Tornado History Map

Madison County, Illinois tornado history

67 tornadoes recorded in or across Madison County from 1950 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 Madison County

The Storm Prediction Center records 67 tornadoes whose paths touched Madison County, Illinois between 1950 and 2025. They killed 34 people and injured 493. The busiest month is April, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 February 1959. The most recent was on 16 May 2025.

  • 67tornadoes
  • 34deaths
  • 493injuries
  • 936per 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 Madison County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02233%
F1 / EF12131%
F2 / EF21116%
F3 / EF3812%
F4 / EF434%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating23%

Madison County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2000s.1950s101960s61970s61980s51990s72000s122010s102020s11

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

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PeriodCount
1950s10
1960s6
1970s6
1980s5
1990s7
2000s12
2010s10
2020s11
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in Apr.Jan1Feb8Mar3Apr16May12Jun10Jul7Aug3Sep0Oct2Nov1Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb8
Mar3
Apr16
May12
Jun10
Jul7
Aug3
Sep0
Oct2
Nov1
Dec4

Records for Madison County

Notable tornadoes in Madison County

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

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