Illinois

Storm History: Perry County, Illinois

712 episodes, 790 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perry 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
790
Deaths
4
Injuries
26
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
712

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
Tornado91122$8.4 million
Dense Fog9100
Hail8001$296,000
Thunderstorm Wind6301$639,000
Winter Weather6000
Strong Wind5800$58,000
Frost/Freeze5500$30,000
Flash Flood5400$413,000
Heat5000
Winter Storm3720$150,000
Excessive Heat3100
Drought2900$3.5 million
Cold/Wind Chill2010
Heavy Snow2000$10,000
Flood1802$315,000
High Wind1000$204,000
Heavy Rain800
Ice Storm500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning200$100,000
Funnel Cloud200
Freezing Fog100
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Perry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Perry CountyEvery warning in Perry 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.