Storms in Kentucky in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 144
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 109 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 1 | 0 | $2.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1985
March 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 4, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 24, 1985
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, March 29, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 31, 1985
April 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 4, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, April 30, 1985
May 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 14, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 15, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, May 27, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 28, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, May 31, 1985
June 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 2, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, June 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 4, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 1985
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 7, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 9, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 11, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 24, 1985
July 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 31, 1985
August 1985
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Kentucky in 198519841986
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.