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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Danvers, IL

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Danvers, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 203 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
203

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

8 deaths in all

What the records show for Danvers

The highest rating among the 203 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on November 17, 2013, came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on May 15, 1968, killed 4 people. Of the 203, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 87 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 61. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2025. Danvers has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 97% of the 548 Illinois cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 79 times since 1970, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 60% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Danvers.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Danvers

By decade

  • 2020s19
  • 2010s19(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s49(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s40(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s27
  • 1970s27(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s8(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Danvers, Illinois
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 17, 2013EF417 mi46.36 mi3 / 125
Jul 13, 2004F417 mi9.6 mi0 / 3
May 5, 1977F414 mi7.3 mi0 / 2
Jun 27, 1951F318 mi18.2 mi1 / 15
May 10, 2003F316 mi17.5 mi0 / 32
Apr 19, 1996F311 mi9.4 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1995F315 mi25 mi0 / 25
May 9, 1995F322 mi50 mi0 / 6
Sep 14, 1965F325 mi6.6 mi0 / 30
Aug 13, 1956F316 mi3.8 mi0 / 0
Mar 7, 2017EF218 mi2.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 2015EF220 mi2.39 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 203, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Danvers

The Storm Prediction Center has 79 hail reports within 10 miles of Danvers since 1970, made on 56 separate days. Of these, 45 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 9, 2003. The most recent report is from May 15, 2025. May has the most reports, 22.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Danvers

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bloomington 5W, IL, 6 miles southeast of Danvers at 852 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.1 inches; the year adds up to 40.6 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 132 nights a year. That 40.6 inches is more than at 88 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (60%). Mackinaw, 8 miles west, has its own station (Congerville 2NW, IL): 37.5 inches a year, 3.1 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 84°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Bloomington 5W, IL
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan31162.45
Feb36192.15
Mar49292.66
Apr62394.17
May72504.88
Jun81604.68
Jul84634.16
Aug83614.16
Sep76543.26
Oct63423.56
Nov48302.85
Dec35212.36
Year604040.675

Averages for 1991–2020 at Bloomington 5W, IL (852 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Danvers

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 111 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Danvers: 98 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $16.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 2, 2010. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 10. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 125 have had fewer than Danvers.

  • June 27, 2009: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Danvers — 1 killed, 3 injured, $35,000 damage.

    NWS: “A canopy was blown across a road in rural McLean County, causing a head-on collision between two vehicles. The incident took place near the intersection of 1100 N and 600 E.”

  • August 9, 2012: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Danvers — 1 injured, $3.5 million damage.

    NWS: “Downburst winds of 70 to 80 mph produced a wide swath of damage from Danvers southeastward into the southwest side of Bloomington. One of the hardest hit locations along this path was the Apollo Acres subdivision just north of Illinois Route 9, where 159 homes sustained damage.”

  • November 10, 1998: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Danvers — 1 injured, $275,000 damage.

    NWS: “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. A semi was blown over 4 miles west of Gridley and the driver sustained minor injuries.”

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

McLean County, which includes Danvers, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives McLean County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $81.3 million a year, the 13th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $33.5 million (41%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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