Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, November 12, 1965

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, November 12, 1965
Start: 1965-11-12T14:05
End: 1965-11-12T17:27
Location: Illinois

November 12, 1965 · 10 events in 8 counties and zones

8 tornado, 2 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 90
Property damage: $76 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

8 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, La Salle

When: November 12, 2:05 PM CST
Where: La Salle County
Rating: F2
Path length: 32.1 mi
Path width: 17 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 41.050, -89.000

Hail, Cook

When: November 12, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Cook County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 41.780, -87.580

Tornado, Grundy

When: November 12, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Grundy County
Rating: F2
Path length: 11.4 mi
Path width: 120 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 41.400, -88.470

Hail, Du Page

When: November 12, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Du Page County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.880, -88.080

Tornado, Du Page

When: November 12, 2:48 PM CST
Where: Du Page County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 41.800, -88.100

Tornado, Will

When: November 12, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Will County
Rating: F2
Path length: 24.5 mi
Path width: 120 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 90 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 41.450, -88.250

Tornado, Cook

When: November 12, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Cook County
Rating: F2
Path width: 120 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 41.570, -87.800

Tornado, Putnam

When: November 12, 3:55 PM CST
Where: Putnam County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8.7 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 41.200, -89.300

Tornado, Vermilion

When: November 12, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Vermilion County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.100, -87.700

Tornado, McLean

When: November 12, 5:27 PM CST
Where: McLean County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 40.300, -88.900

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 1965 Every state in 1965 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Illinois, 1965

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: 10007736, 10007737, 10007738, 10007739, 10007740, 10007741, 10007742, 10007743, 10007744, 10007745.