Storms in Kentucky in 1977
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1977, 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 1977 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
- 86
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 23
- Damage
- $2.4 million
- Episodes
- 38
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 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 13 | 0 | 23 | $2.4 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1977
April 1977
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1977
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 4, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 28, 1977
May 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, May 21, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 22, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 30, 1977
June 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, June 6, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, June 12, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 13, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 19, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 24, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 26, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 28, 1977
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 30, 1977
July 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 7, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 9, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 10, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, July 13, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 19, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 21, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, July 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 27, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 29, 1977
August 1977
September 1977
October 1977
November 1977
December 1977
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1977Tornadoes in Kentucky in 197719761978
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.