Williston Weather in 1981

Historical record of Williston, North Dakota weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Williston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 6
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	67 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	-4 °F	December 29
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	June 1
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	November 18
Total annual precipitation	13.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Williston in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1981 was 103 °F which happened on July 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Williston in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 6
2	101 °F	Jul 7
3	96 °F	Jul 5
3	96 °F	Jul 4
5	95 °F	Aug 13
6	94 °F	Aug 19
6	94 °F	Aug 14
6	94 °F	Aug 12
6	94 °F	Aug 11
6	94 °F	Jul 30

What was the coldest temperature in Williston in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1981 was -23 °F which happened on Feb 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Williston in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-23 °F	February 10
2	-20 °F	December 29
2	-20 °F	February 11
4	-19 °F	December 28
5	-18 °F	December 30
6	-13 °F	February 9
6	-13 °F	February 8
8	-12 °F	February 12
9	-10 °F	December 31
9	-10 °F	February 7
9	-10 °F	February 2

January 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	38	18	0.00
January 2	29	12	0.00
January 3	22	5	0.00
January 4	23	11	0.00
January 5	33	14	0.00
January 6	33	15	0.02
January 7	27	13	0.00
January 8	27	14	0.00
January 9	20	5	0.00
January 10	20	11	0.00
January 11	37	15	0.00
January 12	39	20	0.00
January 13	38	19	0.00
January 14	32	20	0.00
January 15	24	16	0.00
January 16	29	3	0.00
January 17	36	12	0.00
January 18	42	14	0.00
January 19	38	19	0.00
January 20	32	12	0.00
January 21	43	20	0.00
January 22	46	23	0.00
January 23	52	28	0.00
January 24	46	25	0.00
January 25	39	29	0.02
January 26	31	20	0.00
January 27	20	4	0.00
January 28	21	10	0.00
January 29	13	0	0.00
January 30	25	7	0.00
January 31	25	13	0.00

February 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 2	12	-10	0.00	0.0
February 3	17	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	-2	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 7	24	-10	0.02	0.0
February 8	10	-13	0.02	1.0
February 9	-2	-13	0.00	0.0
February 10	1	-23	0.00	0.0
February 11	5	-20	0.00	0.0
February 12	17	-12	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	7	0.00	0.0
February 14	52	24	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	37	0.00	0.0
February 16	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	55	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	53	31	0.00	0.0
February 20	48	36	0.12	0.0
February 21	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	27	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	37	23	0.00
March 2	45	15	0.00
March 3	48	25	0.00
March 4	55	25	0.00
March 5	55	23	0.00
March 6	38	18	0.00
March 7	44	19	0.00
March 8	44	19	0.00
March 9	48	18	0.00
March 10	49	20	0.00
March 11	60	23	0.00
March 12	64	24	0.00
March 13	56	20	0.00
March 14	57	28	0.00
March 15	55	28	0.00
March 16	66	27	0.00
March 17	64	27	0.00
March 18	40	22	0.00
March 19	43	18	0.00
March 20	51	23	0.00
March 21	42	15	0.00
March 22	55	13	0.00
March 23	59	29	0.00
March 24	58	26	0.00
March 25	55	29	0.00
March 26	52	22	0.00
March 27	51	32	0.00
March 28	51	35	0.15
March 29	63	29	0.00
March 30	61	34	0.00
March 31	52	31	0.00

April 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	26	0.00
April 2	66	39	0.00
April 3	n/a	25	0.00
April 4	51	23	0.07
April 5	58	28	0.00
April 6	56	33	0.00
April 7	51	26	0.00
April 8	54	25	0.00
April 9	62	27	0.00
April 10	56	33	0.00
April 11	55	23	0.00
April 12	59	34	0.10
April 13	57	20	0.00
April 14	59	19	0.00
April 15	77	32	0.00
April 16	77	38	0.00
April 17	66	34	0.00
April 18	70	39	0.00
April 19	67	30	0.00
April 20	75	28	0.00
April 21	73	44	0.00
April 22	62	38	0.02
April 23	74	38	0.00
April 24	84	42	0.00
April 25	79	47	0.00
April 26	67	40	0.00
April 27	65	47	0.14
April 28	65	40	0.20
April 29	65	39	0.00
April 30	66	41	0.00

May 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	35	0.00
May 2	78	57	0.00
May 3	66	38	0.00
May 4	65	36	0.00
May 5	70	43	0.00
May 6	70	43	0.00
May 7	68	46	0.07
May 8	55	40	0.10
May 9	55	23	0.00
May 10	63	36	0.08
May 11	66	31	0.00
May 12	64	42	0.12
May 13	66	45	0.00
May 14	70	40	0.00
May 15	71	53	0.00
May 16	68	41	0.00
May 17	69	45	0.00
May 18	73	44	0.00
May 19	78	42	0.00
May 20	86	50	0.00
May 21	86	51	0.00
May 22	83	55	0.00
May 23	62	42	0.00
May 24	54	38	0.12
May 25	68	49	0.00
May 26	66	50	0.00
May 27	65	54	0.03
May 28	80	47	0.02
May 29	76	47	0.07
May 30	77	50	0.00
May 31	79	53	0.00

June 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	50	2.05
June 2	69	46	0.56
June 3	77	46	0.00
June 4	76	55	0.40
June 5	74	51	0.00
June 6	75	50	0.04
June 7	76	55	0.00
June 8	72	54	0.01
June 9	69	45	0.18
June 10	71	46	0.00
June 11	72	45	0.00
June 12	72	49	0.00
June 13	69	49	0.66
June 14	68	42	0.00
June 15	67	45	0.05
June 16	77	45	0.00
June 17	77	52	0.55
June 18	66	41	0.08
June 19	64	49	0.06
June 20	71	46	0.00
June 21	72	48	0.27
June 22	72	47	0.00
June 23	72	53	0.63
June 24	72	48	0.26
June 25	76	48	0.00
June 26	86	54	0.00
June 27	86	63	0.05
June 28	72	54	0.12
June 29	75	45	0.02
June 30	88	56	0.00

