Wichita Weather in 1981

Historical record of Wichita, Kansas weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Wichita Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	109 °F	July 24
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	21 °F	December 17
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	May 17
Most daily snow	1.8 inches	February 9
Total annual precipitation	27.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wichita in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1981 was 109 °F which happened on July 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wichita in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	109 °F	Jul 24
2	107 °F	Jul 22
3	105 °F	Aug 5
3	105 °F	Jul 15
5	103 °F	Jul 25
5	103 °F	Jul 12
7	102 °F	Jul 26
7	102 °F	Jul 14
7	102 °F	Jun 9
10	101 °F	Jul 20
10	101 °F	Jul 11

What was the coldest temperature in Wichita in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1981 was -7 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wichita in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	February 11
2	-2 °F	February 10
3	9 °F	December 17
4	10 °F	December 18
4	10 °F	February 3
4	10 °F	February 2
4	10 °F	January 17
8	11 °F	December 19
8	11 °F	January 12
10	12 °F	December 24
10	12 °F	January 16
10	12 °F	January 11

January 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	45	22	0.00
January 2	52	20	0.00
January 3	39	19	0.00
January 4	34	16	0.00
January 5	40	22	0.00
January 6	49	23	0.00
January 7	51	18	0.00
January 8	48	23	0.00
January 9	43	21	0.00
January 10	34	15	0.00
January 11	30	12	0.00
January 12	47	11	0.00
January 13	50	20	0.00
January 14	50	23	0.00
January 15	46	18	0.00
January 16	30	12	0.00
January 17	38	10	0.00
January 18	51	16	0.02
January 19	41	34	0.03
January 20	46	32	0.00
January 21	47	23	0.00
January 22	58	20	0.00
January 23	64	24	0.00
January 24	74	28	0.00
January 25	64	36	0.00
January 26	48	25	0.00
January 27	53	21	0.00
January 28	58	22	0.00
January 29	47	23	0.01
January 30	36	21	0.00
January 31	37	32	0.19

February 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 3	44	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 5	50	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	46	17	0.00	0.0
February 7	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	20	0.15	1.8
February 10	22	-2	0.02	0.7
February 11	23	-7	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	18	0.00	0.0
February 14	58	29	0.00	0.0
February 15	59	35	0.00	0.0
February 16	66	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	69	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	67	38	0.00	0.0
February 19	72	33	0.00	0.0
February 20	81	40	0.00	0.0
February 21	64	42	0.05	0.0
February 22	58	38	0.00	0.0
February 23	67	35	0.00	0.0
February 24	77	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	74	50	0.00	0.0
February 26	74	54	0.00	0.0
February 27	67	54	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	39	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	27	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	42	0.19	0.0
March 3	47	40	0.53	0.0
March 4	51	36	0.01	0.0
March 5	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	30	0.09	0.1
March 8	48	31	0.01	0.1
March 9	56	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	60	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	64	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 14	62	30	0.03	0.0
March 15	66	40	0.33	0.0
March 16	63	31	0.00	0.0
March 17	73	40	0.01	0.0
March 18	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	44	0.07	0.0
March 22	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	62	30	0.02	0.0
March 24	70	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	61	42	0.27	0.0
March 26	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	51	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	56	0.59	0.0
March 29	62	44	0.00	0.0
March 30	80	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	70	48	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	40	0.00
April 2	82	50	0.00
April 3	74	51	0.00
April 4	62	41	0.00
April 5	64	38	0.00
April 6	72	33	0.00
April 7	81	52	0.00
April 8	72	53	0.00
April 9	78	46	0.00
April 10	83	64	0.00
April 11	84	58	0.00
April 12	87	63	0.00
April 13	88	53	0.00
April 14	63	42	0.00
April 15	66	42	0.03
April 16	77	50	0.01
April 17	87	53	0.00
April 18	73	61	0.21
April 19	77	61	0.07
April 20	61	52	0.05
April 21	64	50	0.01
April 22	71	47	0.00
April 23	76	45	0.00
April 24	84	46	0.00
April 25	85	47	0.00
April 26	89	54	0.00
April 27	88	63	0.00
April 28	75	52	0.00
April 29	91	49	0.00
April 30	82	54	0.00

May 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	49	0.00
May 2	84	45	0.00
May 3	77	61	0.00
May 4	70	57	0.23
May 5	72	50	0.00
May 6	67	54	0.00
May 7	70	44	0.85
May 8	71	56	0.97
May 9	60	51	1.18
May 10	62	39	0.00
May 11	70	36	0.00
May 12	73	54	0.00
May 13	65	47	0.18
May 14	70	44	0.00
May 15	71	44	0.00
May 16	60	53	0.50
May 17	63	55	1.89
May 18	64	46	0.06
May 19	65	45	0.00
May 20	71	40	0.00
May 21	75	48	0.00
May 22	83	61	0.00
May 23	82	65	0.00
May 24	78	54	0.00
May 25	82	58	0.02
May 26	83	59	0.08
May 27	82	62	0.01
May 28	73	64	0.12
May 29	80	64	0.23
May 30	76	62	0.01
May 31	78	56	0.00

