Storms in Kentucky in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 73
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $778,000
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 1 | 11 | $778,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
March 1976
April 1976
May 1976
June 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, June 1, 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, June 4, 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, June 21, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 23, 1976
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 24, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 15, 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, July 24, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 1976
August 1976
- Hail in Kentucky, August 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 25, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 28, 1976
September 1976
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Kentucky in 197619751977
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.