Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2021

1,627 events in 143 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,627
Deaths
85
Injuries
625
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
143

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 Wind34200$202,000
Flash Flood21710$9.8 million
Flood17910$368,000
Winter Storm14821$300,000
Winter Weather12200
Ice Storm11723$75,000
Dense Fog7100
Frost/Freeze6600
Heat6600
Tornado6377617$2.3 million
Strong Wind5300$46,000
Hail5202$34,000
Heavy Snow5222$35,000
Heavy Rain3100
Debris Flow1600
Sleet1000
Cold/Wind Chill900
Lightning500
High Wind500
Funnel Cloud300

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.