Storm History: Ogle County, Illinois
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 141 | 1 | 11 | $14 million |
| Hail | 105 | 0 | 1 | $241,000 |
| Flash Flood | 96 | 0 | 1 | $684,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 78 | 0 | 0 | $213,000 |
| Winter Storm | 39 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 13 | 0 | 1 | $55,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 2 | 4 | $100,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Tornado, August 5, 1979
- Tornado, April 21, 1974
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, April 6, 1972
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2013
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Dense Fog, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, May 23, 1993
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2007
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, July 10, 1959
- Tornado, August 15, 1959
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Flood, April 4, 2023
- Flood, May 2, 2018
- Hail, September 21, 1973
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2014
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Hail, May 7, 1965
- Hail, August 5, 2024
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Flood, August 13, 2011
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 21, 1967
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, August 10, 1974
- Tornado, August 5, 1979
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Tornado, April 6, 1972
- Tornado, March 21, 1966
- Tornado, April 21, 1974
- Tornado, June 6, 1974
- Tornado, June 22, 1974
- Tornado, March 23, 1975
- Tornado, May 20, 1975
- Tornado, August 16, 1987
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Flood, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Hail, August 5, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Flood, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2024
- Dust Storm, June 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2024
- Hail, March 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2023
- Tornado, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, April 20, 2023
- Flood, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, November 5, 2022
- Flood, August 28, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2022
- Tornado, July 22, 2022
- Heat, July 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, May 26, 2022
- Tornado, April 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2021
- Tornado, August 10, 2021
- Tornado, August 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 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
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, November 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2019
- Flood, September 3, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Tornado, June 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 27, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2018
- High Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flood, October 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2018
- Tornado, September 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2018
- Flood, May 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Flood, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 16, 2017
- Flood, July 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, June 15, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Dense Fog, March 9, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Hail, June 11, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Drought, July 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Dust Storm, May 24, 2012
- Hail, April 14, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Flood, August 13, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
- Dense Fog, June 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Rain, August 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 13, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Blizzard, December 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Hail, July 19, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2008
- Hail, July 7, 2008
- Flood, July 2, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- High Wind, June 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 11, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2007
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 21, 2007
- Blizzard, February 25, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2006
- Hail, August 3, 2006
- Flood, July 20, 2006
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.