Storms in Colorado in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1981, 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.
Colorado in 1981 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
- 132
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 44
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 48
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 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 44 | $33 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
April 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 19, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, April 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, April 21, 1981
May 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 2, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, May 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 7, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, May 8, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 11, 1981
- Tornado in Colorado, May 16, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 24, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1981
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 31, 1981
June 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 6, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 11, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 13, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 23, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, June 25, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 26, 1981
July 1981
- Hail in Colorado, July 7, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 12, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 23, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1981
- Tornado in Colorado, July 26, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1981
August 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 2, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 5, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 6, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 9, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 14, 1981
- Tornado in Colorado, August 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 22, 1981
- Hail in Colorado, August 26, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 30, 1981
September 1981
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Colorado in 198119801982
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.