NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hanna City, 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 Hanna City, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 143 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 143
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Hanna City
The highest rating among the 143 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on November 17, 2013, came within 12 miles. Of the 143, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 71 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 39. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2025. Hanna City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 548 Illinois cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 146 times since 1957, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Hanna City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 548 Illinois cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hanna City
By decade
- 2020s21(1 EF3+)
- 2010s27(1 EF3+)
- 2000s23(2 EF3+)
- 1990s34(1 EF3+)
- 1980s6
- 1970s19(4 EF3+)
- 1960s10(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2013 | EF4 | 12 mi | 46.36 mi | 3 / 125 |
| Jul 13, 2004 | F4 | 25 mi | 9.6 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 29, 1976 | F4 | 8 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 23, 1975 | F3 | 13 mi | 14 mi | 2 / 69 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | EF3 | 18 mi | 19.92 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 10, 2003 | F3 | 14 mi | 17.5 mi | 0 / 32 |
| May 13, 1995 | F3 | 16 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 25 |
| Jul 23, 1975 | F3 | 20 mi | 11.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1975 | F3 | 18 mi | 6.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 14, 1965 | F3 | 5 mi | 6.6 mi | 0 / 30 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | 17 mi | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Aug 13, 1956 | F3 | 15 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 143, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hanna City
The Storm Prediction Center has 146 hail reports within 10 miles of Hanna City since 1957, made on 87 separate days. Of these, 101 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 13, 1975. The most recent report is from May 15, 2025.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hanna City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Peoria Gtr Peoria Airport, IL, 5 miles east of Hanna City at 650 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 18°F. May is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 37.6 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 23 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 118 nights a year. Snowfall averages 26.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 37.6 inches is more than at 25 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (17%). Brimfield, 9 miles north, has its own station (Princeville, IL): 39.0 inches a year, 1.4 more than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 18 | 2.1 | 5 | 7.7 |
| Feb | 39 | 21 | 2.0 | 5 | 6.9 |
| Mar | 51 | 32 | 2.7 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Apr | 64 | 42 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.5 |
| May | 74 | 53 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 62 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 64 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 56 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 44 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 51 | 33 | 2.7 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 39 | 23 | 2.2 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Year | 62 | 43 | 37.6 | 71 | 26.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Peoria Gtr Peoria Airport, IL (650 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hanna City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 190 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hanna City: 174 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $3.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 15, 2024. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 13. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 195 have had fewer than Hanna City.
June 29, 1998: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Hanna City — 4 injured, $1.6 million damage.
June 8, 2005: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Hanna City — 1 injured.
September 3, 2011: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Hanna City — $110,000 damage.
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
Peoria County, which includes Hanna City, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 5 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Peoria County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $84.7 million a year, the 12th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $32.2 million (38%), 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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