Storms in Texas in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 768
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 83
- Damage
- $66 million
- Episodes
- 110
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 | 296 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 289 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 183 | 1 | 83 | $66 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, February 1, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 10, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1981
March 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 3, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 4, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 7, 1981
- Hail in Texas, March 14, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 17, 1981
- Hail in Texas, March 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 28, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 1981
April 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 10, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 18, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1981
- Hail in Texas, April 25, 1981
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 28, 1981
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 30, 1981
May 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 3, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1981
- Hail in Texas, May 5, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 23, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, May 31, 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 5, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 6, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 10, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 15, 1981
- Hail in Texas, June 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, June 28, 1981
- Hail in Texas, June 29, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 2, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 4, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, July 5, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 7, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 9, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 27, 1981
August 1981
- Hail in Texas, August 1, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, August 4, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, August 6, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, August 11, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, August 17, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 25, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 28, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 29, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 30, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 31, 1981
September 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 1, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 3, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 4, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 14, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 24, 1981
October 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 7, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, October 11, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 13, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, October 14, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, October 15, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 17, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, October 18, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 25, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 31, 1981
November 1981
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Every year in TexasEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Texas 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.