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Winter storms in Illinois
7 federal winter storms disaster declarations in Illinois since 1953.
Winter storms — Illinois — federal disaster declarations per year
19792011
Counties most affected
Winnebago County6McHenry County6Peoria County5Ogle County5Henry County5Lake County5Marshall County5LaSalle County5Bureau County5Boone County5McDonough County4Cook County4DuPage County4Stark County4Putnam County4Kendall County4Fulton County4Menard County4Kane County4Grundy County4Will County4Stephenson County4Jo Daviess County3Knox County3Lee County3Brown County3Tazewell County3Scott County3DeKalb County3Adams County3Pike County3Ford County3Mercer County3McLean County3Hancock County3Henderson County3Carroll County3Mason County3Livingston County3Woodford County2Calhoun County2Cass County2Christian County2De Witt County2Douglas County2Iroquois County2Kankakee County2Logan County2Morgan County2Moultrie County2Richland County2Sangamon County2Schuyler County2Shelby County2Warren County2Whiteside County2Hamilton County1Greene County1Gallatin County1Franklin County1Champaign County1Washington County1Fayette County1Effingham County1Piatt County1Edwards County1Pope County1Edgar County1White County1Rock Island County1Saline County1Bond County1Clark County1Cumberland County1Williamson County1Crawford County1Coles County1Clay County1Union County1Vermilion County1Lawrence County1Johnson County1Wabash County1Macon County1Marion County1Jasper County1Jackson County1Massac County1Hardin County1
Declarations
March 17, 2011Snowstorm65 counties
SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM
March 13, 2008Snowstorm8 counties
RECORD SNOW AND NEAR RECORD SNOW
December 29, 2006Snowstorm26 counties
SNOW
February 1, 2005Snowstorm16 counties
RECORD/NEAR RECORD SNOW
January 17, 2001Snowstorm27 counties
ILLINOIS WINTER SNOW STORMS
January 8, 1999Snowstorm52 counties
IL-WINTER STORM 1/1/99
January 16, 1979Snowstorm24 counties
BLIZZARDS & SNOWSTORMS
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries. History is not a forecast.