Cape Girardeau Weather in 1981

Historical record of Cape Girardeau, Missouri weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Cape Girardeau Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	1 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	14 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	May 18
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	January 30
Total annual precipitation	40.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	8.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1981 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 13
1	96 °F	Jul 12
3	95 °F	Jul 20
3	95 °F	Jul 15
3	95 °F	Jul 14
3	95 °F	Jul 9
3	95 °F	Jun 24
8	94 °F	Jul 19
8	94 °F	Jul 11
10	93 °F	Aug 5
10	93 °F	Aug 4
10	93 °F	Jul 8
10	93 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1981 was 1 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	February 11
2	4 °F	January 12
3	6 °F	February 12
4	7 °F	December 20
4	7 °F	December 19
4	7 °F	December 18
7	9 °F	January 17
8	10 °F	January 11
8	10 °F	January 5
10	11 °F	February 3

January 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	46	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	30	0.12	0.0
January 7	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 8	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	4	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	19	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 18	57	14	0.00	0.0
January 19	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	36	0.39	0.0
January 21	40	33	0.03	0.0
January 22	40	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	54	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	58	28	0.00	0.0
January 25	62	36	0.00	0.0
January 26	55	40	0.00	0.0
January 27	51	28	0.00	0.0
January 28	53	23	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	24	0.14	2.0
January 30	34	15	0.46	4.0
January 31	40	12	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	23	0.89	0.0
February 2	24	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	14	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	25	0.03	0.0
February 10	49	13	1.58	1.0
February 11	14	1	0.07	1.0
February 12	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 16	52	45	0.29	0.0
February 17	62	48	0.00	0.0
February 18	64	51	0.00	0.0
February 19	70	48	0.00	0.0
February 20	68	38	0.00	0.0
February 21	67	37	0.02	0.0
February 22	58	44	0.31	0.0
February 23	55	37	0.00	0.0
February 24	61	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	73	37	0.00	0.0
February 26	72	42	0.00	0.0
February 27	75	49	0.00	0.0
February 28	62	41	0.37	0.0

March 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	44	33	0.00
March 2	54	31	0.00
March 3	48	25	0.00
March 4	48	40	0.48
March 5	45	32	0.04
March 6	53	27	0.00
March 7	46	29	0.00
March 8	48	30	0.00
March 9	54	25	0.00
March 10	58	30	0.00
March 11	53	28	0.00
March 12	63	24	0.00
March 13	63	39	0.00
March 14	57	27	0.00
March 15	47	33	0.33
March 16	50	34	0.00
March 17	69	30	0.00
March 18	48	30	0.00
March 19	49	25	0.00
March 20	58	28	0.00
March 21	60	42	0.01
March 22	48	37	0.10
March 23	57	32	0.00
March 24	64	30	0.00
March 25	63	34	0.00
March 26	72	49	0.00
March 27	77	53	0.00
March 28	76	52	0.00
March 29	67	56	0.87
March 30	75	53	0.00
March 31	79	55	0.00

April 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	77	45	0.00
April 2	79	40	0.00
April 3	75	57	0.00
April 4	75	44	0.36
April 5	63	40	0.00
April 6	62	35	0.00
April 7	72	46	0.00
April 8	70	57	0.00
April 9	70	57	0.00
April 10	84	58	0.00
April 11	80	65	0.00
April 12	82	63	0.00
April 13	84	63	0.00
April 14	70	50	0.00
April 15	66	44	0.00
April 16	72	50	0.00
April 17	83	65	0.00
April 18	83	60	0.00
April 19	77	59	0.57
April 20	66	48	0.09
April 21	66	46	0.00
April 22	69	55	0.33
April 23	74	50	0.00
April 24	67	44	0.00
April 25	75	42	0.00
April 26	84	54	0.00
April 27	84	58	0.00
April 28	86	63	0.03
April 29	80	61	0.00
April 30	80	57	0.00

May 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	49	0.00
May 2	72	42	0.00
May 3	77	49	0.00
May 4	77	60	0.05
May 5	67	60	0.29
May 6	60	51	0.00
May 7	66	45	0.00
May 8	75	44	0.00
May 9	65	61	0.66
May 10	72	45	0.61
May 11	64	44	0.01
May 12	68	43	0.00
May 13	63	55	1.90
May 14	60	49	0.30
May 15	73	45	0.00
May 16	72	53	0.00
May 17	66	52	0.00
May 18	63	54	2.82
May 19	54	49	0.12
May 20	71	48	0.00
May 21	76	45	0.00
May 22	80	53	0.00
May 23	79	62	0.25
May 24	80	64	0.15
May 25	82	61	0.03
May 26	68	63	1.45
May 27	79	61	0.00
May 28	85	59	0.00
May 29	85	70	0.00
May 30	82	65	0.93
May 31	75	62	0.11

June 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	66	0.00
June 2	85	62	0.02
June 3	81	70	0.02
June 4	85	69	0.00
June 5	88	71	0.08
June 6	74	69	1.01
June 7	86	64	0.00
June 8	90	69	0.00
June 9	93	77	0.00
June 10	82	69	0.00
June 11	87	67	0.72
June 12	87	71	0.00
June 13	90	75	0.00
June 14	92	77	0.00
June 15	91	76	0.00
June 16	78	61	0.22
June 17	82	55	0.00
June 18	88	58	0.00
June 19	85	67	1.90
June 20	88	68	0.47
June 21	84	70	0.33
June 22	87	66	0.40
June 23	87	62	0.00
June 24	95	68	0.00
June 25	85	69	0.00
June 26	86	61	0.00
June 27	86	60	0.00
June 28	91	67	0.00
June 29	92	71	0.00
June 30	81	72	0.13

