Poughkeepsie Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 16
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	2 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	May 11
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	December 16
Total annual precipitation	35.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1981 was 95 °F which happened on June 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 16
2	94 °F	Jul 9
3	93 °F	Jul 8
4	91 °F	Jul 11
4	91 °F	Jul 7
4	91 °F	May 25
7	90 °F	Aug 10
7	90 °F	Jul 12
9	89 °F	Aug 14
9	89 °F	Aug 11
9	89 °F	Jul 18
9	89 °F	Jul 13

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1981 was -20 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	January 12
2	-18 °F	January 13
2	-18 °F	January 4
4	-7 °F	December 21
4	-7 °F	January 18
4	-7 °F	January 9
4	-7 °F	January 5
8	-6 °F	January 14
8	-6 °F	January 3
10	-4 °F	January 11

January 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	21	13	0.01	0.0
January 2	32	10	0.07	1.0
January 3	10	-6	0.08	1.0
January 4	2	-18	0.00	0.0
January 5	23	-7	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	6	0.20	2.0
January 7	34	11	0.33	3.2
January 8	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	-7	0.00	0.0
January 10	22	4	0.01	0.0
January 11	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 12	8	-20	0.00	0.0
January 13	12	-18	0.00	0.0
January 14	17	-6	0.01	0.0
January 15	23	3	0.00	0.0
January 16	24	14	0.06	1.2
January 17	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 18	27	-7	0.00	0.0
January 19	43	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 21	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	6	0.00	0.0
January 26	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	2	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	47	4	0.08
February 2	54	28	0.85
February 3	28	11	0.00
February 4	20	11	0.01
February 5	18	3	0.00
February 6	30	3	0.01
February 7	39	14	0.00
February 8	40	28	0.32
February 9	28	15	0.00
February 10	40	12	0.02
February 11	63	35	0.93
February 12	35	14	0.00
February 13	29	8	0.00
February 14	43	11	0.00
February 15	42	20	0.00
February 16	52	21	0.00
February 17	60	38	0.03
February 18	65	35	0.00
February 19	61	37	0.10
February 20	56	52	1.19
February 21	61	48	0.00
February 22	55	45	0.00
February 23	48	41	0.53
February 24	56	39	0.30
February 25	42	36	0.91
February 26	45	38	0.14
February 27	46	30	0.00
February 28	40	22	0.00

March 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	48	26	0.00
March 2	44	24	0.00
March 3	32	17	0.00
March 4	37	13	0.00
March 5	34	29	0.01
March 6	42	28	0.00
March 7	39	30	0.07
March 8	42	35	0.02
March 9	45	33	0.00
March 10	47	27	0.00
March 11	45	27	0.00
March 12	43	25	0.00
March 13	55	28	0.00
March 14	38	25	0.00
March 15	57	26	0.00
March 16	46	24	0.00
March 17	36	14	0.00
March 18	33	12	0.00
March 19	34	10	0.00
March 20	33	10	0.00
March 21	41	12	0.00
March 22	48	26	0.00
March 23	49	24	0.00
March 24	52	20	0.00
March 25	48	25	0.00
March 26	55	23	0.00
March 27	54	29	0.04
March 28	60	22	0.00
March 29	75	36	0.00
March 30	66	45	0.01
March 31	67	41	0.00

April 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	33	0.94
April 2	66	36	0.00
April 3	78	30	0.00
April 4	70	52	0.03
April 5	64	43	0.41
April 6	45	41	0.15
April 7	63	35	0.00
April 8	73	31	0.00
April 9	69	48	0.10
April 10	71	34	0.00
April 11	68	45	0.00
April 12	63	44	0.00
April 13	63	41	0.00
April 14	53	39	1.00
April 15	52	26	0.00
April 16	65	24	0.00
April 17	63	43	0.01
April 18	77	48	0.00
April 19	71	33	0.00
April 20	56	32	0.00
April 21	52	27	0.00
April 22	70	24	0.00
April 23	45	36	0.55
April 24	68	44	0.07
April 25	54	43	0.00
April 26	69	40	0.00
April 27	71	42	0.00
April 28	74	43	0.22
April 29	74	53	0.53
April 30	64	41	0.00

May 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	34	0.10
May 2	60	44	0.04
May 3	72	33	0.00
May 4	79	38	0.00
May 5	80	52	0.00
May 6	78	45	0.06
May 7	63	36	0.00
May 8	71	30	0.00
May 9	75	32	0.00
May 10	72	38	0.01
May 11	65	58	2.58
May 12	68	48	0.54
May 13	74	44	0.00
May 14	n/a	n/a	0.00
May 15	n/a	n/a	0.78
May 16	n/a	n/a	0.16
May 17	n/a	n/a	0.00
May 18	n/a	n/a	0.00
May 19	n/a	n/a	0.00
May 20	75	n/a	0.00
May 21	79	40	0.00
May 22	81	46	0.00
May 23	78	45	0.00
May 24	86	48	0.00
May 25	91	55	0.00
May 26	88	61	0.00
May 27	86	63	0.00
May 28	80	65	0.10
May 29	73	66	0.38
May 30	86	63	0.00
May 31	79	55	0.07

June 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	43	0.00
June 2	66	58	0.11
June 3	69	59	0.28
June 4	85	63	0.05
June 5	81	n/a	0.00
June 6	87	59	0.03
June 7	74	50	0.00
June 8	79	43	0.00
June 9	72	65	0.04
June 10	75	60	0.00
June 11	80	49	0.00
June 12	82	53	0.28
June 13	77	56	0.00
June 14	69	60	0.50
June 15	87	60	0.11
June 16	95	70	0.00
June 17	82	55	0.00
June 18	82	50	0.00
June 19	83	55	0.00
June 20	70	63	0.33
June 21	80	61	0.91
June 22	84	65	0.41
June 23	78	54	0.00
June 24	79	49	0.00
June 25	81	68	0.76
June 26	69	53	0.00
June 27	77	47	0.00
June 28	82	47	0.00
June 29	86	40	0.00
June 30	84	58	0.00

