Anchorage Weather in 1981

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	74 °F	August 26
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	December 30
Highest daily low	55 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	1 °F	December 29
Most daily precipitation	1.0 inches	July 15
Most daily snow	7.1 inches	November 22
Total annual precipitation	21.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1981 was 74 °F which happened on August 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	74 °F	Aug 26
2	73 °F	Jun 20
2	73 °F	May 29
4	71 °F	May 8
5	70 °F	Jun 19
5	70 °F	May 26
7	69 °F	Aug 4
7	69 °F	Aug 3
7	69 °F	Jul 31
10	68 °F	Jun 23
10	68 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1981 was -16 °F which happened on Dec 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	December 30
2	-15 °F	December 29
3	-12 °F	December 28
4	-10 °F	December 27
5	-7 °F	December 31
6	-6 °F	February 18
7	-5 °F	December 8
7	-5 °F	February 15
9	-4 °F	December 7
9	-4 °F	February 17

January 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	41	29	0.01	0.0
January 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	40	25	0.02	0.0
January 10	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	22	0.01	0.0
January 14	38	30	0.01	0.0
January 15	45	33	0.04	0.0
January 16	39	28	0.01	0.0
January 17	39	31	0.03	0.0
January 18	46	33	0.02	0.0
January 19	39	32	0.25	0.0
January 20	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	24	0.38	3.8
January 22	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 25	47	32	0.08	0.0
January 26	41	26	0.03	0.8
January 27	31	16	0.02	0.4
January 28	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	29	0.02	0.0

February 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	33	0.01	0.0
February 2	45	33	0.02	0.0
February 3	33	29	0.08	0.5
February 4	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	42	32	0.02	0.0
February 6	42	31	0.14	0.0
February 7	33	31	0.42	3.0
February 8	33	31	0.04	0.0
February 9	37	29	0.03	0.0
February 10	37	29	0.01	0.0
February 11	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	23	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 14	19	7	0.00	0.0
February 15	12	-5	0.00	0.0
February 16	8	1	0.01	0.1
February 17	10	-4	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	-6	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	24	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	28	19	0.02	0.3
February 24	26	21	0.10	1.6
February 25	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	23	0.03	0.5
February 27	38	30	0.04	0.6
February 28	41	29	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	29	0.17	3.0
March 2	37	26	0.03	0.8
March 3	33	22	0.01	0.1
March 4	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	33	0.01	0.0
March 12	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 19	43	30	0.03	0.0
March 20	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	32	0.11	0.0
March 27	44	33	0.03	0.0
March 28	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	40	30	0.02	0.5

April 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	35	29	0.19	1.1
April 2	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 3	38	23	0.00	0.0
April 4	38	23	0.00	0.0
April 5	38	21	0.00	0.0
April 6	38	25	0.00	0.0
April 7	40	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	43	21	0.00	0.0
April 9	45	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	44	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	43	22	0.00	0.0
April 13	41	27	0.00	0.0
April 14	37	25	0.00	0.0
April 15	39	24	0.00	0.0
April 16	39	22	0.00	0.0
April 17	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 18	45	25	0.00	0.0
April 19	47	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	51	33	0.00	0.0
April 21	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 22	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 23	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	52	32	0.00	0.0
April 25	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 26	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	51	28	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 29	55	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	53	31	0.00	0.0

May 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	46	34	0.37
May 2	51	34	0.00
May 3	52	34	0.00
May 4	51	39	0.00
May 5	56	38	0.00
May 6	59	37	0.00
May 7	67	36	0.00
May 8	71	40	0.00
May 9	63	39	0.00
May 10	57	37	0.00
May 11	55	40	0.00
May 12	58	42	0.00
May 13	60	47	0.00
May 14	59	44	0.00
May 15	61	40	0.00
May 16	64	44	0.00
May 17	60	46	0.02
May 18	60	46	0.21
May 19	54	45	0.02
May 20	54	42	0.02
May 21	57	41	0.00
May 22	58	40	0.00
May 23	61	43	0.00
May 24	57	43	0.03
May 25	65	43	0.00
May 26	70	45	0.00
May 27	58	47	0.13
May 28	61	44	0.00
May 29	73	45	0.01
May 30	66	53	0.00
May 31	61	48	0.00

June 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	58	43	0.00
June 2	59	45	0.00
June 3	58	39	0.00
June 4	59	48	0.00
June 5	59	44	0.00
June 6	61	44	0.00
June 7	57	46	0.00
June 8	51	45	0.21
June 9	58	40	0.00
June 10	59	39	0.00
June 11	61	46	0.00
June 12	62	39	0.00
June 13	60	40	0.00
June 14	65	46	0.00
June 15	59	51	0.00
June 16	66	52	0.00
June 17	68	45	0.00
June 18	66	50	0.00
June 19	70	50	0.00
June 20	73	47	0.00
June 21	61	53	0.00
June 22	64	50	0.00
June 23	68	47	0.00
June 24	63	47	0.00
June 25	63	50	0.00
June 26	56	52	0.00
June 27	61	50	0.33
June 28	56	48	0.18
June 29	56	43	0.11
June 30	61	50	0.00

July 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	57	45	0.00
July 2	62	46	0.00
July 3	64	50	0.00
July 4	65	52	0.00
July 5	67	51	0.00
July 6	66	53	0.00
July 7	66	54	0.00
July 8	63	54	0.00
July 9	62	53	0.11
July 10	58	51	0.62
July 11	64	51	0.18
July 12	63	52	0.01
July 13	62	52	0.03
July 14	58	52	0.26
July 15	59	52	1.00
July 16	64	54	0.27
July 17	61	55	0.08
July 18	64	53	0.21
July 19	59	54	0.39
July 20	57	54	0.08
July 21	64	52	0.01
July 22	64	52	0.00
July 23	61	54	0.29
July 24	60	54	0.23
July 25	62	54	0.51
July 26	65	51	0.00
July 27	64	46	0.00
July 28	58	51	0.11
July 29	65	55	0.00
July 30	67	55	0.00
July 31	69	54	0.00

