St. Louis Weather in 1981

Historical record of St. Louis, Missouri weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 St. Louis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	79 °F	August 5
Lowest daily high	5 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	July 19
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	February 9
Total annual precipitation	45.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in St. Louis in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1981 was 96 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 13
2	95 °F	Jul 14
2	95 °F	Jul 12
4	94 °F	Jul 11
5	93 °F	Jul 9
6	92 °F	Aug 4
6	92 °F	Jul 20
6	92 °F	Jul 8
6	92 °F	Jun 24
10	91 °F	Sep 30
10	91 °F	Aug 14
10	91 °F	Jul 15
10	91 °F	Jun 9
10	91 °F	Jun 8

What was the coldest temperature in St. Louis in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1981 was -8 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	February 11
2	-2 °F	December 18
3	-1 °F	December 19
3	-1 °F	February 12
5	2 °F	December 20
6	4 °F	December 17
6	4 °F	February 10
8	7 °F	December 29
9	8 °F	February 5
9	8 °F	January 17

January 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	28	0.01	0.0
January 2	44	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	9	0.00	0.0
January 5	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	29	0.02	0.2
January 7	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	10	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	37	0.28	0.0
January 21	37	31	0.01	0.0
January 22	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 24	62	28	0.00	0.0
January 25	67	46	0.00	0.0
January 26	51	39	0.00	0.0
January 27	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	21	0.04	0.4
January 30	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	18	0.28	0.0

February 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	16	0.27	0.2
February 2	16	9	0.01	0.1
February 3	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	22	0.54	4.5
February 10	35	4	0.61	3.4
February 11	5	-8	0.00	0.0
February 12	28	-1	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	13	0.00	0.0
February 15	58	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	61	45	0.00	0.0
February 17	68	45	0.00	0.0
February 18	71	43	0.00	0.0
February 19	67	46	0.00	0.0
February 20	65	39	0.00	0.0
February 21	70	42	0.02	0.0
February 22	59	39	0.55	0.0
February 23	48	37	0.07	0.0
February 24	61	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	73	35	0.00	0.0
February 26	60	41	0.00	0.0
February 27	79	47	0.11	0.0
February 28	62	37	0.00	0.0

March 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	45	24	0.10	0.0
March 4	44	39	0.89	0.0
March 5	41	30	0.10	0.2
March 6	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	68	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	58	42	0.01	0.0
March 16	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 17	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 22	52	40	0.00	0.0
March 23	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	61	42	0.01	0.0
March 26	75	47	0.00	0.0
March 27	74	50	0.00	0.0
March 28	78	47	0.00	0.0
March 29	69	57	1.86	0.0
March 30	75	51	0.00	0.0
March 31	87	57	0.00	0.0

April 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	73	49	0.00
April 2	87	43	0.00
April 3	75	63	0.18
April 4	69	44	0.01
April 5	59	43	0.00
April 6	61	35	0.00
April 7	77	49	0.00
April 8	77	58	0.01
April 9	67	51	0.00
April 10	85	60	0.00
April 11	78	66	0.26
April 12	77	65	0.01
April 13	82	64	0.00
April 14	69	47	0.52
April 15	61	40	0.00
April 16	73	44	0.00
April 17	85	65	0.00
April 18	77	56	0.22
April 19	64	55	0.95
April 20	55	44	0.00
April 21	64	42	0.00
April 22	73	60	0.43
April 23	70	53	0.00
April 24	64	46	0.00
April 25	77	46	0.00
April 26	84	63	0.00
April 27	85	64	0.00
April 28	85	61	0.76
April 29	76	53	0.05
April 30	72	56	0.00

May 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	50	0.03
May 2	69	45	0.00
May 3	76	50	0.00
May 4	74	61	0.00
May 5	64	53	1.04
May 6	61	43	0.00
May 7	63	40	0.00
May 8	68	44	0.00
May 9	71	57	0.04
May 10	63	42	1.41
May 11	61	43	0.02
May 12	63	44	0.00
May 13	62	57	0.17
May 14	59	44	0.06
May 15	73	40	0.00
May 16	73	53	0.00
May 17	60	54	0.79
May 18	56	49	2.03
May 19	63	44	0.32
May 20	71	41	0.00
May 21	76	44	0.00
May 22	81	52	0.00
May 23	79	63	0.15
May 24	73	58	0.47
May 25	79	54	0.00
May 26	71	62	0.14
May 27	81	59	0.00
May 28	84	62	0.00
May 29	82	71	0.00
May 30	73	59	0.12
May 31	76	53	0.00

June 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	64	0.61
June 2	80	62	0.03
June 3	81	67	0.00
June 4	85	68	0.00
June 5	83	74	0.25
June 6	80	67	0.00
June 7	86	60	0.00
June 8	91	72	0.05
June 9	91	74	0.00
June 10	84	67	0.06
June 11	74	64	0.25
June 12	88	69	0.01
June 13	85	77	0.02
June 14	88	78	0.00
June 15	88	70	0.34
June 16	75	60	0.06
June 17	82	56	0.00
June 18	85	61	0.00
June 19	79	70	0.29
June 20	84	68	1.45
June 21	79	69	2.32
June 22	77	68	0.00
June 23	85	66	0.00
June 24	92	74	0.00
June 25	85	66	0.08
June 26	84	62	0.00
June 27	84	61	0.00
June 28	86	68	0.00
June 29	90	72	0.00
June 30	84	73	0.00

