Chapel Hill Weather in 1981

Historical record of Chapel Hill, North Carolina weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Chapel Hill Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	June 23
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 13
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 13
Most daily precipitation	3.9 inches	July 4
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	39.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1981 was 98 °F which happened on June 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jun 23
2	97 °F	Jun 26
2	97 °F	Jun 16
2	97 °F	Jun 11
5	96 °F	Jul 28
6	95 °F	Aug 6
6	95 °F	Jul 11
6	95 °F	Jul 10
6	95 °F	Jun 17
10	94 °F	Jun 25
10	94 °F	Jun 18
10	94 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1981 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 13
2	5 °F	January 31
3	6 °F	February 1
4	8 °F	December 21
4	8 °F	January 12
4	8 °F	January 5
7	9 °F	February 4
7	9 °F	January 11
9	10 °F	February 5
9	10 °F	January 14

January 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	19	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 6	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	18	0.20	0.0
January 8	47	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	49	29	0.01	0.0
January 16	51	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	45	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	49	19	0.00	0.0
January 20	59	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	52	34	0.42	0.0
January 22	41	29	0.24	0.0
January 23	55	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	51	21	0.00	0.0
January 26	61	23	0.00	0.0
January 27	63	37	0.00	0.0
January 28	60	42	0.01	0.0
January 29	52	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	60	24	0.03	0.3
January 31	29	5	0.28	3.0

February 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	43	6	0.00
February 2	63	13	0.38
February 3	53	17	0.06
February 4	32	9	0.00
February 5	38	10	0.00
February 6	38	20	0.00
February 7	48	20	0.00
February 8	47	21	0.21
February 9	51	20	0.01
February 10	46	24	0.00
February 11	66	32	0.85
February 12	64	14	0.42
February 13	33	15	0.00
February 14	42	17	0.00
February 15	56	26	0.00
February 16	61	28	0.00
February 17	66	30	0.00
February 18	68	43	0.00
February 19	71	n/a	0.27
February 20	60	49	0.62
February 21	63	49	0.00
February 22	65	50	0.00
February 23	65	48	0.00
February 24	63	38	0.05
February 25	56	28	0.00
February 26	66	33	0.00
February 27	63	25	0.00
February 28	65	29	0.00

March 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	75	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	70	45	0.00	0.0
March 3	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 4	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	57	28	0.65	0.0
March 6	58	32	0.01	0.0
March 7	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	53	21	0.00	0.0
March 16	66	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	59	23	0.01	0.0
March 18	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	62	30	0.06	0.0
March 20	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	56	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	34	1.22	0.5
March 24	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	68	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	76	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	72	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	73	46	0.44	0.0

April 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	47	0.00
April 2	74	44	0.02
April 3	80	40	0.00
April 4	81	51	0.00
April 5	81	61	0.00
April 6	77	37	0.31
April 7	61	27	0.00
April 8	65	35	0.00
April 9	75	35	0.00
April 10	64	48	0.32
April 11	76	54	0.00
April 12	88	58	0.00
April 13	85	53	0.00
April 14	59	47	0.00
April 15	78	47	0.01
April 16	69	39	0.00
April 17	73	42	0.00
April 18	69	56	0.04
April 19	84	48	0.00
April 20	79	51	0.11
April 21	65	44	0.15
April 22	64	42	0.00
April 23	75	46	0.00
April 24	78	52	0.19
April 25	74	38	0.00
April 26	67	34	0.00
April 27	76	34	0.00
April 28	89	56	0.00
April 29	90	57	0.00
April 30	85	57	0.00

May 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	51	0.02
May 2	75	42	0.00
May 3	68	34	0.00
May 4	72	37	0.00
May 5	82	43	0.00
May 6	84	53	0.00
May 7	81	42	0.15
May 8	59	39	0.02
May 9	71	n/a	0.00
May 10	70	49	0.21
May 11	67	57	1.22
May 12	83	49	0.00
May 13	74	39	0.00
May 14	78	52	0.00
May 15	84	59	0.00
May 16	82	52	0.00
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	79	57	0.00
May 19	79	45	0.08
May 20	56	44	0.52
May 21	53	44	0.61
May 22	75	43	0.00
May 23	83	44	0.00
May 24	85	48	0.00
May 25	89	55	0.00
May 26	88	58	0.00
May 27	83	59	0.00
May 28	77	58	0.70
May 29	78	55	0.32
May 30	83	55	0.00
May 31	88	62	0.00

June 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	93	62	0.66
June 2	82	61	0.02
June 3	85	61	0.31
June 4	84	62	0.06
June 5	88	65	0.00
June 6	91	68	0.00
June 7	83	63	1.49
June 8	87	65	0.00
June 9	89	67	0.00
June 10	85	67	0.00
June 11	97	71	0.00
June 12	87	62	0.13
June 13	89	65	0.05
June 14	93	69	0.00
June 15	94	68	0.00
June 16	97	68	0.00
June 17	95	68	0.00
June 18	94	60	0.00
June 19	82	62	0.00
June 20	89	61	0.32
June 21	91	64	0.00
June 22	93	64	0.00
June 23	98	65	0.00
June 24	90	58	0.00
June 25	94	59	0.00
June 26	97	60	0.11
June 27	86	51	0.00
June 28	81	44	0.00
June 29	83	44	0.00
June 30	87	55	0.00

