Syracuse Weather in 1981

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

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1981 Syracuse Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	-1 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	October 27
Most daily snow	7.5 inches	December 19
Total annual precipitation	35.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	92.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Syracuse in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Syracuse, New York in 1981 was 95 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Syracuse in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 9
2	94 °F	Jul 12
2	94 °F	Jul 8
4	93 °F	Jun 16
5	91 °F	Jul 11
5	91 °F	Jun 30
5	91 °F	Jun 15
8	90 °F	Jul 13
8	90 °F	Jul 7
10	89 °F	Jul 19
10	89 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Syracuse in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Syracuse, New York in 1981 was -18 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Syracuse in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-18 °F	January 12
1	-18 °F	January 4
3	-17 °F	January 11
4	-13 °F	January 13
5	-8 °F	January 21
6	-7 °F	January 3
7	-6 °F	January 5
8	-3 °F	January 10
9	0 °F	February 5
10	1 °F	February 13

January 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	3	0.02	0.2
January 2	27	3	0.15	2.5
January 3	5	-7	0.04	0.4
January 4	-1	-18	0.12	1.6
January 5	21	-6	0.00	0.5
January 6	29	17	0.13	2.2
January 7	30	5	0.16	3.1
January 8	12	5	0.10	1.9
January 9	21	8	0.03	1.0
January 10	19	-3	0.08	1.6
January 11	3	-17	0.00	0.0
January 12	9	-18	0.00	0.0
January 13	14	-13	0.00	0.0
January 14	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	14	0.08	0.9
January 17	16	5	0.05	1.1
January 18	30	5	0.05	1.2
January 19	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	7	0.00	0.0
January 21	27	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	11	0.12	1.6
January 23	33	27	0.06	0.7
January 24	31	9	0.06	0.9
January 25	41	11	0.00	0.0
January 26	51	31	0.00	0.0
January 27	40	28	0.02	0.4
January 28	30	22	0.04	0.8
January 29	23	7	0.00	0.2
January 30	18	6	0.03	0.6
January 31	30	7	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	9	0.27	0.0
February 2	46	18	0.44	2.9
February 3	18	8	0.00	0.0
February 4	16	2	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	0	0.01	0.2
February 6	30	5	0.06	0.8
February 7	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	20	0.15	1.3
February 9	26	16	0.00	0.1
February 10	45	15	0.00	0.0
February 11	59	18	0.42	3.1
February 12	18	6	0.00	0.1
February 13	32	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	10	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	35	0.01	0.0
February 17	60	41	0.00	0.0
February 18	62	38	0.00	0.0
February 19	69	49	0.07	0.0
February 20	56	50	0.51	0.0
February 21	52	43	0.00	0.0
February 22	66	41	0.00	0.0
February 23	58	45	0.52	0.0
February 24	54	39	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	36	0.08	0.0
February 26	40	30	0.08	0.0
February 27	43	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	52	22	0.10	0.0

March 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	26	0.00	0.1
March 3	27	19	0.12	2.6
March 4	35	17	0.01	0.4
March 5	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	20	0.00	0.1
March 7	35	28	0.06	1.1
March 8	44	34	0.01	0.0
March 9	42	34	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	32	0.02	0.3
March 12	44	27	0.05	0.2
March 13	45	27	0.01	0.3
March 14	29	18	0.01	0.6
March 15	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	21	0.01	0.1
March 17	35	10	0.08	1.8
March 18	29	10	0.04	0.8
March 19	29	11	0.06	1.2
March 20	34	19	0.05	1.0
March 21	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 22	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	53	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	53	28	0.01	0.0
March 25	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	54	33	0.10	0.0
March 28	61	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	79	56	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	54	0.37	0.0
March 31	61	44	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	76	43	0.40	0.0
April 2	56	44	0.00	0.0
April 3	83	35	0.00	0.0
April 4	76	61	0.00	0.0
April 5	65	38	0.03	0.0
April 6	47	31	0.00	0.4
April 7	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	78	48	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	43	0.12	0.0
April 10	69	36	0.00	0.0
April 11	70	49	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	64	45	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	36	0.24	0.0
April 15	41	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	65	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	66	41	0.22	0.0
April 18	64	40	0.10	0.0
April 19	54	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	43	28	0.08	0.0
April 21	41	24	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	50	42	0.47	0.0
April 24	53	41	0.09	0.0
April 25	43	37	0.07	0.0
April 26	61	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	65	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	49	0.02	0.0
April 29	65	50	0.20	0.0
April 30	65	41	0.00	0.0

