Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2013

1,478 events in 186 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,478
Deaths
11
Injuries
35
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
186

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 Wind56616$821,000
Flash Flood17546$5.8 million
Flood14320$217,000
Winter Weather13803$10,000
Heavy Rain7900
Hail6802$363,000
Frost/Freeze6600
Winter Storm5714$70,000
Tornado44311$8.6 million
Dense Fog4202
Strong Wind2700$5,000
Ice Storm2000$140,000
Heat1700
Funnel Cloud1000
Heavy Snow1000
Drought800
Lightning701
High Wind100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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April 2013

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

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September 2013

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November 2013

December 2013

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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.