Storms in Kentucky in 2018

2,050 events in 230 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2018, 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 2018 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: 2,050
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 23
Damage: $30 million
Episodes: 230

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	543	1	2	$1.3 million
Flood	294	3	3	$6.4 million
Winter Weather	179	0	0
Winter Storm	176	1	4	$467,000
Flash Flood	169	2	1	$5.5 million
Hail	116	0	1	$128,000
Strong Wind	110	0	1	$195,000
Heat	100	0	0
Heavy Snow	78	0	0	$20,000
Frost/Freeze	66	0	0	$5,000
Dense Fog	59	0	0
Tornado	39	3	11	$16 million
Ice Storm	29	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	28	1	0
Excessive Heat	28	0	0
Lightning	14	1	0	$208,000
Debris Flow	10	0	0	$2,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Heavy Rain	4	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.