Missoula Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Missoula Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 26
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	59 °F	July 6
Lowest daily high	3 °F	February 10
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	May 21
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	February 12
Total annual precipitation	17.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Missoula in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Missoula, Montana in 1981 was 99 °F which happened on August 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Missoula in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 26
2	97 °F	Aug 25
2	97 °F	Aug 13
4	96 °F	Aug 12
4	96 °F	Jul 5
6	94 °F	Aug 24
6	94 °F	Aug 17
6	94 °F	Aug 16
6	94 °F	Aug 11
6	94 °F	Aug 7

What was the coldest temperature in Missoula in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Missoula, Montana in 1981 was -16 °F which happened on Feb 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Missoula in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	February 10
2	-5 °F	February 9
3	-4 °F	February 11
4	2 °F	December 18
4	2 °F	December 17
6	8 °F	December 31
7	11 °F	December 29
8	12 °F	December 28
8	12 °F	November 28
10	13 °F	December 27
10	13 °F	November 29

January 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	34	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	31	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 7	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	28	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	25	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	27	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 17	28	19	0.01	0.1
January 18	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	31	0.10	0.5
January 25	38	28	0.02	0.4
January 26	33	23	0.01	0.0
January 27	41	26	0.00	0.1
January 28	41	27	0.01	0.1
January 29	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	31	0.01	0.2

February 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	14	0.05	1.2
February 7	34	22	0.00	0.1
February 8	37	26	0.08	1.1
February 9	26	-5	0.09	1.0
February 10	3	-16	0.00	0.0
February 11	17	-4	0.04	1.1
February 12	31	16	0.17	3.3
February 13	39	30	0.02	0.0
February 14	47	34	0.05	0.0
February 15	45	34	0.00	0.0
February 16	46	36	0.12	0.0
February 17	47	33	0.01	0.0
February 18	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	34	0.05	0.0
February 20	42	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	32	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 23	59	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	59	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	50	33	0.01	0.0
February 26	46	29	0.08	0.2
February 27	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	20	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 2	52	20	0.00	0.0
March 3	52	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	30	0.01	0.0
March 6	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	54	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	55	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	59	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	62	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	62	23	0.00	0.0
March 13	62	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	61	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	63	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	31	0.04	0.0
March 17	38	33	0.20	1.0
March 18	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	56	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	57	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	31	0.14	0.0
March 23	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	32	0.09	0.0
March 26	47	37	0.50	0.0
March 27	58	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	59	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	33	0.33	0.0
March 30	40	33	0.12	1.0
March 31	53	33	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	47	33	0.00
April 2	49	29	0.00
April 3	48	30	0.00
April 4	48	27	0.00
April 5	65	34	0.03
April 6	47	30	0.00
April 7	43	26	0.04
April 8	50	22	0.00
April 9	49	34	0.00
April 10	49	27	0.00
April 11	56	28	0.00
April 12	46	30	0.09
April 13	50	24	0.02
April 14	66	24	0.00
April 15	79	25	0.00
April 16	62	39	0.00
April 17	67	30	0.00
April 18	71	30	0.00
April 19	72	49	0.00
April 20	66	43	0.01
April 21	52	38	0.03
April 22	57	35	0.01
April 23	77	45	0.00
April 24	62	48	0.17
April 25	59	41	0.00
April 26	58	44	0.01
April 27	63	44	0.00
April 28	56	47	0.33
April 29	65	47	0.00
April 30	80	41	0.00

May 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	52	0.00
May 2	58	39	0.00
May 3	60	31	0.00
May 4	59	30	0.03
May 5	53	25	0.02
May 6	58	40	0.00
May 7	59	34	0.00
May 8	56	33	0.00
May 9	65	31	0.00
May 10	57	44	0.22
May 11	49	39	0.12
May 12	59	38	0.00
May 13	69	34	0.00
May 14	66	50	0.15
May 15	52	45	0.60
May 16	51	44	0.03
May 17	59	45	0.00
May 18	68	40	0.00
May 19	72	40	0.02
May 20	69	48	0.09
May 21	56	50	1.54
May 22	58	50	0.14
May 23	73	52	0.20
May 24	75	49	0.00
May 25	70	50	0.07
May 26	72	45	0.00
May 27	75	44	0.00
May 28	76	43	0.00
May 29	80	50	0.00
May 30	77	50	0.84
May 31	64	52	0.12

June 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	48	0.00
June 2	74	44	0.16
June 3	65	47	0.00
June 4	63	52	0.05
June 5	75	51	0.10
June 6	66	54	0.62
June 7	63	47	0.14
June 8	60	49	0.01
June 9	63	44	0.02
June 10	65	42	0.08
June 11	71	43	0.00
June 12	57	45	0.26
June 13	58	45	0.00
June 14	61	43	0.16
June 15	70	48	0.02
June 16	58	43	0.28
June 17	60	41	0.00
June 18	59	39	0.16
June 19	72	49	0.06
June 20	66	50	0.08
June 21	64	46	0.01
June 22	74	48	0.25
June 23	67	47	0.00
June 24	75	38	0.00
June 25	86	41	0.00
June 26	88	51	0.00
June 27	74	51	0.00
June 28	74	42	0.00
June 29	82	43	0.00
June 30	92	47	0.24

