Storms in Kentucky in 1982

173 events in 24 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1982, 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 1982 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

Open the live radar over Kentucky

The year

Events: 173
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 22
Damage: $37 million
Episodes: 24

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	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	99	0
Hail	61	0
Tornado	13	22	$37 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1982

April 1982

May 1982

June 1982

July 1982

August 1982

December 1982

Damaging Winds in Kentucky, December 3, 198286 kt wind · 6 events

Every year in Kentucky Every state in 1982 Tornadoes in Kentucky in 1982 1981 1983

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.