Storms in Illinois in 1975
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 167 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 46 | 2 | 78 | $34 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1975
March 1975
- Hail in Illinois, March 21, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 23, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, March 28, 1975
April 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 2, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 18, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 23, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 29, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 1975
May 1975
- Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 11, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 14, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 19, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 20, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 25, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 30, 1975
June 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, June 1, 1975
- Hail in Illinois, June 4, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 5, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 12, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 13, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 14, 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, June 17, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 20, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 22, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 24, 1975
July 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, July 6, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 8, 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, July 11, 1975
- Hail in Illinois, July 13, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 19, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 23, 1975
August 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 5, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 11, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 13, 1975
- Tornado in Illinois, August 14, 1975
- Hail in Illinois, August 18, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 20, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 25, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 29, 1975
October 1975
November 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 9, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 29, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 30, 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.