Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2020

1,285 events in 165 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind41500$848,000
Flash Flood16521$19 million
Flood13560$1.5 million
Frost/Freeze11700
Strong Wind10300$58,000
Hail7804$432,000
Dense Fog7200
Heat4900
Winter Weather4410$25,000
Heavy Snow3020
Tornado2600$6.6 million
High Wind2002$311,000
Heavy Rain1600
Lightning804
Funnel Cloud400
Debris Flow200
Winter Storm100

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.