San Francisco Weather in 1981

Historical record of San Francisco, California weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 San Francisco Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	89 °F	April 29
Lowest temperature	42 °F	January 10
Highest daily low	63 °F	June 19
Lowest daily high	48 °F	January 1
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	November 13
Total annual precipitation	24.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in San Francisco in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in San Francisco, California in 1981 was 89 °F which happened on April 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in San Francisco in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	89 °F	Apr 29
2	88 °F	Jun 15
3	85 °F	Jun 21
4	84 °F	Apr 28
5	83 °F	Jul 14
5	83 °F	Jun 19
7	82 °F	Jul 8
8	80 °F	Oct 1
8	80 °F	Jun 4
10	79 °F	Aug 27
10	79 °F	Jun 18
10	79 °F	May 11

What was the coldest temperature in San Francisco in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in San Francisco, California in 1981 was 42 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in San Francisco in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	42 °F	January 10
1	42 °F	January 9
1	42 °F	January 2
4	43 °F	January 11
4	43 °F	January 1
6	44 °F	January 31
6	44 °F	January 8
6	44 °F	January 7
9	45 °F	February 25
9	45 °F	February 1

January 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	48	43	0.00
January 2	50	42	0.00
January 3	59	47	0.13
January 4	60	48	0.00
January 5	57	48	0.00
January 6	54	47	0.00
January 7	52	44	0.00
January 8	53	44	0.00
January 9	52	42	0.00
January 10	50	42	0.00
January 11	52	43	0.00
January 12	54	46	0.00
January 13	62	47	0.00
January 14	59	48	0.00
January 15	66	50	0.00
January 16	63	53	0.05
January 17	62	52	0.10
January 18	64	51	0.00
January 19	58	54	0.30
January 20	61	54	0.04
January 21	63	55	0.00
January 22	64	54	0.82
January 23	56	52	0.31
January 24	57	49	0.02
January 25	57	46	0.00
January 26	51	46	0.30
January 27	59	51	1.75
January 28	55	48	0.44
January 29	54	46	0.71
January 30	56	47	0.00
January 31	57	44	0.00

February 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	60	45	0.00
February 2	61	48	0.00
February 3	65	46	0.00
February 4	59	48	0.00
February 5	60	49	0.00
February 6	59	48	0.00
February 7	60	50	0.00
February 8	53	50	0.06
February 9	65	49	0.34
February 10	63	51	0.00
February 11	62	52	0.08
February 12	66	51	0.00
February 13	65	54	0.26
February 14	66	56	0.19
February 15	63	53	0.00
February 16	66	52	0.00
February 17	65	53	0.00
February 18	74	53	0.00
February 19	60	52	0.01
February 20	65	48	0.00
February 21	69	52	0.00
February 22	68	53	0.00
February 23	62	52	0.00
February 24	54	47	0.34
February 25	56	45	0.13
February 26	56	48	0.19
February 27	60	49	0.00
February 28	53	48	0.49

March 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	57	50	0.04
March 2	59	51	0.00
March 3	54	51	0.00
March 4	53	48	0.35
March 5	59	46	0.00
March 6	61	49	0.00
March 7	61	50	0.00
March 8	66	51	0.00
March 9	67	52	0.00
March 10	65	51	0.00
March 11	66	52	0.00
March 12	56	50	0.00
March 13	59	51	0.58
March 14	58	50	0.00
March 15	55	50	1.25
March 16	62	48	0.01
March 17	66	51	0.00
March 18	56	50	0.63
March 19	58	50	0.07
March 20	53	47	0.44
March 21	62	50	0.76
March 22	64	52	0.00
March 23	63	50	0.00
March 24	63	50	0.00
March 25	59	50	0.56
March 26	56	48	0.03
March 27	64	51	0.00
March 28	68	51	0.00
March 29	56	49	0.01
March 30	59	48	0.00
March 31	56	48	0.00

April 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	48	0.03
April 2	59	47	0.00
April 3	61	48	0.00
April 4	69	50	0.00
April 5	67	50	0.00
April 6	58	48	0.00
April 7	62	48	0.00
April 8	56	48	0.00
April 9	60	48	0.00
April 10	55	46	0.00
April 11	56	46	0.00
April 12	62	47	0.00
April 13	66	48	0.00
April 14	62	46	0.00
April 15	56	48	0.00
April 16	66	50	0.00
April 17	56	50	0.00
April 18	52	50	0.05
April 19	57	49	0.08
April 20	62	50	0.00
April 21	63	50	0.00
April 22	76	53	0.00
April 23	58	50	0.00
April 24	58	50	0.00
April 25	52	49	0.03
April 26	56	47	0.00
April 27	68	49	0.00
April 28	84	56	0.00
April 29	89	57	0.00
April 30	67	52	0.00

May 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	50	0.00
May 2	58	50	0.00
May 3	62	49	0.00
May 4	58	49	0.00
May 5	63	48	0.00
May 6	65	50	0.00
May 7	64	49	0.00
May 8	74	50	0.00
May 9	59	50	0.00
May 10	64	48	0.00
May 11	79	52	0.00
May 12	66	51	0.00
May 13	62	51	0.00
May 14	57	49	0.00
May 15	58	50	0.00
May 16	62	50	0.00
May 17	60	50	0.00
May 18	62	53	0.15
May 19	61	51	0.01
May 20	62	50	0.00
May 21	60	51	0.00
May 22	66	50	0.00
May 23	66	52	0.00
May 24	63	52	0.00
May 25	66	53	0.00
May 26	63	52	0.00
May 27	61	52	0.00
May 28	60	52	0.00
May 29	59	51	0.00
May 30	63	52	0.00
May 31	67	51	0.00

