Virginia Beach Weather in 1981

Historical record of Virginia Beach, Virginia weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Virginia Beach Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	12 °F	January 13
Highest daily low	79 °F	June 22
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 12
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	July 4
Most daily snow	1.8 inches	December 18
Total annual precipitation	41.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Virginia Beach in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1981 was 99 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Virginia Beach in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 5
1	99 °F	Jun 22
3	97 °F	Jul 21
3	97 °F	Jun 25
5	96 °F	Jul 10
5	96 °F	Jul 9
5	96 °F	Jun 16
8	94 °F	Jul 29
8	94 °F	Jul 27
8	94 °F	Jul 14
8	94 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Virginia Beach in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1981 was 12 °F which happened on Jan 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Virginia Beach in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	January 13
2	14 °F	January 12
2	14 °F	January 5
4	15 °F	January 11
4	15 °F	January 6
4	15 °F	January 4
7	16 °F	December 21
7	16 °F	February 1
9	17 °F	February 4
9	17 °F	January 18

January 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	40	30	0.05
January 2	45	27	0.00
January 3	43	22	0.00
January 4	40	15	0.00
January 5	30	14	0.00
January 6	45	15	0.00
January 7	47	29	0.11
January 8	29	21	0.00
January 9	32	20	0.00
January 10	31	22	0.00
January 11	24	15	0.00
January 12	22	14	0.00
January 13	29	12	0.00
January 14	46	24	0.00
January 15	43	29	0.03
January 16	37	26	0.00
January 17	33	24	0.00
January 18	38	17	0.00
January 19	57	19	0.00
January 20	55	28	0.00
January 21	45	34	0.84
January 22	47	28	0.00
January 23	42	25	0.00
January 24	44	24	0.00
January 25	51	23	0.00
January 26	61	32	0.00
January 27	62	46	0.00
January 28	51	26	0.02
January 29	53	28	0.00
January 30	33	26	0.00
January 31	36	19	0.00

February 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	58	16	0.00
February 2	61	35	0.55
February 3	35	19	0.00
February 4	34	17	0.00
February 5	29	20	0.00
February 6	46	20	0.00
February 7	51	25	0.25
February 8	48	36	0.21
February 9	43	25	0.00
February 10	59	27	0.00
February 11	66	39	0.56
February 12	39	24	0.00
February 13	34	24	0.00
February 14	42	30	0.00
February 15	45	26	0.00
February 16	63	28	0.00
February 17	68	44	0.00
February 18	71	49	0.00
February 19	69	52	0.01
February 20	60	50	0.17
February 21	52	44	0.45
February 22	54	45	0.00
February 23	68	46	0.01
February 24	60	39	0.05
February 25	59	38	0.00
February 26	55	39	0.00
February 27	48	32	0.00
February 28	73	31	0.00

March 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	66	40	0.00	0.0
March 2	48	41	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	49	28	0.13	0.0
March 5	54	38	0.37	0.0
March 6	49	35	0.00	0.0
March 7	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 12	54	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	70	38	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	29	0.01	0.0
March 15	64	26	0.00	0.0
March 16	59	33	0.32	0.0
March 17	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	30	0.03	0.3
March 20	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	30	0.07	0.0
March 23	44	41	0.72	0.0
March 24	51	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	47	0.03	0.0
March 28	59	39	0.00	0.0
March 29	75	41	0.00	0.0
March 30	71	59	0.20	0.0
March 31	77	53	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	77	54	0.00
April 2	76	48	0.00
April 3	85	43	0.00
April 4	81	59	0.00
April 5	83	58	0.65
April 6	58	46	0.33
April 7	56	41	0.00
April 8	74	43	0.00
April 9	73	57	0.02
April 10	64	50	0.00
April 11	82	50	0.00
April 12	87	51	0.02
April 13	54	47	0.06
April 14	76	49	0.13
April 15	58	42	0.00
April 16	70	36	0.00
April 17	75	58	0.00
April 18	85	61	0.00
April 19	65	51	0.00
April 20	60	49	0.28
April 21	52	38	0.00
April 22	69	34	0.00
April 23	80	60	0.00
April 24	75	53	0.66
April 25	64	49	0.00
April 26	67	48	0.00
April 27	68	55	0.11
April 28	87	53	0.00
April 29	89	66	0.00
April 30	75	56	0.00

