Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2022

2,068 events in 202 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Kentucky

The year

Events
2,068
Deaths
47
Injuries
63
Damage
$8.2 million
Episodes
202

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 Wind69401$4.4 million
Flash Flood163421$946,000
Winter Storm160124
Winter Weather15117
Heavy Snow13502
Hail10202$238,000
Flood10020$34,000
Drought9500
Strong Wind7800$78,000
Dense Fog7800
Excessive Heat66023
Heat6000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3610$5,000
Tornado3403$2.0 million
Ice Storm3400$275,000
High Wind2900$188,000
Frost/Freeze2200
Heavy Rain1900
Debris Flow600
Lightning500
Funnel Cloud100

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.