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Illinois averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year which put it somewhat above average for number of thunderstorm days for the United States. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 54 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 9.7 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually.
Heavy rains fell across central Illinois, leading to the wettest known event to be associated with a tropical cyclone or its remnants across Illinois. [60] More recently, the remnants of Hurricane Ike brought heavy flooding to the Chicago area in September 2008.
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana: 18:45–22:30 219 mi (352 km) 2,650 yd (2,420 m) $17,000,000: 695 deaths – See article on this tornado – This is the deadliest and longest-tracked tornado in U.S. history. There were 588 fatalities in Illinois and 95 in Indiana, making this the deadliest tornado for both states. [3] [24] [10] [7] [25] F4
These two towns were probably hit by two separate, weak tornadoes which formed from the same thunderstorm, but intense tornado damage only began 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Nebo, Illinois. [7] From there, moving east at about 40 miles per hour (64 km/h ), [ 2 ] [ 5 ] the first violent member of the event moved into White Hall , hitting farms and ...
The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale , holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours.
Several southwest Illinois areas recorded between 5 and 8 inches of rainfall, though one locality had more than 9 inches. Here’s what the National Weather Service St. Louis reported Wednesday ...
The Chicago blizzard of 1967 struck northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 26–27, 1967, with a record-setting 23 inches (58 cm) snow fall in Chicago and its suburbs before the storm abated the next morning. As of 2024, it remains the greatest snowfall in one storm in Chicago history.
In the midday and afternoon hours of March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved through Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 more in what is sometimes known as the Great Tri-State tornado.