Storms in Indiana in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana 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.
Indiana 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
- 355
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 61
- Damage
- $34 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 230 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 38 | 5 | 61 | $34 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1980
February 1980
April 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 8, 1980
May 1980
- Hail in Indiana, May 12, 1980
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1980
June 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 1, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 2, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 6, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 10, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 15, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 19, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 28, 1980
July 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 2, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 1980
- Hail in Indiana, July 6, 1980
- Hail in Indiana, July 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 21, 1980
August 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 1, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 2, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 4, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 10, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 13, 1980
- Tornado in Indiana, August 17, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 29, 1980
September 1980
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Indiana 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.