Storms in North Dakota in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota 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.
North Dakota 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
- 133
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $503,000
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 0 | $503,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1981
May 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 9, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 1981
July 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 1, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 7, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 11, 1981
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 12, 1981
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 22, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, July 23, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 28, 1981
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 29, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 30, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 1, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 4, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 5, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 15, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, August 21, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, August 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 30, 1981
September 1981
More
Every year in North DakotaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in North Dakota 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.