NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Rushville, IL
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Rushville, Illinois since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 105 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 105
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Rushville
The strongest of the 105 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 13, 1995; its path came within 21 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on June 21, 1981, killed 1 person. Of the 105, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 42 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on April 20, 2025. Of the 548 Illinois cities on this site, 73% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Rushville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 34 times since 1972, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 548 Illinois cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Rushville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Rushville
By decade
- 2020s17(1 EF3+)
- 2010s17
- 2000s8
- 1990s26(1 EF3+)
- 1980s7(1 EF3+)
- 1970s13(1 EF3+)
- 1960s9(3 EF3+)
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1995 | F4 | 21 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 45 |
| Jun 21, 1981 | F3 | 5 mi | 8.8 mi | 1 / 12 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 18 mi | 5.1 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | EF3 | 18 mi | 19.92 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Sep 30, 1973 | F3 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 1964 | F3 | 22 mi | 14.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1961 | F3 | 11 mi | 127.1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Dec 10, 2021 | EF2 | 23 mi | 12.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 2 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2003 | F2 | 9 mi | 30.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 7, 1998 | F2 | 15 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1996 | F2 | 22 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 105, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Rushville
The Storm Prediction Center has 34 hail reports within 10 miles of Rushville since 1972, made on 30 separate days. Of these, 22 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 12, 1998. The most recent report is from May 24, 2024. May has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Rushville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rushville, IL, in Rushville at 673 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 17°F. May is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 40.9 inches over 66 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 21 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 121 nights a year. That 40.9 inches is more than at 92 of the 146 Illinois stations used on this site (63%). Mt Sterling, 14 miles southwest, has its own station (Perry 6 NW, IL): 39.2 inches a year, 1.7 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 17 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Feb | 38 | 21 | 2.1 | 4 |
| Mar | 50 | 31 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Apr | 62 | 42 | 3.9 | 7 |
| May | 72 | 52 | 5.3 | 8 |
| Jun | 81 | 62 | 5.0 | 7 |
| Jul | 85 | 65 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Aug | 83 | 63 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Sep | 77 | 55 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Oct | 65 | 44 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Nov | 50 | 33 | 2.7 | 5 |
| Dec | 39 | 23 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Year | 61 | 42 | 40.9 | 66 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Rushville, IL (673 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Rushville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 84 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Rushville: 64 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 flash floods and 4 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $823,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 93 mph, on June 22, 2010. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 16. Of the 547 Illinois cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 263 have had fewer than Rushville.
June 15, 2013: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Rushville — 1 killed.
July 28, 2010: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Rushville — $104,000 damage.
NWS: “A few trees were blown down north of Browning. Crops were knocked down near Bader.”
July 28, 2010: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Rushville — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Slow moving thunderstorms produced copious amounts of rainfall in the southern third of Fulton County late in the evening of July 28th. 00 were measured in 90 minutes which produced more than two feet of water on many rural roads.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Schuyler County, which includes Rushville, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Schuyler County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.1 million a year, the 99th highest of 102 Illinois counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $875,000 (22%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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