Tornado History Map

Douglas County, Illinois tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Douglas County from 1956 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 Douglas County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Douglas County, Illinois between 1956 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 22 April 1963. The most recent was on 20 May 2025.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 81injuries
  • 720per 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 Douglas County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01447%
F1 / EF1827%
F2 / EF2620%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Douglas County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s21960s41970s31980s21990s92000s62010s32020s1

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
1960s4
1970s3
1980s2
1990s9
2000s6
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr8May8Jun6Jul0Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov3Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May8
Jun6
Jul0
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov3
Dec1

Records for Douglas County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Illinois tornado22 April 1963, F3, 40 injuries, 38.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado20 May 2025, EF0, 2.9 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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