Storms in Oklahoma in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma 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
- 215
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 103 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 20 | $19 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 20, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 23, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 31, 1980
April 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 2, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 7, 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 25, 1980
May 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 1, 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 17, 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 27, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 29, 1980
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 31, 1980
June 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 10, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 19, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 20, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 30, 1980
July 1980
August 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 28, 1980
September 1980
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 1, 1980
- Tornado in Oklahoma, September 8, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 24, 1980
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 25, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Oklahoma 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.