Hail, Sangamon
- When
- May 6, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.400
Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 6, 1961
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Champaign
- When
- May 6, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -88.400
Hail, Macon
- When
- May 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.000
Hail, Champaign
- When
- May 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -88.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.000
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 6, 1961
- Tornado in Ohio, May 6, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1961
- Tornado in Colorado, May 6, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 6, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 6, 1961
- Hail in Texas, May 6, 1961
- Hail in Michigan, May 6, 1961
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10007641, 10007642, 10007643, 10007644, 10007645.