Storms in Kentucky in 2005

856 events in 403 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Kentucky in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 856
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 142
Damage: $77 million
Episodes: 403

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	330	0	0	$669,000
Hail	167	1	0	$577,000
Flood	78	1	0	$1.1 million
Heat	44	0	69
Flash Flood	40	1	0	$24 million
Frost/Freeze	30	0	0
Tornado	23	1	73	$50 million
Heavy Rain	22	0	0
Heavy Snow	20	0	0
Winter Weather	20	0	0
Dense Fog	17	0	0
Strong Wind	15	0	0	$299,000
Winter Storm	14	0	0
Drought	12	0	0
Ice Storm	11	0	0
Lightning	7	0	0	$763,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
High Wind	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.