Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 1963

78 events in 22 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1963, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Illinois in 1963 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Illinois

The year

Events
78
Deaths
2
Injuries
110
Damage
$4.4 million
Episodes
22

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail3300
Thunderstorm Wind3000
Tornado152110$4.4 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1963

April 1963

June 1963

July 1963

August 1963

September 1963

October 1963

November 1963

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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.