Raleigh Weather in 1981

Historical record of Raleigh, North Carolina weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Raleigh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	June 22
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 13
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 13
Lowest daily high	23 °F	January 12
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	October 25
Most daily snow	2.6 inches	January 30
Total annual precipitation	36.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Raleigh in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1981 was 100 °F which happened on June 22.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jun 22
2	99 °F	Jun 25
3	98 °F	Aug 5
3	98 °F	Jun 16
5	97 °F	Jul 28
5	97 °F	Jul 27
5	97 °F	Jun 15
8	96 °F	Jul 10
9	95 °F	Jul 21
9	95 °F	Jul 20
9	95 °F	Jul 9
9	95 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Raleigh in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1981 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 13
2	6 °F	January 31
2	6 °F	January 12
2	6 °F	January 5
5	7 °F	February 4
6	8 °F	February 1
6	8 °F	January 11
8	11 °F	February 3
9	12 °F	December 21
9	12 °F	January 30
9	12 °F	January 4

January 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 2	47	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	6	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	13	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	26	0.22	0.0
January 8	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	45	32	0.50	0.0
January 22	54	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	60	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	64	33	0.00	0.0
January 27	63	43	0.00	0.0
January 28	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 29	60	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	41	12	0.15	2.6
January 31	38	6	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	59	8	0.00
February 2	64	30	0.46
February 3	32	11	0.00
February 4	38	7	0.00
February 5	38	18	0.00
February 6	47	25	0.00
February 7	48	26	0.19
February 8	49	30	0.03
February 9	47	22	0.00
February 10	64	32	0.00
February 11	67	27	0.86
February 12	33	17	0.00
February 13	41	18	0.00
February 14	54	26	0.00
February 15	61	28	0.00
February 16	67	31	0.00
February 17	69	43	0.00
February 18	71	50	0.03
February 19	63	54	1.35
February 20	63	52	0.08
February 21	65	49	0.00
February 22	65	50	0.00
February 23	64	43	0.02
February 24	55	39	0.00
February 25	67	33	0.00
February 26	63	31	0.00
February 27	64	31	0.00
February 28	76	35	0.00

March 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	70	50	0.00
March 2	62	42	0.00
March 3	54	34	0.00
March 4	58	29	0.59
March 5	56	43	0.19
March 6	53	36	0.00
March 7	49	33	0.00
March 8	54	27	0.00
March 9	54	28	0.00
March 10	53	28	0.00
March 11	60	26	0.00
March 12	55	25	0.00
March 13	68	34	0.00
March 14	51	31	0.00
March 15	65	19	0.00
March 16	56	31	0.06
March 17	59	18	0.00
March 18	63	32	0.01
March 19	43	27	0.00
March 20	41	24	0.00
March 21	57	22	0.00
March 22	45	33	0.54
March 23	46	32	0.45
March 24	57	30	0.00
March 25	64	30	0.00
March 26	68	35	0.00
March 27	77	49	0.00
March 28	67	33	0.00
March 29	73	41	0.00
March 30	72	57	0.51
March 31	84	49	0.00

April 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	70	58	0.00
April 2	79	46	0.00
April 3	81	47	0.00
April 4	80	58	0.00
April 5	78	57	0.33
April 6	60	38	0.00
April 7	63	29	0.00
April 8	74	42	0.00
April 9	63	54	0.30
April 10	74	48	0.00
April 11	83	54	0.00
April 12	85	60	0.00
April 13	65	48	0.00
April 14	76	47	0.00
April 15	68	46	0.00
April 16	73	32	0.00
April 17	70	51	0.02
April 18	84	58	0.00
April 19	78	46	0.00
April 20	66	49	0.22
April 21	62	41	0.00
April 22	74	36	0.00
April 23	77	60	0.08
April 24	72	50	0.05
April 25	66	41	0.00
April 26	73	37	0.00
April 27	88	53	0.00
April 28	89	57	0.00
April 29	84	65	0.00
April 30	78	58	0.03

May 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	52	0.00
May 2	66	47	0.00
May 3	70	38	0.00
May 4	79	40	0.00
May 5	83	49	0.00
May 6	78	55	0.00
May 7	64	46	0.21
May 8	70	40	0.00
May 9	71	46	0.00
May 10	70	52	0.48
May 11	80	58	0.45
May 12	73	50	0.00
May 13	76	43	0.00
May 14	80	53	0.00
May 15	80	57	0.00
May 16	72	47	0.00
May 17	71	51	0.00
May 18	76	58	0.00
May 19	58	49	0.07
May 20	53	50	1.44
May 21	74	51	0.00
May 22	82	46	0.00
May 23	82	51	0.00
May 24	88	54	0.00
May 25	88	62	0.00
May 26	81	62	0.00
May 27	77	63	0.61
May 28	78	63	0.32
May 29	81	59	0.00
May 30	86	58	0.00
May 31	89	65	0.70

June 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	66	0.08
June 2	83	67	0.01
June 3	82	66	0.00
June 4	87	71	0.00
June 5	89	69	0.00
June 6	83	73	0.28
June 7	85	68	0.00
June 8	86	71	0.00
June 9	89	71	0.00
June 10	91	73	0.00
June 11	85	66	0.00
June 12	82	67	0.09
June 13	91	68	0.01
June 14	93	70	0.00
June 15	97	73	0.00
June 16	98	73	0.00
June 17	93	72	0.00
June 18	84	69	0.00
June 19	86	70	0.06
June 20	90	69	0.00
June 21	92	71	0.00
June 22	100	77	0.00
June 23	90	73	0.00
June 24	95	70	0.00
June 25	99	76	0.00
June 26	87	70	0.02
June 27	82	63	0.00
June 28	85	56	0.00
June 29	87	57	0.00
June 30	91	66	0.00

