Cincinnati Weather in 1981

Historical record of Cincinnati, Ohio weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Cincinnati Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	April 4
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	December 17
Total annual precipitation	34.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cincinnati in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1981 was 97 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cincinnati in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 13
2	93 °F	Jul 9
3	92 °F	Aug 4
3	92 °F	Jul 8
5	91 °F	Aug 31
5	91 °F	Aug 5
5	91 °F	Jul 12
8	90 °F	Jul 18
8	90 °F	Jul 14
8	90 °F	Jun 30
8	90 °F	Jun 29
8	90 °F	Jun 15
8	90 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Cincinnati in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1981 was -10 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cincinnati in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	February 12
2	-9 °F	December 20
3	-6 °F	December 19
4	-4 °F	January 12
4	-4 °F	January 5
6	-3 °F	February 11
6	-3 °F	January 8
8	0 °F	January 9
8	0 °F	January 4
10	1 °F	February 5

January 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	27	0.06	0.2
January 2	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 5	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	11	0.28	3.5
January 7	30	2	0.02	0.1
January 8	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	4	0.00	0.1
January 12	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 15	30	25	0.00	0.1
January 16	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 17	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	34	0.10	0.0
January 21	41	32	0.11	0.0
January 22	35	31	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	49	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	61	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	56	39	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	13	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	31	1.20	0.8
February 2	31	9	0.04	0.4
February 3	15	4	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	7	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 10	52	34	0.70	0.0
February 11	52	-3	0.26	1.4
February 12	14	-10	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	44	0.27	0.0
February 17	54	46	0.06	0.0
February 18	59	39	0.34	0.0
February 19	55	46	0.30	0.0
February 20	56	36	0.01	0.0
February 21	54	37	0.00	0.0
February 22	62	42	0.51	0.0
February 23	47	35	0.03	0.0
February 24	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	55	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	59	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	58	39	0.14	0.0

March 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	28	0.39	0.0
March 5	40	30	0.20	0.2
March 6	39	21	0.01	0.1
March 7	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	23	0.00	0.0
March 13	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	26	0.18	0.0
March 16	46	26	0.05	0.0
March 17	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	29	0.13	2.2
March 19	32	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	21	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	59	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	42	0.14	0.0
March 27	58	38	0.12	0.0
March 28	76	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	57	0.40	0.0
March 30	66	50	0.10	0.0
March 31	83	44	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	46	0.00
April 2	73	36	0.00
April 3	80	49	0.04
April 4	72	56	1.32
April 5	56	40	0.00
April 6	53	33	0.00
April 7	69	37	0.00
April 8	73	49	0.00
April 9	66	46	0.19
April 10	72	44	0.03
April 11	81	62	0.00
April 12	78	61	0.25
April 13	80	58	0.00
April 14	72	44	0.02
April 15	58	37	0.00
April 16	66	37	0.04
April 17	76	57	0.98
April 18	71	51	0.05
April 19	62	49	0.50
April 20	54	38	0.01
April 21	59	30	0.00
April 22	66	43	0.53
April 23	67	54	0.74
April 24	54	43	0.03
April 25	60	41	0.00
April 26	81	48	0.01
April 27	83	61	0.00
April 28	85	57	0.00
April 29	73	55	0.27
April 30	67	49	0.04

May 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	44	0.00
May 2	63	41	0.00
May 3	71	40	0.00
May 4	79	47	0.00
May 5	72	53	0.75
May 6	61	44	0.18
May 7	62	39	0.00
May 8	73	41	0.00
May 9	67	56	0.00
May 10	72	54	0.42
May 11	55	45	0.26
May 12	61	44	0.00
May 13	65	46	0.01
May 14	65	51	0.75
May 15	58	48	0.15
May 16	72	40	0.00
May 17	73	47	0.00
May 18	61	45	0.98
May 19	57	45	0.09
May 20	70	46	0.00
May 21	75	41	0.00
May 22	78	44	0.00
May 23	82	52	0.00
May 24	83	59	0.00
May 25	79	62	0.00
May 26	77	62	0.50
May 27	74	62	0.85
May 28	73	59	0.01
May 29	81	51	0.00
May 30	79	65	0.08
May 31	74	61	0.04

June 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	53	0.34
June 2	82	63	0.01
June 3	80	67	0.00
June 4	82	69	0.17
June 5	82	67	0.17
June 6	78	66	0.65
June 7	81	53	0.00
June 8	86	58	0.00
June 9	86	68	0.92
June 10	78	63	0.15
June 11	81	58	0.00
June 12	81	68	0.35
June 13	87	70	0.15
June 14	90	72	0.00
June 15	90	73	0.00
June 16	86	61	0.13
June 17	76	54	0.00
June 18	80	53	0.00
June 19	79	57	0.01
June 20	83	64	0.00
June 21	83	66	0.24
June 22	82	62	0.05
June 23	81	58	0.00
June 24	87	60	0.00
June 25	87	61	0.00
June 26	80	58	0.00
June 27	79	53	0.00
June 28	85	55	0.00
June 29	90	67	0.00
June 30	90	66	0.00