May 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	39	0.00
May 2	58	37	0.00
May 3	66	34	0.00
May 4	79	39	0.00
May 5	82	46	0.00
May 6	65	40	0.11
May 7	57	31	0.00
May 8	73	34	0.00
May 9	74	45	0.00
May 10	80	55	0.00
May 11	73	63	0.17
May 12	63	47	0.26
May 13	61	42	0.00
May 14	71	41	0.05
May 15	74	53	0.47
May 16	59	40	1.00
May 17	55	38	0.00
May 18	58	34	0.00
May 19	65	36	0.00
May 20	73	38	0.00
May 21	80	42	0.00
May 22	77	50	0.00
May 23	79	46	0.00
May 24	85	45	0.00
May 25	87	59	0.14
May 26	80	60	0.00
May 27	82	60	0.00
May 28	82	65	0.00
May 29	79	66	0.08
May 30	79	61	0.15
May 31	71	51	0.18

June 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	44	0.00
June 2	75	49	0.00
June 3	75	62	0.02
June 4	81	65	0.02
June 5	84	61	0.00
June 6	84	61	0.00
June 7	68	50	0.00
June 8	82	47	0.00
June 9	77	57	0.41
June 10	72	54	0.16
June 11	78	52	0.00
June 12	77	54	0.12
June 13	77	56	0.00
June 14	80	65	0.26
June 15	91	65	0.00
June 16	93	68	0.28
June 17	76	55	0.00
June 18	83	52	0.00
June 19	87	68	0.00
June 20	74	60	0.00
June 21	80	55	0.43
June 22	82	60	0.11
June 23	74	54	0.01
June 24	77	51	0.00
June 25	81	57	0.05
June 26	60	54	0.02
June 27	80	49	0.00
June 28	83	50	0.00
June 29	87	55	0.00
June 30	91	69	0.00

July 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	66	0.00
July 2	87	66	0.00
July 3	84	64	0.00
July 4	83	67	0.00
July 5	85	61	0.08
July 6	87	61	0.00
July 7	90	68	0.00
July 8	94	73	0.00
July 9	95	77	0.00
July 10	89	67	0.00
July 11	91	63	0.00
July 12	94	67	0.00
July 13	90	70	0.03
July 14	73	63	0.00
July 15	83	58	0.00
July 16	86	58	0.00
July 17	87	57	0.00
July 18	87	62	0.11
July 19	89	64	0.00
July 20	83	70	0.99
July 21	81	63	0.43
July 22	75	57	0.00
July 23	77	51	0.00
July 24	82	51	0.00
July 25	80	63	0.00
July 26	81	66	0.45
July 27	78	57	0.00
July 28	73	57	0.59
July 29	72	56	0.00
July 30	82	55	0.00
July 31	87	55	0.00

August 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	59	0.00
August 2	88	62	0.00
August 3	87	65	0.00
August 4	85	65	0.00
August 5	76	62	0.11
August 6	84	59	0.00
August 7	85	59	0.00
August 8	85	66	0.27
August 9	83	67	0.16
August 10	88	63	0.00
August 11	77	64	0.71
August 12	82	61	0.00
August 13	83	59	0.00
August 14	84	62	0.00
August 15	77	68	0.65
August 16	70	56	0.08
August 17	73	54	0.00
August 18	79	50	0.00
August 19	80	49	0.00
August 20	82	52	0.00
August 21	85	55	0.00
August 22	82	59	0.00
August 23	82	59	0.00
August 24	74	60	0.65
August 25	77	54	0.00
August 26	79	48	0.00
August 27	75	54	0.00
August 28	81	55	0.00
August 29	83	68	0.00
August 30	82	67	0.00
August 31	81	68	0.00

