Storms in Illinois in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 173
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $8.9 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 65 | 0 | 9 | $8.9 million |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
March 1973
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 10, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 14, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 31, 1973
April 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 21, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 30, 1973
May 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 1, 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, May 7, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, May 8, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 10, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 2, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 4, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, June 12, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, June 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 17, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 26, 1973
- Hail in Illinois, June 27, 1973
July 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, July 1, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 9, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 20, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 23, 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, July 27, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, July 29, 1973
August 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 8, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 13, 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, August 14, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 29, 1973
September 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, September 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 21, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 24, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, September 30, 1973
October 1973
November 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in IllinoisEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Illinois in 197319721974
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.