Sioux City Weather in 1981

Historical record of Sioux City, Iowa weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Sioux City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 11
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 13
Lowest daily high	0 °F	December 18
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 3
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	20.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux City in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 was 98 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux City in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 11
1	98 °F	Jun 28
1	98 °F	Jun 23
4	97 °F	Jul 14
4	97 °F	Jun 13
6	96 °F	Jun 7
7	95 °F	Sep 13
7	95 °F	Jul 13
7	95 °F	Jul 12
10	93 °F	Sep 10
10	93 °F	Apr 25

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux City in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 was -23 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux City in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-23 °F	February 11
2	-17 °F	December 18
3	-15 °F	December 19
4	-14 °F	February 10
5	-11 °F	December 17
6	-4 °F	February 3
6	-4 °F	January 11
8	-2 °F	December 31
8	-2 °F	February 4
8	-2 °F	January 17
8	-2 °F	January 10

January 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	49	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 4	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 9	21	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	-4	0.00	0.0
January 12	53	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	6	0.00	0.0
January 16	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	-2	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	12	0.00	0.0
January 19	50	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	46	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	49	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	60	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	70	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	6	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	22	0.37	5.5

February 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	3	0.03	0.5
February 2	12	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 4	17	-2	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	11	0.01	0.1
February 6	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 7	28	3	0.00	0.0
February 8	18	-1	0.01	0.1
February 9	14	1	0.13	2.5
February 10	4	-14	0.13	2.3
February 11	6	-23	0.00	0.0
February 12	28	3	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	13	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	66	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	71	35	0.00	0.0
February 18	65	35	0.00	0.0
February 19	61	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	65	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	51	35	0.01	0.0
February 22	49	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	67	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	40	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	30	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	53	19	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	13	0.00	0.0
March 3	36	21	0.19	0.0
March 4	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	46	19	0.00	0.0
March 6	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	12	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	13	0.00	0.0
March 9	50	23	0.02	0.4
March 10	56	17	0.00	0.0
March 11	57	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	50	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	67	14	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	64	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	20	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	13	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	37	0.03	0.0
March 22	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	63	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	36	0.01	0.0
March 25	70	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	39	0.00	0.0
March 28	71	52	1.33	0.0
March 29	60	46	0.20	0.0
March 30	62	44	0.00	0.0
March 31	57	46	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	70	39	0.00
April 2	86	42	0.00
April 3	80	36	0.00
April 4	47	36	0.06
April 5	55	27	0.00
April 6	74	31	0.00
April 7	71	40	0.00
April 8	62	43	0.00
April 9	71	35	0.00
April 10	75	50	0.00
April 11	69	50	0.00
April 12	78	46	0.00
April 13	68	40	0.01
April 14	55	30	0.00
April 15	65	28	0.00
April 16	72	49	0.01
April 17	78	44	0.00
April 18	72	45	0.00
April 19	64	49	0.00
April 20	57	39	0.00
April 21	65	44	0.10
April 22	60	46	0.28
April 23	67	38	0.00
April 24	73	33	0.00
April 25	93	52	0.01
April 26	90	52	0.00
April 27	90	61	0.00
April 28	69	50	0.00
April 29	78	47	0.00
April 30	74	44	0.00

May 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	40	0.00
May 2	86	45	0.00
May 3	70	55	0.79
May 4	63	49	0.00
May 5	67	43	0.00
May 6	63	44	0.00
May 7	62	42	0.00
May 8	72	50	0.00
May 9	56	42	0.00
May 10	62	32	0.00
May 11	68	32	0.00
May 12	55	47	0.32
May 13	61	46	0.00
May 14	72	40	0.00
May 15	77	42	0.00
May 16	74	55	0.08
May 17	55	52	0.63
May 18	64	44	0.02
May 19	70	37	0.00
May 20	75	41	0.00
May 21	78	49	0.01
May 22	82	57	0.00
May 23	78	50	0.00
May 24	73	50	0.00
May 25	75	49	0.00
May 26	74	49	0.00
May 27	81	50	0.00
May 28	82	62	0.13
May 29	84	53	0.00
May 30	82	51	0.00
May 31	86	55	0.00

June 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	59	0.00
June 2	75	59	0.44
June 3	80	53	0.00
June 4	86	54	0.00
June 5	92	62	0.00
June 6	89	54	0.00
June 7	96	69	0.02
June 8	87	64	0.00
June 9	73	59	0.10
June 10	83	54	0.00
June 11	84	62	0.00
June 12	91	64	0.00
June 13	97	74	0.00
June 14	81	60	1.00
June 15	72	56	0.00
June 16	79	52	0.00
June 17	91	56	0.00
June 18	72	54	0.00
June 19	83	49	0.00
June 20	80	60	0.00
June 21	79	58	0.07
June 22	80	53	0.00
June 23	98	55	0.07
June 24	84	63	0.00
June 25	86	55	0.00
June 26	91	56	0.00
June 27	89	68	0.03
June 28	98	68	1.00
June 29	81	65	0.34
June 30	81	58	0.00

