Storms in Missouri in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri 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.
Missouri 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
- 270
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $59 million
- Episodes
- 54
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 | 155 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 37 | 3 | 40 | $59 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 3, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 4, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 8, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 9, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 12, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 13, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 17, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 28, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1981
May 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 23, 1981
- Tornadoes in Missouri, May 24, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 29, 1981
June 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 2, 1981
- Tornado in Missouri, June 4, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, June 7, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 11, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 15, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 19, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 25, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 29, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 30, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 1, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 9, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 19, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 24, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 25, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, July 26, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 27, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 25, 1981
- Tornado in Missouri, August 27, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, August 31, 1981
September 1981
October 1981
November 1981
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Missouri 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.