Storms in Ohio in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio 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.
Ohio 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
- 151
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 81
- Damage
- $34 million
- Episodes
- 21
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 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 4 | 81 | $34 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1981
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 4, 1981
- Hail in Ohio, April 12, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 17, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 28, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 29, 1981
May 1981
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 14, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 8, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, June 16, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 24, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 25, 1981
July 1981
August 1981
September 1981
More
Every year in OhioEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Ohio 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.