Storms in Illinois in 1969
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1969, 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 1969 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
- 75
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $630,000
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 0 | 4 | $630,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 4, 1969
- Hail in Illinois, April 16, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 21, 1969
May 1969
- Hail in Illinois, May 7, 1969
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1969
- Hail in Illinois, May 13, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 29, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 31, 1969
June 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 1, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 4, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 7, 1969
- Hail in Illinois, June 19, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 22, 1969
- Tornado in Illinois, June 24, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 27, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 28, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1969
- Tornado in Illinois, June 30, 1969
July 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 3, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 6, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 8, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 10, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 11, 1969
- Tornado in Illinois, July 24, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 26, 1969
August 1969
September 1969
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 4, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 6, 1969
October 1969
More
Every year in IllinoisEvery state in 1969Tornadoes in Illinois in 196919681970
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.