Cleveland Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Cleveland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	73 °F	June 15
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	July 13
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	December 17
Total annual precipitation	39.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	75.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cleveland in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1981 was 93 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cleveland in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 9
2	92 °F	Jul 8
3	90 °F	Jun 15
4	89 °F	Jul 18
4	89 °F	Jul 12
6	88 °F	Jul 7
6	88 °F	Jun 29
8	87 °F	Sep 1
8	87 °F	Jun 14
10	85 °F	Sep 11
10	85 °F	Aug 27
10	85 °F	Jul 25
10	85 °F	Jul 13
10	85 °F	Jul 11
10	85 °F	Jun 30
10	85 °F	Jun 16
10	85 °F	Jun 8
10	85 °F	Jun 5

What was the coldest temperature in Cleveland in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1981 was -7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cleveland in 1981

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

January 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	25	0.11	1.2
January 2	28	15	0.04	0.8
January 3	18	4	0.07	1.5
January 4	7	-5	0.01	0.2
January 5	15	-7	0.00	0.0
January 6	28	13	0.23	3.7
January 7	28	-1	0.04	0.4
January 8	16	-7	0.00	0.0
January 9	15	-5	0.01	0.5
January 10	16	1	0.02	0.3
January 11	12	-6	0.02	0.4
January 12	17	-4	0.01	0.4
January 13	23	12	0.01	0.5
January 14	29	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	29	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	15	0.09	2.7
January 17	19	11	0.04	1.0
January 18	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	31	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	47	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	29	0.03	1.0
January 28	33	25	0.01	0.1
January 29	27	20	0.01	0.2
January 30	23	6	0.01	0.1
January 31	28	2	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	26	0.62	0.3
February 2	33	8	0.09	1.6
February 3	10	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	14	7	0.00	0.3
February 5	20	3	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	17	0.05	3.3
February 7	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	14	0.01	0.3
February 9	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	24	0.14	0.1
February 11	51	2	0.14	3.8
February 12	14	-4	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	2	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	46	34	0.11	0.0
February 17	52	44	0.00	0.0
February 18	62	46	0.11	0.0
February 19	56	46	0.79	0.0
February 20	46	36	0.34	0.0
February 21	37	33	0.00	0.0
February 22	60	36	0.00	0.0
February 23	55	36	0.29	0.0
February 24	42	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	54	36	0.03	0.0

March 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	35	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	26	0.01	0.2
March 3	32	21	0.02	0.7
March 4	35	23	0.04	0.2
March 5	34	29	0.02	0.5
March 6	34	25	0.03	0.6
March 7	31	23	0.01	0.2
March 8	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	33	0.04	0.0
March 11	35	27	0.02	0.0
March 12	55	24	0.01	0.0
March 13	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	57	31	0.06	0.0
March 16	44	19	0.16	3.2
March 17	33	19	0.09	1.8
March 18	31	13	0.01	0.3
March 19	26	19	0.15	4.3
March 20	33	23	0.20	4.9
March 21	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 23	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	49	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	30	0.65	0.0
March 27	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	65	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	53	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	47	0.09	0.0
March 31	75	41	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	68	49	0.00
April 2	65	38	0.00
April 3	77	55	0.03
April 4	74	57	0.29
April 5	57	35	0.00
April 6	48	33	0.00
April 7	63	30	0.00
April 8	75	47	0.00
April 9	65	40	0.04
April 10	68	37	0.00
April 11	75	58	1.44
April 12	60	40	0.16
April 13	57	40	0.51
April 14	66	37	0.44
April 15	41	30	0.00
April 16	63	29	0.01
April 17	71	53	0.35
April 18	60	37	0.00
April 19	51	31	0.02
April 20	46	30	0.01
April 21	44	26	0.00
April 22	63	39	0.40
April 23	67	51	0.17
April 24	51	40	0.18
April 25	46	34	0.00
April 26	54	30	0.01
April 27	60	41	0.00
April 28	75	51	0.21
April 29	60	46	0.35
April 30	58	41	0.00

May 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	39	0.00
May 2	52	37	0.00
May 3	66	33	0.00
May 4	77	44	0.00
May 5	74	45	0.41
May 6	52	42	0.08
May 7	54	40	0.00
May 8	70	37	0.00
May 9	66	51	0.04
May 10	68	55	0.27
May 11	59	43	0.39
May 12	58	42	0.02
May 13	60	36	0.00
May 14	55	47	0.20
May 15	56	46	0.09
May 16	65	46	0.03
May 17	60	42	0.00
May 18	53	42	0.00
May 19	60	42	0.00
May 20	65	34	0.00
May 21	75	38	0.00
May 22	78	48	0.00
May 23	80	53	0.00
May 24	82	60	0.00
May 25	76	60	0.00
May 26	78	55	0.04
May 27	69	59	0.24
May 28	60	56	0.09
May 29	77	58	0.00
May 30	69	52	0.29
May 31	60	41	0.00

June 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	40	0.00
June 2	80	57	0.00
June 3	79	65	0.08
June 4	77	60	0.00
June 5	85	56	0.00
June 6	80	62	0.00
June 7	74	49	0.00
June 8	85	59	0.71
June 9	74	58	1.24
June 10	76	58	0.03
June 11	77	52	0.00
June 12	80	58	0.05
June 13	73	64	0.81
June 14	87	69	0.02
June 15	90	73	0.00
June 16	85	60	0.05
June 17	70	55	0.00
June 18	79	53	0.00
June 19	81	59	0.00
June 20	74	60	0.00
June 21	80	68	0.03
June 22	73	60	0.96
June 23	71	56	0.00
June 24	81	55	0.02
June 25	78	58	0.68
June 26	67	49	0.00
June 27	72	44	0.00
June 28	80	51	0.00
June 29	88	63	0.00
June 30	85	68	0.00

