NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lake In The Hills, 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
1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Lake In The Hills, Illinois since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 132 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 132
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
34 deaths in all
What the records show for Lake In The Hills
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Lake In The Hills; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 31 miles away. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 57% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Lake In The Hills. The highest rating among the 132 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 21, 1967, came within 12 miles. Of the 132, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 67 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on March 14, 2025. Of the 548 Illinois cities, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lake In The Hills. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 137 times since 1975, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Lake In The Hills has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 548 Illinois cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lake In The Hills
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lake In The Hills: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lake In The Hills
By decade
- 2020s41
- 2010s13
- 2000s13(1 EF3+)
- 1990s14
- 1980s6
- 1970s18
- 1960s16(4 EF3+)
- 1950s11
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1967 | F4 | 12 mi | 25.5 mi | 24 / 450 |
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 3 mi | 9.1 mi | 6 / 75 |
| Apr 21, 1967 | F4 | 5 mi | 8.8 mi | 1 / 100 |
| Jan 7, 2008 | EF3 | 23 mi | 13.1 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jul 19, 1963 | F3 | 22 mi | 10.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1966 | F2 | 22 mi | 2.5 mi | 1 / 30 |
| Oct 8, 1958 | F2 | 14 mi | 81 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Nov 22, 2010 | EF2 | 24 mi | 18.1 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 18, 1997 | F2 | 22 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1980 | F2 | 10 mi | 1.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 15, 1978 | F2 | 1 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 1975 | F2 | 23 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 132, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lake In The Hills
The Storm Prediction Center has 137 hail reports within 10 miles of Lake In The Hills since 1975, made on 72 separate days. Of these, 74 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 20, 2013. The most recent report is from August 16, 2025. May has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lake In The Hills
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Elgin, IL, 9 miles south of Lake In The Hills at 763 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 14°F. May is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 39.9 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 15 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 139 nights a year. Snowfall averages 32.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 39.9 inches is more than at 77 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (53%). Crystal Lake, 4 miles north, has its own station (Mc Henry -Wg Stratton L&D, IL): 37.0 inches a year, 2.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 14 | 2.0 | 5 | 9.5 |
| Feb | 34 | 17 | 1.9 | 5 | 8.0 |
| Mar | 46 | 26 | 2.4 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 59 | 37 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.8 |
| May | 70 | 48 | 5.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 58 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 84 | 63 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 61 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 76 | 53 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 63 | 41 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 48 | 30 | 2.7 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 36 | 20 | 2.2 | 5 | 8.7 |
| Year | 59 | 39 | 39.9 | 74 | 32.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Elgin, IL (763 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 Lake In The Hills
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 276 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lake In The Hills: 219 thunderstorm wind reports, 20 floods, 18 flash floods, 12 heavy rain events and 7 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $22.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on May 12, 2004. June has had the most flash floods, 8 of 18. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 292 have had fewer than Lake In The Hills.
July 20, 2013: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lake In The Hills — 1 injured.
July 12, 2017: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Lake In The Hills — $12.7 million damage.
August 23, 2007: flood 4 miles from the centre of Lake In The Hills — $5.0 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Lake In The Hills's ZIP code 60156 have filed 31 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $147,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 35% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 320 Illinois cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 115 have fewer than Lake In The Hills.
McHenry County, which includes Lake In The Hills, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 snowstorms, 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives McHenry County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hail, inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $142.5 million a year, the 8th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $85.1 million (60%), 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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