Storms in Kentucky in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 1,285
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 165
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 | 415 | 0 | 0 | $848,000 |
| Flash Flood | 165 | 2 | 1 | $19 million |
| Flood | 135 | 6 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 117 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 103 | 0 | 0 | $58,000 |
| Hail | 78 | 0 | 4 | $432,000 |
| Dense Fog | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 44 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 30 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 0 | $6.6 million |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 2 | $311,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, January 1 to 9, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 7, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 10 to 16, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 11 to 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 11, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 11, 2020
- High Wind in Kentucky, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, January 12 to 24, 2020
February 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, February 4, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 4 to 27, 2020
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Kentucky, February 5 to 9, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 8, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, February 10 to 28, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 10 to 28, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, February 12 to 26, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, February 12, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 12, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 13 to 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 28 to 29, 2020
March 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 3, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 2 to 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 3, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, March 3 to 8, 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, March 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, March 12, 2020
- Tornado and Flooding in Kentucky, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 15 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 19 to 20, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Kentucky, March 20, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 20 to 31, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 28, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 28, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 29, 2020
April 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 1 to 9, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 8, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Flood and High Wind in Kentucky, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 13, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, April 15, 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, April 24, 2020
- Hail in Kentucky, April 25, 2020
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 25, 2020
- Flood and Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 29, 2020
- Hail in Kentucky, April 29, 2020
May 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 5, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, May 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, May 9, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 10, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 17, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, May 18 to 19, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 18 to 20, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 19, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, May 23 to 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 23, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, May 24 to 31, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 24, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 24 to 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 2020
June 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kentucky, June 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 18, 2020
- Hail in Kentucky, June 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 29, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, June 29 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, June 30, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kentucky, July 1, 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, July 2, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, July 5 to 9, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 9, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 9, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 11 to 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 12, 2020
- Heat in Kentucky, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 17, 2020
- Heat in Kentucky, July 17 to 21, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 17, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 20, 2020
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20 to 24, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 24, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 26, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 27, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 27, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, July 29 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 30, 2020
- Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 3, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 6, 2020
- Heat in Kentucky, August 10, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 12 to 14, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kentucky, August 12, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, August 13, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, August 14, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 16, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 18, 2020
- Hail in Kentucky, August 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, August 22, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Kentucky, August 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 28 to 29, 2020
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 2 to 3, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, September 3, 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, September 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, September 12 to 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, September 13, 2020
October 2020
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, October 12, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, October 17, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, October 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 23, 2020
- Flooding in Kentucky, October 28 to 29, 2020
November 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, November 1 to 2, 2020
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 15, 2020
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, November 15, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kentucky, November 15, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, November 30, 2020
December 2020
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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.