Tornado History Map

Effingham County, Illinois tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Effingham County from 1959 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 Effingham County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Effingham County, Illinois between 1959 and 2025. They killed 2 people and injured 9. The busiest month is April, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 6 March 1961. The most recent was on 30 April 2025.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 9injuries
  • 647per 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 Effingham County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0826%
F1 / EF11032%
F2 / EF2929%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating310%

Effingham County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s11960s61970s21980s41990s62000s22010s52020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s6
1970s2
1980s4
1990s6
2000s2
2010s5
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Apr.Jan0Feb2Mar3Apr10May8Jun3Jul2Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar3
Apr10
May8
Jun3
Jul2
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Effingham County

  • Deadliest: Illinois tornado1 May 1983, F0, 2 deaths, 0.2 miles long
  • Strongest: Illinois tornado6 March 1961, F3, 3 injuries, 21.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Illinois tornado6 March 1961, F1, 1 injury, 117.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Illinois tornado30 April 2025, Unknown rating, 1.7 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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