Storm History: Saint Clair County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Clair 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
- 1,047
- Deaths
- 33
- Injuries
- 302
- Damage
- $32 million
- Episodes
- 680
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 319 | 2 | 20 | $35,000 |
| Tornado | 263 | 12 | 132 | $13 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 230 | 1 | 1 | $895,000 |
| Flash Flood | 68 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Heat | 36 | 12 | 147 | |
| Excessive Heat | 35 | 5 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 1 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Tornado, February 25, 1956
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Tornado, April 5, 1958
- Hail, November 15, 1989
- Heat, June 23, 1998
- Lightning, February 24, 2001
- Heat, June 19, 2001
- Heat, August 24, 2003
- Heat, June 23, 2005
- Tornado, April 2, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2007
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Hail, April 18, 2019
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Flood, June 2, 2019
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, February 25, 1956
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, July 4, 1992
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2001
- Tornado, October 6, 1955
- Tornado, April 5, 1958
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, April 3, 1984
- Flood, July 18, 2000
- Tornado, May 19, 2022
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1997
- Tornado, August 23, 1993
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 18, 1957
- Tornado, February 25, 1956
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, April 3, 1981
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 5, 1958
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 14, 1974
- Tornado, April 18, 1975
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, December 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Tornado, July 6, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Hail, March 30, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, April 18, 2024
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Hail, August 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2023
- Hail, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Hail, May 14, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Tornado, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Sleet, February 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Tornado, October 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2021
- Hail, July 9, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2020
- Tornado, July 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2019
- Heat, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, June 12, 2019
- Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 21, 2019
- Hail, May 15, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Hail, April 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2018
- Hail, August 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2018
- Hail, June 9, 2018
- Hail, May 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2018
- Hail, April 2, 2018
- Hail, November 5, 2017
- Hail, October 9, 2017
- Hail, September 4, 2017
- Hail, July 23, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2017
- Hail, July 16, 2017
- Heat, July 9, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Heat, September 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Heat, June 22, 2016
- Heat, June 14, 2016
- Tornado, June 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2016
- Hail, April 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Hail, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Tornado, June 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Hail, April 7, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2015
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2014
- Excessive Heat, September 4, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2014
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2014
- Hail, April 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Heat, September 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2013
- Heat, August 27, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2013
- Flood, June 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Blizzard, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Hail, October 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 2012
- Tornado, September 25, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2012
- Drought, July 10, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Hail, March 14, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Hail, January 17, 2012
- Heat, September 1, 2011
- Heat, August 31, 2011
- Heat, August 24, 2011
- Heat, August 6, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Heat, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2011
- Excessive Heat, June 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Hail, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Hail, May 26, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Hail, May 3, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, June 8, 2009
- Tornado, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2009
- Tornado, March 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Tornado, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2008
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2008
- Hail, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 27, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Saint Clair CountyEvery warning in Saint Clair 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.