Storms in Kentucky in 2023

1,617 events in 151 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2023, 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 2023 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: 1,617
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 21
Damage: $17 million
Episodes: 151

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	738	1	7	$1.1 million
High Wind	175	0	0	$22,000
Hail	157	1	1	$1.6 million
Strong Wind	133	2	3	$105,000
Flash Flood	121	3	1	$7.8 million
Excessive Heat	60	0	0
Heat	55	0	0
Tornado	43	1	2	$5.6 million
Flood	41	0	0	$390,000
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Winter Storm	18	0	7
Dense Fog	14	0	0
Freezing Fog	13	0	0
Winter Weather	9	0	0
Lightning	6	0	0
Heavy Rain	5	0	0
Drought	4	0	0
Debris Flow	2	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2023

Every year in Kentucky Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Kentucky in 2023 Warnings in Kentucky in 2023 2022 2024

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.