Storms in Minnesota in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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
- 174
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 94
- Damage
- $63 million
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 46 | 1 | 94 | $63 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1981
April 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 3, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, April 10, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, April 27, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 29, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 30, 1981
May 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, May 1, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 23, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 29, 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 17, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 11, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1981
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 31, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 1, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 2, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 5, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, August 10, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 12, 1981
- Hail in Minnesota, August 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1981
September 1981
More
Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Minnesota 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.