NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Milan, 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 Milan, Illinois since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 174 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 174
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Milan
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Milan; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 39 miles away. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 57% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Milan. The highest rating among the 174 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 9 times; the most recent, on June 1, 2007, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an EF1 on June 24, 2013, killed 1 person. Of the 174, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 95 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 49. The most recent tornado was on July 11, 2025. Milan has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 548 Illinois cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 229 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Milan has more hail reports within 10 miles than 89% of the 548 Illinois cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Milan
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 11 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Milan: 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 Milan
By decade
- 2020s37
- 2010s33
- 2000s25(1 EF3+)
- 1990s33(2 EF3+)
- 1980s11(1 EF3+)
- 1970s17(3 EF3+)
- 1960s13(2 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2007 | EF3 | 24 mi | 15.75 mi | 0 / 7 |
| May 9, 1995 | F3 | 19 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 20 mi | 15.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 8, 1988 | F3 | 24 mi | 32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 15, 1978 | F3 | 8 mi | 6.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1974 | F3 | 6 mi | 48.6 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 13, 1974 | F3 | 13 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1966 | F3 | 6 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 7, 1962 | F3 | 18 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | EF2 | 9 mi | 7.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | EF2 | 24 mi | 2.79 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | EF2 | 11 mi | 0.52 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 174, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Milan
The Storm Prediction Center has 229 hail reports within 10 miles of Milan since 1956, made on 108 separate days. Of these, 145 were 1 inch across or larger, and 25 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on April 4, 2023. The most recent report is from July 11, 2025. April has the most reports, 65.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Milan
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Moline Quad City International Airport, IL, 4 miles northeast of Milan at 592 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 15°F. June is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 38.2 inches over 69 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 129 nights a year. Snowfall averages 36.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 38.2 inches is more than at 39 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (27%). Rock Island, 4 miles north, has its own station (Rock Island L&D 15, IL): 38.7 inches a year, 0.5 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 15 | 1.7 | 5 | 10.8 |
| Feb | 37 | 19 | 1.8 | 5 | 8.6 |
| Mar | 50 | 30 | 2.6 | 6 | 4.4 |
| Apr | 63 | 40 | 3.8 | 7 | 1.1 |
| May | 74 | 51 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 65 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 63 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 54 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 43 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 50 | 31 | 2.3 | 5 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 37 | 21 | 2.0 | 5 | 8.8 |
| Year | 61 | 41 | 38.2 | 69 | 36.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Moline Quad City International Airport, IL (592 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 Milan
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 432 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Milan: 323 thunderstorm wind reports, 54 flash floods, 45 floods, 7 heavy rain events and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 9, and the NWS estimated $11.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 107 mph, on October 6, 2016. July has had the most flash floods, 17 of 54. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 496 have had fewer than Milan.
June 21, 1997: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Milan — 1 killed, 2 injured.
April 1, 2019: flood 5 miles from the centre of Milan — 1 killed.
August 3, 1997: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Milan — 2 injured, $10,000 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 Milan's ZIP code 61264 have filed 89 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $621,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1979, with 24. 18% 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, 205 have fewer than Milan.
Rock Island County, which includes Milan, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane, 1 severe storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Rock Island County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for hail, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $45.4 million a year, the 23rd highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $16.6 million (36%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.