Great Falls Weather in 1981

Historical record of Great Falls, Montana weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Great Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 5
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	65 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	December 29
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	May 8
Most daily snow	4.2 inches	October 12
Total annual precipitation	13.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Great Falls in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1981 was 101 °F which happened on July 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 5
2	96 °F	Aug 14
3	93 °F	Sep 18
3	93 °F	Sep 8
3	93 °F	Aug 19
3	93 °F	Aug 12
3	93 °F	Jul 4
3	93 °F	Jul 3
9	92 °F	Sep 9
9	92 °F	Aug 29
9	92 °F	Aug 26
9	92 °F	Aug 25

What was the coldest temperature in Great Falls in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1981 was -24 °F which happened on Feb 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	February 9
2	-23 °F	February 10
3	-21 °F	December 29
4	-19 °F	December 31
5	-13 °F	December 28
6	-10 °F	December 30
7	-7 °F	December 27
8	5 °F	December 14
8	5 °F	February 5
8	5 °F	February 1
8	5 °F	January 16

January 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 3	49	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	51	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 8	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	26	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	52	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	54	30	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	5	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	52	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	39	0.00	0.0
January 20	60	30	0.00	0.0
January 21	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 22	62	41	0.00	0.0
January 23	57	38	0.00	0.0
January 24	46	30	0.12	1.2
January 25	31	21	0.13	1.3
January 26	31	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	16	0.02	0.4
January 31	28	13	0.07	1.2

February 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	32	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	14	0.03	0.6
February 7	32	6	0.03	0.4
February 8	29	6	0.24	3.2
February 9	8	-24	0.14	2.8
February 10	7	-23	0.00	0.1
February 11	30	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	42	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	38	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	39	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	57	42	0.00	0.0
February 17	52	39	0.00	0.0
February 18	54	40	0.00	0.0
February 19	67	41	0.00	0.0
February 20	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 22	55	33	0.00	0.0
February 23	61	37	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	46	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	16	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	21	0.00	0.0
March 3	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	57	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	56	28	0.01	0.1
March 6	32	26	0.09	2.0
March 7	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	53	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	58	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	57	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	64	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	64	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	59	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	31	0.51	0.0
March 17	38	29	0.30	3.0
March 18	31	16	0.21	2.4
March 19	28	7	0.00	0.0
March 20	24	9	0.02	0.2
March 21	29	13	0.01	0.2
March 22	51	15	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	34	0.18	0.0
March 27	43	31	0.10	0.4
March 28	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	59	33	0.30	0.3
March 30	36	32	0.36	2.9
March 31	49	29	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 3	46	26	0.01	0.1
April 4	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	64	33	0.01	0.0
April 6	46	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 8	50	24	0.00	0.0
April 9	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	50	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	66	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	75	32	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	39	0.00	0.0
April 17	66	31	0.00	0.0
April 18	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 19	62	41	0.00	0.0
April 20	62	44	0.00	0.0
April 21	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	37	0.00	0.0
April 23	73	47	0.00	0.0
April 24	67	47	0.00	0.0
April 25	64	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	51	39	0.03	0.0
April 27	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	61	49	0.00	0.0
April 29	66	46	0.00	0.0
April 30	74	46	0.00	0.0

May 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	82	53	0.03
May 2	63	35	0.00
May 3	59	30	0.00
May 4	67	36	0.03
May 5	58	31	0.15
May 6	46	39	0.33
May 7	53	39	0.15
May 8	47	38	0.82
May 9	62	38	0.00
May 10	55	42	0.03
May 11	42	34	0.00
May 12	47	39	0.05
May 13	60	40	0.00
May 14	66	45	0.03
May 15	59	42	0.45
May 16	46	38	0.74
May 17	55	38	0.02
May 18	69	48	0.00
May 19	74	48	0.10
May 20	66	46	0.09
May 21	66	49	0.81
May 22	67	51	0.38
May 23	67	51	0.07
May 24	70	51	0.00
May 25	74	49	0.18
May 26	71	51	0.04
May 27	73	51	0.00
May 28	67	47	0.00
May 29	69	41	0.00
May 30	77	48	0.14
May 31	65	45	0.56

June 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	45	0.00
June 2	75	46	0.00
June 3	67	51	0.01
June 4	68	49	0.00
June 5	75	45	0.00
June 6	73	55	0.02
June 7	67	50	0.00
June 8	65	49	0.00
June 9	66	43	0.00
June 10	69	43	0.00
June 11	72	46	0.00
June 12	59	43	0.32
June 13	58	40	0.09
June 14	53	37	0.78
June 15	67	43	0.00
June 16	70	49	0.00
June 17	61	38	0.01
June 18	64	38	0.00
June 19	72	46	0.02
June 20	70	49	0.00
June 21	65	41	0.00
June 22	74	48	0.00
June 23	68	46	0.00
June 24	73	39	0.00
June 25	82	43	0.00
June 26	91	55	0.00
June 27	79	50	0.06
June 28	70	43	0.01
June 29	83	46	0.00
June 30	91	56	0.00