July 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	56	0.25
July 2	81	68	0.66
July 3	82	68	0.63
July 4	78	65	0.68
July 5	80	65	0.16
July 6	84	62	0.00
July 7	91	63	0.00
July 8	93	63	0.00
July 9	94	72	0.00
July 10	88	64	0.00
July 11	91	57	0.00
July 12	90	64	0.00
July 13	89	70	0.00
July 14	79	66	0.00
July 15	82	55	0.00
July 16	83	52	0.00
July 17	85	56	0.00
July 18	89	60	0.00
July 19	87	59	0.00
July 20	75	68	0.90
July 21	88	71	0.40
July 22	80	57	0.00
July 23	77	51	0.00
July 24	82	52	0.00
July 25	77	58	0.00
July 26	80	66	0.00
July 27	83	57	0.00
July 28	77	51	0.01
July 29	81	60	0.10
July 30	78	48	0.00
July 31	83	53	0.00

August 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	55	0.00
August 2	87	57	0.00
August 3	86	59	0.00
August 4	87	64	0.00
August 5	86	66	0.04
August 6	87	58	0.00
August 7	84	58	0.00
August 8	75	66	0.03
August 9	88	66	0.00
August 10	90	63	0.00
August 11	89	64	0.04
August 12	81	67	0.00
August 13	84	65	0.00
August 14	89	62	0.00
August 15	87	67	0.22
August 16	85	59	0.08
August 17	76	52	0.00
August 18	80	45	0.00
August 19	83	47	0.00
August 20	81	49	0.00
August 21	84	48	0.00
August 22	78	56	0.00
August 23	84	49	0.00
August 24	78	55	0.23
August 25	78	55	0.00
August 26	83	62	0.00
August 27	84	57	0.00
August 28	84	63	0.00
August 29	78	63	0.00
August 30	77	66	0.00
August 31	78	65	0.00

September 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	63	0.25
September 2	82	60	0.00
September 3	71	62	0.00
September 4	72	62	0.00
September 5	77	58	0.00
September 6	77	56	0.00
September 7	74	64	0.01
September 8	78	61	1.42
September 9	72	48	0.00
September 10	77	42	0.00
September 11	84	57	0.00
September 12	88	55	0.03
September 13	83	51	0.00
September 14	86	56	0.08
September 15	68	62	0.24
September 16	64	55	0.42
September 17	66	54	0.00
September 18	68	53	0.07
September 19	61	53	0.03
September 20	69	46	0.00
September 21	68	40	0.00
September 22	73	55	0.04
September 23	59	47	0.01
September 24	57	48	0.12
September 25	74	42	0.00
September 26	68	50	0.00
September 27	80	52	0.09
September 28	64	49	0.00
September 29	61	41	0.00
September 30	57	33	0.00

October 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	48	38	0.71
October 2	60	47	0.22
October 3	55	42	0.00
October 4	64	44	0.00
October 5	66	49	0.00
October 6	63	49	0.21
October 7	59	49	0.06
October 8	58	43	0.00
October 9	58	32	0.00
October 10	57	29	0.00
October 11	59	27	0.00
October 12	56	28	0.00
October 13	62	26	0.00
October 14	67	27	0.00
October 15	65	30	0.00
October 16	65	36	0.00
October 17	60	30	0.00
October 18	56	31	0.80
October 19	52	38	0.00
October 20	60	30	0.00
October 21	72	34	0.00
October 22	69	40	0.00
October 23	62	38	0.79
October 24	49	29	0.00
October 25	53	26	0.00
October 26	53	46	0.53
October 27	65	52	0.80
October 28	60	41	0.00
October 29	51	32	0.00
October 30	48	28	0.00
October 31	56	38	0.00

November 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	39	0.00
November 2	70	34	0.00
November 3	61	32	0.00
November 4	66	31	0.00
November 5	66	30	0.00
November 6	60	41	0.48
November 7	43	27	0.00
November 8	59	21	0.00
November 9	57	29	0.00
November 10	44	29	0.00
November 11	53	35	0.00
November 12	42	19	0.00
November 13	50	17	0.00
November 14	53	27	0.00
November 15	49	41	0.10
November 16	53	46	0.02
November 17	49	44	0.10
November 18	52	43	0.06
November 19	55	44	0.02
November 20	53	43	0.40
November 21	44	39	0.00
November 22	41	34	0.00
November 23	42	22	0.00
November 24	39	18	0.00
November 25	34	25	0.00
November 26	39	20	0.00
November 27	55	32	0.10
November 28	45	38	0.00
November 29	41	31	0.00
November 30	44	20	0.00

December 1981 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	34	17	0.88	0.0
December 2	46	34	0.43	0.0
December 3	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	25	0.06	0.0
December 5	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	29	0.01	0.0
December 9	32	27	0.03	0.0
December 10	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	31	16	0.41	4.0
December 15	35	30	0.53	2.0
December 16	38	27	0.41	8.0
December 17	30	24	0.17	2.0
December 18	29	23	0.10	1.0
December 19	24	10	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	-1	0.00	0.0
December 21	29	-7	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	25	0.14	0.0
December 23	50	31	0.30	0.0
December 24	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	23	0.14	2.0
December 28	42	24	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	35	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	8	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Airport	location
1893–1948	Poughkeepsie	location