Storms in Missouri in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1983, 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.
Missouri in 1983 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
- 280
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 | 139 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 1 | 32 | $36 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
April 1983
- Hail in Missouri, April 1, 1983
- Hail in Missouri, April 12, 1983
- Hail in Missouri, April 13, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 17, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 27, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 28, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1983
May 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 12, 1983
- Hail in Missouri, May 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 28, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 2, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 3, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 26, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 27, 1983
July 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 30, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 11, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 25, 1983
- Hail in Missouri, August 27, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 28, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 1983
September 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 7, 1983
- Hail in Missouri, September 18, 1983
October 1983
November 1983
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Missouri in 198319821984
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.