New York City Weather in 1981

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	2 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	February 20
Most daily snow	8.6 inches	March 5
Total annual precipitation	38.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	18.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1981 was 96 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 9
2	95 °F	Jul 8
3	94 °F	Jul 12
3	94 °F	Jul 11
3	94 °F	Jul 7
6	93 °F	Jul 19
6	93 °F	Jul 13
6	93 °F	Jul 10
6	93 °F	Jun 16
10	92 °F	Aug 10
10	92 °F	Jul 18

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1981 was 2 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	January 12
2	5 °F	January 13
2	5 °F	January 4
4	8 °F	February 5
4	8 °F	January 11
6	11 °F	January 10
6	11 °F	January 5
8	12 °F	January 8
9	13 °F	January 3
10	14 °F	January 18
10	14 °F	January 9
10	14 °F	January 7

January 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	24	0.00	0.3
January 2	34	16	0.00	0.1
January 3	21	13	0.03	1.5
January 4	14	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	20	0.08	0.8
January 7	37	14	0.41	4.1
January 8	21	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	19	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 14	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	30	27	0.06	1.2
January 17	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 19	45	31	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	31	0.00	0.0
January 25	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	46	36	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	40	0.00	0.0
January 28	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	16	0.00	0.0

February 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	47	27	0.03
February 2	51	29	0.77
February 3	29	16	0.00
February 4	25	15	0.00
February 5	22	8	0.00
February 6	35	21	0.00
February 7	41	30	0.00
February 8	49	29	0.17
February 9	31	20	0.00
February 10	46	28	0.00
February 11	57	38	1.09
February 12	38	19	0.01
February 13	31	18	0.00
February 14	45	24	0.00
February 15	44	32	0.00
February 16	56	33	0.00
February 17	62	46	0.00
February 18	68	48	0.00
February 19	59	49	0.85
February 20	57	47	1.77
February 21	49	47	0.02
February 22	53	43	0.03
February 23	49	37	0.96
February 24	60	48	0.11
February 25	48	40	0.00
February 26	46	39	0.10
February 27	54	37	0.00
February 28	44	35	0.13

March 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	40	0.00	0.0
March 2	47	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	31	0.65	8.6
March 6	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	33	0.02	0.0
March 8	46	37	0.01	0.0
March 9	50	41	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 11	44	36	0.12	0.0
March 12	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	60	40	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	27	0.04	0.0
March 17	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 21	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	48	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	37	0.00	0.0
March 27	59	43	0.04	0.0
March 28	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	44	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	56	0.31	0.0
March 31	72	57	0.00	0.0

April 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	62	47	0.37
April 2	67	52	0.05
April 3	81	52	0.00
April 4	68	57	0.01
April 5	65	55	0.71
April 6	56	45	0.06
April 7	63	41	0.00
April 8	70	45	0.00
April 9	75	55	0.06
April 10	70	48	0.00
April 11	74	52	0.04
April 12	68	46	0.20
April 13	57	37	0.07
April 14	58	43	0.87
April 15	52	37	0.00
April 16	64	37	0.00
April 17	66	52	0.01
April 18	79	52	0.00
April 19	68	46	0.00
April 20	57	37	0.00
April 21	53	33	0.00
April 22	59	37	0.00
April 23	52	48	0.62
April 24	68	49	0.08
April 25	53	45	0.00
April 26	66	45	0.00
April 27	71	54	0.00
April 28	71	55	0.25
April 29	75	57	0.02
April 30	64	56	0.00

May 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	51	0.00
May 2	62	51	0.51
May 3	71	50	0.00
May 4	75	54	0.00
May 5	71	55	0.00
May 6	74	52	0.00
May 7	65	44	0.00
May 8	67	49	0.00
May 9	66	46	0.00
May 10	68	54	0.00
May 11	63	59	1.67
May 12	72	53	0.23
May 13	72	49	0.00
May 14	75	58	0.00
May 15	74	60	0.69
May 16	70	58	0.00
May 17	71	52	0.00
May 18	69	50	0.00
May 19	66	51	0.00
May 20	74	52	0.00
May 21	76	54	0.00
May 22	79	54	0.00
May 23	78	53	0.00
May 24	86	58	0.00
May 25	87	67	0.00
May 26	87	71	0.00
May 27	87	67	0.00
May 28	77	66	0.30
May 29	70	65	0.14
May 30	85	65	0.00
May 31	78	64	0.02

June 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	60	0.00
June 2	65	60	0.72
June 3	67	61	0.10
June 4	84	65	0.00
June 5	82	67	0.00
June 6	83	72	0.00
June 7	78	64	0.00
June 8	76	58	0.00
June 9	85	70	0.12
June 10	72	67	0.05
June 11	83	61	0.00
June 12	86	67	0.00
June 13	85	64	0.00
June 14	69	61	0.33
June 15	81	62	0.03
June 16	93	70	0.00
June 17	83	70	0.00
June 18	81	65	0.00
June 19	81	66	0.00
June 20	81	69	0.21
June 21	85	68	0.49
June 22	91	71	0.01
June 23	82	68	0.00
June 24	80	65	0.00
June 25	85	68	0.65
June 26	71	63	0.00
June 27	81	58	0.00
June 28	85	65	0.00
June 29	89	68	0.00
June 30	82	67	0.00

