Buffalo Weather in 1981

Historical record of Buffalo, New York weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Buffalo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	86 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 4
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 8
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	July 20
Most daily snow	6.1 inches	December 10
Total annual precipitation	36.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	59.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Buffalo in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1981 was 86 °F which happened 5 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	86 °F	Jul 19
1	86 °F	Jul 12
1	86 °F	Jun 30
1	86 °F	Jun 29
1	86 °F	Jun 15
6	85 °F	Sep 1
6	85 °F	Jul 11
6	85 °F	Jul 8
6	85 °F	Jul 4
10	84 °F	Aug 10
10	84 °F	Aug 1
10	84 °F	Jul 18
10	84 °F	Jul 17
10	84 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Buffalo in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1981 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 4
2	-2 °F	January 12
2	-2 °F	January 11
4	-1 °F	January 3
5	2 °F	February 5
5	2 °F	February 4
5	2 °F	January 8
8	4 °F	January 10
9	5 °F	February 13
9	5 °F	February 12
9	5 °F	January 30
9	5 °F	January 13

January 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	12	0.09	1.5
January 2	26	6	0.05	0.7
January 3	11	-1	0.10	1.0
January 4	11	-7	0.02	0.2
January 5	23	11	0.06	0.6
January 6	28	15	0.07	0.7
January 7	29	7	0.15	1.8
January 8	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	12	0.05	0.7
January 10	18	4	0.04	0.8
January 11	6	-2	0.02	0.4
January 12	14	-2	0.02	0.2
January 13	23	5	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	16	0.01	0.1
January 15	27	20	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	18	0.15	2.3
January 17	18	6	0.02	0.3
January 18	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 19	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	27	0.04	0.4
January 23	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	29	0.05	0.5
January 25	47	19	0.00	0.0
January 26	50	35	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	29	0.05	0.7
January 28	29	19	0.10	1.3
January 29	24	15	0.01	0.1
January 30	18	5	0.01	0.1
January 31	24	7	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	40	15	0.45	0.0
February 2	40	16	0.18	0.7
February 3	18	8	0.04	0.6
February 4	12	2	0.03	0.5
February 5	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	19	0.04	0.4
February 7	39	25	0.01	0.1
February 8	38	18	0.14	1.4
February 9	25	19	0.05	0.7
February 10	49	21	0.19	0.0
February 11	55	13	0.07	0.4
February 12	13	5	0.00	0.0
February 13	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	39	0.19	0.0
February 17	53	43	0.00	0.0
February 18	63	49	0.00	0.0
February 19	57	49	0.71	0.0
February 20	52	43	0.63	0.0
February 21	43	37	0.04	0.0
February 22	65	38	0.00	0.0
February 23	59	39	0.55	0.0
February 24	44	36	0.01	0.0
February 25	38	30	0.02	0.2
February 26	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	35	0.15	0.0

March 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	35	23	0.05	0.5
March 3	26	18	0.10	1.0
March 4	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	25	0.02	0.2
March 8	38	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	32	0.01	0.1
March 10	35	32	0.09	0.9
March 11	34	28	0.03	0.3
March 12	46	26	0.05	0.0
March 13	36	25	0.08	0.8
March 14	31	16	0.05	0.7
March 15	54	31	0.01	0.0
March 16	39	18	0.01	0.1
March 17	28	8	0.33	3.6
March 18	28	7	0.10	1.9
March 19	26	17	0.09	1.6
March 20	30	18	0.06	1.2
March 21	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	53	31	0.13	0.0
March 27	55	32	0.22	0.3
March 28	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	52	0.00	0.0
March 30	66	41	0.27	0.0
March 31	59	40	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	42	0.05
April 2	51	42	0.00
April 3	75	42	0.00
April 4	78	55	0.30
April 5	58	35	0.02
April 6	48	31	0.00
April 7	59	31	0.00
April 8	72	42	0.00
April 9	65	38	0.23
April 10	66	38	0.00
April 11	60	49	0.03
April 12	50	38	0.09
April 13	56	43	0.00
April 14	58	34	0.65
April 15	40	30	0.00
April 16	56	31	0.00
April 17	59	43	0.39
April 18	57	35	0.26
April 19	48	31	0.00
April 20	39	27	0.04
April 21	40	23	0.00
April 22	57	32	0.00
April 23	64	43	0.46
April 24	45	36	0.13
April 25	43	37	0.01
April 26	51	36	0.00
April 27	57	41	0.00
April 28	63	44	0.33
April 29	59	44	0.10
April 30	55	40	0.00

May 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	38	0.00
May 2	53	35	0.00
May 3	62	36	0.00
May 4	78	45	0.00
May 5	76	51	0.05
May 6	55	40	0.27
May 7	56	34	0.00
May 8	71	36	0.00
May 9	75	54	0.00
May 10	75	52	0.12
May 11	65	52	0.54
May 12	53	44	0.01
May 13	54	40	0.00
May 14	64	41	0.13
May 15	64	47	0.54
May 16	61	47	0.00
May 17	53	38	0.00
May 18	56	33	0.00
May 19	63	35	0.00
May 20	67	42	0.00
May 21	67	50	0.00
May 22	74	54	0.00
May 23	81	52	0.00
May 24	82	52	0.00
May 25	75	60	0.00
May 26	79	58	0.00
May 27	70	58	0.77
May 28	75	59	0.03
May 29	67	59	0.00
May 30	70	53	0.10
May 31	62	47	0.00