June 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	57	51
June 2	64	52
June 3	68	53
June 4	80	58
June 5	69	57
June 6	60	53
June 7	67	52
June 8	68	55
June 9	64	54
June 10	72	53
June 11	64	53
June 12	63	53
June 13	65	56
June 14	77	54
June 15	88	60
June 16	78	58
June 17	78	56
June 18	79	61
June 19	83	63
June 20	75	59
June 21	85	60
June 22	78	56
June 23	64	53
June 24	63	52
June 25	62	53
June 26	67	54
June 27	68	52
June 28	62	51
June 29	58	53
June 30	58	52

July 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	60	52
July 2	65	53
July 3	62	52
July 4	75	52
July 5	76	54
July 6	63	52
July 7	75	54
July 8	82	54
July 9	64	53
July 10	63	52
July 11	59	52
July 12	62	51
July 13	75	53
July 14	83	52
July 15	56	50
July 16	56	51
July 17	56	51
July 18	61	50
July 19	61	50
July 20	63	50
July 21	62	50
July 22	59	51
July 23	59	52
July 24	62	52
July 25	60	51
July 26	61	52
July 27	61	54
July 28	60	52
July 29	58	52
July 30	59	52
July 31	57	52

August 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	62	52
August 2	65	53
August 3	62	54
August 4	58	52
August 5	66	51
August 6	65	50
August 7	67	50
August 8	64	52
August 9	61	52
August 10	62	53
August 11	65	56
August 12	64	55
August 13	63	55
August 14	63	55
August 15	65	55
August 16	59	53
August 17	59	52
August 18	62	54
August 19	69	56
August 20	64	54
August 21	68	53
August 22	59	53
August 23	66	54
August 24	65	56
August 25	70	55
August 26	74	55
August 27	79	56
August 28	68	54
August 29	66	54
August 30	66	54
August 31	63	54

September 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	63	51	0.00
September 2	67	53	0.00
September 3	65	52	0.00
September 4	60	52	0.00
September 5	71	52	0.00
September 6	64	52	0.00
September 7	60	54	0.00
September 8	62	52	0.00
September 9	60	54	0.00
September 10	65	54	0.00
September 11	61	53	0.00
September 12	64	55	0.00
September 13	65	56	0.00
September 14	61	55	0.00
September 15	64	56	0.00
September 16	67	57	0.00
September 17	67	56	0.00
September 18	65	55	0.00
September 19	72	55	0.00
September 20	72	54	0.00
September 21	76	55	0.00
September 22	74	56	0.00
September 23	65	54	0.00
September 24	62	53	0.00
September 25	72	55	0.03
September 26	72	54	0.00
September 27	68	58	0.00
September 28	64	55	0.00
September 29	68	54	0.00
September 30	78	56	0.00

October 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	59	0.00
October 2	62	56	0.00
October 3	62	53	0.22
October 4	63	52	0.00
October 5	68	52	0.00
October 6	68	56	0.00
October 7	63	55	0.37
October 8	64	53	0.00
October 9	65	54	0.00
October 10	63	55	0.10
October 11	61	53	0.00
October 12	63	50	0.00
October 13	61	50	0.00
October 14	66	51	0.00
October 15	68	54	0.00
October 16	71	52	0.00
October 17	68	53	0.00
October 18	72	53	0.00
October 19	70	51	0.00
October 20	60	52	0.00
October 21	61	52	0.00
October 22	67	51	0.00
October 23	73	50	0.00
October 24	56	50	0.00
October 25	61	54	0.00
October 26	63	57	0.00
October 27	64	58	0.09
October 28	64	52	0.85
October 29	60	51	0.37
October 30	69	51	0.00
October 31	73	57	0.00

November 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	77	56	0.00
November 2	73	53	0.00
November 3	64	52	0.00
November 4	63	54	0.00
November 5	62	54	0.00
November 6	64	54	0.00
November 7	66	53	0.00
November 8	67	52	0.00
November 9	68	56	0.00
November 10	68	56	0.00
November 11	68	55	0.00
November 12	63	58	1.21
November 13	64	58	1.96
November 14	65	58	0.10
November 15	66	58	0.00
November 16	67	57	0.00
November 17	61	54	0.18
November 18	60	50	0.00
November 19	64	51	0.00
November 20	64	55	0.00
November 21	62	58	0.32
November 22	64	55	0.24
November 23	65	54	0.01
November 24	57	51	0.16
November 25	56	50	0.37
November 26	55	48	0.52
November 27	53	47	0.23
November 28	58	48	0.00
November 29	59	47	0.00
November 30	56	48	0.00

December 1981 San Francisco Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	50	0.00
December 2	60	51	0.00
December 3	58	50	0.00
December 4	54	48	0.00
December 5	50	48	0.00
December 6	62	48	0.00
December 7	58	52	0.00
December 8	57	48	0.00
December 9	60	48	0.05
December 10	57	50	0.00
December 11	58	48	0.00
December 12	58	49	0.24
December 13	58	53	0.07
December 14	61	55	0.08
December 15	62	53	0.05
December 16	60	50	0.00
December 17	56	49	0.00
December 18	57	51	0.30
December 19	62	55	0.85
December 20	60	53	1.28
December 21	61	53	0.03
December 22	57	47	0.00
December 23	58	50	0.00
December 24	58	49	0.00
December 25	58	51	0.00
December 26	60	50	0.00
December 27	55	48	0.24
December 28	55	46	0.00
December 29	56	51	1.87
December 30	55	50	0.05
December 31	52	48	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1921–2024	Downtown San Francisco	location