Charlotte Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Charlotte Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 14
Lowest temperature	8 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	28 °F	January 12
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	December 31
Most daily snow	1.8 inches	January 30
Total annual precipitation	36.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Charlotte in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 14
1	96 °F	Jun 22
3	94 °F	Jul 28
3	94 °F	Jul 13
3	94 °F	Jul 11
3	94 °F	Jul 10
3	94 °F	Jun 21
3	94 °F	Jun 16
9	93 °F	Jul 27
9	93 °F	Jul 9
9	93 °F	Jun 25
9	93 °F	Jun 24
9	93 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Charlotte in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981 was 8 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	January 12
2	11 °F	January 5
3	12 °F	February 4
3	12 °F	January 11
5	13 °F	January 13
6	14 °F	February 12
6	14 °F	January 31
8	15 °F	December 20
9	16 °F	February 3
10	17 °F	December 21
10	17 °F	December 19
10	17 °F	February 5
10	17 °F	January 4

January 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	55	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	49	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	54	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	20	0.05	0.0
January 7	47	26	0.05	0.0
January 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	53	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	54	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	51	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	35	0.20	0.0
January 22	56	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	55	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	55	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	62	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	66	35	0.00	0.0
January 27	63	45	0.00	0.0
January 28	53	35	0.00	0.0
January 29	61	29	0.00	0.0
January 30	47	19	0.15	1.8
January 31	36	14	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	58	19	0.00
February 2	60	25	0.35
February 3	33	16	0.00
February 4	39	12	0.00
February 5	38	17	0.00
February 6	46	27	0.00
February 7	43	26	0.14
February 8	55	30	0.02
February 9	46	21	0.00
February 10	53	36	1.13
February 11	63	22	0.92
February 12	32	14	0.00
February 13	42	18	0.00
February 14	55	29	0.00
February 15	62	35	0.00
February 16	67	41	0.00
February 17	69	49	0.11
February 18	66	52	0.13
February 19	59	52	0.70
February 20	61	46	0.03
February 21	69	43	0.00
February 22	63	38	0.00
February 23	58	44	0.10
February 24	60	35	0.00
February 25	69	32	0.00
February 26	70	37	0.00
February 27	70	35	0.00
February 28	76	39	0.00

March 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	71	55	0.00
March 2	65	43	0.00
March 3	58	33	0.00
March 4	50	36	0.39
March 5	65	40	0.14
March 6	54	33	0.00
March 7	50	31	0.00
March 8	53	29	0.00
March 9	56	31	0.00
March 10	57	32	0.00
March 11	60	32	0.00
March 12	60	30	0.00
March 13	66	32	0.00
March 14	58	38	0.00
March 15	67	28	0.00
March 16	58	32	0.00
March 17	63	26	0.00
March 18	63	45	0.05
March 19	48	32	0.00
March 20	48	27	0.00
March 21	57	27	0.00
March 22	47	33	0.58
March 23	49	33	0.23
March 24	59	36	0.00
March 25	64	31	0.00
March 26	68	37	0.00
March 27	75	44	0.00
March 28	66	45	0.00
March 29	69	45	0.00
March 30	75	58	0.73
March 31	82	47	0.00

April 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	77	59	0.08
April 2	81	54	0.00
April 3	82	46	0.00
April 4	76	55	0.00
April 5	68	52	0.15
April 6	65	41	0.00
April 7	65	41	0.00
April 8	74	42	0.00
April 9	68	55	0.15
April 10	79	52	0.00
April 11	81	58	0.00
April 12	85	60	0.00
April 13	83	54	0.00
April 14	77	50	0.10
April 15	69	52	0.00
April 16	73	40	0.00
April 17	68	55	0.00
April 18	83	59	0.00
April 19	81	58	0.18
April 20	75	54	0.00
April 21	64	48	0.00
April 22	69	44	0.00
April 23	75	59	0.01
April 24	76	52	0.00
April 25	72	40	0.00
April 26	79	43	0.00
April 27	90	57	0.00
April 28	89	56	0.00
April 29	82	62	0.00
April 30	85	58	0.00

May 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	55	0.00
May 2	69	46	0.00
May 3	71	39	0.00
May 4	82	46	0.00
May 5	85	54	0.00
May 6	81	62	0.48
May 7	63	46	0.08
May 8	69	42	0.00
May 9	71	52	0.00
May 10	68	60	0.01
May 11	74	56	0.11
May 12	75	48	0.00
May 13	77	48	0.00
May 14	82	54	0.00
May 15	75	52	0.00
May 16	73	46	0.00
May 17	73	57	0.01
May 18	85	60	0.00
May 19	72	51	0.16
May 20	51	48	1.00
May 21	75	47	0.00
May 22	80	52	0.00
May 23	84	54	0.00
May 24	86	58	0.00
May 25	87	60	0.00
May 26	80	65	0.00
May 27	72	63	1.55
May 28	78	62	0.00
May 29	81	60	0.00
May 30	87	62	0.23
May 31	88	63	0.64

June 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	66	0.01
June 2	82	69	0.02
June 3	83	68	0.04
June 4	85	68	0.00
June 5	90	68	0.00
June 6	87	73	0.21
June 7	84	67	0.00
June 8	86	67	0.00
June 9	90	69	0.00
June 10	92	72	0.00
June 11	89	74	0.00
June 12	83	70	0.73
June 13	92	70	0.02
June 14	92	73	0.00
June 15	93	75	0.00
June 16	94	73	0.00
June 17	91	70	0.06
June 18	75	66	0.05
June 19	86	69	0.26
June 20	90	67	0.00
June 21	94	68	0.00
June 22	96	74	0.00
June 23	90	72	0.00
June 24	93	73	0.00
June 25	93	69	0.37
June 26	84	69	0.00
June 27	80	63	0.00
June 28	80	63	0.00
June 29	83	58	0.00
June 30	84	63	0.04