July 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	54	0.00
July 2	85	55	0.17
July 3	78	59	0.62
July 4	73	59	3.86
July 5	83	61	0.02
July 6	89	63	0.02
July 7	87	63	0.15
July 8	91	62	0.00
July 9	93	n/a	0.00
July 10	95	63	0.00
July 11	95	64	0.00
July 12	91	63	0.00
July 13	90	64	0.00
July 14	93	68	0.00
July 15	93	57	0.25
July 16	86	58	0.15
July 17	82	57	0.38
July 18	87	64	0.00
July 19	90	65	0.00
July 20	91	71	0.03
July 21	93	71	0.79
July 22	93	65	0.00
July 23	89	56	0.00
July 24	87	61	0.00
July 25	87	64	0.53
July 26	89	60	0.00
July 27	91	61	0.00
July 28	96	61	0.00
July 29	90	62	0.12
July 30	91	54	0.00
July 31	81	53	0.00

August 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	n/a	0.00
August 2	85	n/a	0.00
August 3	88	n/a	0.11
August 4	86	n/a	0.03
August 5	93	n/a	0.00
August 6	95	n/a	0.00
August 7	86	n/a	1.15
August 8	89	n/a	0.19
August 9	89	n/a	0.25
August 10	91	n/a	0.00
August 11	92	n/a	0.00
August 12	90	n/a	1.40
August 13	82	n/a	0.01
August 14	88	n/a	0.00
August 15	89	n/a	0.00
August 16	89	n/a	0.00
August 17	90	n/a	0.02
August 18	76	n/a	0.00
August 19	79	n/a	0.85
August 20	67	n/a	2.41
August 21	77	n/a	0.00
August 22	79	n/a	0.03
August 23	72	n/a	0.00
August 24	88	n/a	0.00
August 25	87	n/a	0.00
August 26	83	n/a	0.00
August 27	81	n/a	0.00
August 28	84	n/a	0.00
August 29	84	n/a	0.00
August 30	77	n/a	0.32
August 31	84	n/a	0.00

September 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	n/a	0.00
September 2	86	n/a	0.00
September 3	90	n/a	0.00
September 4	87	n/a	0.00
September 5	81	n/a	0.02
September 6	74	n/a	1.87
September 7	81	n/a	0.63
September 8	81	n/a	0.86
September 9	85	n/a	0.25
September 10	80	n/a	0.01
September 11	81	n/a	0.00
September 12	86	n/a	0.00
September 13	87	n/a	0.00
September 14	89	n/a	0.00
September 15	88	n/a	0.00
September 16	89	n/a	0.09
September 17	77	n/a	0.00
September 18	76	n/a	0.00
September 19	71	n/a	0.00
September 20	70	n/a	0.00
September 21	77	n/a	0.00
September 22	80	n/a	0.00
September 23	82	n/a	0.00
September 24	70	n/a	0.00
September 25	72	n/a	0.00
September 26	76	n/a	0.00
September 27	80	n/a	0.00
September 28	83	n/a	0.00
September 29	79	n/a	0.00
September 30	75	n/a	0.00

October 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	83	49	0.00
October 2	87	58	0.15
October 3	69	37	0.01
October 4	65	36	0.00
October 5	73	46	0.00
October 6	78	53	0.00
October 7	88	55	0.02
October 8	70	40	0.00
October 9	71	42	0.00
October 10	68	38	0.00
October 11	63	44	0.02
October 12	65	43	0.00
October 13	66	40	0.00
October 14	64	41	0.00
October 15	69	n/a	0.00
October 16	71	40	0.00
October 17	77	39	0.00
October 18	69	40	0.00
October 19	76	44	0.00
October 20	60	25	0.00
October 21	66	26	0.00
October 22	73	26	0.00
October 23	78	41	0.00
October 24	71	38	0.22
October 25	50	40	0.40
October 26	50	41	0.72
October 27	70	45	1.39
October 28	77	43	0.00
October 29	73	49	0.00
October 30	63	50	0.00
October 31	57	47	0.00

November 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	61	48	0.01
November 2	65	43	0.00
November 3	75	45	0.00
November 4	77	47	0.00
November 5	77	50	0.15
November 6	70	52	0.15
November 7	68	42	0.01
November 8	62	27	0.00
November 9	69	35	0.00
November 10	70	n/a	0.00
November 11	55	39	0.00
November 12	60	39	0.00
November 13	55	30	0.00
November 14	55	32	0.00
November 15	65	33	0.00
November 16	70	34	0.00
November 17	68	38	0.04
November 18	61	41	0.07
November 19	67	33	0.00
November 20	74	50	0.00
November 21	75	32	0.00
November 22	47	22	0.00
November 23	48	19	0.00
November 24	52	24	0.28
November 25	43	29	0.01
November 26	55	24	0.00
November 27	61	32	0.00
November 28	72	50	0.00
November 29	60	32	0.00
November 30	53	24	0.00

December 1981 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	33	0.01	0.0
December 2	53	33	0.14	0.0
December 3	65	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	36	0.03	0.0
December 5	48	31	0.01	0.0
December 6	49	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	63	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	63	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	46	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	50	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	n/a	1.37	0.0
December 16	39	n/a	0.85	0.0
December 17	47	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 18	54	23	0.07	0.0
December 19	39	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	n/a	0.22	0.1
December 23	61	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	67	42	0.10	0.0
December 25	55	36	0.54	0.0
December 26	39	30	0.36	0.0
December 27	38	32	0.02	0.0
December 28	42	31	0.04	0.0
December 29	42	35	0.16	0.0
December 30	50	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	22	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1891–2024	Chapel Hill 2W	location