Storms in Illinois in 1983

164 events in 38 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1983, 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 1983 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: 164
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 43
Damage: $39 million
Episodes: 38

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	119	0	0
Hail	31	0	0
Tornado	14	2	43	$39 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1983

Tornado and Hail in Illinois, March 6, 1983$250,000 · F0 · 8 events

April 1983

May 1983

June 1983

July 1983

August 1983

September 1983

October 1983

Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 4, 19831 event

Every year in Illinois Every state in 1983 Tornadoes in Illinois in 1983 1982 1984

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.