Winter Storm Warning Illinois

Winter alerts in Illinois, newest first, in effect or ended
Alert	State	Severity	Places
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Gusts up to 40 mph. Issued March 16 Ended March 17, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	174 places Moline Rock Island Freeport East Moline Macomb Sterling Kewanee Monmouth Rock Falls Silvis and 164 more
Blizzard WarningEnded 3 to 5 inches of snow, around a light glaze of ice, gusts up to 45 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 16, 2026	Illinois	Severe	53 places DeKalb Crystal Lake Algonquin Lake in the Hills Huntley McHenry Woodstock Sycamore Cary Harvard and 43 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Gusts up to 55 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 16, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	47 places Quincy Pittsfield Mount Sterling Barry Camp Point Griggsville Payson Pleasant Hill Mendon Golden and 37 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded 1 to 3 inches of snow, gusts up to 55 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 16, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	27 places Macomb Hamilton Bushnell Carthage Warsaw La Harpe Colchester Nauvoo Dallas City Blandinsville and 17 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Gusts up to 50 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 17, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	162 places Peoria Bloomington Normal Pekin Galesburg East Peoria Morton Washington Lincoln Canton and 152 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded 1 to 3 inches of snow, gusts up to 45 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 17, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	494 places Chicago Aurora Joliet Naperville Rockford Elgin Waukegan Cicero Schaumburg Evanston and 484 more
Winter Storm WarningEnded 3 to 6 inches of snow, gusts up to 50 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 15, 2026	Illinois	Severe	53 places Rockford Belvidere Loves Park Machesney Park Dixon Roscoe Rochelle South Beloit Rockton Candlewick Lake and 43 more
Blizzard WarningEnded 2 to 3 inches of snow, gusts up to 50 mph. Issued March 15 Ended March 16, 2026	Illinois	Severe	20 places Galesburg Abingdon Knoxville Wyoming Toulon East Galesburg Wataga Oak Run Oneida Bradford and 10 more
Blizzard WarningEnded Gusts up to 60 mph. Issued March 14 Ended March 16, 2026	Illinois	Severe	6 places Granville Hennepin Mark McNabb Magnolia Standard
Winter Storm WatchEnded Low visibility due to falling and blowing snow possible. Issued March 14 Ended March 15, 2026	Illinois	Severe	53 places Rockford Belvidere Loves Park Machesney Park Dixon Roscoe Rochelle South Beloit Rockton Candlewick Lake and 43 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Gusts up to 60 mph. Issued March 13 Ended March 15, 2026	Illinois	Severe	6 places Granville Hennepin Mark McNabb Magnolia Standard
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Up to one inch of snow with a localized area of 2 to 4 inches possible. Issued March 1 Ended March 2, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	122 places Quincy Granite City Edwardsville Alton Collinsville Godfrey Glen Carbon Troy Wood River Highland and 112 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded 3 to 5 inches of snow, gusts up to 35 mph. Issued February 19 Ended February 20, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	12 places Galena Stockton East Dubuque The Galena Territory Warren Hanover Elizabeth Apple Canyon Lake Scales Mound Apple River and 2 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Could locally exceed 4 inches of snow, particularly near the Indiana state line. Issued January 30 Ended January 31, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	10 places Crete University Park Monee Beecher Peotone Willowbrook Plum Valley Eagle Lake Goodenow Andres
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Could locally exceed 5 inches of snow, particularly near the lake. Issued January 30 Ended January 31, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	29 places Schaumburg Evanston Arlington Heights Palatine Skokie Des Plaines Mount Prospect Hoffman Estates Glenview Park Ridge and 19 more
Winter Storm WarningEnded Locally in excess of 6 inches of snow, particularly near the lake. Issued January 29 Ended January 31, 2026	Illinois	Severe	90 places Chicago Cicero Orland Park Oak Lawn Berwyn Tinley Park Oak Park Calumet City Burbank Lansing and 80 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded 2 to 3 inches of snow, within a few hour period, locally in excess of 6 inches of snow possible, mainly near Lake Michigan. Issued January 29 Ended January 30, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	205 places Chicago Naperville Waukegan Cicero Schaumburg Evanston Arlington Heights Palatine Skokie Des Plaines and 195 more
Cold Weather AdvisoryEnded Wind chills as low as 11 below zero. Issued January 29 Ended January 31, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	141 places Carbondale Marion Mount Vernon Herrin Harrisburg West Frankfort Murphysboro Mount Carmel Benton Metropolis and 131 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Locally in excess of 6 inches of snow, particularly in areas near the lake. Issued January 29 Ended January 31, 2026	Illinois	Severe	90 places Chicago Cicero Orland Park Oak Lawn Berwyn Tinley Park Oak Park Calumet City Burbank Lansing and 80 more
Cold Weather AdvisoryEnded Wind chills as low as 16 below zero. Issued January 27 Ended January 28, 2026	Illinois	Moderate	88 places Centralia Vandalia Salem Greenville Litchfield Hillsboro Carlinville Staunton Breese Carlyle and 78 more