Asheville Weather in 1981

Historical record of Asheville, North Carolina weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Asheville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	June 24
Lowest temperature	6 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	25 °F	December 19
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	May 27
Most daily snow	9.6 inches	March 22
Total annual precipitation	34.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Asheville in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1981 was 93 °F which happened on June 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Asheville in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jun 24
2	92 °F	Jun 22
2	92 °F	Jun 21
4	91 °F	Jul 27
4	91 °F	Jul 10
4	91 °F	Jun 25
4	91 °F	Jun 9
8	90 °F	Jul 28
8	90 °F	Jul 26
8	90 °F	Jul 20
8	90 °F	Jul 14
8	90 °F	Jul 12
8	90 °F	Jul 9
8	90 °F	Jun 16
8	90 °F	Jun 15
8	90 °F	Jun 14
8	90 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Asheville in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1981 was 6 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Asheville in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	February 12
2	7 °F	December 21
3	8 °F	February 4
3	8 °F	January 31
3	8 °F	January 13
3	8 °F	January 12
3	8 °F	January 5
8	9 °F	December 20
8	9 °F	January 11
10	10 °F	February 11

January 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	53	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	8	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	18	0.02	0.2
January 7	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	8	0.00	0.0
January 14	53	16	0.00	0.0
January 15	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 16	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 18	49	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	46	29	0.18	0.2
January 21	42	33	0.02	0.2
January 22	41	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	57	29	0.00	0.0
January 25	63	21	0.00	0.0
January 26	68	32	0.00	0.0
January 27	56	35	0.02	0.0
January 28	48	31	0.00	0.0
January 29	58	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	39	23	0.21	4.1
January 31	38	8	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	48	20	0.71
February 2	48	19	0.32
February 3	29	11	0.00
February 4	39	8	0.00
February 5	40	13	0.00
February 6	50	24	0.00
February 7	45	18	0.00
February 8	51	25	0.00
February 9	49	17	0.00
February 10	45	33	2.07
February 11	53	10	0.25
February 12	38	6	0.00
February 13	45	11	0.00
February 14	57	26	0.00
February 15	60	23	0.00
February 16	58	35	0.00
February 17	53	45	0.56
February 18	54	51	0.34
February 19	54	50	0.14
February 20	57	40	0.14
February 21	65	44	0.00
February 22	59	30	0.08
February 23	53	39	0.19
February 24	57	31	0.00
February 25	67	25	0.00
February 26	69	30	0.00
February 27	73	26	0.00
February 28	75	33	0.00

March 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	64	47	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	41	0.00	0.0
March 3	57	32	0.00	0.0
March 4	46	34	0.61	0.0
March 5	57	37	0.03	0.0
March 6	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	56	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	63	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	65	27	0.07	0.0
March 14	53	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	65	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	30	0.11	0.0
March 17	65	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	41	27	0.01	0.2
March 20	45	25	0.00	0.1
March 21	59	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	33	0.85	9.6
March 23	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	62	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	71	36	0.00	0.0
March 28	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	73	48	1.56	0.0
March 31	80	39	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	72	57	0.04
April 2	80	46	0.00
April 3	77	35	0.00
April 4	72	53	0.00
April 5	70	46	0.42
April 6	59	33	0.00
April 7	64	28	0.00
April 8	67	39	0.00
April 9	72	53	0.02
April 10	78	44	0.00
April 11	81	55	0.00
April 12	79	52	0.00
April 13	82	50	0.77
April 14	77	52	0.05
April 15	70	45	0.00
April 16	70	34	0.00
April 17	62	53	0.15
April 18	79	48	0.02
April 19	77	50	0.30
April 20	70	51	0.12
April 21	65	44	0.00
April 22	70	40	0.00
April 23	73	56	0.18
April 24	68	44	0.00
April 25	68	45	0.00
April 26	82	40	0.00
April 27	84	48	0.00
April 28	85	49	0.00
April 29	77	49	0.00
April 30	83	50	0.00

May 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	44	0.01
May 2	64	40	0.00
May 3	75	32	0.00
May 4	82	40	0.00
May 5	83	55	0.00
May 6	76	59	0.61
May 7	60	44	0.13
May 8	68	38	0.00
May 9	72	50	0.00
May 10	63	58	0.87
May 11	65	46	0.22
May 12	65	44	0.00
May 13	75	39	0.00
May 14	74	45	0.39
May 15	62	48	0.00
May 16	71	44	0.00
May 17	64	53	0.05
May 18	80	52	0.05
May 19	74	58	0.47
May 20	58	50	0.64
May 21	72	47	0.00
May 22	78	39	0.00
May 23	82	42	0.00
May 24	82	48	0.00
May 25	81	49	0.00
May 26	74	56	0.45
May 27	66	60	2.58
May 28	71	60	0.00
May 29	79	56	0.00
May 30	85	53	0.01
May 31	85	60	1.02

June 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	62	0.00
June 2	78	65	1.89
June 3	78	65	1.19
June 4	81	64	0.03
June 5	86	63	0.07
June 6	82	65	0.03
June 7	80	64	0.00
June 8	86	63	0.00
June 9	91	65	0.00
June 10	90	68	0.01
June 11	88	67	0.00
June 12	83	69	0.11
June 13	84	69	0.00
June 14	90	63	0.00
June 15	90	65	0.00
June 16	90	64	0.00
June 17	85	67	0.00
June 18	83	63	0.00
June 19	84	67	0.00
June 20	88	65	0.00
June 21	92	63	0.00
June 22	92	64	0.00
June 23	88	65	0.00
June 24	93	61	0.00
June 25	91	67	0.74
June 26	80	60	0.00
June 27	79	54	0.00
June 28	74	60	0.00
June 29	81	53	0.00
June 30	82	57	0.34

