Storms in Kentucky in 2026

Events

780

Deaths

15

Injuries

2

Damage

$2.5 million

Episodes

71

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.

January 2026

• Dense Fog in Kentucky, January 8, 202612 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 8 to 9, 2026$4,000 · 4 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 14, 2026$4,000 · 4 events
• Cold in Kentucky, January 20 to 31, 20264 events
• Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 21, 20261 death · $85,000 · 14 events
• Dense Fog and Freezing Fog in Kentucky, January 22, 20265 events
• Cold in Kentucky, January 23 to 26, 202622 events
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 24 to 25, 20269 deaths · 1 injured · 49 events
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 24 to 25, 20261 death · $85,000 · 22 events
• Winter Storm and Flood in Kentucky, January 24 to 26, 2026$200 · 24 events
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 24 to 26, 20264 events
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 24 to 26, 202612 events
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Kentucky, January 25 to 27, 202622 events
• Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 30 to 31, 20263 events
• Cold in Kentucky, January 30 to 31, 202615 events

February 2026

• Winter Storm in Kentucky, February 3, 20267 events
• Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 3, 20265 events
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 3, 20264 events
• Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 6, 20261 event
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 10, 20262 events
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 15 to 16, 202622 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 17 to 18, 2026$1,000 · 1 event
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 19, 202611 events
• Hail in Kentucky, February 19, 20261 in hail · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, February 19 to 20, 2026$6,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 20, 2026$6,000 · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 22 to 24, 20266 events
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 27, 202620 events

March 2026

• Winter Weather in Kentucky, March 2, 20263 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 7, 2026$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 11, 202655 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 11, 2026$19,000 · 61 kt wind · 8 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 13, 2026$8,000 · 4 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 13, 20266 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 15 to 16, 20264 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 15 to 16, 2026EF1 · 46 events
• Heavy Snow and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 16 to 17, 2026$23,000 · 54 kt wind · 21 events
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 16, 2026$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 22, 2026$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event

April 2026

• Drought in Kentucky, April 1 to 30, 20264 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 1, 2026$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 1, 202650 kt wind · 2 events
• Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 2, 2026$4,000 · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 4, 202655 kt wind · 1 event
• Drought in Kentucky, April 9 to 30, 202614 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 16, 20261 injured · $441,000 · 2 in hail · 46 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 16, 202650 kt wind · 6 events
• Dense Fog in Kentucky, April 24 to 25, 202613 events
• Hail in Kentucky, April 27, 20261.25 in hail · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 27 to 28, 2026EF1 · 46 events
• Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 27 to 29, 2026$30,000 · 51 kt wind · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 27, 2026$348,000 · EF1 · 14 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 28, 2026$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event

May 2026

• Drought in Kentucky, May 1 to 31, 20264 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 16, 20261 in hail · 9 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 16, 2026$23,000 · 50 kt wind · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 20261 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 20, 2026$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 22, 2026EF0 · 2 events
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Kentucky, May 22 to 23, 20263 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, May 24, 2026$85,000 · 7 events
• Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 24, 20263 events
• Flood in Kentucky, May 24, 20261 event
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, May 27 to 28, 20263 events

June 2026

• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 9, 202650 kt wind · 10 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 17 to 18, 2026$1.3 million · EF2 · 22 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 18, 2026EF1 · 47 events
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 18, 2026$9,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 21 to 22, 2026EF1 · 21 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 22, 2026$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 25 to 28, 20264 deaths · 53 kt wind · 47 events

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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.