Altoona Weather in 1981

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	5 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	October 27
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	December 14
Total annual precipitation	29.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1981 was 90 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Jul 9
1	90 °F	Jul 8
3	88 °F	Jul 19
4	87 °F	Jul 20
4	87 °F	Jun 16
6	86 °F	Jul 18
6	86 °F	Jun 15
8	85 °F	Aug 27
8	85 °F	Aug 11
8	85 °F	Jul 12
8	85 °F	Jul 7

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1981 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 12
2	-2 °F	January 13
2	-2 °F	January 9
4	0 °F	February 12
4	0 °F	January 11
4	0 °F	January 4
7	1 °F	January 8
8	4 °F	February 13
8	4 °F	February 5
8	4 °F	January 3

January 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	17	0.09	1.0
January 2	27	15	0.01	0.0
January 3	26	4	0.07	2.0
January 4	5	0	0.00	0.0
January 5	15	5	0.01	0.0
January 6	28	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	7	0.01	0.0
January 8	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	-2	0.01	0.0
January 10	16	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	0	0.00	0.0
January 12	12	-7	0.00	0.0
January 13	17	-2	0.01	0.0
January 14	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 15	27	20	0.01	0.0
January 16	30	16	0.01	0.0
January 17	18	12	0.01	0.0
January 18	27	13	0.01	0.0
January 19	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	34	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	29	0.01	0.0
January 24	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 25	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	54	38	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	34	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	17	0.01	0.0
January 30	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	7	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	21	0.68	0.0
February 2	36	13	0.55	0.0
February 3	13	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	18	9	0.02	0.0
February 5	20	4	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	13	0.20	3.0
February 9	27	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	19	0.27	1.5
February 11	54	14	0.26	0.0
February 12	14	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	4	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	29	0.00	0.0
February 17	54	46	0.09	0.0
February 18	66	47	0.00	0.0
February 19	57	42	0.33	0.0
February 20	50	41	1.14	0.0
February 21	47	38	0.19	0.0
February 22	51	40	0.03	0.0
February 23	51	31	0.58	0.0
February 24	40	30	0.05	0.0
February 25	38	33	0.01	0.0
February 26	38	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	51	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	55	35	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	24	0.01	0.0
March 3	30	20	0.02	0.2
March 4	37	16	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	30	0.36	3.1
March 6	32	22	0.06	0.0
March 7	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	31	0.02	0.0
March 11	34	27	0.01	0.1
March 12	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	28	0.01	0.0
March 14	30	19	0.01	0.0
March 15	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	19	0.08	0.0
March 17	31	15	0.00	0.0
March 18	31	10	0.00	0.0
March 19	29	18	0.07	0.5
March 20	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	37	25	0.06	0.6
March 22	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	56	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	33	0.04	0.0
March 28	60	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	42	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	53	0.15	0.0
March 31	72	47	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	71	45	0.29
April 2	64	45	0.00
April 3	80	46	0.00
April 4	77	60	0.00
April 5	67	41	0.05
April 6	46	33	0.00
April 7	60	27	0.00
April 8	76	43	0.00
April 9	62	43	0.02
April 10	65	36	0.00
April 11	75	52	0.67
April 12	57	43	1.03
April 13	48	38	0.01
April 14	59	38	0.60
April 15	48	29	0.00
April 16	67	29	0.00
April 17	64	51	0.24
April 18	68	41	0.03
April 19	56	34	0.00
April 20	51	32	0.01
April 21	51	26	0.00
April 22	65	32	0.00
April 23	64	51	0.21
April 24	55	38	0.02
April 25	44	37	0.00
April 26	60	34	0.07
April 27	68	45	0.00
April 28	74	50	0.08
April 29	71	49	0.14
April 30	58	40	0.00

May 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	40	0.10
May 2	56	40	0.00
May 3	67	32	0.00
May 4	79	44	0.00
May 5	78	53	0.00
May 6	62	40	0.09
May 7	61	35	0.00
May 8	64	36	0.00
May 9	67	40	0.00
May 10	66	52	0.08
May 11	69	57	1.88
May 12	57	42	0.05
May 13	67	42	0.00
May 14	78	51	0.00
May 15	65	53	0.29
May 16	54	46	0.00
May 17	67	41	0.00
May 18	62	45	0.00
May 19	54	43	0.00
May 20	69	38	0.00
May 21	74	38	0.00
May 22	76	51	0.00
May 23	78	47	0.00
May 24	76	49	0.00
May 25	79	53	0.00
May 26	72	57	0.92
May 27	76	57	0.00
May 28	70	61	0.07
May 29	72	61	0.09
May 30	76	57	0.20
May 31	70	51	0.00

June 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	44	0.05
June 2	62	55	0.03
June 3	69	58	0.49
June 4	71	59	0.06
June 5	78	56	0.00
June 6	78	62	0.19
June 7	73	53	0.00
June 8	81	50	0.01
June 9	73	62	0.38
June 10	67	58	0.39
June 11	72	54	0.00
June 12	78	59	0.00
June 13	79	63	0.58
June 14	82	68	0.30
June 15	86	73	0.00
June 16	87	67	0.02
June 17	73	54	0.00
June 18	76	50	0.00
June 19	81	61	0.24
June 20	72	63	0.09
June 21	79	62	0.04
June 22	76	61	0.01
June 23	72	55	0.00
June 24	78	54	0.00
June 25	81	61	0.55
June 26	65	49	0.00
June 27	72	46	0.00
June 28	74	47	0.00
June 29	81	52	0.00
June 30	81	60	0.00

