Storms in Illinois in 1964
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1964, 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 1964 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
The year
- Events
- 66
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $153,000
- Episodes
- 27
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 6 | $153,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1964
March 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 4, 1964
- Tornadoes in Illinois, March 8, 1964
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 25, 1964
April 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 2, 1964
- Hail in Illinois, April 6, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 13, 1964
- Hail in Illinois, April 18, 1964
- Hail in Illinois, April 19, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 20, 1964
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 21, 1964
- Hail in Illinois, April 24, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 27, 1964
May 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 7, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 26, 1964
June 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 19, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 20, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 21, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 22, 1964
July 1964
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 7, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 14, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 18, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 28, 1964
November 1964
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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.