Hail, Du Page
- When
- April 17, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -88.080
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 17, 1963
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 50
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- April 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -87.780
Hail, Cook
- When
- April 17, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -87.780
Tornado, Kankakee
- When
- April 17, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 25.2 mi
- Path width
- 130 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 50 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -88.100
Hail, Champaign
- When
- April 17, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -88.180
Hail, Cook
- When
- April 17, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -87.780
Hail, Iroquois
- When
- April 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -87.780
Hail, Adams
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -91.080
Hail, Morgan
- When
- April 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- April 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- April 17, 6:49 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.680
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Kankakee | 1963-04-17 | Direct |
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 17, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 17, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Ohio, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Texas, April 17, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 17, 1963
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1963Every state in 1963This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1963
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: 10008139, 10008140, 10008141, 10008142, 10008143, 10008144, 10008145, 10008146, 10008147, 10008148, 10008149.