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2025 tornadoes in Illinois

121 tornadoes touched down in Illinois in 2025, 196 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Illinois in 2025

March 14 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 14	9:52 PM CDT	EF1	Monroe	14.7	275		$150,000
March 14	10:28 PM CDT	EF1	Saint Clair	6.8	450		$170,000
March 14	10:30 PM CDT	EF2	Saint Clair	11.0	700		$960,000
March 14	11:11 PM CDT	EF1	Fayette	13.4	400		$110,000
March 14	11:39 PM CDT	EF0	Kendall	3.6	125
March 14	11:47 PM CDT	EF1	Shelby	5.1	75
March 14	11:50 PM CDT	EF1	Shelby	2.3	100
March 14	11:57 PM CDT	EF1	Moultrie	4.9	150
March 14	12:01 AM CDT	EF2	Moultrie	12.6	200
March 14	12:03 AM CDT	EF2	Cumberland	12.9	300	2
March 14	12:05 AM CDT	EF0	DuPage	0.8	50
March 14	12:10 AM CDT	EF2	Jackson	15.2	250		$1.8 million
March 14	12:10 AM CDT	EF1	Coles	0.6	75
March 14	12:40 AM CDT	EF1	Champaign	13.7	450
March 14	12:50 AM CDT	EF1	Edgar	6.4	425

March 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 15	1:15 AM CDT	EF2	Johnson	15.6	150			$1.0 million

March 19 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 19	2:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Tazewell	0.7	30
March 19	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Coles	0.7	50
March 19	5:00 PM CDT	EF0	Will	0.3	90
March 19	5:10 PM CDT	EF0	Will	1.5	60
March 19	5:18 PM CDT	EF0	Will	0.3	75
March 19	5:28 PM CDT	EF1	Will	1.6	90
March 19	5:35 PM CDT	EF0	Cook	0.3	50

March 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	1:20 PM CDT	EF1	Champaign	12.1	300
March 30	6:05 PM CDT	EF1	Alexander	23.9	150			$75,000

April 2 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 2	3:40 PM CDT	EF0	Logan	12.7	30
April 2	5:00 PM CDT	EF1	Iroquois	2.3	400
April 2	5:05 PM CDT	EF2	Bond	22.8	200	1	$385,000
April 2	5:09 PM CDT	EF0	Iroquois	2.2	300
April 2	6:08 PM CDT	EF1	Effingham	2.5	125
April 2	6:23 PM CDT	EF1	Effingham	8.3	100
April 2	6:29 PM CDT	EF0	Cumberland	4.0	150
April 2	6:33 PM CDT	EF2	Cumberland to IN	48.9	1,200		$200,000
April 2	7:02 PM CDT	EF1	Clark	8.1	200
April 2	7:08 PM CDT	EF1	Union	10.0	50		$35,000
April 2	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Union	1.1	25		$5,000
April 2	7:35 PM CDT	EF2	Johnson	6.2	250		$525,000
April 2	7:51 PM CDT	EF1	Williamson	3.3	75		$175,000
April 2	8:14 PM CDT	EF1	Saline	5.0	300		$85,000
April 2	8:23 PM CDT	EF1	Gallatin	9.2	100		$170,000
April 2	8:43 PM CDT	EF2	Livingston to KY	12.0	150		$235,000

April 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 19	1:54 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Clair	0.5	25			$10,000

April 20 22 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 20	6:48 PM CDT	EF0	Adams	4.2	25	$20,000
April 20	7:04 PM CDT	EF0	Adams	8.2	100	$120,000
April 20	7:37 PM CDT	EF1	McDonough	7.0	150	$6,000
April 20	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Mercer	0.9	25
April 20	7:47 PM CDT	EF1	McDonough	3.0	100	$16,000
April 20	7:57 PM CDT	EF0	Warren	4.0	25
April 20	8:00 PM CDT	EF1	Monroe	7.3	100	$75,000
April 20	8:13 PM CDT	EF1	Monroe	0.3	100	$15,000
April 20	8:14 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Clair	0.8	100	$10,000
April 20	8:25 PM CDT	EF1	Randolph	1.3	75	$10,000
April 20	8:35 PM CDT	EF0	Henry	2.2	75	$1,000
April 20	8:39 PM CDT	EF1	Knox	16.5	150
April 20	8:41 PM CDT	EF1	Knox	4.4	120
April 20	8:49 PM CDT	EF1	Tazewell	14.5	100
April 20	8:54 PM CDT	Unrated	Henry	0.3	10
April 20	8:57 PM CDT	EF0	Henry	0.2	50
April 20	8:58 PM CDT	EF0	Henry	1.1	50
April 20	8:58 PM CDT	EF1	Henry	7.3	25	$1,000
April 20	8:58 PM CDT	EF1	Henry	7.2	100
April 20	9:12 PM CDT	EF0	Rock Island	0.7	50	$1,000
April 20	9:26 PM CDT	EF1	Bureau	1.0	50	$8,000
April 20	9:42 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	1.7	25	$125,000

