Storms in Illinois in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 157
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 118
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 36
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 | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 37 | 4 | 118 | $26 million |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 16, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Hail in Illinois, March 1, 1976
- Hail in Illinois, March 3, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 4, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 26, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 29, 1976
April 1976
- Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 20, 1976
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 23, 1976
May 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 31, 1976
June 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 27, 1976
- Hail in Illinois, June 28, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 14, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 23, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 26, 1976
- Tornadoes in Illinois, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 31, 1976
August 1976
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Every year in IllinoisEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Illinois in 197619751977
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.