Storm History: Peoria County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Peoria 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
- 875
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 51
- Damage
- $297 million
- Episodes
- 488
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 | 290 | 1 | 39 | $95 million |
| Hail | 232 | 1 | 0 | $6.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 113 | 0 | 2 | $131 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | 0 | $832,000 |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 2 | 5 | |
| Heavy Snow | 23 | 1 | 5 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $39,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $34 million |
| Flood | 12 | 1 | 0 | $28 million |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heat | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
The deadliest
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1998
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 1997
- Heat, June 26, 1998
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2008
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 23, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Hail, November 2, 2016
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, September 14, 1965
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, June 29, 1998
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Tornado, June 29, 1976
- Tornado, July 25, 1981
- Hail, June 16, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2022
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 1990
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Hail, April 10, 1981
- Hail, June 2, 1980
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Hail, June 7, 1982
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, September 28, 1972
- Tornado, June 29, 1976
- Tornado, May 5, 1977
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, April 21, 1964
- Tornado, September 14, 1965
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, July 23, 1975
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2026
- Hail, May 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 15, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Tornado, February 19, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Heat, July 23, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Tornado, August 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, June 13, 2024
- Hail, May 2, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Hail, March 4, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 3, 2024
- Tornado, February 8, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Flood, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Tornado, September 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2021
- Hail, August 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Hail, November 10, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 15, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2020
- Strong Wind, June 9, 2020
- Tornado, May 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2020
- Tornado, April 28, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Tornado, September 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Hail, June 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Strong Wind, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- High Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Hail, January 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2017
- Tornado, July 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 2016
- Hail, November 2, 2016
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 22, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 19, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Hail, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2013
- Hail, June 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Flood, May 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flood, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 16, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2012
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2010
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, May 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 29, 2009
- High Wind, March 24, 2009
- Flood, March 10, 2009
- Hail, March 8, 2009
- High Wind, March 8, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2008
- Lightning, August 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 15, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Peoria CountyEvery warning in Peoria 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.