Storms in Kentucky in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 96
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $7.1 million
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 2 | 14 | $7.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 21, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 24, 1980
April 1980
May 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 13, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 17, 1980
- Hail in Kentucky, May 18, 1980
June 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 7, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 10, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 28, 1980
July 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, July 2, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 4, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, July 12, 1980
August 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 1, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 21, 1980
September 1980
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Kentucky in 198019791981
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.