May 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	51	0.00
May 2	59	49	0.00
May 3	66	50	0.00
May 4	72	53	0.00
May 5	61	54	0.00
May 6	67	53	0.06
May 7	60	47	0.31
May 8	59	49	0.00
May 9	64	54	0.00
May 10	72	56	0.22
May 11	76	66	0.46
May 12	70	56	0.00
May 13	70	54	0.00
May 14	83	57	0.00
May 15	84	64	0.18
May 16	73	57	0.00
May 17	72	58	0.00
May 18	71	55	0.00
May 19	58	51	0.38
May 20	60	51	0.10
May 21	66	49	0.01
May 22	83	46	0.00
May 23	76	56	0.00
May 24	81	60	0.00
May 25	93	62	0.00
May 26	87	66	0.00
May 27	85	66	0.00
May 28	82	63	0.99
May 29	79	63	0.00
May 30	87	65	0.00
May 31	90	69	0.04

June 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	64	0.02
June 2	86	64	0.21
June 3	89	67	0.00
June 4	91	72	0.20
June 5	88	69	0.50
June 6	89	73	0.40
June 7	85	68	1.10
June 8	84	66	0.00
June 9	93	74	0.00
June 10	93	74	0.04
June 11	83	67	0.00
June 12	81	66	0.01
June 13	87	72	0.00
June 14	92	73	0.00
June 15	94	70	0.00
June 16	96	77	0.00
June 17	89	76	0.00
June 18	80	75	0.00
June 19	88	73	1.76
June 20	91	72	0.25
June 21	90	70	0.00
June 22	99	79	0.00
June 23	85	69	0.00
June 24	87	66	0.00
June 25	97	76	0.00
June 26	80	69	0.14
June 27	77	61	0.00
June 28	82	60	0.00
June 29	83	60	0.00
June 30	80	59	0.37

July 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	65	0.22
July 2	83	66	0.00
July 3	81	72	0.51
July 4	85	72	2.73
July 5	89	72	0.57
July 6	84	73	0.29
July 7	90	73	0.00
July 8	93	73	0.00
July 9	96	77	0.00
July 10	96	75	0.14
July 11	88	72	0.00
July 12	91	70	0.00
July 13	93	76	0.00
July 14	94	78	0.00
July 15	82	67	0.00
July 16	80	67	0.04
July 17	83	73	0.04
July 18	84	72	0.00
July 19	93	70	0.00
July 20	93	75	0.00
July 21	97	74	0.48
July 22	84	72	0.00
July 23	81	69	0.00
July 24	81	68	0.00
July 25	88	72	0.00
July 26	91	74	0.08
July 27	94	76	0.00
July 28	93	75	0.00
July 29	94	75	0.00
July 30	79	66	0.00
July 31	82	63	0.00

August 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	67	0.00
August 2	83	64	0.00
August 3	87	70	0.06
August 4	92	73	0.00
August 5	99	76	0.00
August 6	83	69	0.53
August 7	83	72	0.01
August 8	90	74	1.08
August 9	88	73	0.00
August 10	91	75	0.00
August 11	89	71	0.55
August 12	82	69	0.02
August 13	87	65	0.00
August 14	86	68	0.00
August 15	89	68	0.00
August 16	88	74	0.00
August 17	77	63	0.00
August 18	78	60	0.00
August 19	73	65	1.92
August 20	72	67	0.48
August 21	74	65	0.00
August 22	69	65	2.20
August 23	78	63	0.02
August 24	82	62	0.00
August 25	76	68	0.00
August 26	75	62	0.00
August 27	81	59	0.00
August 28	82	60	0.00
August 29	84	67	0.00
August 30	83	71	0.00
August 31	80	68	0.00

