NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wyoming, 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 Wyoming, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 120 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 120
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Wyoming
The strongest of the 120 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on June 29, 1976; its path came within 17 miles. Of the 120, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 59 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 26. The most recent tornado was on May 13, 2025. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Wyoming. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 58 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 74% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Wyoming.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Wyoming
By decade
- 2020s22
- 2010s25(1 EF3+)
- 2000s12
- 1990s27(1 EF3+)
- 1980s5
- 1970s21(3 EF3+)
- 1960s7(3 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1976 | F4 | 17 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | EF3 | 23 mi | 17.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 1995 | F3 | 16 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 1976 | F3 | 13 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 1972 | F3 | 7 mi | 81.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 14, 1965 | F3 | 22 mi | 6.6 mi | 0 / 30 |
| Apr 24, 1965 | F3 | 9 mi | 6.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | in town | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | EF2 | 16 mi | 6.82 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 17, 2017 | EF2 | 17 mi | 1.29 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 15, 2016 | EF2 | 21 mi | 7.55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 2010 | EF2 | 24 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 120, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Wyoming
The Storm Prediction Center has 58 hail reports within 10 miles of Wyoming since 1955, made on 47 separate days. Of these, 29 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on April 9, 2001. The most recent report is from June 25, 2024. June has the most reports, 16.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Wyoming
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Princeville, IL, 10 miles south of Wyoming 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%). Kewanee, 15 miles northwest, has its own station (Kewanee 1 E, IL): 39.8 inches a year, 0.8 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 | 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 Wyoming
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 105 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wyoming: 84 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 7 floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.4 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, 8 of 12. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 179 have had fewer than Wyoming.
June 29, 1998: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Wyoming — 1 injured.
May 25, 2011: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Wyoming — $300,000 damage.
NWS: “A thunderstorm shortly after daybreak created a lightning strike which started a house fire in rural western Marshall County. The house and its contents were a total loss.”
June 30, 2014: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Wyoming — $203,000 damage.
NWS: “Two trees were blown down onto Route 93. Considerable crop damage was also noted in the area.”
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
Stark County, which includes Wyoming, has been named in 8 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1999, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Stark County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.6 million a year, the 97th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.7 million (37%), 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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Cities near Wyoming
- Princeville, IL9 mi
- Kewanee, IL15 mi
- Dunlap, IL16 mi
- Galva, IL16 mi
- Chillicothe, IL17 mi
- Brimfield, IL18 mi
- Lacon, IL20 mi
- Henry, IL20 mi
- Edwards, IL20 mi
- Elmwood, IL22 mi
- Peoria Heights, IL24 mi
- Peoria, IL25 mi
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