Brisbane Weather in 1981

Historical record of Brisbane, Queensland weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.
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1981 Brisbane Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 41.2 °C December 7
Lowest temperature 5.1 °C July 11
Highest daily low 25.7 °C February 9
Lowest daily high 16.8 °C August 25
Most daily precipitation 16.9 cm November 2
Total annual precipitation 145.2 cm -
Highest Temperatures in Brisbane in 1981
Rank Temperature Date
1 41.2 °C Dec 7
2 35.6 °C Dec 27
2 35.6 °C Mar 21
4 34.2 °C Dec 6
4 34.2 °C Nov 29
4 34.2 °C Mar 10
7 33.7 °C Dec 9
8 33.4 °C Dec 29
8 33.4 °C Dec 20
10 33.2 °C Nov 11
10 33.2 °C Sep 24
Lowest Temperatures in Brisbane in 1981
Rank Temperature Date
1 5.1 °C July 11
2 6.7 °C June 25
3 6.9 °C July 12
4 7.1 °C June 26
5 7.3 °C July 13
6 7.5 °C August 12
7 7.7 °C August 1
8 8.0 °C July 10
9 8.2 °C July 6
10 8.3 °C July 30
January 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
25.7 19.9 9.46
27.3 21.9 1.90
27.4 20.6 0.18
28.7 21.6 0.02
28.7 20.8 0.02
26.3 21.9 0.00
29.4 20.4 0.00
30.0 21.2 0.00
27.2 20.0 0.32
27.8 19.7 0.54
28.6 19.5 0.02
29.1 20.1 0.00
27.1 20.1 0.04
26.8 19.6 0.00
28.7 19.7 0.00
28.6 20.0 0.02
28.3 20.8 0.00
28.7 21.9 0.00
31.7 22.4 0.00
31.4 23.1 0.00
30.5 21.7 0.00
30.3 21.9 0.00
30.2 22.1 0.00
30.8 23.0 0.00
30.3 22.0 0.00
30.0 21.8 0.00
30.0 21.4 0.00
30.6 21.3 0.00
31.9 21.5 0.00
30.5 24.4 0.00
29.0 23.2 0.06
February 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
31.2 23.2 0.04
29.5 21.3 0.04
26.5 22.4 0.00
30.0 22.3 7.96
31.3 24.0 0.26
30.2 24.4 0.08
29.4 22.1 8.36
32.1 22.6 1.10
32.4 25.7 0.12
31.5 25.3 0.00
31.2 23.0 0.00
31.0 23.3 0.16
31.3 23.5 1.28
29.9 24.3 0.26
30.0 24.1 1.10
28.7 24.3 0.90
28.9 24.2 1.82
29.6 21.5 0.08
30.4 22.1 0.00
26.4 22.2 1.84
29.0 21.8 3.74
32.4 23.1 0.00
30.7 23.2 3.52
29.2 21.8 0.00
29.5 22.3 0.00
29.3 20.7 0.00
25.8 21.4 0.00
27.6 22.1 0.00
March 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
28.9 21.6 0.50
30.8 21.4 0.04
30.7 21.7 0.00
33.0 22.2 0.00
32.1 22.2 0.00
30.2 21.0 0.00
29.6 19.8 0.00
30.0 19.0 0.00
29.4 19.2 0.00
34.2 21.4 0.00
29.3 22.7 0.00
27.9 21.4 0.00
28.9 18.8 0.00
30.7 19.1 0.20
29.6 19.6 0.00
28.4 19.9 0.00
28.9 18.7 0.00
28.9 18.4 0.00
29.1 18.1 0.00
31.1 19.1 0.00
35.6 20.0 0.00
30.9 22.0 0.00
29.5 21.7 0.00
29.1 21.1 0.00
30.0 21.0 0.00
29.8 21.1 0.00
27.8 20.0 0.18
26.9 19.0 0.00
