• Stormy June continued a wild weather year

    Jul 13, 2026 2:00 pm by Trent FordWater Survey
    Storm clouds over a country road and farm fields.

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    • Storm clouds over a country road and farm fields.

    By the end of June, Illinois had 173 tornadoes for 2026 so far, smashing records, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Prairie Research Institute.