Hail, Jo Daviess
- When
- July 9, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -90.280
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 9, 1985
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- July 9, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -90.280
Tornado, La Salle
- When
- July 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -88.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- July 9, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Iroquois
- When
- July 9, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -87.980
Hail, Champaign
- When
- July 9, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -88.400
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 1985
- Hail in Virginia, July 9, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1985
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 9, 1985
- Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 1985
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1985
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: 10003355, 10003356, 10003357, 10003358, 10003359, 10003360.