Storm History: Vermilion County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Vermilion 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
- 830
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 53
- Damage
- $142 million
- Episodes
- 441
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 | 309 | 1 | 30 | $62 million |
| Hail | 218 | 0 | 1 | $9.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 108 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 81 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 4 | |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | $65 million |
| Heat | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 2 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 9, 1953
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, July 8, 2001
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 1994
- Tornado, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1998
- Tornado, December 6, 1998
- Tornado, November 10, 1975
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, June 22, 1984
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2014
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, July 26, 1978
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Hail, June 2, 1980
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2013
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 18, 1957
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, May 13, 1995
- Tornado, July 13, 2004
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, April 9, 1953
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 13, 1975
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Tornado, August 15, 1958
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 16, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2026
- Hail, March 26, 2026
- Hail, March 3, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Tornado, December 28, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Tornado, October 3, 2025
- Tornado, August 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- High Wind, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2024
- Wildfire, October 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2024
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2024
- Tornado, June 29, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, June 13, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2024
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Hail, March 4, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2022
- Tornado, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Tornado, June 26, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2021
- Tornado, May 6, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 22, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2018
- Hail, August 10, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Hail, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2018
- Tornado, June 10, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Hail, May 31, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, November 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2017
- Flood, May 1, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2017
- Hail, March 19, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Dense Fog, February 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2016
- Tornado, September 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Hail, June 20, 2016
- Hail, May 11, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Blizzard, February 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2015
- Hail, September 4, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 12, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Tornado, June 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2015
- Hail, May 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2014
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Hail, July 14, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Hail, September 21, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 31, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Hail, April 1, 2012
- Hail, March 23, 2012
- Lightning, March 18, 2012
- Strong Wind, February 29, 2012
- Hail, November 14, 2011
- Hail, August 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Tornado, June 10, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Tornado, May 7, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 3, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2010
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Hail, August 4, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 3, 2010
- Tornado, July 21, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2010
- Tornado, May 21, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2009
- Tornado, March 8, 2009
- High Wind, March 8, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2008
- Tornado, July 21, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Tornado, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 13, 2008
- Tornado, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Hail, May 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Hail, August 19, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2007
- Blizzard, February 12, 2007
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Tornado, July 26, 2006
- Hail, June 28, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Vermilion CountyEvery warning in Vermilion 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.