Hail, Du Page
- When
- May 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -88.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 29, 1983
2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cook
- When
- May 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -87.830
Tornado, Cook
- When
- May 29, 12:39 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -87.730
Tornado, Cook
- When
- May 29, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- May 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -87.650
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 29, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 29, 1983
- Hail in Texas, May 29, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, May 29, 1983
- Hail in Ohio, May 29, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 29, 1983
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1983
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1983
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10004594, 10004595, 10004596, 10004597, 10004598.