June 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	41	0.00
June 2	78	53	0.00
June 3	73	62	0.31
June 4	70	58	0.11
June 5	78	57	0.00
June 6	77	60	0.01
June 7	65	54	0.00
June 8	76	53	0.23
June 9	69	59	0.01
June 10	67	58	0.06
June 11	72	52	0.00
June 12	76	60	0.00
June 13	79	53	0.51
June 14	75	64	0.03
June 15	86	71	0.02
June 16	83	65	0.05
June 17	69	58	0.00
June 18	77	52	0.00
June 19	81	61	0.00
June 20	69	58	0.00
June 21	74	58	0.52
June 22	70	59	0.77
June 23	69	55	0.00
June 24	77	58	0.00
June 25	75	55	0.33
June 26	69	51	0.00
June 27	74	52	0.00
June 28	80	53	0.00
June 29	86	65	0.00
June 30	86	68	0.72

July 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	64	0.00
July 2	82	67	0.28
July 3	82	66	0.02
July 4	85	67	0.00
July 5	75	66	0.10
July 6	82	64	0.00
July 7	83	67	0.00
July 8	85	73	0.00
July 9	84	68	0.39
July 10	79	62	0.00
July 11	85	62	0.00
July 12	86	66	0.00
July 13	83	72	0.00
July 14	73	64	0.00
July 15	80	60	0.00
July 16	82	60	0.00
July 17	84	64	0.00
July 18	84	67	0.00
July 19	86	69	1.03
July 20	79	70	1.94
July 21	74	63	0.05
July 22	71	58	0.00
July 23	74	48	0.00
July 24	80	55	0.00
July 25	83	64	0.00
July 26	78	71	0.00
July 27	76	64	0.00
July 28	74	60	1.00
July 29	70	56	0.24
July 30	77	57	0.00
July 31	82	57	0.00

August 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	62	0.00
August 2	83	66	0.00
August 3	80	69	0.00
August 4	82	69	0.10
August 5	80	67	0.01
August 6	81	63	0.00
August 7	81	63	0.02
August 8	79	66	0.48
August 9	77	66	0.47
August 10	84	65	0.00
August 11	76	65	0.90
August 12	78	64	0.00
August 13	79	66	0.00
August 14	80	69	0.00
August 15	73	67	0.30
August 16	69	56	0.00
August 17	71	51	0.00
August 18	75	49	0.00
August 19	77	51	0.00
August 20	80	55	0.00
August 21	81	57	0.00
August 22	79	63	0.00
August 23	79	62	0.00
August 24	71	63	0.22
August 25	75	58	0.00
August 26	74	53	0.00
August 27	72	60	0.00
August 28	69	63	0.21
August 29	83	66	0.00
August 30	77	66	0.42
August 31	82	65	0.00

September 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	68	0.00
September 2	75	68	1.16
September 3	77	68	0.03
September 4	74	65	0.38
September 5	72	64	0.03
September 6	69	63	0.01
September 7	77	62	0.00
September 8	69	55	0.20
September 9	61	52	0.00
September 10	70	52	0.00
September 11	75	56	0.00
September 12	76	64	0.01
September 13	78	58	0.00
September 14	76	61	0.18
September 15	70	55	0.00
September 16	68	51	0.00
September 17	58	53	0.67
September 18	65	50	0.00
September 19	63	50	0.00
September 20	60	48	0.00
September 21	61	46	1.13
September 22	53	47	0.33
September 23	56	45	0.03
September 24	63	42	0.00
September 25	65	44	0.00
September 26	75	55	0.04
September 27	73	58	0.04
September 28	58	43	0.00
September 29	53	43	0.00
September 30	53	37	0.00

October 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	45	0.37
October 2	50	43	0.19
October 3	51	42	0.00
October 4	55	37	0.01
October 5	62	49	0.00
October 6	67	50	0.37
October 7	50	46	0.02
October 8	50	43	0.00
October 9	52	37	0.00
October 10	57	34	0.00
October 11	59	36	0.00
October 12	57	33	0.00
October 13	64	32	0.00
October 14	74	38	0.00
October 15	66	49	0.04
October 16	56	36	0.02
October 17	60	32	0.00
October 18	61	41	0.51
October 19	43	36	0.00
October 20	62	38	0.00
October 21	58	40	0.08
October 22	46	40	0.23
October 23	48	35	0.21
October 24	45	30	0.00
October 25	56	30	0.00
October 26	56	48	0.62
October 27	60	51	0.56
October 28	51	45	0.08
October 29	51	39	0.00
October 30	61	37	0.00
October 31	64	40	0.00

November 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	63	44	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 5	69	40	0.12	0.0
November 6	55	33	0.18	0.7
November 7	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	41	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 13	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	35	0.13	0.0
November 16	42	40	1.06	0.0
November 17	44	42	0.05	0.0
November 18	46	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	43	39	0.03	0.0
November 20	49	35	0.28	0.0
November 21	38	31	0.11	0.8
November 22	31	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	51	28	0.23	0.0
November 27	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 28	37	35	0.00	0.0
November 29	37	27	0.03	0.3
November 30	38	25	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	26	0.19	0.0
December 2	47	35	0.16	0.6
December 3	39	32	0.01	0.0
December 4	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	34	29	0.06	0.6
December 6	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	41	32	0.01	0.0
December 8	39	23	0.33	1.9
December 9	28	20	0.11	1.6
December 10	23	20	0.30	6.1
December 11	29	22	0.01	0.1
December 12	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 16	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 17	28	20	0.08	1.5
December 18	24	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	20	10	0.12	2.3
December 20	25	7	0.00	0.1
December 21	33	14	0.06	1.2
December 22	37	31	0.17	2.4
December 23	40	34	0.51	0.0
December 24	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	25	0.30	2.5
December 28	36	31	0.27	3.2
December 29	33	26	0.05	0.5
December 30	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	21	0.13	0.2

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