NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Quincy, 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 Quincy, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 70 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 70
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Quincy
The highest rating among the 70 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on May 10, 2003, came within 16 miles. Of the 70, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 32 have come since 2000. April and June have had the most tornadoes, 17 each. The most recent tornado was on April 20, 2025. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 97% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Quincy. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 114 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Quincy has more hail reports within 10 miles than 56% of the 548 Illinois cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Quincy
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s3
- 2000s23(1 EF3+)
- 1990s18
- 1980s2
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s5(2 EF3+)
- 1950s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2003 | F3 | 16 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 13, 1974 | F3 | 24 mi | 11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | 12 mi | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Apr 24, 1961 | F3 | 20 mi | 64.2 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 14 mi | 30.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 15 mi | 69.2 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 16 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jun 30, 1993 | F2 | 22 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 23, 1977 | F2 | 7 mi | 19.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 23, 1975 | F2 | 24 mi | 7.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1974 | F2 | 9 mi | 15.8 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Apr 13, 1974 | F2 | 25 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 70, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Quincy
The Storm Prediction Center has 114 hail reports within 10 miles of Quincy since 1958, made on 90 separate days. Of these, 68 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 11, 2016. The most recent report is from May 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 41.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Quincy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Quincy Dam 21, IL, 5 miles southwest of Quincy at 483 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 36.5 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 31 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 112 nights a year. That 36.5 inches is more than at 10 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (7%). Mendon, 11 miles north, has its own station (Quincy Regional Airport, IL): 36.6 inches a year, the same as here, and a July average high of 86°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 19 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Feb | 40 | 23 | 1.9 | 4 |
| Mar | 52 | 32 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Apr | 64 | 43 | 4.2 | 7 |
| May | 74 | 54 | 4.8 | 8 |
| Jun | 83 | 64 | 4.1 | 7 |
| Jul | 87 | 68 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Aug | 86 | 66 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Sep | 79 | 57 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Oct | 67 | 45 | 2.7 | 5 |
| Nov | 53 | 34 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Dec | 40 | 25 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Year | 63 | 44 | 36.5 | 64 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Quincy Dam 21, IL (483 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 Quincy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 141 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Quincy: 117 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 9 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $20.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 27, 2011. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 14. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 221 have had fewer than Quincy.
June 3, 2008: flood 7 miles from the centre of Quincy — $20.4 million damage.
NWS: “54 feet on 6/18/2008. This is the second highest crest ever recorded.”
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 Quincy's 2 ZIP codes have filed 303 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $7.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 61 claims (20% of all) and $2.1 million, then Mid-spring storms in 2013 with 31 and Flooding in 1986 with 16. 36% 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, 283 have fewer than Quincy.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 61 | $2.1 million |
| Mid-spring storms2013 | 31 | $799,000 |
| Flooding1986 | 16 | $48,000 |
Adams County, which includes Quincy, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 4 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 Adams County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hail, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and inland flooding; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $25.9 million a year, the 38th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.0 million (39%), 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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