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winter-storm Winter Storm Risk in Illinois

Overall State Risk Score: 7/10

Illinois faces very high winter-storm risk. 15 of 102 counties (15%) rated high or very high by FEMA National Risk Index.

Seasonal pattern: December-March

Highest-Risk Cities in Illinois

1
Chicago, IL
Extreme · 11 historical events
FEMA: 9Historical: 10

Other Hazards in Illinois

earthquake
Earthquake Risk
Score: 5/10
wildfire
Wildfire Risk
Score: 1/10
hurricane
Hurricane Risk
Score: 1/10
flood
Flood Risk
Score: 3/10
tornado
Tornado Risk
Score: 7/10
landslide
Landslide Risk
Score: 3/10
extreme-heat
Extreme Heat Risk
Score: 5/10
drought
Drought Risk
Score: 7/10
high-wind
High Wind Risk
Score: 7/10
tsunami
Tsunami Risk
Score: 0/10

How this data is built

Illinois winter storm risk combines Historical Event Intelligence with authoritative hazard modeling from the Geospatial Intelligence Layers catalog. Live event monitoring is available through the Event Intelligence API and the DisasterAWARE Platform.

The data behind this page

Every score and event here comes from DisasterAWARE's hazard database — available as downloadable historical datasets and a real-time API.

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