July 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	68	0.75
July 2	84	70	0.03
July 3	80	71	0.35
July 4	75	70	1.76
July 5	82	69	0.06
July 6	88	71	0.00
July 7	94	74	0.00
July 8	95	77	0.00
July 9	96	80	0.00
July 10	93	79	0.00
July 11	94	72	0.00
July 12	94	77	0.00
July 13	93	78	0.00
July 14	85	69	0.00
July 15	87	66	0.00
July 16	89	68	0.00
July 17	90	72	0.00
July 18	92	72	0.00
July 19	93	72	0.03
July 20	80	71	0.84
July 21	89	72	0.56
July 22	84	69	0.00
July 23	83	63	0.00
July 24	80	65	0.00
July 25	81	69	0.00
July 26	79	73	0.10
July 27	87	71	1.65
July 28	78	67	0.01
July 29	85	65	0.07
July 30	84	62	0.00
July 31	84	68	0.00

August 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	68	0.00
August 2	86	68	0.00
August 3	83	71	0.00
August 4	91	72	0.00
August 5	90	73	0.01
August 6	90	69	0.00
August 7	87	69	0.00
August 8	75	68	0.20
August 9	87	70	0.00
August 10	92	73	0.00
August 11	88	74	0.00
August 12	75	72	0.01
August 13	85	71	0.00
August 14	85	72	0.00
August 15	86	73	0.28
August 16	89	65	0.08
August 17	79	59	0.00
August 18	85	62	0.00
August 19	83	65	0.00
August 20	81	64	0.00
August 21	84	62	0.00
August 22	78	66	0.00
August 23	85	65	0.00
August 24	83	68	0.00
August 25	78	64	0.00
August 26	78	64	0.00
August 27	86	65	0.00
August 28	78	70	0.00
August 29	80	70	0.00
August 30	81	71	0.00
August 31	82	69	0.01

September 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	70	0.04
September 2	79	65	0.00
September 3	75	67	0.00
September 4	73	66	0.00
September 5	80	66	0.00
September 6	81	66	0.00
September 7	74	66	0.06
September 8	79	65	1.55
September 9	75	61	0.00
September 10	75	55	0.00
September 11	86	66	0.00
September 12	89	71	0.00
September 13	85	65	0.00
September 14	89	71	0.00
September 15	76	64	0.51
September 16	64	61	1.19
September 17	65	60	0.02
September 18	69	59	0.05
September 19	66	58	0.00
September 20	75	58	0.00
September 21	72	54	0.00
September 22	80	58	0.03
September 23	61	52	0.00
September 24	60	53	0.00
September 25	75	52	0.00
September 26	74	58	0.00
September 27	82	63	0.00
September 28	70	54	0.00
September 29	65	47	0.00
September 30	65	47	0.00

October 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	58	47	0.43
October 2	64	50	0.15
October 3	58	48	0.00
October 4	65	46	0.00
October 5	68	56	0.00
October 6	68	59	0.18
October 7	61	53	0.00
October 8	60	49	0.00
October 9	63	47	0.00
October 10	62	46	0.00
October 11	61	43	0.00
October 12	60	43	0.00
October 13	63	43	0.00
October 14	67	43	0.00
October 15	65	47	0.00
October 16	71	47	0.00
October 17	66	44	0.00
October 18	61	50	0.60
October 19	55	42	0.00
October 20	59	38	0.00
October 21	68	48	0.00
October 22	69	54	0.00
October 23	67	44	0.95
October 24	53	41	0.00
October 25	54	40	0.08
October 26	57	51	0.65
October 27	65	56	0.45
October 28	65	50	0.00
October 29	53	48	0.00
October 30	53	42	0.00
October 31	52	49	0.00

November 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	59	51	0.00
November 2	72	50	0.00
November 3	65	50	0.00
November 4	70	50	0.00
November 5	65	52	0.00
November 6	65	44	0.81
November 7	44	40	0.00
November 8	62	41	0.00
November 9	63	42	0.01
November 10	44	38	0.00
November 11	56	44	0.00
November 12	47	37	0.00
November 13	53	35	0.00
November 14	56	45	0.00
November 15	52	46	0.09
November 16	54	48	0.03
November 17	54	45	0.28
November 18	53	47	0.00
November 19	60	50	0.00
November 20	56	47	0.46
November 21	47	41	0.00
November 22	42	38	0.00
November 23	41	35	0.00
November 24	42	33	0.00
November 25	40	31	0.00
November 26	45	29	0.00
November 27	60	43	0.01
November 28	45	42	0.00
November 29	44	36	0.00
November 30	42	33	0.00

December 1981 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	32	1.12	0.0
December 2	58	47	0.49	0.0
December 3	50	40	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	38	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	39	0.00	0.0
December 6	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 8	42	38	0.29	0.0
December 9	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	27	0.01	0.1
December 12	41	31	0.02	0.2
December 13	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	29	1.02	1.4
December 15	38	35	1.34	0.0
December 16	40	34	0.43	0.4
December 17	35	30	0.01	0.0
December 18	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	57	39	0.09	0.0
December 24	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	35	0.30	0.0
December 28	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	30	0.06	0.0

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