Dayton Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Dayton Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	December 20
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 13
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	June 5
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	December 17
Total annual precipitation	43.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	26.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dayton in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1981 was 96 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dayton in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 13
2	94 °F	Jul 9
2	94 °F	Jul 8
4	92 °F	Jul 7
4	92 °F	Jun 30
4	92 °F	Jun 15
7	91 °F	Jul 12
7	91 °F	Jun 29
7	91 °F	Jun 14
10	90 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Dayton in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1981 was -6 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dayton in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	December 20
1	-6 °F	February 12
3	-5 °F	January 5
3	-5 °F	January 4
5	-4 °F	January 12
6	-2 °F	February 11
7	-1 °F	January 7
8	0 °F	February 5
8	0 °F	January 9
8	0 °F	January 8

January 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	28	0.01	0.1
January 2	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	6	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	20	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	15	0.16	3.3
January 7	29	-1	0.02	0.4
January 8	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	6	0.01	0.1
January 12	17	-4	0.05	0.9
January 13	31	17	0.00	0.1
January 14	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	30	23	0.03	0.4
January 16	28	6	0.01	0.2
January 17	21	15	0.01	0.2
January 18	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	57	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	51	34	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	12	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	29	0.83	0.2
February 2	29	7	0.03	0.2
February 3	14	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	16	4	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	24	0.01	0.2
February 7	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	49	33	1.05	0.6
February 11	49	-2	0.33	0.6
February 12	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	6	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	55	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	38	0.45	0.0
February 17	54	48	0.02	0.0
February 18	59	49	0.10	0.0
February 19	55	47	0.28	0.0
February 20	50	41	0.00	0.0
February 21	51	35	0.00	0.0
February 22	55	38	0.18	0.0
February 23	50	35	0.05	0.0
February 24	41	34	0.01	0.2
February 25	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	53	38	0.03	0.0

March 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	36	30	0.30	0.8
March 5	37	28	0.39	2.0
March 6	36	22	0.02	0.2
March 7	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	31	0.01	0.0
March 16	48	24	0.01	0.0
March 17	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	18	0.02	0.1
March 19	32	17	0.01	0.1
March 20	37	27	0.01	0.1
March 21	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	36	0.02	0.0
March 27	51	39	0.10	0.0
March 28	75	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	56	0.16	0.0
March 30	66	45	0.13	0.0
March 31	82	41	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	47	0.00
April 2	72	38	0.00
April 3	76	52	0.18
April 4	70	56	0.60
April 5	56	35	0.00
April 6	53	30	0.00
April 7	68	33	0.00
April 8	75	54	0.00
April 9	65	46	0.02
April 10	71	43	0.06
April 11	76	62	1.18
April 12	73	50	0.14
April 13	76	50	0.00
April 14	71	40	0.00
April 15	56	33	0.00
April 16	65	36	0.00
April 17	75	58	0.54
April 18	69	51	0.14
April 19	58	45	0.17
April 20	51	33	0.00
April 21	56	27	0.00
April 22	62	42	0.54
April 23	63	49	0.66
April 24	49	39	0.03
April 25	55	36	0.00
April 26	67	42	0.00
April 27	76	45	0.00
April 28	82	57	0.18
April 29	60	48	0.39
April 30	60	43	0.23

May 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	44	0.28
May 2	57	40	0.00
May 3	67	37	0.00
May 4	78	46	0.00
May 5	68	54	0.30
May 6	59	39	0.31
May 7	60	34	0.00
May 8	70	38	0.00
May 9	66	53	0.02
May 10	65	53	0.50
May 11	57	40	0.30
May 12	58	39	0.00
May 13	65	41	0.03
May 14	63	49	0.59
May 15	55	46	0.17
May 16	70	42	0.00
May 17	72	46	0.01
May 18	49	44	0.70
May 19	61	43	0.00
May 20	68	38	0.00
May 21	73	41	0.00
May 22	77	45	0.00
May 23	79	55	0.00
May 24	84	56	0.00
May 25	75	62	0.00
May 26	78	58	0.39
May 27	69	59	0.27
May 28	68	57	0.09
May 29	79	52	0.00
May 30	72	62	0.78
May 31	70	52	0.02

June 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	63	48	0.00
June 2	80	59	0.00
June 3	80	65	0.09
June 4	80	64	0.00
June 5	82	63	3.76
June 6	82	60	0.00
June 7	82	55	0.00
June 8	87	61	0.02
June 9	80	64	0.40
June 10	78	63	0.11
June 11	77	59	0.00
June 12	82	66	0.00
June 13	82	70	1.46
June 14	91	74	0.00
June 15	92	72	0.00
June 16	85	63	0.01
June 17	75	55	0.00
June 18	81	55	0.00
June 19	82	60	0.00
June 20	85	61	0.00
June 21	83	69	0.04
June 22	80	63	0.10
June 23	80	62	0.00
June 24	89	59	0.00
June 25	81	62	0.29
June 26	76	58	0.00
June 27	77	52	0.00
June 28	84	54	0.00
June 29	91	68	0.00
June 30	92	70	0.04