July 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	61	0.00
July 2	83	68	0.05
July 3	76	68	2.26
July 4	85	65	0.00
July 5	86	64	0.00
July 6	87	63	0.00
July 7	87	68	0.00
July 8	88	66	0.00
July 9	83	57	0.00
July 10	91	65	0.01
July 11	98	75	0.00
July 12	95	72	0.00
July 13	95	75	0.00
July 14	97	72	0.06
July 15	82	69	0.10
July 16	86	64	0.00
July 17	91	71	0.95
July 18	81	68	0.00
July 19	86	66	0.18
July 20	87	63	0.00
July 21	81	64	0.00
July 22	84	63	0.00
July 23	80	67	0.02
July 24	83	67	0.00
July 25	78	64	0.13
July 26	69	57	0.00
July 27	61	57	0.59
July 28	69	57	0.00
July 29	71	60	0.01
July 30	80	68	0.00
July 31	81	69	0.00

August 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	69	0.44
August 2	85	64	0.00
August 3	87	68	0.04
August 4	89	68	0.09
August 5	86	70	0.13
August 6	83	67	0.00
August 7	82	61	0.00
August 8	85	59	0.00
August 9	78	61	0.00
August 10	80	53	0.00
August 11	86	54	0.00
August 12	90	61	0.00
August 13	74	62	0.57
August 14	87	70	0.00
August 15	85	64	0.00
August 16	76	56	0.00
August 17	73	50	0.00
August 18	76	52	0.00
August 19	78	53	0.00
August 20	82	54	0.00
August 21	85	55	0.00
August 22	87	57	0.00
August 23	74	63	0.24
August 24	80	59	0.11
August 25	81	63	0.00
August 26	79	62	0.00
August 27	71	65	0.09
August 28	68	62	0.01
August 29	82	60	0.00
August 30	84	67	0.00
August 31	79	56	0.00

September 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	49	0.00
September 2	78	47	0.00
September 3	75	55	0.00
September 4	80	53	0.00
September 5	85	56	0.00
September 6	86	62	0.43
September 7	77	57	0.04
September 8	80	51	0.00
September 9	92	52	0.00
September 10	93	58	0.00
September 11	88	58	0.00
September 12	88	48	0.00
September 13	95	56	0.00
September 14	81	56	0.00
September 15	67	47	0.15
September 16	59	40	0.00
September 17	66	36	0.00
September 18	78	38	0.00
September 19	88	46	0.00
September 20	87	47	0.00
September 21	78	54	0.00
September 22	73	47	0.00
September 23	80	54	0.00
September 24	69	62	0.12
September 25	78	65	0.00
September 26	69	52	0.23
September 27	69	44	0.00
September 28	76	42	0.00
September 29	92	58	0.00
September 30	64	52	0.00

October 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	61	39	0.00	0.0
October 2	65	28	0.00	0.0
October 3	60	51	0.15	0.0
October 4	62	52	0.00	0.0
October 5	63	49	0.04	0.0
October 6	62	38	0.00	0.0
October 7	66	33	0.00	0.0
October 8	67	40	0.00	0.0
October 9	60	45	0.00	0.0
October 10	74	38	0.00	0.0
October 11	70	45	0.00	0.0
October 12	63	56	0.02	0.0
October 13	64	45	0.94	0.0
October 14	54	45	0.77	0.0
October 15	63	38	0.00	0.0
October 16	67	40	0.00	0.0
October 17	62	43	0.76	0.0
October 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
October 19	72	27	0.00	0.0
October 20	61	36	0.00	0.0
October 21	48	33	0.05	0.0
October 22	46	25	0.00	0.0
October 23	38	20	0.00	0.0
October 24	45	31	0.16	2.0
October 25	49	25	0.00	0.0
October 26	62	27	0.00	0.0
October 27	68	35	0.00	0.0
October 28	65	43	0.00	0.0
October 29	68	41	0.00	0.0
October 30	65	45	0.00	0.0
October 31	63	40	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	42	0.12	0.0
November 2	58	49	0.47	0.0
November 3	59	43	0.11	0.0
November 4	52	41	0.06	0.0
November 5	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	62	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	66	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	24	0.00	0.0
November 9	43	18	0.00	0.0
November 10	61	25	0.00	0.0
November 11	59	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	31	0.00	0.0
November 13	65	36	0.00	0.0
November 14	64	41	0.00	0.0
November 15	67	39	0.00	0.0
November 16	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	62	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	52	36	0.02	0.0
November 19	36	24	0.11	1.5
November 20	24	18	0.00	0.0
November 21	30	17	0.00	0.0
November 22	41	22	0.01	0.0
November 23	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 24	40	34	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	38	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	37	23	0.00	0.0
November 28	32	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	32	1.00	5.3

December 1981 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	16	0.01	0.1
December 2	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	32	0.00	0.0
December 13	33	24	0.34	3.3
December 14	24	5	0.01	0.1
December 15	22	1	0.10	1.0
December 16	9	0	0.07	1.5
December 17	2	-11	0.00	0.0
December 18	0	-17	0.00	0.0
December 19	7	-15	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	0	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	33	7	0.00	0.0
December 25	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 26	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	27	9	0.04	0.8
December 28	16	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	21	4	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	21	-2	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Sioux City Gateway Airport	location