July 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	64	0.01
July 2	69	62	0.23
July 3	74	62	0.02
July 4	78	59	0.03
July 5	83	63	0.00
July 6	85	67	0.00
July 7	85	65	0.00
July 8	88	66	0.00
July 9	90	70	0.00
July 10	91	66	0.00
July 11	85	68	0.00
July 12	90	67	0.00
July 13	89	67	0.00
July 14	90	69	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.03
July 16	88	68	0.23
July 17	89	67	0.00
July 18	80	70	0.23
July 19	82	70	0.70
July 20	90	66	0.11
July 21	86	64	0.00
July 22	85	62	0.00
July 23	83	63	0.00
July 24	84	67	0.09
July 25	87	64	0.02
July 26	90	67	0.00
July 27	91	66	0.00
July 28	90	66	0.15
July 29	85	71	0.15
July 30	72	61	0.06
July 31	71	61	0.00

August 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	65	62	0.26
August 2	77	61	0.03
August 3	84	64	0.00
August 4	85	64	0.00
August 5	89	65	0.00
August 6	87	67	0.10
August 7	86	65	0.12
August 8	82	69	0.00
August 9	86	61	0.00
August 10	85	61	0.00
August 11	83	67	0.00
August 12	84	64	0.00
August 13	83	59	0.00
August 14	85	65	0.00
August 15	87	61	0.00
August 16	83	64	0.00
August 17	73	67	0.00
August 18	74	64	0.00
August 19	68	62	0.01
August 20	78	62	0.00
August 21	77	53	0.00
August 22	82	48	0.00
August 23	82	55	0.00
August 24	85	62	0.00
August 25	86	59	0.00
August 26	77	62	0.00
August 27	83	63	0.00
August 28	81	55	0.00
August 29	79	58	0.00
August 30	81	66	0.00
August 31	85	65	0.00

September 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	65	0.05
September 2	83	66	0.00
September 3	84	65	0.10
September 4	73	68	0.08
September 5	82	67	0.01
September 6	77	66	0.06
September 7	80	64	0.77
September 8	82	61	0.04
September 9	75	54	0.00
September 10	82	49	0.00
September 11	86	53	0.00
September 12	84	53	0.00
September 13	84	55	0.00
September 14	84	58	0.00
September 15	78	62	0.14
September 16	79	60	0.11
September 17	70	55	0.00
September 18	65	48	0.00
September 19	66	44	0.00
September 20	78	44	0.00
September 21	77	42	0.00
September 22	81	44	0.00
September 23	74	50	0.00
September 24	78	38	0.00
September 25	77	41	0.00
September 26	78	44	0.00
September 27	83	45	0.00
September 28	77	55	0.00
September 29	79	40	0.00
September 30	85	45	0.00

October 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	85	52	0.01
October 2	64	42	0.23
October 3	70	37	0.00
October 4	77	34	0.00
October 5	75	43	0.00
October 6	84	51	0.00
October 7	66	50	0.00
October 8	74	43	0.00
October 9	56	37	0.04
October 10	56	49	0.04
October 11	62	52	0.00
October 12	63	51	0.00
October 13	67	40	0.00
October 14	67	33	0.00
October 15	72	40	0.00
October 16	71	50	0.00
October 17	75	46	0.00
October 18	75	51	0.03
October 19	56	30	0.00
October 20	66	25	0.00
October 21	72	28	0.00
October 22	72	39	0.00
October 23	60	41	0.31
October 24	51	34	0.00
October 25	49	40	0.66
October 26	63	48	0.86
October 27	70	50	0.01
October 28	68	47	0.00
October 29	66	40	0.00
October 30	57	45	0.00
October 31	56	42	0.00

November 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	37	0.00
November 2	74	45	0.00
November 3	72	42	0.00
November 4	71	46	0.00
November 5	60	50	0.06
November 6	65	46	0.00
November 7	60	40	0.00
November 8	69	26	0.00
November 9	66	30	0.00
November 10	66	32	0.00
November 11	64	31	0.00
November 12	64	30	0.00
November 13	65	25	0.00
November 14	65	23	0.00
November 15	67	28	0.00
November 16	55	38	0.01
November 17	57	43	0.00
November 18	64	38	0.00
November 19	74	33	0.04
November 20	63	37	0.14
November 21	37	28	0.00
November 22	48	27	0.00
November 23	51	23	0.05
November 24	50	37	0.19
November 25	60	35	0.00
November 26	64	32	0.00
November 27	59	45	0.18
November 28	54	40	0.00
November 29	50	38	0.00
November 30	45	37	0.52

December 1981 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	34	0.56	0.0
December 2	58	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	35	0.03	0.0
December 5	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	62	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	52	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	49	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	33	0.66	0.0
December 15	41	33	0.48	0.0
December 16	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	50	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 20	33	9	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	7	0.00	0.0
December 22	56	32	0.06	0.0
December 23	60	40	0.05	0.0
December 24	42	37	0.38	0.0
December 25	37	33	0.96	2.0
December 26	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 27	48	33	0.00	0.0
December 28	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	26	1.61	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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