April 30 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Fayette	5.0	50	$8,000
April 30	6:48 PM CDT	EF2	Fayette	4.3	150	$50,000
April 30	8:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Effingham	1.7	30
April 30	9:03 PM CDT	Unrated	Coles	0.5	30

May 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 13	3:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Logan	0.1	10
May 13	4:24 PM CDT	Unrated	Champaign	0.1	10
May 13	5:02 PM CDT	EF0	Stark	0.9	30

May 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	7:06 PM CDT	Unrated	Iroquois	0.1	25

May 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 16	6:15 PM CDT	EF4	Williamson	16.3	900	7	$25 million
May 16	6:38 PM CDT	EF1	Crawford to IN	10.7	100		$15,000
May 16	6:48 PM CDT	EF1	Saline	6.8	75		$10,000
May 16	6:56 PM CDT	EF2	Saline	9.9	250		$37,000

May 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	12:21 AM CDT	EF1	Randolph	0.5	25			$30,000

May 20 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 20	1:46 AM CDT	EF1	Union	1.8	50	$80,000
May 20	2:15 PM CDT	EF0	Douglas	2.9	20
May 20	3:27 PM CDT	Unrated	Logan	1.1	30
May 20	4:09 PM CDT	Unrated	Ford	0.7	100
May 20	4:57 PM CDT	EF0	Champaign	0.9	30
May 20	5:06 PM CDT	EF1	Vermilion	5.0	80
May 20	5:06 PM CDT	EF0	Vermilion	6.7	40
May 20	5:39 PM CDT	EF0	Vermilion	1.7	30

June 3 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 3	6:39 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer	1.6	175
June 3	6:42 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer	10.8	250
June 3	6:46 PM CDT	EF1	Warren	7.8	50
June 3	6:57 PM CDT	EF0	Rock Island	1.2	25
June 3	6:57 PM CDT	EF1	Rock Island	14.4	300
June 3	6:59 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer	3.8	100
June 3	7:06 PM CDT	EF1	Rock Island	12.4	300
June 3	9:05 PM CDT	EF0	Boone	0.3	75

June 18 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
June 18	11:30 AM CDT	Unrated	Scott	1.5	10
June 18	11:53 AM CDT	EF0	Morgan	4.7	80
June 18	11:54 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	1.0	50
June 18	12:02 PM CDT	EF1	Morgan	3.9	75
June 18	12:07 PM CDT	EF2	Morgan	6.9	300
June 18	12:15 PM CDT	EF1	Morgan	7.6	50	1
June 18	12:25 PM CDT	EF1	Sangamon	7.4	200
June 18	12:29 PM CDT	Unrated	Cass	1.4	10
June 18	12:37 PM CDT	Unrated	Menard	3.0	10
June 18	12:41 PM CDT	EF1	Menard	1.4	200
June 18	1:18 PM CDT	EF0	Mason	0.1	100
June 18	1:50 PM CDT	EF1	DeWitt	3.5	100
June 18	1:56 PM CDT	Unrated	Tazewell	0.2	50
June 18	2:13 PM CDT	Unrated	McLean	0.1	30

July 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 6	5:05 PM CDT	EF0	Adams	0.1	50

August 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 16	6:47 PM CDT	Unrated	Vermilion	0.1	40

September 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 20	3:09 PM CDT	EF0	Mason	2.4	40

October 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 3	1:03 PM CDT	Unrated	Vermilion	0.3	30

December 28 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
December 28	9:27 AM CST	EF1	Tazewell	1.7	200
December 28	2:52 PM CST	EF1	Livingston	0.9	125
December 28	2:59 PM CST	EF2	Christian	23.4	250
December 28	3:24 PM CST	EF1	McLean	0.9	30
December 28	3:31 PM CST	EF0	Ford	0.8	20
December 28	3:31 PM CST	EF0	Iroquois	2.6	100
December 28	3:40 PM CST	EF1	Iroquois	9.5	150
December 28	3:41 PM CST	EF0	Iroquois	3.4	75
December 28	3:53 PM CST	Unrated	Iroquois	4.9	25
December 28	4:45 PM CST	EF0	Edgar	0.2	30

Crossed into Illinois

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Illinois. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	9:38 PM CDT	EF2	Saint Louis, MO to IL	11.0	1,320			$1.1 million
March 14	11:25 PM CDT	EF2	Bollinger, MO to IL	33.1	800			$5.2 million
April 2	6:56 PM CDT	EF1	Cape Girardeau, MO to IL	8.0	150			$765,000
April 2	9:43 PM EDT	EF2	Madison, IN to IL, KY	2.1	250			$200,000
May 16	2:39 PM CDT	EF2	Saint Louis, MO to IL	23.2	1,750	4	38	$1.6 billion
June 18	10:55 AM CDT	EF1	Calhoun, MO to IL	3.6	100

Nearby

Every tornado in Illinois since 1950 Warnings in force in Illinois The live radar over Illinois

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.