hail, February 27, 20111.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$500,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 12, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 3, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, November 24, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010$60,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 2010$75,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 9, 20101 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2010$35,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2010$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 20101.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 2010$4,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 7, 2010$8,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 4, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20101 death · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 20, 201012 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 25, 20095 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 19, 2009$4,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 4, 2009$130,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 24, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20091 death · 3 injured · $35,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20091.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2009EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 2009$170,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 15, 20092.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 2009EF1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 8, 200954 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20091 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 6, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, December 27, 2008$212,000 · 61 kt wind · 6 events here
• Ice Storm, December 18, 2008$300,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 30, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 2008$35,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008$45,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 2008$28,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008$230,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 20081 injured · $90,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 2008EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 13, 20082 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 11, 2008$5,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 31, 200854 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 4, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 31, 20081 event here
• Tornado, January 7, 2008EF1 · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 22, 200760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20071 event here
• Ice Storm, December 8, 20071 death · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, August 19, 20071 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 26, 2007$7,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 5, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 200765 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 28, 2007EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 14, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, February 24, 20071 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20061 death · $400,000 · 1 event here

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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.