Boulder Weather in 1981

Historical record of Boulder, Colorado weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Boulder Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	64 °F	June 7
Lowest daily high	26 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	1.0 inches	May 28
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	March 7
Total annual precipitation	16.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boulder in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Boulder, Colorado in 1981 was 97 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boulder in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 21
2	96 °F	Jul 16
2	96 °F	Jul 7
2	96 °F	Jul 6
2	96 °F	Jun 23
6	94 °F	Aug 4
6	94 °F	Jul 11
6	94 °F	Jun 12
9	93 °F	Aug 2
9	93 °F	Jul 30
9	93 °F	Jul 29
9	93 °F	Jul 19
9	93 °F	Jul 10
9	93 °F	Jun 8

What was the coldest temperature in Boulder in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boulder, Colorado in 1981 was -10 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boulder in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	February 11
2	-8 °F	February 10
3	6 °F	February 2
4	7 °F	December 23
5	10 °F	December 24
5	10 °F	December 22
5	10 °F	February 8
8	11 °F	December 28
8	11 °F	January 30
8	11 °F	January 17

January 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 2	58	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	57	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	58	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	64	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	55	34	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 10	53	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	50	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	62	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	58	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	19	0.15	4.5
January 17	32	11	0.00	0.0
January 18	52	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 21	61	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	66	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	71	36	0.00	0.0
January 24	64	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	54	34	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 27	54	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	39	11	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	15	0.04	0.5

February 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	6	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	10	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	18	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	-8	0.32	5.5
February 11	26	-10	0.00	0.0
February 12	57	22	0.00	0.0
February 13	65	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	70	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	63	45	0.00	0.0
February 16	67	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	63	37	0.00	0.0
February 18	65	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	71	47	0.00	0.0
February 20	74	46	0.00	0.0
February 21	47	24	0.05	1.5
February 22	58	24	0.00	0.0
February 23	59	39	0.00	0.0
February 24	72	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	70	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	61	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	40	0.00	0.0
February 28	54	27	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	52	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	32	0.20	0.0
March 4	45	29	0.91	4.5
March 5	52	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	24	0.29	6.5
March 8	48	17	0.00	0.0
March 9	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 14	59	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	67	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	26	0.29	3.0
March 19	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	56	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	57	34	0.15	0.0
March 25	60	29	0.05	0.0
March 26	70	38	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	58	32	0.42	2.0
March 29	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 30	62	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	54	30	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	70	43	0.00	0.0
April 2	77	42	0.00	0.0
April 3	68	31	0.62	n/a
April 4	47	29	0.03	0.0
April 5	62	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	73	40	0.00	0.0
April 7	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	33	0.15	0.0
April 9	74	34	0.00	0.0
April 10	71	41	0.00	0.0
April 11	74	40	0.00	0.0
April 12	74	40	0.00	0.0
April 13	68	47	0.00	0.0
April 14	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 15	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	77	47	0.00	0.0
April 17	81	47	0.00	0.0
April 18	73	44	0.00	0.0
April 19	69	48	0.05	0.0
April 20	59	44	0.31	0.0
April 21	73	46	0.00	0.0
April 22	66	41	0.00	0.0
April 23	71	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	79	45	0.00	0.0
April 25	81	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	84	46	0.00	0.0
April 27	83	59	0.00	0.0
April 28	73	50	0.00	0.0
April 29	83	53	0.00	0.0
April 30	72	47	0.00	0.0

May 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	42	0.00
May 2	86	55	0.00
May 3	75	52	0.36
May 4	61	41	0.26
May 5	63	40	0.06
May 6	66	45	0.06
May 7	63	41	0.00
May 8	60	36	0.00
May 9	52	37	0.13
May 10	69	31	0.00
May 11	64	36	0.00
May 12	70	39	0.03
May 13	55	36	0.35
May 14	72	37	0.00
May 15	72	46	0.05
May 16	58	41	0.18
May 17	51	43	0.64
May 18	46	41	0.20
May 19	56	39	0.08
May 20	65	42	0.00
May 21	66	45	0.00
May 22	70	41	0.00
May 23	67	45	0.00
May 24	73	42	0.05
May 25	75	48	0.07
May 26	74	47	0.08
May 27	78	55	0.00
May 28	73	51	1.00
May 29	68	50	0.73
May 30	72	44	0.00
May 31	75	51	0.14

June 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	47	0.00
June 2	75	50	0.00
June 3	74	54	0.00
June 4	75	53	0.44
June 5	79	51	0.42
June 6	86	53	0.00
June 7	87	64	0.06
June 8	93	59	0.00
June 9	92	55	0.00
June 10	82	57	0.00
June 11	82	53	0.00
June 12	94	58	0.00
June 13	89	59	0.00
June 14	76	45	0.00
June 15	72	40	0.00
June 16	80	39	0.00
June 17	89	46	0.00
June 18	80	45	0.00
June 19	87	50	0.00
June 20	92	55	0.00
June 21	91	58	0.00
June 22	92	55	0.00
June 23	96	60	0.00
June 24	88	55	0.00
June 25	88	59	0.00
June 26	91	54	0.74
June 27	89	58	0.09
June 28	87	58	0.00
June 29	75	53	0.00
June 30	88	52	0.00

