Illinois

Storm History: White County, Illinois

838 episodes, 949 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in White 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
949
Deaths
3
Injuries
28
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
838

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
Flood195010$2.0 million
Dense Fog11000
Tornado8827$10 million
Hail7402$1.3 million
Winter Weather6312
Strong Wind5901$69,000
Frost/Freeze5100$3.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind4902$882,000
Heat4800
Flash Flood4301$2.3 million
Winter Storm3603$100,000
Excessive Heat3200
Drought2800$3.5 million
Heavy Snow2100$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
High Wind1100$527,000
Ice Storm600$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Rain400
Lightning300$105,000
Funnel Cloud200
Freezing Fog200
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 White County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in White CountyEvery warning in White 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.