28.0 18.9 0.04
26.6 18.4 0.10
26.5 20.2 0.74
April 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
22.0 19.6 0.52
24.6 18.9 10.78
27.0 20.0 0.38
28.3 20.3 0.02
28.2 20.0 0.58
29.5 19.5 0.12
25.7 20.0 1.10
27.4 20.0 0.82
26.7 20.0 0.02
29.2 20.0 0.04
26.1 18.8 0.00
26.4 17.2 0.00
29.8 15.4 0.00
32.0 16.0 0.00
28.7 16.5 0.00
29.6 15.0 0.00
29.1 15.6 0.00
27.0 17.6 0.00
27.1 17.6 0.00
27.3 17.1 0.00
27.5 16.9 0.00
27.0 17.3 0.00
29.8 17.3 0.00
27.0 18.4 0.00
28.2 17.1 0.00
26.9 18.0 0.00
26.5 16.0 0.00
28.3 15.0 0.00
27.6 14.2 0.00
24.7 16.6 0.00
May 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
25.2 15.1 0.00
26.0 16.9 0.00
26.0 17.2 0.00
26.2 15.9 0.00
25.6 15.5 0.00
27.4 14.3 0.00
29.3 14.4 0.00
23.4 14.0 0.00
25.7 11.4 0.00
25.3 12.5 0.00
24.3 12.5 0.00
23.8 13.6 0.00
23.3 15.2 0.00
21.0 15.6 1.54
23.2 15.3 0.14
23.7 15.0 0.22
23.7 16.2 0.82
24.3 16.0 0.00
21.2 16.5 0.00
20.6 15.0 0.00
20.7 16.2 0.08
22.7 16.3 4.12
22.3 16.2 2.94
21.3 15.0 0.00
22.7 12.6 0.00
22.1 9.9 0.00
21.4 11.3 0.00
24.2 12.2 0.00
24.3 12.2 0.00
24.5 15.5 0.00
24.5 16.4 0.00
June 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
20.8 19.0 1.90
22.1 16.6 1.86
20.8 14.7 0.00
19.4 12.1 0.00
24.2 10.6 0.00
18.2 12.4 0.00
18.1 11.4 0.00
20.5 10.2 0.00
20.7 8.9 0.00
19.5 9.0 0.00
20.2 11.1 1.04
20.3 11.6 0.00
21.2 11.7 0.00
20.2 8.9 0.00
21.2 11.2 0.00
20.9 10.6 0.00
20.5 9.2 0.00
21.4 9.6 0.00
18.5 10.8 0.00
21.5 10.9 0.00
21.8 14.1 0.00
22.7 11.2 0.00
23.1 11.7 0.00
19.1 12.4 0.00
18.1 6.7 0.00
18.6 7.1 0.00
23.6 9.8 0.00
24.6 11.0 0.00
24.4 11.6 0.00
22.2 14.2 0.00
July 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
24.9 16.2 0.16
26.5 16.7 0.02
21.8 16.2 0.30
21.1 11.0 0.00
18.3 11.5 0.00
19.6 8.2 0.00
19.5 9.2 0.00
19.2 9.0 0.00
20.2 9.0 0.00
18.8 8.0 0.00
19.3 5.1 0.00
20.2 6.9 0.00
20.1 7.3 0.00
19.8 8.9 0.00
21.3 11.4 0.00
20.4 9.7 0.00
19.8 12.0 0.00
21.1 11.8 0.00
20.0 12.9 0.08
19.8 13.3 0.04
20.6 13.3 0.16
22.6 15.3 2.42
23.9 12.4 0.00
25.8 13.1 0.12
21.0 10.8 0.12
22.3 10.4 0.00
21.0 10.6 0.00
22.2 9.0 0.00
17.7 12.4 0.00
19.2 8.3 0.00
20.2 8.6 0.00
August 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
20.2 7.7 0.00
22.5 8.6 0.00
25.2 9.9 0.00
28.0 12.4 0.00
22.5 12.4 0.00
22.4 10.5 0.00
21.7 10.0 0.00
20.4 9.8 0.00
23.6 14.1 0.00
19.7 10.2 0.00
20.2 9.0 0.00
19.7 7.5 0.00
22.4 10.0 0.00
24.1 12.0 0.02
23.7 12.0 0.00
22.6 9.1 0.00
26.8 9.9 0.00
24.0 14.0 0.00