June 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	53	0.00
June 2	85	63	0.00
June 3	83	65	1.59
June 4	76	66	0.18
June 5	85	63	0.00
June 6	87	68	0.00
June 7	92	67	0.00
June 8	100	72	0.00
June 9	102	75	0.00
June 10	81	70	0.00
June 11	83	65	0.00
June 12	89	71	0.00
June 13	89	71	0.00
June 14	90	74	0.00
June 15	77	56	1.05
June 16	79	52	0.00
June 17	84	58	0.00
June 18	86	63	0.00
June 19	94	67	0.00
June 20	97	73	0.00
June 21	99	76	0.00
June 22	79	65	0.50
June 23	93	67	0.00
June 24	98	72	0.00
June 25	92	76	0.00
June 26	85	69	0.00
June 27	98	68	0.00
June 28	96	71	0.00
June 29	92	71	0.93
June 30	85	68	0.00

July 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	72	0.00
July 2	88	73	0.00
July 3	80	71	0.18
July 4	84	70	0.00
July 5	87	68	0.00
July 6	88	66	0.00
July 7	86	71	0.00
July 8	95	72	0.00
July 9	96	72	0.00
July 10	98	75	0.00
July 11	101	77	0.00
July 12	103	78	0.00
July 13	99	77	0.00
July 14	102	77	0.00
July 15	105	79	0.00
July 16	98	72	0.02
July 17	95	73	0.00
July 18	84	75	0.32
July 19	96	75	0.03
July 20	101	75	0.00
July 21	96	74	0.00
July 22	107	72	0.00
July 23	95	79	0.00
July 24	109	79	0.00
July 25	103	80	0.00
July 26	102	72	0.50
July 27	89	70	0.22
July 28	80	68	0.00
July 29	79	64	0.00
July 30	83	69	0.00
July 31	94	73	0.00

August 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	74	0.00
August 2	87	75	0.15
August 3	94	72	0.00
August 4	100	74	0.00
August 5	105	77	0.00
August 6	95	68	1.13
August 7	84	65	0.00
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	91	63	0.00
August 10	79	67	0.19
August 11	84	64	0.00
August 12	84	63	0.00
August 13	90	70	0.15
August 14	99	74	0.00
August 15	92	74	0.00
August 16	86	72	0.41
August 17	76	63	0.00
August 18	79	59	0.00
August 19	81	57	0.00
August 20	83	57	0.00
August 21	88	56	0.00
August 22	92	60	0.00
August 23	90	66	0.00
August 24	96	61	0.00
August 25	96	70	0.05
August 26	88	67	0.00
August 27	81	64	0.00
August 28	89	59	0.00
August 29	94	68	0.00
August 30	100	71	0.00
August 31	97	69	0.57

September 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	62	0.17
September 2	83	56	0.00
September 3	88	62	0.00
September 4	89	66	0.00
September 5	91	68	0.00
September 6	80	70	0.66
September 7	78	59	0.34
September 8	81	56	0.00
September 9	85	57	0.00
September 10	88	57	0.00
September 11	93	65	0.00
September 12	88	66	0.00
September 13	83	65	0.00
September 14	86	64	0.00
September 15	78	60	0.00
September 16	69	50	0.00
September 17	67	41	0.00
September 18	73	41	0.00
September 19	85	50	0.00
September 20	87	54	0.00
September 21	89	60	0.00
September 22	94	62	0.00
September 23	88	65	0.00
September 24	81	67	0.59
September 25	89	66	0.44
September 26	83	60	0.00
September 27	80	51	0.00
September 28	92	60	0.00
September 29	92	67	0.00
September 30	92	60	0.05

October 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	52	0.00
October 2	74	48	0.00
October 3	69	54	0.58
October 4	86	59	0.00
October 5	82	61	0.00
October 6	67	52	0.00
October 7	62	44	0.00
October 8	65	42	0.00
October 9	58	53	0.03
October 10	65	48	0.00
October 11	61	49	0.33
October 12	66	61	0.11
October 13	71	63	0.00
October 14	71	54	0.00
October 15	55	51	0.57
October 16	66	54	0.37
October 17	70	47	0.26
October 18	58	38	0.00
October 19	70	34	0.00
October 20	70	50	0.00
October 21	55	45	0.00
October 22	52	35	0.00
October 23	46	30	0.00
October 24	56	35	0.00
October 25	48	35	1.12
October 26	56	30	0.00
October 27	64	39	0.00
October 28	67	49	0.00
October 29	72	51	0.00
October 30	63	55	0.00
October 31	59	48	1.32

November 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	51	45	0.59
November 2	49	45	0.31
November 3	51	47	0.19
November 4	60	42	0.00
November 5	66	40	0.00
November 6	57	33	0.00
November 7	64	38	0.01
November 8	57	38	0.90
November 9	45	28	0.00
November 10	53	25	0.00
November 11	60	30	0.00
November 12	63	39	0.00
November 13	64	38	0.00
November 14	64	43	0.00
November 15	67	45	0.00
November 16	67	40	0.00
November 17	68	40	0.00
November 18	69	43	0.00
November 19	45	30	0.00
November 20	42	26	0.00
November 21	50	30	0.00
November 22	59	31	0.00
November 23	61	39	0.00
November 24	59	31	0.00
November 25	70	48	0.00
November 26	58	29	0.00
November 27	45	27	0.00
November 28	50	33	0.00
November 29	50	41	0.09
November 30	51	38	0.84

December 1981 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	28	0.01	0.0
December 2	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	57	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	66	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	54	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	55	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	36	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	33	0.05	0.0
December 14	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 18	24	10	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	20	0.23	1.2
December 23	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	12	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	22	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Wichita	location
1948–1953	Wichita	location