Hail, Menard
- When
- March 21, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Menard County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -89.680
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 21, 1966
5 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cass
- When
- March 21, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Menard
- When
- March 21, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Menard County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -89.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Menard
- When
- March 21, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Menard County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -89.680
Hail, Rock Island
- When
- March 21, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -90.680
Tornado, Whiteside
- When
- March 21, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Whiteside
- When
- March 21, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -89.680
Hail, Ogle
- When
- March 21, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -89.080
Hail, Cook
- When
- March 21, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -87.680
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
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10008820, 10008821, 10008822, 10008823, 10008824, 10008825, 10008826, 10008827, 10008828.