Storms in Indiana in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana 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.
Indiana 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
- 129
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1.1 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
April 1981
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 4, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 10, 1981
- Hail in Indiana, April 11, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 12, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 13, 1981
- Hail in Indiana, April 17, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 19, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 28, 1981
May 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 1, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 10, 1981
- Tornado in Indiana, May 26, 1981
June 1981
- Hail in Indiana, June 1, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 5, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 8, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 9, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 15, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 30, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in Indiana, July 25, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 26, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 27, 1981
August 1981
September 1981
October 1981
November 1981
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Indiana 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.