Storms in Louisiana in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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
- 131
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $2.9 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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | 12 | $2.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
March 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 29, 1981
- Hail in Louisiana, March 31, 1981
April 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 18, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 23, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 30, 1981
May 1981
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 4, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 9, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 14, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 15, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 19, 1981
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 25, 1981
June 1981
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 1, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 2, 1981
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 6, 1981
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 10, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 22, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, June 23, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 5, 1981
- Hail in Louisiana, July 9, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, July 10, 1981
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 30, 1981
August 1981
- Tornado in Louisiana, August 11, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 30, 1981
September 1981
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Louisiana 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.