Storms in Illinois in 1965

123 events in 41 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1965, 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 1965 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

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The year

Events: 123
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 217
Damage: $81 million
Episodes: 41

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	71	0	0
Tornado	34	8	217	$81 million
Hail	18	0	0

Every episode, month by month

February 1965

Tornado in Illinois, February 9, 1965$250,000 · F2 · 1 event

April 1965

May 1965

June 1965

July 1965

August 1965

September 1965

November 1965

December 1965

Damaging Wind in Illinois, December 24, 196550 kt wind · 1 event

Every year in Illinois Every state in 1965 Tornadoes in Illinois in 1965 1964 1966

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.