Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2015

2,457 events in 209 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2015, 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 2015 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
2,457
Deaths
29
Injuries
54
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
209

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 Wind80306$623,000
Flood31430$1.1 million
Flash Flood237816$13 million
Hail21900$377,000
Winter Storm193614$86,000
Heavy Snow13730
Dense Fog12800
Winter Weather10018
Heat6600
Heavy Rain6500
Cold/Wind Chill4761$10,000
Strong Wind3701$41,000
Excessive Heat2200
Frost/Freeze2200
Drought1800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1820$300,000
Tornado1708$1.7 million
Lightning600$30,000
Funnel Cloud600
Ice Storm200$12,000

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.