Storms in Pennsylvania in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania 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
- 57
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $1.6 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 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 6 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1981
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 28, 1981
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 29, 1981
May 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 11, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 15, 1981
June 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1981
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 25, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1981
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 3, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1981
September 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 1, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 23, 1981
October 1981
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Pennsylvania 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.