Winter Weather Risk in Illinois

All Illinois counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index winter weather score

Winter Weather risk — heavy snow, blizzards, and hazardous winter conditions — is rated for 102 of 102 Illinois counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Cook County carries the state's highest winter weather score at 100.0, with $4M in expected annual winter weather losses.

15 Illinois counties are rated High or Very High for winter weather, and expected annual losses from winter weather total roughly $16M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Winter Weather

#CountyWinter Weather ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Cook County
100.0
Very High 14.60 / yr $4M
2 Champaign County
95.4
High 9.63 / yr $774K
3 Will County
92.2
High 14.37 / yr $617K
4 Vermilion County
91.1
High 9.58 / yr $354K
5 Jackson County
90.9
High 8.05 / yr $328K
6 Madison County
90.8
High 8.89 / yr $481K
7 Sangamon County
90.7
High 8.95 / yr $453K
8 Rock Island County
90.3
High 15.58 / yr $360K
9 Williamson County
89.8
High 7.63 / yr $364K
10 DuPage County
88.4
High 14.35 / yr $452K
11 St. Clair County
87.2
High 9.00 / yr $333K
12 Franklin County
86.7
High 7.84 / yr $225K
13 Jefferson County
86.6
High 8.26 / yr $284K
14 Peoria County
86.4
High 10.95 / yr $288K
15 McLean County
85.3
High 10.84 / yr $358K
16 Winnebago County
84.9
Medium 14.74 / yr $275K
17 Randolph County
83.5
Medium 8.11 / yr $223K
18 Tazewell County
79.5
Medium 10.84 / yr $234K
19 McHenry County
79.2
Medium 14.59 / yr $310K
20 Perry County
79.2
Medium 8.16 / yr $169K
21 Coles County
79.0
Medium 8.37 / yr $210K
22 Macon County
78.1
Medium 8.58 / yr $177K
23 Saline County
77.5
Medium 7.74 / yr $130K
24 Kane County
77.4
Medium 14.27 / yr $222K
25 Marion County
70.5
Medium 7.84 / yr $110K
26 LaSalle County
69.9
Medium 15.05 / yr $131K
27 White County
68.7
Medium 8.00 / yr $102K
28 Whiteside County
68.6
Medium 16.26 / yr $120K
29 Union County
66.9
Medium 7.74 / yr $94K
30 Macoupin County
65.0
Medium 8.47 / yr $100K
31 Johnson County
64.6
Medium 7.47 / yr $76K
32 Henry County
64.5
Medium 15.63 / yr $133K
33 Effingham County
63.8
Medium 7.11 / yr $119K
34 Douglas County
63.1
Medium 8.63 / yr $88K
35 Adams County
62.5
Medium 10.26 / yr $107K
36 Lake County
62.4
Medium 15.56 / yr $125K
37 Massac County
61.4
Medium 6.58 / yr $79K
38 Knox County
56.0
Low 11.11 / yr $74K
39 Edgar County
55.7
Low 8.53 / yr $82K
40 Moultrie County
54.6
Low 8.26 / yr $55K
41 Montgomery County
54.3
Low 8.42 / yr $67K
42 Shelby County
53.6
Low 8.37 / yr $85K
43 McDonough County
53.6
Low 11.21 / yr $62K
44 Richland County
53.2
Low 6.58 / yr $59K
45 Hamilton County
53.1
Low 7.89 / yr $88K
46 Fulton County
51.5
Low 10.47 / yr $69K
47 Kendall County
50.2
Low 14.37 / yr $113K
48 Clark County
49.4
Low 7.42 / yr $61K
49 Lawrence County
49.2
Low 6.53 / yr $54K
50 Gallatin County
46.5
Low 7.74 / yr $36K
51 Morgan County
46.3
Low 8.95 / yr $54K
52 Logan County
46.1
Low 9.21 / yr $57K
53 Christian County
45.8
Low 8.37 / yr $68K
54 Crawford County
44.6
Low 6.74 / yr $66K
55 Stephenson County
44.3
Low 15.89 / yr $47K
56 Bureau County
43.6
Low 14.79 / yr $51K
57 Kankakee County
43.2
Low 11.00 / yr $48K
58 Alexander County
43.1
Low 6.89 / yr $35K
59 Clay County
41.7
Low 6.74 / yr $44K
60 Piatt County
41.7
Low 9.26 / yr $54K
61 Clinton County
41.6
Low 8.26 / yr $53K
62 Livingston County
41.3
Low 10.74 / yr $51K
63 Boone County
41.1
Low 14.58 / yr $52K
64 Wabash County
40.8
Low 7.84 / yr $42K
65 Cumberland County
40.7
Low 7.37 / yr $40K
66 Washington County
40.4
Low 8.26 / yr $46K
67 Wayne County
40.1
Low 7.95 / yr $48K
68 Fayette County
39.8
Low 7.79 / yr $44K
69 Jo Daviess County
39.6
Low 16.53 / yr $42K
70 Hancock County
39.0
Low 11.21 / yr $37K
71 Pulaski County
35.9
Low 6.79 / yr $26K
72 Woodford County
35.0
Low 11.00 / yr $65K
73 Edwards County
34.5
Low 8.00 / yr $26K
74 Warren County
32.9
Low 12.84 / yr $39K
75 DeKalb County
32.7
Low 15.00 / yr $36K
76 Monroe County
32.6
Low 8.79 / yr $58K
77 Pope County
32.3
Low 7.16 / yr $30K
78 Bond County
31.0
Low 8.05 / yr $30K
79 Carroll County
30.4
Low 16.53 / yr $27K
80 De Witt County
30.4
Low 9.42 / yr $30K
81 Lee County
29.6
Low 14.42 / yr $33K
82 Mason County
29.5
Low 9.74 / yr $26K
83 Menard County
28.9
Low 9.05 / yr $24K
84 Jasper County
27.1
Low 6.89 / yr $35K
85 Iroquois County
26.9
Low 9.95 / yr $27K
86 Mercer County
26.9
Low 14.16 / yr $40K
87 Grundy County
25.8
Low 14.11 / yr $47K
88 Pike County
25.6
Low 9.74 / yr $23K
89 Hardin County
24.2
Very Low 7.00 / yr $19K
90 Marshall County
23.5
Very Low 11.21 / yr $21K
91 Ford County
23.0
Very Low 10.05 / yr $21K
92 Henderson County
22.5
Very Low 12.89 / yr $15K
93 Cass County
21.7
Very Low 9.26 / yr $20K
94 Jersey County
21.1
Very Low 9.05 / yr $29K
95 Greene County
19.5
Very Low 8.84 / yr $19K
96 Ogle County
19.0
Very Low 14.84 / yr $20K
97 Schuyler County
17.1
Very Low 9.74 / yr $11K
98 Putnam County
12.6
Very Low 14.84 / yr $10K
99 Brown County
12.0
Very Low 9.89 / yr $10K
100 Stark County
7.9
Very Low 10.89 / yr $7K
101 Calhoun County
7.1
Very Low 9.11 / yr $6K
102 Scott County
6.7
Very Low 8.95 / yr $7K

102 Illinois counties with measurable winter weather risk. See the national winter weather ranking or all Illinois counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Illinois county has the highest winter weather risk?

Cook County has the highest FEMA winter weather risk score in Illinois at 100.0 (Very High), with $4M in expected annual losses and about 14.60 events per year.

How many Illinois counties face significant winter weather risk?

102 Illinois counties record measurable winter weather risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 15 of them are rated High or Very High.

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