Tornado History Map

Daviess County, Kentucky tornado history

34 tornadoes recorded in or across Daviess County from 1952 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Daviess County

The Storm Prediction Center records 34 tornadoes whose paths touched Daviess County, Kentucky between 1952 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 9 December 1952. The most recent was on 7 June 2025.

  • 34tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 40injuries
  • 742per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Daviess County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01544%
F1 / EF1824%
F2 / EF2824%
F3 / EF339%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Daviess County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2000s.1950s21970s11980s62000s132010s82020s4

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s1
1980s6
2000s13
2010s8
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar4Apr4May9Jun4Jul0Aug0Sep4Oct5Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr4
May9
Jun4
Jul0
Aug0
Sep4
Oct5
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Daviess County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kentucky tornado9 December 1952, F3, 3 injuries, 35 miles long
  • Most recent: Kentucky tornado7 June 2025, EF0, 2.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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