Tornadoes · United States · Oregon
1981 tornadoes in Oregon
No tornado was recorded in Oregon in 1981. The state averages 2.6 a year over the 51 years it has any in the record.
What Oregon usually sees
The record has 135 tornadoes in Oregon since 1950, 6 deaths. Every year in Oregon.
Nearby
Every tornado in Oregon since 1950Warnings in force in OregonThe live radar over Oregon
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.