Storms in Illinois in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 211
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $8.6 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 69 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 17 | $8.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 7, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, April 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 29, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 6, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, May 7, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, May 13, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 14, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 17, 1986
June 1986
- Tornado in Illinois, June 4, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 14, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, June 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 27, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 1, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 15, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 29, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 30, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 31, 1986
August 1986
September 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 22, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 23, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 26, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, September 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 29, 1986
More
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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.