Bristol Weather in 1981

Historical record of Bristol, Tennessee weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Bristol Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	June 25
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 12
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	September 15
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	January 30
Total annual precipitation	40.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bristol in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1981 was 91 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bristol in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jun 25
1	91 °F	Jun 24
3	90 °F	Jul 27
3	90 °F	Jun 16
3	90 °F	Jun 15
3	90 °F	Jun 13
7	89 °F	Jul 20
7	89 °F	Jul 11
7	89 °F	Jul 10
7	89 °F	Jun 21
7	89 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Bristol in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1981 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bristol in 1981

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

January 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	38	13	0.25	2.1
January 7	33	19	0.04	0.2
January 8	31	7	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	7	0.03	0.3
January 12	20	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 18	38	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	47	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	21	0.30	0.0
January 21	39	35	0.21	0.0
January 22	40	35	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	59	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	60	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	52	41	0.08	0.0
January 28	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	24	0.03	0.2
January 30	32	15	0.43	4.5
January 31	39	2	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	55	17	0.29	0.0
February 2	42	17	0.49	0.2
February 3	22	11	0.00	0.0
February 4	31	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	9	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	51	20	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	21	0.15	0.0
February 9	42	14	0.00	0.0
February 10	53	31	0.32	0.0
February 11	55	9	0.11	0.9
February 12	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	54	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	62	23	0.00	0.0
February 16	64	36	0.01	0.0
February 17	57	46	0.30	0.0
February 18	64	40	0.03	0.0
February 19	55	48	0.32	0.0
February 20	55	41	0.11	0.0
February 21	62	33	0.00	0.0
February 22	67	30	0.05	0.0
February 23	55	39	0.34	0.0
February 24	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	63	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	61	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	68	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	66	35	0.07	0.0

March 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	44	0.04	0.0
March 2	49	39	0.00	0.0
March 3	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 4	44	27	0.50	0.0
March 5	51	36	0.40	0.0
March 6	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	52	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 12	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	60	31	0.03	0.0
March 14	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	60	23	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	28	0.29	0.0
March 17	59	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	60	29	0.08	0.7
March 19	35	22	0.02	0.2
March 20	37	23	0.03	0.2
March 21	53	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	34	0.06	0.0
March 23	49	32	0.01	0.0
March 24	54	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	61	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	69	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	70	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	70	53	0.48	0.0
March 31	79	40	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	72	50	0.20
April 2	73	39	0.00
April 3	81	35	0.00
April 4	82	61	0.00
April 5	72	46	0.76
April 6	58	39	0.00
April 7	67	31	0.00
April 8	76	40	0.00
April 9	65	54	0.16
April 10	79	52	0.01
April 11	80	56	0.00
April 12	75	56	0.00
April 13	86	55	0.00
April 14	82	52	0.41
April 15	68	42	0.00
April 16	75	39	0.00
April 17	64	52	0.56
April 18	75	52	0.95
April 19	77	47	0.18
April 20	61	45	1.17
April 21	67	38	0.00
April 22	74	46	0.00
April 23	67	54	0.45
April 24	60	46	0.09
April 25	66	39	0.00
April 26	77	45	0.00
April 27	82	54	0.00
April 28	83	51	0.00
April 29	74	53	0.01
April 30	77	56	0.15

May 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	47	0.01
May 2	63	42	0.00
May 3	71	35	0.00
May 4	80	40	0.00
May 5	80	53	0.00
May 6	74	54	0.00
May 7	66	50	0.00
May 8	75	41	0.00
May 9	80	45	0.00
May 10	72	53	0.11
May 11	59	48	0.46
May 12	59	45	0.00
May 13	76	42	0.00
May 14	80	48	0.33
May 15	58	48	0.00
May 16	67	44	0.00
May 17	71	52	0.02
May 18	78	57	0.34
May 19	75	58	1.21
May 20	59	49	0.80
May 21	72	43	0.00
May 22	75	43	0.00
May 23	80	48	0.00
May 24	82	51	0.00
May 25	82	55	0.00
May 26	80	58	0.03
May 27	70	62	0.75
May 28	66	61	0.11
May 29	75	58	0.00
May 30	82	55	0.33
May 31	81	61	0.01

June 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	62	0.74
June 2	82	64	0.35
June 3	84	66	0.01
June 4	82	68	0.25
June 5	84	66	0.00
June 6	80	68	1.44
June 7	80	65	0.00
June 8	83	64	0.00
June 9	85	69	0.00
June 10	87	70	0.05
June 11	85	68	0.00
June 12	85	70	0.04
June 13	90	70	0.01
June 14	89	69	0.00
June 15	90	68	0.00
June 16	90	68	0.00
June 17	80	65	0.00
June 18	88	61	0.00
June 19	86	69	0.00
June 20	84	68	0.46
June 21	89	67	0.00
June 22	88	67	0.03
June 23	85	64	0.01
June 24	91	63	0.00
June 25	91	64	0.03
June 26	80	61	0.28
June 27	80	55	0.00
June 28	82	59	0.00
June 29	84	57	0.00
June 30	83	61	0.58

