# Tornadoes in Kentucky since 1950: 1,223, #23 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Kentucky has 1,223 tornadoes (1.7% of the US), #23 by count and #19 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Kentucky since 1950

Kentucky has recorded **1,223 tornadoes since 1950**: 1.7% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#23 by count** and **#19 per person** (26.65 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Kentucky has recorded 1,223 tornadoes since 1950, 1.7% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #23 of 51 by count and #19 per person (26.65 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* Kentucky’s busiest year was 2011, with 60 tornadoes; it averages 16.1 a year.
* 19 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#19

national rank (per capita)

1,223

tornadoes

26.65

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Kentucky: 1,223 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/kentucky.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

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## Kentucky tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s35

1960s65

1970s114

1980s90

1990s170

2000s230

2010s310

2020s209

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 335 |
| ------- | --- |
| F1/EF1  | 565 |
| F2/EF2  | 223 |
| F3/EF3  | 78  |
| F4/EF4  | 18  |
| F5/EF5  | 1   |
| Unrated | 3   |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 2011 (60).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Kentucky, newest first

2025-05-16 · EF42012-03-02 · EF42005-11-15 · F41996-05-28 · F41992-11-22 · F41974-04-03 · F51974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41974-04-03 · F41971-04-27 · F41971-04-27 · F41968-04-23 · F41968-04-03 · F41964-03-04 · F4

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