July 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	63	1.50
July 2	78	68	0.36
July 3	74	71	0.99
July 4	82	72	0.82
July 5	90	73	0.91
July 6	87	73	0.02
July 7	92	74	0.00
July 8	93	73	0.00
July 9	95	73	0.00
July 10	96	77	0.00
July 11	93	77	0.00
July 12	92	75	0.00
July 13	94	78	0.00
July 14	93	76	0.32
July 15	86	70	0.00
July 16	83	70	0.20
July 17	88	74	0.00
July 18	91	69	0.00
July 19	92	72	0.00
July 20	95	76	0.12
July 21	95	74	0.00
July 22	91	70	0.00
July 23	90	70	0.00
July 24	87	70	0.09
July 25	90	74	0.00
July 26	93	73	0.00
July 27	97	74	0.00
July 28	97	73	0.36
July 29	88	72	0.00
July 30	83	66	0.00
July 31	86	65	0.00

August 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	65	0.00
August 2	88	71	0.00
August 3	88	71	0.28
August 4	94	73	0.00
August 5	98	75	0.00
August 6	85	73	0.82
August 7	90	74	0.02
August 8	89	75	1.58
August 9	91	75	0.00
August 10	91	74	0.00
August 11	90	71	0.25
August 12	82	70	0.67
August 13	87	67	0.00
August 14	89	68	0.00
August 15	89	66	0.00
August 16	91	70	0.00
August 17	77	61	0.00
August 18	80	53	0.00
August 19	69	60	1.23
August 20	74	62	0.07
August 21	77	54	0.00
August 22	64	58	0.40
August 23	81	54	0.00
August 24	84	66	0.01
August 25	81	63	0.00
August 26	79	57	0.00
August 27	80	56	0.00
August 28	82	56	0.00
August 29	77	62	0.01
August 30	81	66	0.00
August 31	84	62	0.00

September 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	62	0.00
September 2	85	63	0.00
September 3	84	66	0.00
September 4	81	66	0.00
September 5	71	68	1.22
September 6	78	67	0.00
September 7	80	66	1.22
September 8	81	66	0.02
September 9	79	54	0.00
September 10	80	51	0.00
September 11	85	57	0.00
September 12	84	64	0.00
September 13	85	63	0.00
September 14	85	65	0.00
September 15	87	68	0.04
September 16	75	65	0.20
September 17	73	62	0.00
September 18	70	62	0.00
September 19	71	48	0.00
September 20	78	48	0.00
September 21	80	49	0.00
September 22	80	59	0.00
September 23	69	50	0.00
September 24	74	41	0.00
September 25	76	43	0.00
September 26	81	45	0.00
September 27	84	55	0.00
September 28	81	52	0.00
September 29	75	44	0.00
September 30	84	50	0.00

October 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	88	63	0.00
October 2	71	42	0.15
October 3	66	36	0.00
October 4	71	36	0.00
October 5	80	50	0.00
October 6	88	57	0.07
October 7	71	53	0.00
October 8	69	43	0.00
October 9	67	40	0.00
October 10	64	43	0.06
October 11	67	52	0.00
October 12	68	45	0.00
October 13	65	41	0.00
October 14	70	44	0.00
October 15	70	43	0.00
October 16	78	41	0.00
October 17	68	40	0.00
October 18	77	50	0.06
October 19	59	35	0.00
October 20	66	29	0.00
October 21	73	35	0.00
October 22	78	41	0.00
October 23	74	51	0.20
October 24	52	43	0.07
October 25	50	42	2.04
October 26	74	48	0.20
October 27	76	51	1.79
October 28	72	46	0.00
October 29	61	52	0.00
October 30	57	53	0.00
October 31	61	49	0.00

November 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	64	49	0.00
November 2	75	44	0.00
November 3	77	51	0.00
November 4	75	52	0.00
November 5	72	52	0.38
November 6	69	49	0.00
November 7	61	37	0.00
November 8	68	31	0.00
November 9	72	40	0.00
November 10	58	47	0.00
November 11	56	43	0.00
November 12	56	38	0.00
November 13	56	34	0.00
November 14	65	35	0.00
November 15	70	36	0.00
November 16	67	38	0.09
November 17	61	45	0.11
November 18	67	39	0.00
November 19	73	38	0.00
November 20	74	42	0.00
November 21	47	31	0.00
November 22	48	26	0.00
November 23	52	24	0.00
November 24	44	38	0.36
November 25	53	34	0.00
November 26	59	29	0.00
November 27	73	47	0.01
November 28	60	43	0.00
November 29	52	31	0.00
November 30	44	28	0.00

December 1981 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	37	0.14
December 2	67	39	0.15
December 3	57	36	0.00
December 4	49	40	0.02
December 5	50	36	0.00
December 6	51	28	0.00
December 7	61	29	0.00
December 8	65	39	0.00
December 9	43	28	0.00
December 10	39	25	0.00
December 11	44	23	0.00
December 12	45	21	0.00
December 13	48	22	0.00
December 14	42	31	0.41
December 15	41	37	1.67
December 16	46	30	0.00
December 17	55	26	0.00
December 18	47	28	0.24
December 19	36	21	0.00
December 20	32	15	0.00
December 21	41	12	0.17
December 22	62	34	0.05
December 23	71	52	0.06
December 24	55	45	0.15
December 25	47	35	0.76
December 26	37	34	0.00
December 27	42	34	0.00
December 28	42	32	0.04
December 29	51	32	0.00
December 30	43	25	0.00
December 31	49	28	1.10

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Raleigh Durham International Airport	location
1940–1944	Raleigh Municipal Airport	location
1892–1939	Raleigh State University	location