Indianapolis Weather in 1981

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	December 20
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	July 27
Most daily snow	6.4 inches	December 17
Total annual precipitation	37.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1981 was 95 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 13
2	94 °F	Jul 9
3	93 °F	Jun 24
4	92 °F	Jul 12
5	91 °F	Jul 11
5	91 °F	Jul 8
5	91 °F	Jun 14
8	90 °F	Jul 14
8	90 °F	Jun 29
8	90 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1981 was -11 °F which happened on Dec 20.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	December 20
2	-9 °F	December 19
3	-8 °F	January 12
4	-5 °F	February 12
5	-4 °F	January 9
6	-2 °F	February 11
6	-2 °F	January 8
6	-2 °F	January 7
9	-1 °F	January 11
10	0 °F	January 10

January 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	6	0.00	0.0
January 4	18	3	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	30	16	0.28	3.0
January 7	30	-2	0.00	0.0
January 8	19	-2	0.02	0.2
January 9	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 10	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-1	0.01	0.1
January 12	23	-8	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	28	20	0.01	0.1
January 15	30	18	0.03	0.4
January 16	20	3	0.01	0.1
January 17	22	6	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	34	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	58	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	54	37	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	13	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	23	0.59	0.1
February 2	24	5	0.04	0.5
February 3	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 4	18	7	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	2	0.01	0.1
February 6	34	25	0.01	0.2
February 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	30	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	29	1.34	3.7
February 11	29	-2	0.20	2.4
February 12	21	-5	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	51	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	41	0.38	0.0
February 17	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 18	57	46	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	43	0.01	0.0
February 20	55	38	0.00	0.0
February 21	49	34	0.00	0.0
February 22	55	40	0.05	0.0
February 23	40	33	0.23	0.2
February 24	50	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	62	38	0.02	0.0

March 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	31	0.43	0.0
March 5	38	28	0.29	0.0
March 6	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 15	54	29	0.03	0.0
March 16	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	21	0.01	0.2
March 19	28	22	0.04	0.5
March 20	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 22	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	61	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	40	0.08	0.0
March 27	58	41	0.07	0.0
March 28	77	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	55	0.27	0.0
March 30	65	48	0.00	0.0
March 31	85	42	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	68	45	0.01
April 2	77	33	0.00
April 3	75	52	0.30
April 4	72	47	0.34
April 5	47	38	0.00
April 6	56	30	0.00
April 7	72	35	0.00
April 8	72	54	0.00
April 9	67	49	0.02
April 10	73	48	1.08
April 11	75	61	0.35
April 12	76	57	0.13
April 13	76	55	0.01
April 14	74	41	0.02
April 15	58	33	0.00
April 16	63	39	0.00
April 17	79	61	0.18
April 18	70	53	0.00
April 19	62	49	0.22
April 20	56	41	0.00
April 21	58	33	0.00
April 22	63	49	1.14
April 23	67	50	0.14
April 24	53	41	0.03
April 25	63	37	0.00
April 26	78	48	0.24
April 27	83	56	0.00
April 28	83	61	0.90
April 29	63	52	0.15
April 30	63	50	0.55

May 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	46	0.02
May 2	64	38	0.00
May 3	73	42	0.00
May 4	79	49	0.00
May 5	67	51	1.01
May 6	60	46	0.31
May 7	63	40	0.00
May 8	72	43	0.00
May 9	69	59	0.51
May 10	65	56	0.64
May 11	58	43	0.04
May 12	61	38	0.00
May 13	63	45	0.21
May 14	63	52	0.76
May 15	66	45	0.01
May 16	72	41	0.00
May 17	71	54	0.07
May 18	56	44	1.45
May 19	66	46	0.02
May 20	73	43	0.00
May 21	79	42	0.00
May 22	79	49	0.00
May 23	82	60	0.02
May 24	81	64	1.55
May 25	77	60	0.26
May 26	70	61	0.80
May 27	70	61	1.19
May 28	77	55	0.00
May 29	82	55	0.00
May 30	78	60	0.36
May 31	74	52	0.00

June 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	57	0.01
June 2	82	64	0.00
June 3	83	69	0.00
June 4	83	69	0.01
June 5	85	69	0.42
June 6	85	60	0.00
June 7	83	53	0.00
June 8	88	64	0.00
June 9	85	66	0.11
June 10	83	59	0.02
June 11	78	56	0.00
June 12	83	66	0.55
June 13	87	74	0.07
June 14	91	76	0.00
June 15	90	74	0.00
June 16	75	58	0.00
June 17	79	52	0.00
June 18	83	56	0.00
June 19	79	60	0.00
June 20	85	60	0.00
June 21	82	70	0.04
June 22	82	63	0.02
June 23	83	58	0.00
June 24	93	62	0.00
June 25	82	64	0.39
June 26	81	56	0.00
June 27	82	56	0.00
June 28	86	58	0.00
June 29	90	68	0.00
June 30	89	70	0.00

