Storms in Mississippi in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi 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.
Mississippi 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
- 76
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $1.0 million
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 5 | $1.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 1, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 10, 1981
March 1981
- Hail in Mississippi, March 4, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 29, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 30, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 31, 1981
April 1981
May 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 30, 1981
June 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 2, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 6, 1981
- Hail in Mississippi, June 11, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 19, 1981
- Hail in Mississippi, June 23, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 5, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 25, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 29, 1981
August 1981
September 1981
November 1981
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Mississippi 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.