Storms in Oklahoma in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma 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
- 231
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 100
- Damage
- $305 million
- Episodes
- 52
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 | 88 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 85 | 6 | 100 | $305 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 58 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 4, 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 28, 1981
April 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 3, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 12, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1981
May 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 9, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 12, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 1981
June 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 1, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 11, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 25, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 26, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 30, 1981
July 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 8, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 16, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 6, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 7, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 31, 1981
September 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 3, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, September 11, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 13, 1981
October 1981
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 3, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, October 5, 1981
- Tornado in Oklahoma, October 13, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 17, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 31, 1981
November 1981
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Oklahoma 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.