July 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	65	0.00
July 2	88	57	0.00
July 3	87	53	0.00
July 4	96	58	0.00
July 5	96	58	0.00
July 6	103	65	0.00
July 7	101	67	0.00
July 8	90	53	0.00
July 9	91	44	0.00
July 10	91	57	0.00
July 11	88	56	0.00
July 12	89	67	0.00
July 13	89	56	0.00
July 14	89	61	0.22
July 15	81	54	0.09
July 16	80	53	0.00
July 17	85	51	0.00
July 18	79	57	0.23
July 19	84	55	0.04
July 20	87	52	0.00
July 21	93	59	0.00
July 22	93	56	1.03
July 23	89	57	0.26
July 24	84	55	0.18
July 25	72	53	0.00
July 26	72	48	0.00
July 27	77	52	0.00
July 28	89	52	0.00
July 29	89	51	0.00
July 30	94	57	0.30
July 31	88	53	0.00

August 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	55	0.00
August 2	84	53	0.13
August 3	85	57	0.00
August 4	86	57	0.00
August 5	86	59	0.37
August 6	83	52	0.00
August 7	89	54	0.00
August 8	88	57	0.12
August 9	80	53	0.00
August 10	85	53	0.00
August 11	94	57	0.00
August 12	94	60	0.00
August 13	95	62	0.00
August 14	94	58	0.00
August 15	85	57	0.00
August 16	84	57	0.00
August 17	85	56	0.00
August 18	93	60	0.00
August 19	94	60	0.00
August 20	89	65	0.00
August 21	88	60	0.03
August 22	86	60	0.15
August 23	82	53	0.03
August 24	77	53	0.02
August 25	80	53	0.00
August 26	83	56	0.00
August 27	82	53	0.00
August 28	87	53	0.00
August 29	92	55	0.00
August 30	93	63	0.10
August 31	91	46	0.00

September 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	40	0.00
September 2	83	55	0.00
September 3	70	35	0.00
September 4	80	40	0.00
September 5	92	56	0.00
September 6	81	53	0.04
September 7	88	47	0.00
September 8	90	52	0.00
September 9	93	57	0.00
September 10	92	54	0.00
September 11	84	48	0.00
September 12	91	53	0.00
September 13	90	49	0.00
September 14	80	53	0.00
September 15	73	41	0.00
September 16	69	36	0.00
September 17	77	38	0.00
September 18	85	42	0.00
September 19	89	45	0.00
September 20	88	53	0.11
September 21	74	38	0.00
September 22	73	44	0.12
September 23	69	47	0.00
September 24	72	38	0.00
September 25	68	42	0.06
September 26	67	40	0.05
September 27	57	32	0.00
September 28	67	36	0.00
September 29	67	41	0.06
September 30	55	45	0.40

October 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	61	33	0.00
October 2	77	42	0.00
October 3	77	46	0.00
October 4	51	36	0.10
October 5	56	30	0.03
October 6	64	28	0.00
October 7	67	39	0.00
October 8	65	45	0.00
October 9	62	36	0.10
October 10	66	38	0.00
October 11	73	38	0.00
October 12	71	42	0.44
October 13	43	34	0.00
October 14	48	26	0.00
October 15	62	29	0.00
October 16	66	36	0.00
October 17	65	37	0.00
October 18	55	29	0.00
October 19	60	37	0.00
October 20	59	34	0.00
October 21	42	21	0.00
October 22	39	17	0.00
October 23	36	8	0.00
October 24	34	26	0.06
October 25	38	13	0.00
October 26	57	30	0.00
October 27	51	30	0.00
October 28	68	30	0.00
October 29	66	36	0.00
October 30	57	38	0.00
October 31	61	30	0.00

November 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	39	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	21	0.00	0.0
November 6	60	27	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	20	0.00	0.0
November 9	59	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	57	27	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	26	0.00	0.0
November 12	63	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	38	0.00	0.0
November 14	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	25	0.24	3.0
November 19	26	20	0.05	0.0
November 20	26	15	0.00	0.0
November 21	37	15	0.00	0.0
November 22	37	20	0.03	0.0
November 23	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 24	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	32	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	30	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	24	19	0.00	0.0
November 28	24	17	0.00	0.0
November 29	30	10	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	18	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	34	24	0.15	2.0
December 4	34	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	40	25	0.03	0.0
December 8	32	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 13	25	7	0.00	0.0
December 14	11	-4	0.01	0.0
December 15	13	-6	0.00	0.0
December 16	12	6	0.00	0.0
December 17	14	5	0.00	0.0
December 18	13	0	0.01	0.0
December 19	23	-5	0.00	0.0
December 20	41	16	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	22	0.01	0.0
December 22	30	15	0.06	n/a
December 23	24	14	0.04	0.5
December 24	21	10	0.00	0.0
December 25	22	8	0.04	1.0
December 26	22	4	0.03	0.5
December 27	15	-2	0.00	0.0
December 28	0	-19	0.00	0.0
December 29	-4	-20	0.00	0.0
December 30	5	-18	0.00	0.0
December 31	4	-10	0.06	1.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1957–2024	Williston Experimental Farm	location
1894–1956	Sloulin Field International Airport	location