Boston Weather in 1981

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	February 25
Most daily snow	11.9 inches	December 6
Total annual precipitation	35.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981 was 99 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 9
2	98 °F	Jul 8
3	94 °F	Jul 7
4	93 °F	Jul 11
5	92 °F	Jun 16
6	91 °F	Jul 21
6	91 °F	May 25
8	90 °F	Sep 14
8	90 °F	Aug 11
8	90 °F	Aug 10
8	90 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 5
1	-4 °F	January 4
3	0 °F	January 12
4	3 °F	January 11
5	4 °F	January 13
6	6 °F	January 3
7	8 °F	January 18
8	10 °F	January 14
8	10 °F	January 9
10	11 °F	January 10
10	11 °F	January 8

January 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	12	0.22	3.0
January 3	15	6	0.00	0.0
January 4	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	-4	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	16	0.19	1.8
January 8	18	11	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	11	0.08	0.8
January 11	12	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	15	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	25	14	0.02	0.4
January 16	29	15	0.07	1.0
January 17	26	14	0.22	2.7
January 18	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 19	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	38	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	31	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	17	0.15	2.2
January 30	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	13	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	54	33	0.62	0.0
February 3	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	22	13	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	30	0.80	0.0
February 9	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	62	34	0.48	0.0
February 12	57	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 17	61	41	0.07	0.0
February 18	66	42	0.00	0.0
February 19	61	41	0.08	0.0
February 20	48	40	0.51	0.0
February 21	46	41	0.21	0.0
February 22	42	36	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	34	0.02	0.0
February 24	47	38	1.21	0.0
February 25	41	33	2.15	1.9
February 26	41	36	0.42	0.0
February 27	47	34	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	31	0.08	0.0

March 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 2	45	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 5	35	27	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	34	0.02	0.0
March 7	38	35	0.22	0.1
March 8	38	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	30	0.04	0.4
March 22	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	43	34	0.07	0.0
March 26	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	46	36	0.24	0.0
March 28	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	43	0.00	0.0
March 30	73	53	0.03	0.0
March 31	70	46	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	42	0.00
April 2	57	42	0.72
April 3	71	42	0.00
April 4	65	53	0.00
April 5	66	52	0.24
April 6	53	37	0.42
April 7	60	38	0.00
April 8	71	43	0.00
April 9	72	49	0.05
April 10	69	48	0.00
April 11	69	49	0.04
April 12	59	42	0.00
April 13	46	37	0.00
April 14	53	37	0.34
April 15	48	34	0.00
April 16	61	31	0.00
April 17	62	44	0.00
April 18	78	52	0.00
April 19	66	41	0.00
April 20	53	38	0.01
April 21	47	32	0.00
April 22	57	32	0.00
April 23	54	41	0.26
April 24	48	41	0.59
April 25	45	39	0.13
April 26	65	42	0.00
April 27	71	48	0.00
April 28	68	52	0.00
April 29	74	48	0.34
April 30	64	52	0.00

May 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	44	0.00
May 2	56	44	0.00
May 3	61	45	0.00
May 4	55	46	0.06
May 5	52	43	0.04
May 6	61	46	0.01
May 7	64	40	0.00
May 8	63	44	0.00
May 9	59	42	0.00
May 10	59	46	0.01
May 11	71	50	0.00
May 12	67	50	0.12
May 13	72	50	0.00
May 14	78	52	0.00
May 15	76	54	0.01
May 16	64	55	0.68
May 17	68	49	0.01
May 18	66	44	0.00
May 19	72	45	0.00
May 20	67	50	0.00
May 21	68	50	0.00
May 22	58	49	0.00
May 23	71	50	0.00
May 24	84	54	0.00
May 25	91	65	0.00
May 26	88	66	0.00
May 27	89	66	0.00
May 28	80	63	0.00
May 29	72	61	0.22
May 30	84	65	0.00
May 31	80	62	0.01

June 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	60	0.00
June 2	69	54	0.00
June 3	70	56	0.10
June 4	85	62	0.08
June 5	77	63	0.00
June 6	85	64	0.19
June 7	78	62	0.00
June 8	80	57	0.00
June 9	80	62	0.31
June 10	81	65	0.00
June 11	80	63	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.09
June 13	72	60	0.00
June 14	77	61	0.00
June 15	80	64	0.00
June 16	92	68	0.00
June 17	90	72	0.00
June 18	76	65	0.00
June 19	85	60	0.00
June 20	72	67	0.23
June 21	79	67	0.00
June 22	83	67	0.41
June 23	82	67	0.00
June 24	82	62	0.00
June 25	79	65	0.24
June 26	76	61	0.00
June 27	77	58	0.00
June 28	80	63	0.00
June 29	80	60	0.00
June 30	69	56	0.00