September 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	65	0.00
September 2	73	64	0.59
September 3	69	63	0.25
September 4	68	62	0.50
September 5	70	63	0.20
September 6	73	64	0.27
September 7	81	65	0.00
September 8	76	61	0.47
September 9	62	46	0.04
September 10	73	46	0.06
September 11	77	54	0.00
September 12	77	58	0.04
September 13	82	55	0.00
September 14	81	61	0.72
September 15	74	55	0.00
September 16	72	54	0.00
September 17	70	55	0.39
September 18	68	54	0.00
September 19	67	54	0.01
September 20	64	50	0.01
September 21	65	47	0.60
September 22	55	49	0.78
September 23	51	48	0.38
September 24	60	48	0.04
September 25	70	48	0.00
September 26	67	54	0.02
September 27	78	58	0.16
September 28	60	46	0.05
September 29	55	38	0.00
September 30	54	34	0.00

October 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	52	39	0.19	0.0
October 2	55	44	0.25	0.0
October 3	49	44	0.21	0.0
October 4	56	42	0.00	0.0
October 5	57	46	0.00	0.0
October 6	71	49	0.61	0.0
October 7	53	45	0.52	0.0
October 8	55	46	0.42	0.0
October 9	50	35	0.00	0.0
October 10	59	31	0.00	0.0
October 11	60	32	0.00	0.0
October 12	58	30	0.00	0.0
October 13	64	29	0.00	0.0
October 14	70	30	0.00	0.0
October 15	66	40	0.00	0.0
October 16	55	38	0.00	0.0
October 17	58	31	0.00	0.0
October 18	58	43	0.14	0.0
October 19	49	37	0.06	0.1
October 20	61	38	0.00	0.0
October 21	57	44	0.00	0.0
October 22	51	43	0.00	0.0
October 23	47	34	0.38	0.0
October 24	45	28	0.03	0.4
October 25	57	28	0.01	0.0
October 26	56	47	0.56	0.0
October 27	69	51	1.68	0.0
October 28	62	43	1.60	0.0
October 29	50	40	0.00	0.0
October 30	58	38	0.00	0.0
October 31	59	35	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	44	0.00	0.0
November 2	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 3	55	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 5	69	34	0.06	0.0
November 6	57	35	0.42	0.0
November 7	42	34	0.22	1.9
November 8	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	46	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	20	0.00	0.0
November 14	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 15	46	35	0.16	0.0
November 16	44	40	0.29	0.0
November 17	46	41	0.07	0.0
November 18	45	42	0.15	0.0
November 19	45	39	0.05	0.0
November 20	48	40	0.69	0.0
November 21	41	31	0.23	1.4
November 22	34	29	0.22	3.2
November 23	33	29	0.23	4.5
November 24	34	18	0.03	0.3
November 25	31	19	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	20	0.03	0.0
November 27	49	35	0.13	0.0
November 28	38	34	0.11	0.8
November 29	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 30	36	23	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	22	0.22	0.0
December 2	50	41	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	34	0.06	0.0
December 4	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	29	0.02	0.4
December 6	30	23	0.04	0.9
December 7	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	24	0.39	4.1
December 9	27	22	0.46	7.4
December 10	25	18	0.13	2.8
December 11	31	19	0.11	2.2
December 12	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	28	0.00	0.1
December 15	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	27	0.01	0.4
December 17	29	24	0.12	3.1
December 18	26	9	0.05	0.9
December 19	23	5	0.36	7.5
December 20	23	10	0.10	2.6
December 21	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	26	0.13	1.8
December 23	47	31	0.54	0.0
December 24	38	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	24	0.11	1.3
December 28	40	32	0.03	0.3
December 29	34	27	0.06	0.9
December 30	31	18	0.00	0.4
December 31	35	17	0.02	0.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Syracuse Hancock International Airport	location
1922–1938	Syracuse	location