Severe Weather History


Kentucky Heavy Rain History: 744 Recorded Events

739

Recorded events

103

Counties affected

1

Direct deaths

$970K

Property damage

Kentucky heavy rain history: 739 recorded events across 103 counties between 1998 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Kentucky heavy rain history by decade

Kentucky heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Kentucky heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 433 reported heavy rain events across Kentucky. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Kentucky

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1McCracken County380$15K2003–2015
#2Daviess County290$2K2003–2015
#3Breathitt County290$5K2009–2022
#4Perry County250$21K2009–2022
#5Christian County250$02003–2015
#6Calloway County240$8K2003–2016
#7Marshall County220$02003–2015
#8Bell County210$25K2002–2023
#9Pulaski County200$02009–2024
#10Hopkins County180$10K2004–2015
#11Letcher County160$85K2002–2021
#12Pike County150$337K2009–2021
#13McCreary County150$5002009–2025
#14Leslie County140$80K2002–2020
#15Henderson County140$02004–2015
#16Lee County130$13K2010–2022
#17Estill County130$5K2009–2021
#18Trigg County130$02007–2015
#19Muhlenberg County120$02005–2013
#20Floyd County110$2K2011–2022
#21Powell County100$80K2010–2022
#22Ballard County100$02005–2015
#23Graves County100$02005–2015
#24Jefferson County100$02009–2018
#25Knott County100$10K2010–2022
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

Significant events

Deadliest heavy rain events in Kentucky

DateCountyScaleDeathsInjuries
Apr 29, 2014Carter County—10
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

All hazards in Kentucky · Heavy Rain across the U.S.