Illinois

Storm History: Ogle County, Illinois

398 episodes, 602 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ogle 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
602
Deaths
5
Injuries
19
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
398

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
Tornado141111$14 million
Hail10501$241,000
Flash Flood9601$684,000
Thunderstorm Wind7800$213,000
Winter Storm3910
Flood3400$5,000
Drought1700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1710
High Wind1301$55,000
Winter Weather1100
Ice Storm1000
Cold/Wind Chill900
Heavy Snow900
Excessive Heat700
Blizzard500
Dust Storm300$10,000
Dense Fog224$100,000
Heat200
Lightning101
Strong Wind100
Frost/Freeze100
Heavy Rain100

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 Ogle County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ogle CountyEvery warning in Ogle 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.