Storms in Florida in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida 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.
Florida 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
- 136
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $9.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 61 | 0 | 33 | $9.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
- Tornado in Florida, February 1, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, February 2, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 10, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 11, 1981
March 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 18, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, March 19, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 22, 1981
April 1981
May 1981
- Tornado in Florida, May 1, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 7, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, May 11, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, May 17, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 20, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, May 26, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 27, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, May 28, 1981
June 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, June 2, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 3, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, June 4, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, June 10, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 13, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 17, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 19, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 20, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 24, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 25, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 1981
July 1981
- Tornado in Florida, July 2, 1981
- Hail in Florida, July 5, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 6, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, July 8, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, July 9, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 18, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 22, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, July 29, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 30, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 31, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 2, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 10, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 16, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 20, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, August 24, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, August 26, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 27, 1981
September 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 9, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, September 16, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 21, 1981
- Tornado in Florida, September 26, 1981
October 1981
December 1981
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Florida 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.