July 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	56	0.00
July 2	69	61	0.01
July 3	77	61	0.01
July 4	82	70	0.11
July 5	77	65	0.66
July 6	88	71	0.00
July 7	94	75	0.00
July 8	98	72	0.00
July 9	99	76	0.01
July 10	89	75	0.00
July 11	93	73	0.00
July 12	86	70	0.00
July 13	87	66	0.52
July 14	79	66	0.00
July 15	85	63	0.00
July 16	88	67	0.00
July 17	81	69	0.00
July 18	84	67	0.53
July 19	78	65	0.00
July 20	77	69	0.70
July 21	91	74	0.31
July 22	78	68	0.00
July 23	79	62	0.00
July 24	75	63	0.00
July 25	79	63	0.00
July 26	83	65	0.00
July 27	86	68	0.13
July 28	75	62	0.00
July 29	75	58	0.48
July 30	77	58	0.00
July 31	84	63	0.00

August 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	66	0.00
August 2	89	68	0.00
August 3	88	68	0.00
August 4	86	72	0.06
August 5	83	68	0.86
August 6	81	68	0.00
August 7	80	67	0.00
August 8	80	65	0.03
August 9	77	68	0.07
August 10	90	69	0.00
August 11	90	69	0.00
August 12	85	72	0.00
August 13	86	70	0.00
August 14	76	65	0.00
August 15	83	67	0.00
August 16	88	66	0.01
August 17	76	57	0.00
August 18	78	60	0.00
August 19	73	59	0.00
August 20	75	58	0.00
August 21	76	56	0.00
August 22	82	64	0.00
August 23	79	63	0.00
August 24	79	65	0.00
August 25	66	55	0.01
August 26	74	51	0.00
August 27	82	58	0.00
August 28	75	62	0.00
August 29	77	61	0.00
August 30	74	59	0.00
August 31	73	61	0.00

September 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	64	0.00
September 2	68	63	0.00
September 3	70	61	0.00
September 4	71	57	0.00
September 5	69	55	0.00
September 6	71	56	0.00
September 7	75	56	0.00
September 8	80	64	0.05
September 9	76	57	0.30
September 10	76	51	0.12
September 11	77	60	0.02
September 12	83	60	0.06
September 13	83	62	0.00
September 14	90	64	0.42
September 15	74	63	0.25
September 16	63	55	0.41
September 17	68	53	0.00
September 18	64	58	0.00
September 19	61	55	0.29
September 20	71	54	0.00
September 21	68	53	0.00
September 22	78	59	0.00
September 23	59	47	0.46
September 24	63	46	0.01
September 25	74	49	0.00
September 26	71	54	0.00
September 27	80	59	0.15
September 28	68	49	0.00
September 29	59	45	0.00
September 30	61	44	0.00

October 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	51	45	0.18
October 2	55	48	0.65
October 3	56	47	0.02
October 4	63	44	0.00
October 5	59	52	0.00
October 6	62	47	0.12
October 7	62	47	0.02
October 8	60	47	0.00
October 9	57	45	0.00
October 10	55	42	0.00
October 11	52	37	0.00
October 12	52	40	0.00
October 13	57	38	0.00
October 14	61	39	0.00
October 15	59	39	0.00
October 16	59	43	0.00
October 17	60	45	0.00
October 18	62	45	0.62
October 19	57	42	0.05
October 20	58	39	0.00
October 21	72	48	0.00
October 22	72	51	0.00
October 23	74	53	0.18
October 24	54	41	0.56
October 25	53	38	0.00
October 26	52	48	0.45
October 27	55	49	0.34
October 28	66	48	0.24
October 29	48	38	0.00
October 30	51	43	0.00
October 31	54	37	0.00

November 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	39	0.00
November 2	69	46	0.00
November 3	58	45	0.00
November 4	62	46	0.00
November 5	58	41	0.00
November 6	62	49	0.25
November 7	49	37	0.00
November 8	59	37	0.00
November 9	65	37	0.00
November 10	44	33	0.00
November 11	56	44	0.00
November 12	45	33	0.00
November 13	46	29	0.00
November 14	50	36	0.04
November 15	48	42	1.22
November 16	48	42	1.68
November 17	52	44	0.33
November 18	46	40	0.42
November 19	54	41	0.00
November 20	48	43	0.71
November 21	45	40	0.09
November 22	44	34	0.00
November 23	41	33	0.00
November 24	41	30	0.00
November 25	38	26	0.00
November 26	42	26	0.00
November 27	52	37	0.04
November 28	46	37	0.00
November 29	39	32	0.00
November 30	39	29	0.00

December 1981 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	25	0.31	0.0
December 2	58	39	1.49	0.0
December 3	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	33	0.28	1.0
December 6	33	28	1.07	11.9
December 7	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	32	0.02	0.2
December 9	32	27	0.01	0.1
December 10	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	29	0.01	0.1
December 13	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	26	0.26	2.6
December 15	38	32	1.51	0.4
December 16	38	33	0.16	0.0
December 17	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	25	0.16	1.1
December 19	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	23	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	29	0.06	0.1
December 23	46	32	0.32	0.0
December 24	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	31	0.45	0.0
December 28	34	28	0.04	0.0
December 29	42	32	0.12	0.1
December 30	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	24	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1936–2024	Boston Logan International Airport	location
1893–1935	Boston City	location