Storms in Georgia in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1980, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Georgia in 1980 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 187
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $25 million
- Episodes
- 62
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 114 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 43 | 0 | 12 | $25 million |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
- Hail in Georgia, March 5, 1980
- Hail in Georgia, March 10, 1980
- Hail in Georgia, March 12, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 17, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1980
April 1980
- Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 12, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 13, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 27, 1980
May 1980
- Hail in Georgia, May 5, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 19, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 23, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 25, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 28, 1980
June 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 12, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 21, 1980
- Tornado in Georgia, June 24, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 29, 1980
July 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 10, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 14, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 18, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, July 24, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 1980
August 1980
- Hail in Georgia, August 1, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 10, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 13, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 14, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 15, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 20, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 21, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 22, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 24, 1980
- Hail in Georgia, August 30, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 31, 1980
September 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 10, 1980
- Hail in Georgia, September 24, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Georgia in 198019791981
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.