July 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	67	0.15
July 2	79	66	0.21
July 3	80	66	0.10
July 4	80	64	0.39
July 5	77	69	0.40
July 6	82	71	0.00
July 7	87	67	0.00
July 8	92	72	0.00
July 9	93	74	0.00
July 10	89	71	0.00
July 11	89	63	0.00
July 12	91	57	0.00
July 13	97	71	0.02
July 14	90	71	0.02
July 15	81	64	0.25
July 16	85	70	0.00
July 17	88	68	0.00
July 18	90	65	0.00
July 19	87	70	1.07
July 20	87	68	0.45
July 21	83	67	0.00
July 22	81	63	0.00
July 23	79	59	0.01
July 24	85	65	0.00
July 25	89	66	0.00
July 26	87	74	0.00
July 27	86	72	0.22
July 28	85	68	0.37
July 29	73	59	0.00
July 30	80	55	0.00
July 31	84	59	0.00

August 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	65	0.00
August 2	89	66	0.00
August 3	87	70	0.00
August 4	92	69	0.00
August 5	91	69	0.84
August 6	84	71	0.15
August 7	77	69	0.31
August 8	82	65	0.00
August 9	84	62	0.00
August 10	89	63	0.59
August 11	84	66	0.00
August 12	79	59	0.00
August 13	81	62	0.00
August 14	83	62	0.00
August 15	84	66	0.04
August 16	78	64	0.00
August 17	76	58	0.00
August 18	79	56	0.00
August 19	83	58	0.00
August 20	81	57	0.00
August 21	79	58	0.00
August 22	83	56	0.00
August 23	85	54	0.00
August 24	86	58	0.00
August 25	86	61	0.00
August 26	86	60	0.00
August 27	82	67	0.12
August 28	87	68	0.02
August 29	82	67	0.06
August 30	87	66	0.02
August 31	91	66	0.00

September 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	70	0.07
September 2	74	67	0.95
September 3	81	69	0.15
September 4	81	65	0.00
September 5	80	61	0.00
September 6	80	60	0.00
September 7	80	57	0.02
September 8	76	56	0.11
September 9	74	50	0.00
September 10	80	49	0.00
September 11	84	59	0.00
September 12	85	55	0.00
September 13	86	60	0.00
September 14	84	63	0.08
September 15	71	60	0.00
September 16	65	48	0.02
September 17	61	42	0.00
September 18	61	46	0.04
September 19	70	48	0.00
September 20	78	52	0.00
September 21	78	51	0.00
September 22	65	50	0.00
September 23	66	44	0.00
September 24	72	39	0.00
September 25	79	50	0.00
September 26	85	61	0.00
September 27	80	56	0.00
September 28	69	42	0.00
September 29	66	42	0.03
September 30	87	53	0.00

October 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	54	0.00
October 2	58	40	0.00
October 3	61	33	0.00
October 4	76	42	0.00
October 5	81	65	0.00
October 6	70	48	0.51
October 7	61	39	0.00
October 8	60	34	0.00
October 9	66	38	0.00
October 10	71	48	0.00
October 11	69	52	0.00
October 12	71	45	0.00
October 13	72	45	0.00
October 14	72	46	0.02
October 15	62	55	0.00
October 16	66	45	0.00
October 17	75	45	0.40
October 18	64	43	0.15
October 19	53	34	0.00
October 20	67	33	0.00
October 21	70	46	0.00
October 22	62	43	0.19
October 23	50	27	0.07
October 24	45	20	0.00
October 25	59	28	0.07
October 26	60	49	0.85
October 27	58	43	0.07
October 28	63	32	0.00
October 29	68	42	0.00
October 30	74	45	0.00
October 31	74	50	0.00

November 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	48	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	53	0.00	0.0
November 3	73	51	0.00	0.0
November 4	75	53	0.05	0.0
November 5	62	51	0.10	0.0
November 6	51	39	0.00	0.0
November 7	54	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	54	35	0.89	0.0
November 10	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	35	0.00	0.0
November 12	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	58	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 19	64	44	0.44	0.0
November 20	48	30	0.06	0.3
November 21	32	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	36	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	45	20	0.33	0.0
November 24	43	35	0.01	0.0
November 25	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	65	38	0.26	0.0
November 27	51	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	39	24	0.80	0.0

December 1981 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	60	39	0.24	0.0
December 2	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	32	0.01	0.0
December 4	41	33	0.13	0.0
December 5	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 7	53	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	30	0.01	0.5
December 15	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	30	17	0.38	6.2
December 18	19	4	0.00	0.3
December 19	14	-6	0.00	0.0
December 20	17	-9	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	14	0.60	3.9
December 22	51	33	0.41	0.0
December 23	52	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	22	0.17	0.0
December 28	37	23	0.10	0.0
December 29	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	29	0.34	0.0

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