Storms in Nebraska in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska 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.
Nebraska 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
- 282
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.1 million
- Episodes
- 49
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 | 137 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 126 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1981
April 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 2, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 3, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 12, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 13, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, April 21, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 25, 1981
May 1981
June 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 1, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, June 2, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 6, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 26, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 27, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1981
July 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 17, 1981
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 18, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 25, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 31, 1981
August 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 1, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 4, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, August 5, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 1981
- Tornado in Nebraska, August 21, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, August 22, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 24, 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, August 25, 1981
September 1981
- Hail in Nebraska, September 24, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 25, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 26, 1981
October 1981
More
Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Nebraska 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.