July 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	73	0.00
July 2	85	72	0.12
July 3	85	71	0.30
July 4	84	68	0.59
July 5	77	71	0.06
July 6	85	70	0.00
July 7	90	74	0.00
July 8	92	76	0.00
July 9	93	76	0.01
July 10	88	74	0.63
July 11	94	69	0.00
July 12	95	77	0.00
July 13	96	79	0.00
July 14	95	79	0.00
July 15	91	75	0.31
July 16	85	73	0.03
July 17	89	70	0.00
July 18	85	74	0.00
July 19	88	73	2.59
July 20	92	69	1.10
July 21	84	70	0.00
July 22	84	69	0.00
July 23	79	67	1.74
July 24	78	67	0.38
July 25	89	72	0.05
July 26	90	74	0.23
July 27	89	70	2.43
July 28	74	63	0.14
July 29	75	59	0.00
July 30	80	61	0.00
July 31	82	62	0.00

August 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	63	0.00
August 2	87	72	0.18
August 3	88	73	0.02
August 4	92	75	0.00
August 5	90	79	0.05
August 6	89	77	0.00
August 7	85	70	0.00
August 8	80	66	0.00
August 9	86	66	0.00
August 10	81	70	0.00
August 11	82	65	0.00
August 12	86	63	0.00
August 13	86	70	0.00
August 14	91	70	0.00
August 15	88	72	0.75
August 16	80	64	0.00
August 17	75	60	0.00
August 18	78	59	0.00
August 19	79	59	0.00
August 20	81	59	0.00
August 21	84	59	0.00
August 22	83	61	0.00
August 23	87	63	0.00
August 24	87	72	0.00
August 25	89	68	0.19
August 26	78	67	0.85
August 27	77	68	0.05
August 28	84	69	0.00
August 29	88	68	0.00
August 30	90	73	0.04
August 31	88	71	1.18

September 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	69	0.13
September 2	79	61	0.00
September 3	78	63	0.00
September 4	80	64	0.00
September 5	79	60	0.00
September 6	81	61	0.00
September 7	76	61	0.50
September 8	77	57	0.00
September 9	79	56	0.00
September 10	86	60	0.00
September 11	84	65	0.00
September 12	89	69	0.00
September 13	82	72	0.00
September 14	82	72	0.20
September 15	77	62	0.10
September 16	68	51	0.10
September 17	63	46	0.00
September 18	68	45	0.00
September 19	76	50	0.00
September 20	82	56	0.00
September 21	86	62	0.00
September 22	71	55	0.00
September 23	71	50	0.00
September 24	70	59	0.00
September 25	86	63	0.00
September 26	87	67	0.14
September 27	77	52	0.00
September 28	73	49	0.00
September 29	87	59	0.00
September 30	91	71	0.00

October 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	49	0.00
October 2	60	42	0.00
October 3	65	37	0.00
October 4	77	56	0.01
October 5	90	60	0.77
October 6	71	48	0.00
October 7	61	45	0.00
October 8	63	40	0.00
October 9	71	50	0.14
October 10	61	52	0.00
October 11	70	45	0.00
October 12	64	54	0.02
October 13	74	58	0.15
October 14	66	57	0.44
October 15	73	57	0.01
October 16	63	57	0.81
October 17	69	53	0.44
October 18	53	43	0.00
October 19	59	36	0.00
October 20	77	51	0.00
October 21	70	47	0.01
October 22	48	36	0.97
October 23	42	28	0.00
October 24	47	25	0.00
October 25	53	33	0.04
October 26	49	43	0.00
October 27	63	38	0.00
October 28	64	40	0.00
October 29	71	49	0.00
October 30	76	46	0.00
October 31	73	53	0.00

November 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	59	0.53
November 2	68	59	0.11
November 3	73	59	0.03
November 4	67	54	0.04
November 5	62	47	0.05
November 6	59	39	0.00
November 7	66	43	0.00
November 8	66	50	0.03
November 9	50	35	0.25
November 10	52	29	0.00
November 11	60	36	0.00
November 12	58	35	0.00
November 13	60	35	0.00
November 14	65	34	0.00
November 15	61	45	0.34
November 16	62	44	0.00
November 17	63	39	0.00
November 18	70	39	0.00
November 19	67	37	0.07
November 20	37	28	0.00
November 21	39	27	0.00
November 22	49	29	0.00
November 23	55	40	0.07
November 24	43	39	0.00
November 25	53	38	0.00
November 26	74	40	0.18
November 27	44	31	0.00
November 28	40	32	0.00
November 29	48	33	0.00
November 30	50	38	1.01

December 1981 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	38	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	37	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	57	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	65	43	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	29	0.35	1.8
December 17	29	4	0.11	1.2
December 18	11	-2	0.00	0.0
December 19	15	-1	0.00	0.0
December 20	31	2	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	30	0.01	0.0
December 22	36	32	1.31	2.6
December 23	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	27	0.03	0.3
December 28	32	14	0.20	2.0
December 29	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	20	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	St. Louis International Airport	location
1893–1938	St. Louis	location