Tornado History Map

Adams County, Illinois tornado history

37 tornadoes recorded in or across Adams County from 1955 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Adams County

The Storm Prediction Center records 37 tornadoes whose paths touched Adams County, Illinois between 1955 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 14 May 1961. The most recent was on 6 July 2025.

  • 37tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 34injuries
  • 433per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Adams County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02054%
F1 / EF1924%
F2 / EF2719%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Adams County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1990s.1950s21960s31970s41980s21990s112000s102020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s3
1970s4
1980s2
1990s11
2000s10
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr8May9Jun7Jul5Aug1Sep3Oct2Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May9
Jun7
Jul5
Aug1
Sep3
Oct2
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Adams County

  • Strongest: Illinois tornado14 May 1961, F3, 8 injuries, 127.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Illinois tornado21 July 1961, F1, 147.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado6 July 2025, EF0, 0.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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