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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Danvers, IL

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Danvers, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 198 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
198

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

8 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Danvers

By decade

  • 2020s15
  • 2010s18(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s49(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s40(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s27
  • 1970s27(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s8(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Danvers, Illinois
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 17, 2013EF417 mi46.36 mi3 / 125
Jul 13, 2004F417 mi9.6 mi0 / 3
May 5, 1977F414 mi7.3 mi0 / 2
Jun 27, 1951F318 mi18.2 mi1 / 15
May 10, 2003F316 mi17.5 mi0 / 32
Apr 19, 1996F311 mi9.4 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1995F315 mi25 mi0 / 25
May 9, 1995F322 mi50 mi0 / 6
Sep 14, 1965F325 mi6.6 mi0 / 30
Aug 13, 1956F316 mi3.8 mi0 / 0
Mar 7, 2017EF218 mi2.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 2015EF220 mi2.39 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 198, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Danvers while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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