Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2012

2,314 events in 216 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2012, 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 2012 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
2,314
Deaths
29
Injuries
251
Damage
$165 million
Episodes
216

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind82524$4.0 million
Hail39221$2.4 million
Winter Weather292013$35,000
Drought16200
Heavy Snow9700$135,000
Dense Fog9500
Flash Flood8118$1.3 million
Heat7010
Tornado5623220$157 million
Heavy Rain4800
Excessive Heat4600
Strong Wind4100$1,000
Flood2800$264,000
Frost/Freeze2200
Winter Storm2100
Funnel Cloud1800
Lightning1104$20,000
High Wind400$129,000
Wildfire301
Debris Flow200

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.