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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sherrard, 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 Sherrard, Illinois since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 161 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
161

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

1 deaths in all

What the records show for Sherrard

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Sherrard; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 48 miles away. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 57% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Sherrard. The highest rating among the 161 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on March 13, 1990, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on September 26, 1959, killed 1 person. Of the 161, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 85 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 41. The most recent tornado was on July 11, 2025. Sherrard has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 67% of the 548 Illinois cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 74 times since 1965, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 64% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Sherrard.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Sherrard

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Sherrard, Illinois, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1148 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Sherrard: 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 Sherrard

By decade

  • 2020s38
  • 2010s22
  • 2000s25
  • 1990s28(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s20(3 EF3+)
  • 1960s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Sherrard, Illinois
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 13, 1990F324 mi15.5 mi0 / 1
Aug 15, 1978F311 mi6.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1974F37 mi48.6 mi0 / 2
May 13, 1974F322 mi3.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 1966F314 mi2 mi0 / 0
Sep 26, 1959F225 mi4.9 mi1 / 0
Jul 11, 2025EF217 mi7.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 4, 2023EF222 mi2.79 mi0 / 0
Apr 4, 2023EF214 mi0.52 mi0 / 0
Mar 31, 2023EF216 mi3.55 mi0 / 0
May 17, 2017EF224 mi1.29 mi0 / 1
Mar 6, 2017EF220 mi25.25 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 161, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Sherrard

The Storm Prediction Center has 74 hail reports within 10 miles of Sherrard since 1965, made on 46 separate days. Of these, 44 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 20, 2023. The most recent report is from March 28, 2025. April has the most reports, 34.

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

Weather by month in Sherrard

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Moline Quad City International Airport, IL, 11 miles north of Sherrard 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, 13 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.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Moline Quad City International Airport, IL
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan32151.7510.8
Feb37191.858.6
Mar50302.664.4
Apr63403.871.1
May74514.780.0
Jun83615.080.0
Jul86654.260.0
Aug84634.060.0
Sep78543.350.0
Oct65432.850.3
Nov50312.352.1
Dec37212.058.8
Year614138.26936.1

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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Sherrard

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 89 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sherrard: 80 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $251,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on March 12, 2006. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 90 have had fewer than Sherrard.

  • March 9, 2002: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Sherrard — 1 injured.

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

Mercer County, which includes Sherrard, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 3 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Mercer County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.9 million a year, the 90th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.0 million (28%), 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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