July 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	72	0.01
July 2	78	67	0.05
July 3	82	64	0.00
July 4	76	66	0.72
July 5	81	69	1.01
July 6	89	70	0.00
July 7	89	70	0.00
July 8	91	73	0.00
July 9	94	77	0.00
July 10	89	70	0.00
July 11	91	63	0.00
July 12	92	63	0.00
July 13	95	76	0.25
July 14	90	73	0.03
July 15	77	62	0.80
July 16	84	68	0.00
July 17	88	70	0.00
July 18	87	68	0.00
July 19	81	75	0.38
July 20	87	73	0.33
July 21	81	63	0.00
July 22	79	56	0.00
July 23	75	61	0.10
July 24	85	64	0.00
July 25	85	68	0.00
July 26	81	72	0.15
July 27	84	69	1.86
July 28	79	60	0.06
July 29	73	55	0.00
July 30	78	55	0.00
July 31	83	55	0.00

August 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	63	0.00
August 2	85	65	0.00
August 3	81	70	0.01
August 4	87	66	0.00
August 5	85	69	0.31
August 6	84	71	0.00
August 7	83	66	0.00
August 8	75	64	0.00
August 9	83	60	0.00
August 10	85	64	0.18
August 11	78	62	0.00
August 12	81	57	0.00
August 13	83	60	0.00
August 14	80	64	0.00
August 15	79	69	0.44
August 16	75	63	0.00
August 17	77	58	0.00
August 18	79	56	0.00
August 19	83	57	0.00
August 20	84	58	0.00
August 21	83	56	0.00
August 22	82	56	0.00
August 23	83	55	0.00
August 24	86	58	0.00
August 25	86	65	0.00
August 26	85	66	0.00
August 27	80	68	0.12
August 28	79	68	0.08
August 29	83	69	0.00
August 30	83	68	0.55
August 31	87	72	0.00

September 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	71	0.30
September 2	74	71	0.13
September 3	77	70	0.07
September 4	79	62	0.00
September 5	79	55	0.00
September 6	79	59	0.00
September 7	78	55	0.10
September 8	74	56	0.02
September 9	75	49	0.00
September 10	81	51	0.00
September 11	83	61	0.00
September 12	86	57	0.00
September 13	87	63	0.00
September 14	75	67	0.21
September 15	75	58	0.00
September 16	61	46	0.39
September 17	60	45	0.17
September 18	62	46	0.03
September 19	71	48	0.00
September 20	75	53	0.00
September 21	78	53	0.00
September 22	67	48	0.00
September 23	67	39	0.00
September 24	73	41	0.00
September 25	78	56	0.00
September 26	84	62	0.05
September 27	75	55	0.03
September 28	67	44	0.00
September 29	58	41	0.54
September 30	84	53	0.00

October 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	46	0.00
October 2	54	35	0.00
October 3	61	29	0.00
October 4	70	45	0.00
October 5	81	59	0.08
October 6	70	48	0.18
October 7	61	40	0.00
October 8	62	33	0.00
October 9	66	43	0.00
October 10	62	54	0.00
October 11	68	50	0.00
October 12	71	47	0.00
October 13	73	49	0.00
October 14	63	51	0.09
October 15	64	55	0.00
October 16	66	48	0.00
October 17	69	45	0.51
October 18	68	42	0.48
October 19	52	34	0.00
October 20	70	36	0.00
October 21	72	48	0.00
October 22	50	42	0.44
October 23	42	25	0.00
October 24	44	20	0.00
October 25	59	28	0.09
October 26	55	48	0.20
October 27	53	39	0.28
October 28	65	32	0.00
October 29	67	44	0.00
October 30	75	47	0.00
October 31	74	50	0.00

November 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	73	57	0.00	0.0
November 2	70	58	0.04	0.0
November 3	73	57	0.00	0.0
November 4	75	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	51	0.08	0.0
November 6	53	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	57	31	0.03	0.0
November 10	48	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	26	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	32	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	27	0.00	0.0
November 16	57	39	0.00	0.0
November 17	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	62	42	0.25	0.0
November 20	42	28	0.07	0.4
November 21	29	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	37	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	23	0.29	0.0
November 24	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	65	41	0.15	0.0
November 27	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 28	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	39	25	0.21	0.0

December 1981 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	56	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	29	0.13	0.0
December 4	40	31	0.02	0.0
December 5	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	15	0.06	1.5
December 17	28	14	0.47	6.4
December 18	15	3	0.02	0.3
December 19	15	-9	0.00	0.0
December 20	17	-11	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	15	0.45	5.0
December 22	37	34	1.62	0.0
December 23	35	17	0.01	0.0
December 24	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	28	0.17	0.0
December 27	38	29	0.21	0.3
December 28	34	25	0.15	2.1
December 29	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	7	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	28	0.09	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location