Storms in Georgia in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia 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.
Georgia 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
- 120
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 6 | $3.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
March 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 5, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 16, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 30, 1981
April 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 1, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, April 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 23, 1981
May 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 10, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, May 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 31, 1981
June 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 5, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 6, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 7, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 11, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, June 19, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 20, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 24, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, June 25, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 26, 1981
July 1981
- Hail in Georgia, July 11, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 15, 1981
- Hail in Georgia, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 18, 1981
- Tornado in Georgia, July 25, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 7, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 12, 1981
November 1981
December 1981
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Georgia 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.