September 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	70	0.00
September 2	81	69	0.00
September 3	80	71	0.00
September 4	80	68	0.00
September 5	75	66	0.00
September 6	79	64	0.00
September 7	81	64	0.34
September 8	83	68	2.43
September 9	78	60	0.00
September 10	82	58	0.00
September 11	85	62	0.00
September 12	90	64	0.00
September 13	86	66	0.00
September 14	89	68	0.00
September 15	89	70	0.09
September 16	80	67	0.25
September 17	76	66	0.00
September 18	73	63	0.07
September 19	70	56	0.00
September 20	79	52	0.00
September 21	81	55	0.00
September 22	84	62	0.00
September 23	70	58	0.00
September 24	71	51	0.00
September 25	73	55	0.00
September 26	78	54	0.00
September 27	84	59	0.00
September 28	80	63	0.00
September 29	70	54	0.00
September 30	75	53	0.00

October 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	88	62	0.00
October 2	74	51	0.65
October 3	64	46	0.00
October 4	70	45	0.00
October 5	81	56	0.00
October 6	87	59	0.02
October 7	73	55	0.00
October 8	66	49	0.00
October 9	60	46	0.00
October 10	65	43	0.02
October 11	63	55	0.01
October 12	62	54	0.00
October 13	60	53	0.00
October 14	63	54	0.00
October 15	63	53	0.00
October 16	72	52	0.00
October 17	59	46	0.00
October 18	80	45	0.15
October 19	61	44	0.00
October 20	63	34	0.00
October 21	72	41	0.00
October 22	76	45	0.00
October 23	80	49	0.28
October 24	54	47	0.02
October 25	63	54	2.11
October 26	75	59	0.00
October 27	75	64	0.01
October 28	68	52	0.00
October 29	59	55	0.01
October 30	59	54	0.00
October 31	61	54	0.00

November 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	55	0.00
November 2	72	53	0.00
November 3	63	53	0.00
November 4	72	51	0.00
November 5	72	55	0.02
November 6	65	50	0.36
November 7	54	45	0.00
November 8	58	38	0.00
November 9	67	41	0.00
November 10	59	52	0.00
November 11	56	51	0.00
November 12	51	45	0.00
November 13	50	45	0.00
November 14	52	44	0.13
November 15	59	45	0.21
November 16	64	48	0.00
November 17	56	48	0.82
November 18	59	45	0.00
November 19	64	41	0.00
November 20	73	46	0.00
November 21	50	37	0.00
November 22	46	30	0.00
November 23	44	28	0.00
November 24	45	32	0.24
November 25	45	35	0.00
November 26	54	29	0.00
November 27	71	45	0.00
November 28	63	41	0.00
November 29	47	38	0.00
November 30	43	37	0.00

December 1981 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	64	36	0.06	0.0
December 2	66	50	0.69	0.0
December 3	51	42	0.01	0.0
December 4	56	45	0.11	0.0
December 5	46	36	0.06	0.0
December 6	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	57	35	0.00	0.0
December 8	63	41	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	59	25	0.29	0.0
December 15	59	36	1.62	0.0
December 16	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	51	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	49	32	0.32	1.8
December 19	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 22	57	34	0.35	0.0
December 23	73	45	0.04	0.0
December 24	47	42	0.05	0.0
December 25	44	35	1.03	0.0
December 26	40	37	0.05	0.0
December 27	46	39	0.07	0.0
December 28	51	36	0.01	0.0
December 29	46	37	0.05	0.0
December 30	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 31	51	25	0.96	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1946–2024	Norfolk International Airport	location
1909–1945	Diamond Springs	location