July 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	60	0.02
July 2	70	62	0.19
July 3	72	62	0.06
July 4	72	63	0.21
July 5	73	61	0.02
July 6	81	57	0.00
July 7	85	63	0.00
July 8	90	65	0.00
July 9	90	73	0.01
July 10	84	66	0.00
July 11	83	57	0.00
July 12	85	59	0.00
July 13	82	65	0.00
July 14	79	59	0.00
July 15	81	54	0.00
July 16	73	58	0.00
July 17	81	54	0.00
July 18	86	59	0.00
July 19	88	62	0.10
July 20	87	69	0.28
July 21	82	66	0.00
July 22	77	57	0.00
July 23	75	50	0.00
July 24	64	58	0.01
July 25	67	63	0.00
July 26	78	65	0.50
July 27	80	64	0.00
July 28	72	61	0.41
July 29	70	53	0.00
July 30	76	48	0.00
July 31	77	55	0.00

August 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	53	0.00
August 2	80	57	0.00
August 3	80	65	0.20
August 4	84	65	0.00
August 5	78	63	0.00
August 6	72	61	0.01
August 7	77	57	0.01
August 8	83	63	0.03
August 9	81	63	0.00
August 10	83	61	0.00
August 11	85	61	0.00
August 12	80	63	0.00
August 13	78	62	0.00
August 14	83	65	0.00
August 15	78	66	0.37
August 16	77	54	0.00
August 17	72	49	0.00
August 18	77	45	0.00
August 19	79	50	0.00
August 20	78	50	0.00
August 21	78	48	0.00
August 22	76	57	0.00
August 23	81	47	0.00
August 24	79	58	0.00
August 25	75	54	0.00
August 26	79	50	0.00
August 27	85	58	0.00
August 28	84	58	0.00
August 29	80	65	0.00
August 30	78	63	1.08
August 31	69	63	0.45

September 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	67	0.06
September 2	72	67	0.33
September 3	67	64	0.22
September 4	66	61	0.53
September 5	76	63	0.01
September 6	79	64	0.00
September 7	77	63	0.04
September 8	69	57	0.31
September 9	67	50	0.00
September 10	74	45	0.00
September 11	80	63	0.00
September 12	81	67	0.00
September 13	82	62	0.00
September 14	81	63	0.00
September 15	69	58	1.17
September 16	65	54	0.22
September 17	65	51	0.00
September 18	63	45	0.00
September 19	59	46	0.00
September 20	65	48	0.00
September 21	64	46	0.00
September 22	67	49	0.09
September 23	57	41	0.00
September 24	62	42	0.00
September 25	70	44	0.00
September 26	76	53	0.00
September 27	75	58	0.00
September 28	62	43	0.00
September 29	58	40	0.00
September 30	60	43	0.00

October 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	50	0.27
October 2	55	42	0.10
October 3	53	41	0.01
October 4	56	37	0.00
October 5	72	50	0.00
October 6	71	53	0.22
October 7	53	45	0.00
October 8	50	41	0.00
October 9	57	36	0.00
October 10	55	36	0.00
October 11	51	44	0.00
October 12	58	38	0.00
October 13	58	32	0.00
October 14	63	29	0.00
October 15	67	35	0.00
October 16	57	39	0.00
October 17	59	30	0.00
October 18	54	45	0.24
October 19	45	31	0.00
October 20	60	29	0.00
October 21	70	46	0.00
October 22	69	47	0.00
October 23	58	36	0.26
October 24	42	31	0.00
October 25	46	29	0.11
October 26	51	44	1.00
October 27	63	51	1.97
October 28	61	43	0.00
October 29	49	36	0.00
October 30	49	44	0.00
October 31	50	38	0.00

November 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	43	0.00
November 2	69	49	0.00
November 3	59	42	0.00
November 4	66	35	0.00
November 5	57	41	0.49
November 6	52	36	0.07
November 7	43	33	0.01
November 8	57	33	0.00
November 9	51	35	0.09
November 10	41	31	0.02
November 11	41	33	0.00
November 12	43	29	0.00
November 13	48	24	0.00
November 14	49	31	0.00
November 15	60	40	0.00
November 16	51	44	0.00
November 17	48	42	0.00
November 18	49	39	0.00
November 19	52	34	0.03
November 20	51	35	0.06
November 21	35	31	0.00
November 22	32	26	0.00
November 23	34	21	0.00
November 24	29	23	0.00
November 25	35	24	0.00
November 26	39	22	0.00
November 27	54	34	0.00
November 28	35	33	0.00
November 29	34	28	0.00
November 30	38	26	0.00

December 1981 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	34	29	0.57	0.0
December 2	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	32	0.01	0.1
December 4	41	31	0.02	0.0
December 5	38	30	0.01	0.1
December 6	34	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	46	29	0.07	0.0
December 9	29	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	26	19	0.03	0.0
December 11	29	22	0.02	0.0
December 12	29	24	0.01	0.1
December 13	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	26	18	0.34	4.0
December 15	31	26	0.09	1.0
December 16	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 17	30	23	0.12	1.2
December 18	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 19	20	14	0.01	0.1
December 20	20	12	0.00	0.0
December 21	25	5	0.04	0.4
December 22	33	22	0.05	0.0
December 23	48	31	0.02	0.0
December 24	36	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	25	0.04	0.0
December 28	39	26	0.01	0.0
December 29	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	24	0.24	2.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Altoona-Blair County Airport	location
1893–1948	Altoona Horseshoe Curve	location