NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Manito, 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 October 26, 2026

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Manito, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 142 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 14 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 0
Tornadoes: 142
EF3 or stronger: 14

What the records show for Manito

The highest rating among the 142 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on November 17, 2013, came within 17 miles. Of the 142, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 63 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 33. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2025. Manito has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 548 Illinois cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 46 times since 1961, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 84% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Manito.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Manito

By decade

2020s18(1 EF3+)
2010s24(1 EF3+)
2000s21(1 EF3+)
1990s35(3 EF3+)
1980s7
1970s24(4 EF3+)
1960s7(2 EF3+)
1950s6(2 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Manito, Illinois
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Nov 17, 2013	EF4	17 mi	46.36 mi	3 / 125
May 13, 1995	F4	18 mi	7 mi	0 / 45
Jun 29, 1976	F4	25 mi	4.9 mi	0 / 0
Jul 23, 1975	F3	9 mi	14 mi	2 / 69
Jun 27, 1951	F3	21 mi	18.2 mi	1 / 15
Apr 4, 2023	EF3	16 mi	19.92 mi	0 / 4
May 10, 2003	F3	6 mi	17.5 mi	0 / 32
Apr 19, 1996	F3	25 mi	9.4 mi	0 / 0
May 13, 1995	F3	in town	25 mi	0 / 25
Jul 23, 1975	F3	19 mi	11.1 mi	0 / 0
Jun 13, 1975	F3	24 mi	6.6 mi	0 / 0
May 15, 1968	F3	14 mi	12.6 mi	0 / 25

The strongest 12 of 142, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Manito

The Storm Prediction Center has 46 hail reports within 10 miles of Manito since 1961, made on 32 separate days. Of these, 29 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently March 31, 2023. The most recent report is from February 8, 2024. April has the most reports, 13.

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

Weather by month in Manito

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Peoria Gtr Peoria Airport, IL, 17 miles north of Manito 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%). Delavan, 14 miles east, has its own station (Mason City 4SE, IL): 39.3 inches a year, 1.7 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Peoria Gtr Peoria Airport, IL
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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Manito

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 104 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Manito: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods and 4 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $36.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on July 15, 2024. June has had the most flash floods, 9 of 14. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 221 have had fewer than Manito.

April 17, 2013: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Manito — $31.4 million damage.
NWS: “00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, which included the cities of East Peoria, Pekin, Washington and Morton. Every creek and stream in the western and northern part of the county was flooded.”
April 18, 2013: flood 7 miles from the centre of Manito — $3.6 million damage.
March 27, 1998: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Manito — $500,000 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

Flood insurance policyholders in Manito's ZIP code 61546 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $127,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1982, with 11. 33% 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, 99 have fewer than Manito.

Tazewell County, which includes Manito, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 3 severe storms, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Tazewell 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, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $60.0 million a year, the 17th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $28.5 million (47%), 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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