24.7 12.0 0.00
24.5 10.5 0.00
28.5 13.9 0.00
22.8 10.5 0.00
24.1 10.7 0.00
19.6 11.6 0.00
16.8 12.7 1.08
22.2 12.3 1.20
23.4 12.3 0.00
21.5 14.9 0.00
21.0 10.2 0.00
22.5 8.4 0.00
23.3 10.8 0.00
September 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
22.7 10.2 0.00
23.3 9.4 0.00
22.4 12.4 0.00
25.6 13.1 0.00
21.6 12.5 0.40
21.4 13.3 0.00
21.6 12.1 0.06
22.8 13.6 0.00
25.5 11.5 0.00
25.6 12.3 0.00
24.7 12.6 0.00
28.0 16.3 0.00
24.9 15.5 0.00
22.8 15.5 0.00
24.1 15.0 0.12
26.7 14.5 0.00
28.4 14.0 0.00
24.7 13.8 0.00
25.2 14.1 0.00
27.2 15.2 0.00
26.4 16.4 0.02
28.1 14.9 0.00
30.0 16.8 0.00
33.2 20.6 0.00
27.8 22.2 0.00
25.1 15.5 0.00
27.1 19.0 0.00
25.0 14.8 0.00
23.8 13.4 0.00
25.0 14.0 0.00
October 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
26.5 14.3 0.00
26.9 14.6 0.00
26.4 18.2 0.00
17.9 13.3 0.38
23.3 9.6 0.70
23.1 13.0 0.00
23.5 14.4 0.14
25.7 14.1 0.00
25.6 15.2 0.00
24.5 14.7 0.02
24.3 16.7 0.00
24.5 15.4 0.00
24.6 16.5 0.00
25.5 17.3 0.36
26.0 16.1 0.00
22.9 18.4 0.02
22.8 15.5 0.00
22.0 15.9 0.04
26.3 16.2 0.02
31.1 18.3 0.00
32.2 18.0 0.00
23.5 15.7 0.10
26.3 15.0 0.20
23.1 17.2 0.00
24.5 16.2 0.00
25.8 15.2 0.00
24.9 15.8 0.00
26.3 16.4 0.00
27.5 18.3 0.00
26.2 18.3 0.00
26.0 18.0 0.00
November 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
22.5 20.9 0.36
19.7 17.5 16.90
20.2 16.9 11.26
24.6 18.1 4.32
29.8 18.2 0.24
25.6 18.6 0.00
24.3 20.0 0.00
23.5 18.0 0.02
24.9 19.1 0.00
27.4 18.6 0.00
33.2 20.1 0.00
30.1 19.6 0.00
29.6 19.5 0.78
25.6 18.7 2.18
24.7 18.5 0.00
26.4 20.3 0.48
25.5 18.6 0.16
24.4 15.1 0.00
23.4 17.5 0.00
20.5 14.4 0.84
24.6 15.5 1.58
29.8 18.6 0.64
29.2 18.6 0.00
27.0 20.9 0.00
27.2 19.1 0.58
26.9 19.1 0.04
27.9 19.5 0.00
29.0 17.6 0.00
34.2 20.9 0.00
26.4 21.0 0.90
December 1981 Brisbane Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
28.9 20.3 2.52
29.3 22.7 0.04
27.3 22.9 0.00
29.7 18.4 6.66
29.6 21.4 0.00
34.2 20.9 0.00
41.2 24.2 0.00
28.8 24.8 0.00
33.7 20.6 0.00
24.4 21.5 0.08
27.5 18.2 0.32
28.2 19.9 0.00
29.7 21.2 0.00
31.0 21.9 0.00
23.8 20.4 0.00
25.0 19.2 0.60
23.5 18.4 1.44
28.1 19.5 0.80
31.2 22.2 0.04
33.4 24.0 0.00
29.4 24.0 0.68
31.3 24.2 0.14
31.1 23.5 0.00
29.5 20.6 5.28
31.2 22.5 0.06
31.5 22.3 0.06
35.6 22.0 0.00
32.5 24.4 0.00
33.4 25.5 0.00
31.8 19.7 0.80
29.5 24.7 0.00
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1986–2023 Archerfield Airport location
1841–1985 Brisbane Regional Office location