July 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	56	0.00
July 2	78	61	0.64
July 3	78	57	0.05
July 4	84	55	0.00
July 5	89	59	0.00
July 6	96	58	0.00
July 7	96	55	0.00
July 8	83	59	0.00
July 9	84	53	0.00
July 10	93	51	0.00
July 11	94	53	0.00
July 12	90	59	0.10
July 13	83	56	0.20
July 14	88	59	0.16
July 15	90	52	0.00
July 16	96	56	0.05
July 17	81	52	0.28
July 18	81	56	0.00
July 19	93	59	0.00
July 20	91	54	0.00
July 21	97	n/a	0.00
July 22	92	56	0.00
July 23	90	58	0.00
July 24	86	55	0.00
July 25	86	57	0.00
July 26	77	53	0.15
July 27	74	48	0.23
July 28	85	52	0.00
July 29	93	57	0.00
July 30	93	53	0.00
July 31	88	61	0.11

August 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	62	0.00
August 2	93	58	0.00
August 3	90	62	0.00
August 4	94	58	0.00
August 5	92	56	0.00
August 6	86	58	0.00
August 7	78	56	0.00
August 8	82	52	0.00
August 9	77	54	0.38
August 10	62	49	0.25
August 11	72	51	0.00
August 12	70	56	0.04
August 13	78	53	0.10
August 14	85	60	0.00
August 15	79	54	0.00
August 16	81	57	0.02
August 17	80	50	0.19
August 18	83	53	0.00
August 19	86	55	0.00
August 20	83	53	0.03
August 21	90	52	0.00
August 22	82	56	0.13
August 23	84	51	0.00
August 24	86	53	0.03
August 25	89	57	0.03
August 26	78	54	0.00
August 27	74	57	0.00
August 28	82	52	0.00
August 29	87	52	0.00
August 30	90	53	0.00
August 31	82	58	0.00

September 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	47	0.00
September 2	86	52	0.08
September 3	72	54	0.44
September 4	77	48	0.00
September 5	82	53	0.07
September 6	72	57	0.00
September 7	64	54	0.31
September 8	78	50	0.00
September 9	81	50	0.00
September 10	81	54	0.00
September 11	80	50	0.00
September 12	83	50	0.00
September 13	82	52	0.00
September 14	80	51	0.00
September 15	74	50	0.00
September 16	71	50	0.00
September 17	73	41	0.00
September 18	84	42	0.00
September 19	81	46	0.00
September 20	86	49	0.00
September 21	81	54	0.01
September 22	83	53	0.00
September 23	83	51	0.00
September 24	75	54	0.54
September 25	81	49	0.00
September 26	80	47	0.00
September 27	82	44	0.00
September 28	86	45	0.00
September 29	77	51	0.00
September 30	72	51	0.00

October 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	72	41	0.00	0.0
October 2	75	45	0.00	0.0
October 3	71	40	0.00	0.0
October 4	67	46	0.00	0.0
October 5	68	45	0.01	0.0
October 6	72	39	0.00	0.0
October 7	77	43	0.00	0.0
October 8	71	43	0.00	0.0
October 9	63	46	0.00	0.0
October 10	73	38	0.00	0.0
October 11	73	41	0.00	0.0
October 12	69	41	0.00	0.0
October 13	57	42	0.05	0.0
October 14	51	39	0.05	0.0
October 15	49	40	0.25	0.0
October 16	55	41	0.16	0.0
October 17	49	35	0.00	0.0
October 18	60	31	0.00	0.0
October 19	72	38	0.00	0.0
October 20	72	48	0.00	0.0
October 21	64	31	0.13	0.0
October 22	45	33	0.05	0.0
October 23	55	26	0.00	0.0
October 24	47	34	0.03	0.0
October 25	54	24	0.24	2.0
October 26	59	32	0.00	0.0
October 27	66	44	0.00	0.0
October 28	66	41	0.00	0.0
October 29	70	45	0.00	0.0
October 30	53	36	0.06	0.0
October 31	50	28	0.25	1.0

November 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	67	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	42	0.00	0.0
November 8	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	67	34	0.00	0.0
November 13	67	42	0.00	0.0
November 14	70	42	0.00	0.0
November 15	63	41	0.00	0.0
November 16	71	48	0.00	0.0
November 17	75	44	0.00	0.0
November 18	68	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	55	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	35	0.00	0.0
November 22	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 23	57	37	0.00	0.0
November 24	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 26	39	18	0.21	2.0
November 27	34	16	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	31	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Boulder Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	51	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	62	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	69	39	0.00	0.0
December 7	63	44	0.00	0.0
December 8	63	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	65	34	0.00	0.0
December 10	64	44	0.00	0.0
December 11	62	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	56	36	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	49	25	0.03	0.5
December 15	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	13	0.18	2.5
December 18	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	53	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	60	47	0.00	0.0
December 21	54	38	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	10	0.28	3.0
December 23	27	7	0.04	0.8
December 24	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 25	41	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	19	0.02	0.5
December 28	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 30	53	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	48	26	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Boulder	location