July 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	56	0.04
July 2	82	44	0.00
July 3	89	47	0.00
July 4	93	49	0.00
July 5	96	55	0.00
July 6	77	59	0.48
July 7	59	48	0.13
July 8	72	37	0.00
July 9	85	42	0.00
July 10	81	48	0.00
July 11	78	48	0.04
July 12	87	46	0.00
July 13	79	52	0.00
July 14	74	45	0.00
July 15	81	44	0.00
July 16	87	45	0.00
July 17	88	53	0.00
July 18	81	48	0.04
July 19	85	51	0.00
July 20	85	48	0.00
July 21	82	46	0.02
July 22	85	45	0.00
July 23	86	46	0.00
July 24	82	48	0.00
July 25	78	55	0.28
July 26	79	47	0.00
July 27	86	47	0.00
July 28	84	49	0.04
July 29	83	53	0.00
July 30	77	48	0.00
July 31	84	43	0.00

August 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	45	0.00
August 2	82	48	0.04
August 3	83	45	0.00
August 4	84	52	0.00
August 5	86	45	0.00
August 6	91	48	0.00
August 7	94	51	0.00
August 8	88	56	0.01
August 9	88	54	0.00
August 10	90	50	0.00
August 11	94	48	0.00
August 12	96	51	0.00
August 13	97	52	0.06
August 14	92	56	0.03
August 15	89	54	0.00
August 16	94	52	0.00
August 17	94	52	0.00
August 18	87	55	0.00
August 19	81	51	0.00
August 20	85	56	0.97
August 21	81	51	0.00
August 22	83	44	0.00
August 23	90	44	0.00
August 24	94	53	0.00
August 25	97	55	0.00
August 26	99	56	0.00
August 27	89	55	0.00
August 28	89	51	0.00
August 29	88	47	0.00
August 30	67	50	0.50
August 31	70	43	0.00

September 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	52	0.00
September 2	71	47	0.00
September 3	75	39	0.00
September 4	76	42	0.00
September 5	76	43	0.00
September 6	78	41	0.00
September 7	87	41	0.00
September 8	89	43	0.00
September 9	92	43	0.00
September 10	80	50	0.00
September 11	84	40	0.00
September 12	88	42	0.00
September 13	87	43	0.00
September 14	84	44	0.00
September 15	85	40	0.00
September 16	87	44	0.00
September 17	91	43	0.00
September 18	90	45	0.00
September 19	65	43	0.07
September 20	60	34	0.00
September 21	59	41	0.09
September 22	50	32	0.05
September 23	60	28	0.00
September 24	63	27	0.02
September 25	50	37	0.07
September 26	54	32	0.02
September 27	55	42	0.66
September 28	58	44	0.01
September 29	59	37	0.02
September 30	58	32	0.00

October 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	69	29	0.00	0.0
October 2	56	34	0.00	0.0
October 3	48	31	0.02	0.0
October 4	48	28	0.00	0.0
October 5	54	22	0.00	0.0
October 6	66	32	0.00	0.0
October 7	52	37	0.02	0.0
October 8	51	37	0.00	0.0
October 9	52	35	0.01	0.0
October 10	44	36	0.24	0.0
October 11	44	38	0.01	0.0
October 12	41	35	0.03	0.0
October 13	46	30	0.00	0.0
October 14	49	27	0.00	0.0
October 15	57	27	0.00	0.0
October 16	55	28	0.00	0.0
October 17	61	32	0.00	0.0
October 18	59	23	0.00	0.0
October 19	69	26	0.00	0.0
October 20	50	27	0.24	1.4
October 21	42	19	0.00	0.0
October 22	46	19	0.00	0.0
October 23	43	23	0.00	0.0
October 24	46	36	0.03	0.0
October 25	58	34	0.00	0.0
October 26	57	41	0.02	0.0
October 27	57	34	0.00	0.0
October 28	58	29	0.00	0.0
October 29	49	29	0.00	0.0
October 30	47	34	0.00	0.0
October 31	59	36	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	25	0.00	0.0
November 2	57	24	0.00	0.0
November 3	54	20	0.00	0.0
November 4	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	48	17	0.00	0.0
November 6	43	18	0.00	0.0
November 7	35	19	0.00	0.0
November 8	35	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 10	43	16	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	28	0.28	0.0
November 13	44	32	0.02	0.0
November 14	52	34	0.07	0.0
November 15	43	28	0.02	0.0
November 16	40	29	0.34	0.0
November 17	43	33	0.07	0.0
November 18	43	29	0.02	0.0
November 19	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	49	31	0.07	0.0
November 22	45	30	0.04	0.0
November 23	34	28	0.07	0.8
November 24	34	29	0.07	0.4
November 25	32	18	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	17	0.00	0.0
November 27	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 28	26	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	26	13	0.00	0.0
November 30	34	23	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	19	0.16	0.4
December 3	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	20	0.05	0.0
December 6	46	33	0.62	0.0
December 7	38	27	0.11	0.0
December 8	33	27	0.01	0.1
December 9	35	28	0.02	0.0
December 10	43	27	0.03	0.1
December 11	36	21	0.02	0.2
December 12	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	26	19	0.02	0.3
December 14	39	17	0.08	1.1
December 15	28	17	0.18	2.3
December 16	32	14	0.20	3.2
December 17	19	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	18	2	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	18	0.05	0.0
December 20	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 21	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 23	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	23	17	0.11	1.4
December 25	29	16	0.03	0.6
December 26	21	15	0.02	0.3
December 27	23	13	0.07	1.3
December 28	20	12	0.17	2.3
December 29	19	11	0.02	0.5
December 30	23	14	0.01	0.3
December 31	23	8	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Missoula International Airport	location
1893–1947	Missoula 6 NW WFO	location