Tornado History Map

Edgar County, Illinois tornado history

36 tornadoes recorded in or across Edgar County from 1958 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 Edgar County

The Storm Prediction Center records 36 tornadoes whose paths touched Edgar County, Illinois between 1958 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 22 April 1963. The most recent was on 28 December 2025.

  • 36tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 48injuries
  • 578per 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 Edgar County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01850%
F1 / EF1925%
F2 / EF2822%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Edgar County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 1990s.1950s21960s21970s21980s51990s122000s42010s42020s5

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
1960s2
1970s2
1980s5
1990s12
2000s4
2010s4
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr11May10Jun5Jul5Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr11
May10
Jun5
Jul5
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Edgar County

  • Strongest: Illinois tornado22 April 1963, F3, 40 injuries, 38.6 miles long
  • Longest path: Illinois tornado2 April 2025, EF2, 48.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado28 December 2025, EF0, 0.2 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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