Storms in Kentucky in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1968, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Kentucky in 1968 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 83
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 398
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 21
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 7 | 398 | $31 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 3, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 4, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 12, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 14, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 23, 1968
May 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 25, 1968
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 26, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 29, 1968
June 1968
July 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 12, 1968
- Hail in Kentucky, July 17, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 22, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 25, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 5, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 8, 1968
September 1968
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Kentucky in 196819671969
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.