While Tornado Alley states have languished this year, tornado numbers are up in the Midwest, with Illinois setting a new national record.

Illinois has seen 210 tornadoes this year so far. That's more than any other state has recorded in any year, except one. Here's how bizarre this is.

Illinois sets a record 212 tornadoes this year, nearing the U.S. record. The National Weather Service at Lincoln tracked 102 of the historic central Illinois storms.

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Some storms don’t arrive with a bang so much as a steady, unmistakable presence. The filmer, Dylan, recorded a long-tracking tornado moving northeast of Effingham, Illinois. A wide view shows a ...

Illinois has recorded 203 confirmed tornadoes in 2026, more than three times its 20-year annual average.

In 2026, Illinois has seen some extremes and it’s only September. A new tornado record, a new hailstone record, flash floods, derechos, and seemingly everything in between — Illinois State ...

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. – The National Weather Service confirmed the presence of at least nine tornadoes in southern Illinois from Sunday’s severe storms, including an EF3 tornado in Jefferson County ...

URBANA, Ill. (RFD News) — Illinois has recorded more than 100 tornadoes this year despite not traditionally being considered part of Tornado Alley. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford said tornado ...

More than 700,000 customers in the Midwest were still without power early Wednesday after perilous thunderstorms and tornadoes hit the region.