Tornadoes · United States · Kentucky
1953 tornadoes in Kentucky
No tornado was recorded in Kentucky in 1953. The state averages 16.3 a year over the 75 years it has any in the record.
What Kentucky usually sees
The record has 1,223 tornadoes in Kentucky since 1950, 214 deaths. Every year in Kentucky.
Nearby
Every tornado in Kentucky since 1950Warnings in force in KentuckyThe live radar over Kentucky
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.