Storms in Kentucky in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 204
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 171 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 7 | $2.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 6, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, March 27, 1983
April 1983
May 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 1983
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 21, 1983
June 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 26, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 14, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 24, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 9, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, August 11, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 12, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 28, 1983
- Hail in Kentucky, August 31, 1983
September 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 12, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 20, 1983
November 1983
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Kentucky in 198319821984
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.