NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Princeville, 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 Princeville, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 134 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 134
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Princeville
The highest rating among the 134 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on November 17, 2013, came within 24 miles. Of the 134, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 67 have come since 2000. May and July have had the most tornadoes, 29 each. The most recent tornado was on May 13, 2025. Princeville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 548 Illinois cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 45 times since 1960, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Princeville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Princeville
By decade
- 2020s21
- 2010s26(2 EF3+)
- 2000s20(1 EF3+)
- 1990s32
- 1980s5
- 1970s19(3 EF3+)
- 1960s9(3 EF3+)
- 1950s2(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2013 | EF4 | 24 mi | 46.36 mi | 3 / 125 |
| Jul 13, 2004 | F4 | 25 mi | 9.6 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 29, 1976 | F4 | 9 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | EF3 | 21 mi | 17.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 1976 | F3 | 21 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 1972 | F3 | 12 mi | 81.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 14, 1965 | F3 | 13 mi | 6.6 mi | 0 / 30 |
| Apr 24, 1965 | F3 | 17 mi | 6.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | 6 mi | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Aug 13, 1956 | F3 | 21 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | EF2 | 24 mi | 6.82 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 17, 2017 | EF2 | 22 mi | 1.29 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 134, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Princeville
The Storm Prediction Center has 45 hail reports within 10 miles of Princeville since 1960, made on 34 separate days. Of these, 23 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 9, 1990. The most recent report is from June 25, 2024. April has the most reports, 13.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Princeville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Princeville, IL, in Princeville at 750 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 15°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 39.0 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 May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 143 nights a year. Snowfall averages 20.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 39.0 inches is more than at 57 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (39%). Edwards, 11 miles south, has its own station (Peoria Gtr Peoria Airport, IL): 37.6 inches a year, 1.4 less than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 15 | 2.2 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Feb | 37 | 18 | 1.9 | 4 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 50 | 28 | 2.4 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 64 | 39 | 3.7 | 8 | 0.1 |
| May | 75 | 51 | 5.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 63 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 61 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 52 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 41 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 51 | 30 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 37 | 20 | 2.1 | 5 | 6.4 |
| Year | 62 | 40 | 39.0 | 71 | 20.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Princeville, IL (750 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 Princeville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 97 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Princeville: 81 thunderstorm wind reports, 9 flash floods, 4 floods and 3 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $31.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on July 15, 2024. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 9. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 107 have had fewer than Princeville.
June 24, 2013: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Princeville — $30.0 million damage.
NWS: “50 inches of rain in the northeast half of Peoria County during the early morning hours of June 24th. The locations that experienced the greatest impacts from the flooding included Princeville, Rome, Mossville, Dunlap and the north and west portions of the city of Peoria.”
April 28, 2014: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Princeville — $275,000 damage.
June 16, 2012: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of Princeville — $200,000 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 Princeville, 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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