August 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	60	54	0.42
August 2	64	52	0.25
August 3	69	53	0.00
August 4	69	52	0.00
August 5	61	51	0.06
August 6	63	52	0.14
August 7	60	51	0.66
August 8	64	54	0.00
August 9	62	53	0.14
August 10	60	53	0.01
August 11	59	50	0.34
August 12	55	50	0.89
August 13	58	50	0.14
August 14	58	49	0.12
August 15	56	48	0.96
August 16	59	44	0.00
August 17	54	38	0.03
August 18	58	47	0.03
August 19	57	44	0.64
August 20	53	46	0.13
August 21	60	45	0.00
August 22	56	50	0.00
August 23	63	44	0.00
August 24	60	44	0.00
August 25	66	51	0.00
August 26	74	49	0.00
August 27	64	50	0.00
August 28	60	46	0.00
August 29	56	51	0.00
August 30	57	52	0.00
August 31	58	51	0.00

September 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	64	49	0.00	0.0
September 2	63	50	0.00	0.0
September 3	62	49	0.00	0.0
September 4	56	49	0.08	0.0
September 5	61	47	0.08	0.0
September 6	58	48	0.14	0.0
September 7	61	46	0.04	0.0
September 8	62	43	0.00	0.0
September 9	60	41	0.00	0.0
September 10	60	47	0.09	0.0
September 11	59	44	0.27	0.0
September 12	54	43	0.10	0.0
September 13	56	39	0.03	0.0
September 14	57	39	0.00	0.0
September 15	61	45	0.27	0.0
September 16	52	46	0.04	0.0
September 17	59	45	0.15	0.0
September 18	53	45	0.03	0.0
September 19	55	45	0.01	0.0
September 20	56	40	0.00	0.0
September 21	52	38	0.00	0.0
September 22	50	34	0.00	0.0
September 23	54	38	0.00	0.0
September 24	49	32	0.82	1.5
September 25	48	31	0.00	0.0
September 26	45	27	0.00	0.0
September 27	45	29	0.00	0.0
September 28	46	27	0.00	0.0
September 29	48	32	0.00	0.0
September 30	48	29	0.00	0.0

October 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	50	29	0.00	0.0
October 2	45	27	0.00	0.0
October 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
October 4	40	32	0.44	4.5
October 5	41	32	0.00	0.0
October 6	39	33	0.00	0.0
October 7	43	27	0.00	0.0
October 8	40	23	0.00	0.0
October 9	41	27	0.00	0.0
October 10	43	24	0.00	0.0
October 11	40	35	0.38	0.0
October 12	41	36	0.78	0.0
October 13	45	39	0.30	0.0
October 14	44	40	0.04	0.0
October 15	42	36	0.09	0.0
October 16	42	32	0.06	0.0
October 17	43	32	0.05	0.0
October 18	43	34	0.03	0.0
October 19	38	24	0.00	0.0
October 20	37	32	0.04	0.0
October 21	45	36	0.72	0.0
October 22	47	39	0.09	0.0
October 23	51	41	0.35	0.0
October 24	50	38	0.00	0.0
October 25	38	30	0.00	0.0
October 26	33	26	0.00	0.0
October 27	33	26	0.00	0.3
October 28	34	27	0.01	0.1
October 29	33	28	0.00	0.0
October 30	35	28	0.11	1.4
October 31	31	21	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	31	13	0.00	0.0
November 2	25	19	0.17	3.1
November 3	21	4	0.02	0.2
November 4	25	18	0.10	1.6
November 5	20	10	0.03	0.5
November 6	18	3	0.01	0.2
November 7	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 8	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 9	37	24	0.03	0.0
November 10	51	34	0.77	0.0
November 11	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	30	14	0.00	0.0
November 15	26	9	0.00	0.0
November 16	22	7	0.00	0.0
November 17	19	5	0.00	0.0
November 18	19	3	0.00	0.0
November 19	18	2	0.00	0.0
November 20	16	0	0.00	0.0
November 21	16	-1	0.00	0.0
November 22	19	16	0.31	7.1
November 23	20	6	0.10	1.6
November 24	35	15	0.13	3.2
November 25	36	19	0.00	0.0
November 26	38	22	0.02	0.1
November 27	33	28	0.16	2.4
November 28	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	27	17	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	22	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	23	0.03	0.8
December 2	25	17	0.04	0.4
December 3	22	15	0.01	0.3
December 4	19	13	0.09	1.9
December 5	18	10	0.02	0.7
December 6	14	2	0.02	0.4
December 7	8	-4	0.00	0.0
December 8	12	-5	0.00	0.0
December 9	15	-2	0.00	0.0
December 10	14	1	0.00	0.0
December 11	21	6	0.01	0.2
December 12	29	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	25	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	27	0.04	0.0
December 18	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	24	18	0.00	0.1
December 21	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	29	23	0.02	0.4
December 24	29	26	0.00	0.2
December 25	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	20	9	0.05	1.5
December 27	15	-10	0.00	0.0
December 28	2	-12	0.00	0.0
December 29	1	-15	0.00	0.0
December 30	5	-16	0.00	0.0
December 31	8	-7	0.03	0.7

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Anchorage International Airport	location
1916–1952	Anchorage Merrill Field	location