July 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	68	0.00
July 2	81	68	0.00
July 3	82	65	0.02
July 4	83	64	0.26
July 5	82	66	0.00
July 6	82	62	0.00
July 7	88	59	0.00
July 8	92	67	0.00
July 9	93	72	0.13
July 10	80	60	0.01
July 11	85	55	0.00
July 12	89	60	0.00
July 13	85	68	1.77
July 14	77	65	0.00
July 15	77	59	0.00
July 16	78	63	0.02
July 17	82	56	0.00
July 18	89	59	0.00
July 19	82	69	0.05
July 20	80	69	0.87
July 21	74	62	0.32
July 22	71	53	0.00
July 23	74	49	0.00
July 24	79	58	0.00
July 25	85	58	0.00
July 26	79	67	0.49
July 27	74	64	0.00
July 28	81	63	1.37
July 29	69	54	0.00
July 30	76	50	0.00
July 31	82	54	0.00

August 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	58	0.00
August 2	84	62	0.00
August 3	78	67	0.18
August 4	84	67	0.00
August 5	75	65	0.00
August 6	79	64	0.00
August 7	82	62	0.89
August 8	79	64	0.11
August 9	79	63	0.00
August 10	83	63	0.24
August 11	79	61	0.22
August 12	80	55	0.00
August 13	83	63	0.01
August 14	82	66	0.00
August 15	78	65	0.66
August 16	68	61	0.07
August 17	69	49	0.00
August 18	75	46	0.00
August 19	79	53	0.00
August 20	79	56	0.00
August 21	80	59	0.00
August 22	80	60	0.00
August 23	81	54	0.00
August 24	75	59	0.00
August 25	75	53	0.00
August 26	80	55	0.00
August 27	85	60	0.01
August 28	84	68	0.03
August 29	83	70	0.00
August 30	80	65	0.19
August 31	81	67	0.00

September 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	71	0.30
September 2	77	70	1.27
September 3	74	70	1.46
September 4	74	64	0.13
September 5	70	66	0.02
September 6	70	60	0.00
September 7	74	59	0.00
September 8	71	57	0.32
September 9	64	51	0.00
September 10	79	53	0.00
September 11	85	63	0.00
September 12	78	63	0.00
September 13	84	64	0.00
September 14	73	64	1.26
September 15	69	54	0.00
September 16	70	52	0.08
September 17	61	49	0.09
September 18	61	45	0.60
September 19	70	48	0.25
September 20	62	46	0.00
September 21	68	45	0.00
September 22	60	51	0.16
September 23	58	49	0.00
September 24	64	36	0.00
September 25	69	46	0.00
September 26	81	58	0.02
September 27	75	55	0.04
September 28	59	41	0.00
September 29	58	40	0.00
September 30	58	51	0.75

October 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	70	51	0.12	0.0
October 2	51	43	0.11	0.0
October 3	49	35	0.00	0.0
October 4	61	33	0.00	0.0
October 5	70	55	0.00	0.0
October 6	72	49	0.50	0.0
October 7	52	47	0.00	0.0
October 8	54	38	0.00	0.0
October 9	57	35	0.00	0.0
October 10	56	43	0.00	0.0
October 11	60	42	0.00	0.0
October 12	62	39	0.00	0.0
October 13	66	40	0.00	0.0
October 14	68	42	0.00	0.0
October 15	61	49	0.00	0.0
October 16	55	35	0.04	0.0
October 17	64	32	0.00	0.0
October 18	64	39	0.16	0.0
October 19	43	33	0.71	3.8
October 20	67	34	0.00	0.0
October 21	61	49	0.00	0.0
October 22	52	45	0.24	0.0
October 23	49	33	0.13	0.2
October 24	45	28	0.00	0.0
October 25	59	28	0.00	0.0
October 26	58	48	0.14	0.0
October 27	63	51	0.16	0.0
October 28	56	42	0.02	0.0
October 29	56	41	0.00	0.0
October 30	69	40	0.00	0.0
October 31	69	42	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	46	0.00	0.0
November 2	66	48	0.00	0.0
November 3	62	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	48	0.13	0.0
November 6	52	39	0.23	0.0
November 7	47	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	63	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	56	39	0.00	0.0
November 10	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	64	28	0.00	0.0
November 15	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	49	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	51	35	0.80	0.0
November 20	56	33	0.49	0.7
November 21	35	31	0.19	1.9
November 22	31	28	0.01	0.3
November 23	36	26	0.00	0.0
November 24	39	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	60	31	0.14	0.0
November 27	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 28	37	36	0.00	0.0
November 29	37	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	28	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Cleveland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	56	35	0.33	0.0
December 2	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	36	0.36	0.0
December 5	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	33	0.18	0.0
December 8	45	28	0.20	1.7
December 9	29	25	0.02	0.5
December 10	28	25	0.03	0.8
December 11	33	25	0.01	0.4
December 12	33	30	0.01	0.1
December 13	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	34	28	0.04	0.4
December 16	32	24	0.01	0.2
December 17	29	23	0.28	5.9
December 18	26	17	0.22	3.4
December 19	22	15	0.07	1.8
December 20	21	11	0.04	1.0
December 21	32	13	0.13	4.2
December 22	39	31	0.83	1.6
December 23	39	29	0.28	0.0
December 24	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	28	0.05	0.6
December 28	34	27	0.29	4.3
December 29	30	13	0.00	0.2
December 30	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	30	0.06	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Cleveland	location
1871–1938	Cleveland Euclid Avenue	location