Georgetown

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Scott County, the county that contains Georgetown.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

The drought index is for Scott County, the county that contains Georgetown.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Landslides mapped in Scott County.

Mapped by KY GS (7).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Mar 1, 1997Flash Flood$1.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   1 to 2 inch rain fell on top of 3 to 7 inch totals in less than 24 hours resulted in widespread flash flooding with many roads water covered and closed. Scott county was declared a disaster area. Damage totals include all the flooding and flash flooding from March 1-March 2.

2. Feb 15, 2003Ice Storm, Scott$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Light to occasionally moderate freezing rain began on the evening of the 15th, and continued through the evening of the 16th. Reports of ice accumulations of an inch were common along and north of Interstate 64, from Frankfort to Winchester. The hardest hit areas were in and around the cities of Frankfort and Lexington, where up to an inch and a quarter of ice accumulation was observed. A 78 year old male in Lawrenceburg in Anderson County died of injuries sustained when he was struck by a falling, ice covered, tree limb. After the storm, it is estimated that nearly 125,000 residents were without power for up to five days or more. Most of the property damage was reported in the…

3. Jul 22, 2001Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   30 to 40 homes were damaged by flood waters, one home had 4 feet of water. People were trapped in vehicles by rising water.

4. Nov 9, 2000Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in most every county mentioned. Most of the property damage was in the form of roof damage, or minor damage caused by flying debris. Besides the tornadoes reported, there was some extensive property damage due to straight line winds, though. One mobile home was destroyed and two were damaged by straight line winds near Mt. Sherman in Larue County. A roof was caved in at a lumber company in Bowling Green in Warren County. In Liberty in Casey County, part of the roof of a concrete company was blown off. Georgetown in Scott county had extensive damage; an 80 foot radio tower was blown over on to a house, propane tanks and cars were…

5. Mar 1, 2017Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The NWS in conjunction with Scott County Emergency Management found significant straight line wind damage 2 miles northeast of Stamping Ground. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. A large 100 foot by 100 foot well built barn was picked up and destroyed. The sheet metal from the barn was thrown nearly half a mile downwind to the east. Several trees were snapped or uprooted, especially at Long Lick Road. Several wood pieces of the barn were thrown several hundred yards and impaled the ground. The survey continued into Georgetown to Tripoint Road. A factory warehouse had significant roof and siding damage from 65 to 70 mph. Overall path length was 1 mile and the maximum width was a…

6. Jul 1, 2018Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tree was blown down, a large secured outdoor tent flattened, and a metal roof peeled partially off from a hotel in Georgetown.

7. Apr 23, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Five airplanes were damaged at the Marshall Field Airport in Georgetown. The planes were sent airborn by thunderstorm winds.

8. May 2, 2010Flood$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Three to six inches of rain across Scott county May 1-2 led to areal flooding in spots across the county on the 2nd.

9. May 9, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Two barns were blown down on Fisher's Mill Road.

10. Oct 7, 2014Tornado$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    This rural EF-1 tornado touched down around one quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of Glass and Sulphur Wells Road where it snapped several hardwood trees. Winds with this initial damage ranged from 70-107 mph. The tornado then moved southeast where more trees were snapped and an outbuilding was destroyed. As the tornado neared the end of its path a couple of small barns were destroyed with winds estimated from from 90 and 107 mph. At the end of the path, a couple of homes sustained roof damage, in addition to continued tree damage. The tornado lifted just east of Cincinnati Road, about 4 miles NNW of|Georgetown.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

108°F2 times, most recently Jul 15, 1936

All-time low

−21°FJan 24, 1963

Warmest night

83°FJul 8, 1874

Coldest day

−3°F2 times, most recently Jan 12, 1918

Wettest day

8.04 inAug 2, 1932

Snowiest day

13.4 inJan 26, 1943

Hottest year

2024mean 59.8°F

Coldest year

1917mean 52.3°F

Wettest year

201871.98 in

Driest year

193024.89 in

Snowiest season

55.4 in1916-17

Station Lexington Bluegrass Airport (USW00093820), 962 ft elevation, 16.2 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1872 to October 27, 2026; 100.0% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Scott County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00093820.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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