July 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	62	1.04
July 2	76	61	0.00
July 3	74	64	0.00
July 4	79	59	0.00
July 5	85	64	1.49
July 6	78	69	0.75
July 7	83	69	0.09
July 8	85	70	0.00
July 9	88	69	0.00
July 10	89	69	0.00
July 11	89	70	0.00
July 12	87	71	0.01
July 13	87	70	0.00
July 14	87	71	0.05
July 15	85	70	0.00
July 16	81	70	0.98
July 17	84	69	0.00
July 18	81	67	0.00
July 19	85	67	0.00
July 20	89	69	0.14
July 21	83	69	0.05
July 22	83	64	0.00
July 23	87	62	0.00
July 24	86	69	0.35
July 25	84	66	0.00
July 26	88	66	0.00
July 27	90	68	0.00
July 28	88	69	1.25
July 29	82	62	0.04
July 30	79	59	0.00
July 31	79	61	0.00

August 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	59	0.00
August 2	81	66	0.10
August 3	83	67	0.00
August 4	86	65	0.00
August 5	88	68	0.00
August 6	83	71	1.09
August 7	84	69	0.45
August 8	82	65	0.20
August 9	83	63	0.00
August 10	85	62	0.00
August 11	84	65	0.00
August 12	82	62	0.02
August 13	83	57	0.00
August 14	84	55	0.00
August 15	86	58	0.44
August 16	80	67	0.75
August 17	83	62	0.00
August 18	78	61	0.00
August 19	77	61	0.00
August 20	81	59	0.00
August 21	76	57	0.00
August 22	78	54	0.00
August 23	80	58	0.00
August 24	82	61	0.00
August 25	81	61	0.00
August 26	82	57	0.00
August 27	84	61	0.00
August 28	87	60	0.00
August 29	80	58	0.00
August 30	87	61	0.00
August 31	86	63	0.00

September 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	67	0.15
September 2	87	66	0.00
September 3	86	66	0.13
September 4	75	67	1.47
September 5	84	65	0.00
September 6	79	64	0.00
September 7	81	62	0.00
September 8	75	58	0.31
September 9	73	51	0.00
September 10	78	48	0.00
September 11	81	52	0.00
September 12	82	56	0.00
September 13	82	58	0.00
September 14	84	57	0.17
September 15	72	64	1.93
September 16	74	60	0.01
September 17	67	51	0.00
September 18	64	47	0.00
September 19	64	44	0.00
September 20	72	42	0.00
September 21	74	44	0.00
September 22	77	49	0.00
September 23	68	46	0.00
September 24	70	39	0.00
September 25	78	42	0.00
September 26	80	49	0.00
September 27	78	50	0.00
September 28	74	47	0.00
September 29	75	41	0.00
September 30	81	47	0.00

October 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	50	0.35
October 2	61	39	0.00
October 3	62	35	0.00
October 4	71	37	0.00
October 5	65	49	0.27
October 6	75	52	0.00
October 7	64	46	0.00
October 8	65	39	0.00
October 9	64	39	0.00
October 10	58	47	0.00
October 11	66	49	0.00
October 12	62	48	0.00
October 13	66	40	0.00
October 14	68	35	0.00
October 15	64	45	0.00
October 16	69	48	0.00
October 17	75	43	0.00
October 18	67	50	0.10
October 19	52	33	0.00
October 20	64	27	0.00
October 21	70	30	0.00
October 22	71	39	0.00
October 23	60	36	0.95
October 24	51	31	0.00
October 25	56	41	0.23
October 26	65	51	0.37
October 27	64	51	0.24
October 28	58	48	0.00
October 29	70	44	0.00
October 30	68	42	0.00
October 31	67	42	0.00

November 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	69	39	0.00
November 2	72	44	0.00
November 3	73	45	0.00
November 4	73	49	0.00
November 5	63	49	0.26
November 6	59	46	0.00
November 7	54	34	0.00
November 8	62	28	0.00
November 9	63	36	0.00
November 10	63	35	0.00
November 11	58	32	0.00
November 12	61	29	0.00
November 13	59	30	0.00
November 14	60	27	0.00
November 15	61	27	0.00
November 16	52	31	0.26
November 17	51	41	0.03
November 18	58	31	0.00
November 19	68	32	0.02
November 20	59	31	0.29
November 21	31	28	0.00
November 22	40	27	0.00
November 23	50	21	0.10
November 24	45	37	0.34
November 25	47	32	0.00
November 26	66	30	0.00
November 27	58	49	0.54
November 28	52	31	0.00
November 29	48	30	0.00
November 30	44	28	0.11

December 1981 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	62	39	0.14	0.0
December 2	49	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	37	0.07	0.0
December 5	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	20	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	53	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	27	22	0.04	0.7
December 11	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	48	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	36	0.52	0.0
December 15	42	31	0.41	1.8
December 16	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	24	0.16	0.0
December 18	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 20	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	11	0.46	1.8
December 22	57	32	0.16	0.0
December 23	60	40	0.11	0.0
December 24	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	30	0.41	3.0
December 26	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	48	30	0.01	0.0
December 28	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	16	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	31	0.71	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Bristol Tri City Airport	location
1893–1936	Johnson City	location