July 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	63	0.00
July 2	71	65	0.20
July 3	72	67	1.32
July 4	84	66	0.00
July 5	87	69	0.10
July 6	87	71	0.00
July 7	89	71	0.00
July 8	90	71	0.00
July 9	93	72	0.00
July 10	94	75	0.00
July 11	94	71	0.01
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	94	74	0.00
July 14	96	74	0.00
July 15	90	73	0.00
July 16	91	71	1.47
July 17	88	70	0.00
July 18	87	73	0.00
July 19	87	73	0.00
July 20	92	73	0.02
July 21	92	72	0.00
July 22	88	69	0.00
July 23	87	70	0.00
July 24	86	68	0.70
July 25	86	68	0.87
July 26	91	72	0.00
July 27	93	70	0.00
July 28	94	72	0.00
July 29	89	70	1.39
July 30	71	62	0.53
July 31	73	65	0.00

August 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	67	0.05
August 2	78	70	0.93
August 3	85	70	0.03
August 4	90	71	0.00
August 5	91	72	0.00
August 6	89	75	0.00
August 7	89	71	0.01
August 8	84	71	0.81
August 9	87	71	0.00
August 10	88	71	0.06
August 11	87	70	0.01
August 12	83	69	0.22
August 13	85	70	0.00
August 14	83	68	0.00
August 15	87	70	0.00
August 16	87	73	0.00
August 17	75	67	0.00
August 18	78	64	0.00
August 19	67	59	0.33
August 20	77	63	0.00
August 21	75	63	0.00
August 22	78	62	0.00
August 23	81	60	0.00
August 24	85	68	0.00
August 25	86	66	0.00
August 26	81	65	0.00
August 27	82	62	0.00
August 28	83	63	0.00
August 29	80	67	0.00
August 30	80	69	0.22
August 31	85	67	0.00

September 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	68	0.00
September 2	87	69	0.00
September 3	87	69	0.00
September 4	81	69	0.00
September 5	79	70	0.78
September 6	80	70	0.09
September 7	81	65	1.40
September 8	82	67	0.86
September 9	80	59	0.00
September 10	81	57	0.00
September 11	86	59	0.00
September 12	89	64	0.00
September 13	89	62	0.00
September 14	89	63	0.00
September 15	87	70	0.25
September 16	82	69	0.00
September 17	76	63	0.00
September 18	71	55	0.04
September 19	72	48	0.00
September 20	75	47	0.00
September 21	80	51	0.00
September 22	81	54	0.00
September 23	72	54	0.00
September 24	74	48	0.00
September 25	76	51	0.00
September 26	78	51	0.00
September 27	82	53	0.00
September 28	83	57	0.00
September 29	76	53	0.00
September 30	82	52	0.00

October 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	88	65	0.00
October 2	74	45	0.00
October 3	66	37	0.00
October 4	73	43	0.00
October 5	82	49	0.00
October 6	88	57	0.00
October 7	72	55	0.00
October 8	71	45	0.00
October 9	61	46	0.01
October 10	58	54	0.00
October 11	65	52	0.00
October 12	65	46	0.00
October 13	63	42	0.00
October 14	67	43	0.00
October 15	73	46	0.00
October 16	78	52	0.00
October 17	72	50	0.00
October 18	71	54	0.15
October 19	60	41	0.00
October 20	66	34	0.00
October 21	72	37	0.00
October 22	75	46	0.00
October 23	65	49	0.20
October 24	50	39	0.10
October 25	46	41	1.52
October 26	70	46	1.85
October 27	74	53	0.11
October 28	73	50	0.00
October 29	67	52	0.00
October 30	59	51	0.00
October 31	62	50	0.00

November 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	50	0.00
November 2	74	50	0.00
November 3	77	50	0.00
November 4	75	52	0.00
November 5	70	58	0.09
November 6	70	48	0.00
November 7	63	41	0.00
November 8	67	33	0.00
November 9	67	36	0.00
November 10	60	44	0.00
November 11	66	42	0.00
November 12	58	41	0.00
November 13	57	32	0.00
November 14	64	30	0.00
November 15	71	33	0.00
November 16	66	37	0.00
November 17	62	46	0.00
November 18	69	38	0.00
November 19	75	38	0.00
November 20	67	40	0.00
November 21	47	30	0.00
November 22	49	25	0.00
November 23	53	28	0.00
November 24	53	41	0.38
November 25	57	35	0.00
November 26	62	33	0.00
November 27	63	47	0.09
November 28	61	43	0.00
November 29	49	37	0.00
November 30	46	35	0.31

December 1981 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	40	36	0.79
December 2	60	40	0.00
December 3	56	36	0.00
December 4	53	39	0.01
December 5	50	34	0.00
December 6	49	25	0.00
December 7	65	30	0.00
December 8	63	39	0.00
December 9	44	29	0.00
December 10	38	25	0.00
December 11	45	20	0.00
December 12	49	26	0.00
December 13	50	26	0.00
December 14	41	35	0.84
December 15	42	37	1.21
December 16	48	31	0.00
December 17	47	27	0.00
December 18	43	25	0.00
December 19	35	17	0.00
December 20	36	15	0.00
December 21	38	17	0.05
December 22	58	32	0.01
December 23	65	49	0.02
December 24	55	44	0.33
December 25	44	36	0.67
December 26	36	35	0.02
December 27	43	36	0.03
December 28	43	39	0.10
December 29	49	33	0.00
December 30	43	28	0.00
December 31	37	30	2.15

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Charlotte Douglas Airport	location
1893–1939	Charlotte WB City	location