Illinois

Storms in Illinois in 1975

300 events in 53 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1975, 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 1975 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

Open the live radar over Illinois

The year

Events
300
Deaths
2
Injuries
78
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
53

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind16700
Hail8700
Tornado46278$34 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1975

March 1975

April 1975

May 1975

June 1975

July 1975

August 1975

October 1975

November 1975

December 1975

More

Every year in IllinoisEvery state in 1975Tornadoes in Illinois in 197519741976

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.