July 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	73	0.00
July 2	87	70	0.00
July 3	85	69	0.00
July 4	89	71	0.57
July 5	85	73	0.24
July 6	84	72	0.00
July 7	89	73	0.06
July 8	93	75	0.00
July 9	95	73	0.00
July 10	90	76	0.00
July 11	94	68	0.00
July 12	96	73	0.00
July 13	96	75	0.00
July 14	95	75	0.14
July 15	95	75	0.15
July 16	89	74	0.00
July 17	89	73	1.20
July 18	88	69	0.43
July 19	94	71	0.53
July 20	95	70	0.96
July 21	88	67	0.00
July 22	85	69	0.05
July 23	79	68	0.67
July 24	83	71	0.25
July 25	90	69	0.00
July 26	90	72	0.14
July 27	92	77	0.00
July 28	85	67	0.23
July 29	73	62	0.00
July 30	80	57	0.00
July 31	84	59	0.00

August 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	65	0.00
August 2	89	69	0.00
August 3	84	73	0.00
August 4	93	71	0.00
August 5	93	76	0.00
August 6	89	72	1.04
August 7	86	70	0.03
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	88	64	0.00
August 10	89	70	0.30
August 11	78	66	0.00
August 12	85	61	0.00
August 13	86	62	0.00
August 14	91	62	0.00
August 15	88	73	0.36
August 16	85	69	0.00
August 17	78	61	0.00
August 18	80	64	0.00
August 19	82	62	0.00
August 20	83	62	0.00
August 21	84	59	0.00
August 22	89	62	0.00
August 23	86	65	0.00
August 24	88	67	0.00
August 25	89	68	0.58
August 26	86	68	0.02
August 27	79	70	0.01
August 28	82	69	0.10
August 29	89	70	0.00
August 30	90	71	0.00
August 31	84	72	0.36

September 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	70	0.02
September 2	79	69	0.00
September 3	82	64	0.00
September 4	80	58	0.00
September 5	79	58	0.00
September 6	82	55	0.00
September 7	83	60	0.00
September 8	79	59	0.00
September 9	79	52	0.00
September 10	85	52	0.00
September 11	87	57	0.00
September 12	90	63	0.00
September 13	80	68	0.00
September 14	83	69	0.55
September 15	75	60	0.13
September 16	71	51	0.00
September 17	66	45	0.00
September 18	65	43	0.00
September 19	75	42	0.00
September 20	79	48	0.00
September 21	83	53	0.00
September 22	74	54	0.00
September 23	73	48	0.00
September 24	78	50	0.00
September 25	85	59	0.00
September 26	88	67	0.00
September 27	80	55	0.00
September 28	76	48	0.00
September 29	86	50	0.00
September 30	90	59	0.00

October 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	50	0.03
October 2	61	39	0.00
October 3	67	36	0.00
October 4	70	51	0.49
October 5	89	67	0.00
October 6	75	52	0.00
October 7	63	46	0.00
October 8	67	39	0.00
October 9	73	52	0.00
October 10	67	59	0.00
October 11	73	53	0.00
October 12	68	59	0.00
October 13	71	62	0.00
October 14	66	53	0.36
October 15	75	56	0.00
October 16	69	61	0.00
October 17	70	61	0.60
October 18	61	42	0.00
October 19	60	34	0.00
October 20	69	41	0.00
October 21	72	50	0.00
October 22	53	41	0.44
October 23	45	27	0.00
October 24	49	23	0.00
October 25	57	33	0.12
October 26	51	45	0.85
October 27	63	39	0.00
October 28	64	36	0.00
October 29	73	44	0.00
October 30	75	50	0.00
October 31	71	53	0.00

November 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	60	0.07
November 2	70	60	0.00
November 3	74	57	0.00
November 4	68	54	0.51
November 5	65	49	0.19
November 6	62	40	0.00
November 7	69	36	0.00
November 8	69	43	0.00
November 9	56	39	0.00
November 10	53	28	0.00
November 11	62	29	0.00
November 12	60	31	0.00
November 13	63	32	0.00
November 14	65	31	0.00
November 15	64	37	0.37
November 16	64	41	0.00
November 17	66	34	0.00
November 18	70	36	0.00
November 19	67	40	0.35
November 20	43	30	0.00
November 21	43	29	0.00
November 22	51	31	0.00
November 23	49	37	0.27
November 24	45	41	0.00
November 25	58	39	0.00
November 26	72	45	0.50
November 27	45	35	0.00
November 28	46	32	0.00
November 29	47	40	0.00
November 30	58	41	1.21

December 1981 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	55	41	0.00
December 2	47	36	0.00
December 3	56	32	0.00
December 4	46	28	0.00
December 5	47	25	0.00
December 6	52	36	0.00
December 7	66	42	0.00
December 8	51	35	0.00
December 9	39	24	0.00
December 10	41	25	0.00
December 11	36	29	0.00
December 12	44	27	0.00
December 13	41	24	0.00
December 14	46	33	0.03
December 15	40	30	0.00
December 16	44	31	0.03
December 17	44	13	0.01
December 18	24	7	0.00
December 19	29	7	0.00
December 20	34	7	0.00
December 21	36	31	0.49
December 22	38	35	1.30
December 23	37	25	0.00
December 24	40	23	0.00
December 25	41	22	0.00
December 26	47	36	0.10
December 27	42	29	0.00
December 28	41	31	0.00
December 29	35	23	0.00
December 30	42	20	0.00
December 31	43	32	0.05

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1960–2024	Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport	location
1945–1960	Cape Girardeau Missour State University	location