Bond County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Bond County: 2.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 2, 2025Tornado$385,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   At approximately 5:05 PM a tornado began northwest of Pierron in Bond County, IL, damaging a few trees. The tornado tracked northeast over Dolls Orchard Avenue, causing further tree damage while paralleling Interstate 70 to the south. The most significant damage was surveyed at the intersection of Millersburg Road and Cottonwood Avenue, where several structures were almost completely destroyed and debris lofted for nearly a mile. One injury was reported at this location. Significant tree damage was also observed, with several large trunks being sheared off and bark peeled back. The tornado continued northeast through the southern fringe of Greenville, causing minor tree and…

2. May 12, 2000Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado left a path of damage for 9 miles across east Bond County. The damage first started 2.5 miles north northeast of Old Ripley where several large trees were damaged. The tornado traveled east alone County Road 1300 destroying one barn and 2 machine sheds. The tornado continued east snapping or uprooting large trees. It then crossed Governor Bond Lake, damaging at least 7 homes in the Springwood Estates subdivision on the east side of the lake. Large pieces from the side of one home and pieces of the roof of another were blown about 1/2 mile east. Several pieces of debris were impaled into the ground at 45 to 60 degree angles.

3. Feb 27, 1999Hail$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Golfball size hail damaged some vehicles in Pocahontas.

4. Jun 29, 2023Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree on top of two unoccupied vehicles. The vehicles sustained major damage.

5. Jul 20, 2025Flash Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain caused a culvert to wash out on Polk Avenue. This destroyed Polk Avenue north of Greenville.

6. Sep 26, 1996High Wind, Bond$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Winds gusting to around 50 mph accompanying a strong cold front caused scattered damage across the Metro-East area. Most damage was limited to trees and power lines, although a few homes were also damaged by falling trees or large limbs. An estimated 5000 residents lost power across the area. Some corn was also flattened in fields in Clinton County near St. Rose.

7. May 2, 2004Lightning$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck a large tree between two houses in Greenville causing the tree to literally explode. Branches from the tree went through the roof of a garage damaging a truck inside. Fencing between the homes and a swing set were also damaged.

8. Jun 22, 2007Lightning$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A lightning strike around 10:00 pm CDT took our virtually all communications at the Police and Sheriff Department in Greenville, IL. 911 service was out for several hours.

9. May 19, 2022Tornado$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado crossed into southern Bond County at the intersection of Keysport Road and Schrage Road. It continued to travel to the north northeast. It caused roof damage to an outbuilding as well as snapping off a couple of large trees at a farm on Drake School Road, just west of intersection with Millersburg Road. It eventually crossed Interstate 70 just southwest of Exit 45 on the southeast side of Greenville. It lifted and dissipated along Illinois Route 127 just north of intersection with Bowman Industrial Drive. The tornado was rated EF1 in Bond County with a path length of 10.9 miles and a max path width of 250 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. Overall, the tornado…

10. Feb 22, 2023Thunderstorm Wind$15,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous limbs and tore some siding off of a house about two miles north of Pocahontas. Just south southeast of Greenville the tin roof of an outbuilding was peeled up and several trees and tree limbs were blown down.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°F2 times, most recently Jul 8, 2012

All-time low

−22°FJan 19, 1994

Warmest night

82°FJul 26, 2012

Coldest day

−2°F2 times, most recently Jan 7, 2014

Wettest day

5.55 inJun 18, 1964

Snowiest day

12.0 inDec 20, 1973

Hottest year

2012mean 58.4°F

Coldest year

1979mean 52.0°F

Wettest year

201858.93 in

Driest year

197622.36 in

Snowiest season

30.6 in2002-03

Station Carlyle Rsvr (USC00111290), 501 ft elevation, 18.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1962 to September 30, 2026; 92.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00111290.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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