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Joliet storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Joliet, IL, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

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    Severe weather in Joliet by the numbers

    14.2severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    5.1hail days a year
    165storm reports in the last 12 months
    4.80″biggest hail since 2016 (Mar 10, 2026)
    72tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF3

    Joliet gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 1,142 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 261 hail reports, 809 damaging-wind reports and 72 tornado reports. On average that is 14.2 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in June, July, August, when 62% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 33 hail reports, 116 wind reports and 16 tornado reports around Joliet; the largest hail was 4.80″ (grapefruit) on Mar 10, 2026.

    Latest storm reports near Joliet

    DateReportWhere
    Aug 12, 2026Damaging wind7 mi W · Will Co.
    Aug 11, 2026Damaging wind5 mi NW · Will Co.
    Aug 11, 2026Tornado7 mi E · Will Co.
    Aug 9, 2026Damaging wind10 mi NE · Cook Co.
    Aug 9, 2026Hail 1.00″17 mi N · Dupage Co.
    Jul 27, 2026Tornado7 mi N · Will Co.
    Jul 27, 2026Hail 3.00″8 mi W · Will Co.
    Jul 27, 2026Damaging wind10 mi NE · Will Co.
    Jul 10, 2026Damaging wind24 mi E · Cook Co.
    Jul 4, 2026Damaging wind7 mi NW · Will Co.

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    0499814619516: 2 hail16: 16 damaging wind16: 1 tornado1617: 36 hail17: 35 damaging wind1718: 6 hail18: 18 damaging wind18: 3 tornado1819: 40 hail19: 58 damaging wind19: 3 tornado1920: 13 hail20: 91 damaging wind20: 6 tornado2021: 2 hail21: 66 damaging wind21: 3 tornado2122: 2 hail22: 67 damaging wind22: 4 tornado2223: 59 hail23: 76 damaging wind23: 14 tornado2324: 53 hail24: 91 damaging wind24: 17 tornado2425: 15 hail25: 175 damaging wind25: 5 tornado2526: 33 hail26: 116 damaging wind26: 16 tornado26
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    Storm season in Joliet

    084168253337Jan: 1JanFeb: 45FebMar: 111MarApr: 77AprMay: 153MayJun: 158JunJul: 337JulAug: 211AugSep: 37SepOct: 0OctNov: 11NovDec: 1Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Joliet

    Joliet averages 5.1 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 4.80 inches — about the size of a grapefruit — reported 17 miles from the city centre on Mar 10, 2026. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Joliet

    There have been 72 tornado reports within 25 miles of Joliet since 2016; the strongest was rated EF3 (Jun 20, 2021, 16 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Joliet

    Does Joliet get a lot of severe storms?

    Joliet averages 14.2 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Joliet?

    Most severe-weather reports around Joliet come in June, July, August.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Joliet?

    4.80 inches (grapefruit size) on Mar 10, 2026, 17 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Joliet?

    Yes — 72 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF3 on Jun 20, 2021.

    How do I get storm alerts for Joliet?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Joliet, IL. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Joliet, IL. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Oct 27, 2026.