Storms in Wisconsin in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin 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.
Wisconsin 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
- 130
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 62
- Damage
- $27 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 3 | 62 | $27 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1981
April 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, April 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 4, 1981
May 1981
June 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 13, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 14, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 16, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1981
July 1981
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 12, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 14, 1981
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 17, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 20, 1981
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 24, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 1, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 6, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 28, 1981
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 29, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 31, 1981
September 1981
October 1981
More
Every year in WisconsinEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Wisconsin 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.