July 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	69	1.55
July 2	82	66	0.15
July 3	81	66	0.12
July 4	83	66	0.02
July 5	82	69	0.15
July 6	89	67	0.00
July 7	92	70	0.00
July 8	94	74	0.00
July 9	94	75	0.00
July 10	90	68	0.00
July 11	88	60	0.00
July 12	91	65	0.00
July 13	96	75	0.54
July 14	86	69	0.00
July 15	78	63	0.01
July 16	84	67	0.04
July 17	86	62	0.00
July 18	89	65	0.00
July 19	77	71	1.35
July 20	85	70	0.51
July 21	80	67	0.01
July 22	79	60	0.00
July 23	75	56	0.00
July 24	84	63	0.00
July 25	87	64	0.00
July 26	84	70	0.13
July 27	85	69	0.50
July 28	81	63	0.00
July 29	75	57	0.00
July 30	79	50	0.00
July 31	84	55	0.00

August 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	62	0.00
August 2	88	68	0.00
August 3	83	70	0.10
August 4	88	68	0.00
August 5	87	70	1.89
August 6	82	69	0.00
August 7	81	67	0.01
August 8	80	66	0.00
August 9	83	63	0.00
August 10	86	65	0.00
August 11	80	64	0.01
August 12	82	60	0.00
August 13	86	63	0.00
August 14	85	65	0.00
August 15	82	66	0.04
August 16	77	58	0.00
August 17	76	49	0.00
August 18	80	50	0.00
August 19	83	53	0.00
August 20	82	55	0.00
August 21	76	59	0.00
August 22	83	57	0.00
August 23	84	56	0.00
August 24	86	62	0.00
August 25	85	61	0.00
August 26	87	58	0.00
August 27	82	64	0.00
August 28	85	68	0.00
August 29	85	70	0.00
August 30	81	67	1.26
August 31	82	68	0.20

September 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	66	0.81
September 2	77	67	0.56
September 3	78	69	0.66
September 4	79	63	0.00
September 5	75	57	0.00
September 6	75	58	0.00
September 7	78	57	0.06
September 8	73	57	0.26
September 9	70	53	0.00
September 10	81	53	0.00
September 11	84	60	0.00
September 12	84	60	0.00
September 13	85	64	0.00
September 14	78	63	2.60
September 15	70	54	0.00
September 16	58	50	0.01
September 17	57	49	0.00
September 18	59	47	0.03
September 19	70	47	0.00
September 20	72	52	0.00
September 21	75	51	0.00
September 22	64	41	0.00
September 23	62	36	0.00
September 24	69	39	0.00
September 25	71	52	0.00
September 26	82	61	0.00
September 27	75	55	0.00
September 28	64	45	0.00
September 29	61	39	0.06
September 30	80	52	0.01

October 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	49	0.00
October 2	54	38	0.02
October 3	59	32	0.00
October 4	70	38	0.00
October 5	81	59	0.09
October 6	70	46	0.24
October 7	59	40	0.00
October 8	60	34	0.00
October 9	63	37	0.00
October 10	64	47	0.00
October 11	65	42	0.00
October 12	67	37	0.00
October 13	72	44	0.00
October 14	69	42	0.00
October 15	61	54	0.00
October 16	61	42	0.00
October 17	71	35	0.03
October 18	64	37	0.13
October 19	50	36	0.00
October 20	68	38	0.00
October 21	70	47	0.00
October 22	54	42	0.15
October 23	47	26	0.00
October 24	45	23	0.00
October 25	59	27	0.36
October 26	61	48	0.96
October 27	59	47	0.81
October 28	62	39	0.00
October 29	66	41	0.00
October 30	73	45	0.00
October 31	72	49	0.00

November 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	72	52	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	53	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	54	0.00	0.0
November 4	75	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	50	0.07	0.0
November 6	51	37	0.01	0.0
November 7	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	30	0.02	0.0
November 10	51	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	63	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	53	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	61	41	1.89	0.0
November 20	50	30	0.01	0.3
November 21	31	26	0.01	0.5
November 22	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	18	0.34	0.0
November 24	40	28	0.07	0.0
November 25	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	64	34	0.19	0.0
November 27	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	24	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	23	0.19	0.0

December 1981 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	60	35	0.52	0.0
December 2	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	46	33	0.05	0.0
December 4	41	35	0.06	0.0
December 5	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 7	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	28	0.00	0.1
December 9	30	22	0.02	0.4
December 10	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	18	0.00	0.1
December 17	29	20	0.34	6.2
December 18	22	10	0.00	0.1
December 19	13	1	0.00	0.0
December 20	14	-6	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	12	0.51	5.6
December 22	50	34	1.34	0.0
December 23	49	22	0.01	0.0
December 24	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	30	0.13	0.0
December 28	34	28	0.18	2.2
December 29	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	23	0.30	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Dayton International Airport	location
1893–1947	Dayton	location