Storms in Texas in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 772
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $346 million
- Episodes
- 93
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 | 323 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 279 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 170 | 1 | 52 | $346 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1980
February 1980
March 1980
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 17, 1980
- Hail in Texas, March 23, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 29, 1980
- Hail in Texas, March 31, 1980
April 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1980
- Hail in Texas, April 17, 1980
- Hail in Texas, April 23, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 25, 1980
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1980
May 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 2, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 12, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 18, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 1980
- Hail in Texas, May 30, 1980
June 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 1980
- Hail in Texas, June 16, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 19, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 20, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 21, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 22, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 27, 1980
July 1980
- Tornado in Texas, July 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 21, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 22, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 27, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 28, 1980
August 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1980
- Hail in Texas, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 6, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 9, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 10, 1980
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 11, 1980
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 17, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 23, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 28, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 29, 1980
September 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 1, 1980
- Tornado in Texas, September 5, 1980
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 6, 1980
- Tornado in Texas, September 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 18, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 19, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 25, 1980
October 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 14, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 15, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 17, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 24, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 27, 1980
- Hail in Texas, October 28, 1980
November 1980
December 1980
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Texas 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.