July 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	55	0.00
July 2	82	42	0.00
July 3	93	50	0.00
July 4	93	57	0.00
July 5	101	64	0.03
July 6	81	61	0.41
July 7	67	47	0.10
July 8	75	45	0.00
July 9	84	46	0.00
July 10	82	50	0.01
July 11	80	49	0.00
July 12	88	54	0.04
July 13	77	52	0.26
July 14	74	49	0.00
July 15	78	50	0.00
July 16	77	49	0.12
July 17	79	53	0.01
July 18	84	54	0.00
July 19	84	53	0.00
July 20	84	52	0.00
July 21	84	50	0.00
July 22	84	48	0.00
July 23	79	48	0.00
July 24	74	54	0.00
July 25	65	52	0.00
July 26	74	50	0.00
July 27	85	55	0.00
July 28	89	53	0.02
July 29	91	56	0.03
July 30	77	50	0.01
July 31	84	45	0.00

August 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	49	0.00
August 2	80	55	0.00
August 3	87	43	0.06
August 4	82	54	0.00
August 5	84	49	0.00
August 6	85	50	0.00
August 7	88	53	0.00
August 8	72	54	0.01
August 9	83	50	0.00
August 10	90	52	0.00
August 11	91	57	0.00
August 12	93	53	0.00
August 13	87	58	0.00
August 14	96	56	0.01
August 15	89	57	0.00
August 16	90	56	0.00
August 17	91	56	0.01
August 18	86	55	0.00
August 19	93	56	0.50
August 20	90	60	0.07
August 21	78	54	0.00
August 22	82	49	0.00
August 23	85	46	0.00
August 24	88	51	0.00
August 25	92	54	0.00
August 26	92	61	0.00
August 27	91	65	0.00
August 28	89	55	0.00
August 29	92	47	0.00
August 30	74	46	0.55
August 31	72	44	0.00

September 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	55	0.00
September 2	72	50	0.00
September 3	71	41	0.00
September 4	80	44	0.00
September 5	69	53	0.00
September 6	77	46	0.00
September 7	81	43	0.00
September 8	93	53	0.00
September 9	92	51	0.00
September 10	82	57	0.00
September 11	90	48	0.00
September 12	90	54	0.00
September 13	80	45	0.00
September 14	77	43	0.00
September 15	78	44	0.00
September 16	83	48	0.00
September 17	90	50	0.00
September 18	93	47	0.00
September 19	85	51	0.00
September 20	66	44	0.00
September 21	62	41	0.00
September 22	63	38	0.00
September 23	62	32	0.00
September 24	68	32	0.02
September 25	48	39	0.24
September 26	55	35	0.00
September 27	61	39	0.13
September 28	66	48	0.00
September 29	58	41	0.00
September 30	62	37	0.00

October 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	74	44	0.00	0.0
October 2	73	43	0.00	0.0
October 3	54	33	0.01	0.0
October 4	53	26	0.00	0.0
October 5	57	25	0.00	0.0
October 6	71	46	0.00	0.0
October 7	75	45	0.02	0.0
October 8	58	38	0.00	0.0
October 9	58	37	0.00	0.0
October 10	53	35	0.01	0.0
October 11	38	32	0.25	1.1
October 12	33	30	0.47	4.2
October 13	40	23	0.01	0.0
October 14	52	31	0.00	0.0
October 15	59	43	0.00	0.0
October 16	62	41	0.00	0.0
October 17	54	37	0.00	0.0
October 18	67	37	0.00	0.0
October 19	70	34	0.01	0.1
October 20	34	22	0.14	1.9
October 21	41	14	0.00	0.0
October 22	41	23	0.00	0.0
October 23	50	22	0.00	0.0
October 24	44	33	0.11	0.6
October 25	58	31	0.00	0.0
October 26	63	48	0.00	0.0
October 27	66	47	0.00	0.0
October 28	70	41	0.00	0.0
October 29	55	38	0.03	0.0
October 30	51	33	0.00	0.0
October 31	61	40	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	46	0.00	0.0
November 2	72	46	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	48	0.00	0.0
November 4	51	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	57	21	0.00	0.0
November 6	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	58	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	41	0.00	0.0
November 10	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	62	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	65	45	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	33	0.02	0.0
November 14	57	39	0.13	0.0
November 15	47	37	0.00	0.0
November 16	58	41	0.01	0.0
November 17	43	31	0.03	0.0
November 18	34	29	0.02	0.2
November 19	46	19	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 24	37	22	0.04	0.4
November 25	35	15	0.03	0.3
November 26	33	12	0.00	0.0
November 27	17	7	0.01	0.1
November 28	33	13	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	23	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	55	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	57	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	29	11	0.00	0.0
December 13	23	16	0.02	0.2
December 14	39	5	0.06	0.7
December 15	24	10	0.06	0.7
December 16	26	7	0.11	1.3
December 17	31	11	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	55	33	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 22	27	10	0.03	0.4
December 23	31	10	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	12	0.00	0.0
December 27	18	-7	0.07	1.3
December 28	-3	-13	0.08	1.3
December 29	-3	-21	0.00	0.0
December 30	15	-10	0.00	0.0
December 31	15	-19	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Great Falls International Airport	location
1892–1937	Great Falls 16th Street	location