Worcester Weather in 1981

Historical record of Worcester, Massachusetts weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Worcester Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	February 24
Most daily snow	9.8 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	49.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	51.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Worcester in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1981 was 92 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Worcester in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 9
2	91 °F	Jul 8
3	90 °F	Jun 16
4	89 °F	Jul 7
5	87 °F	Jul 11
6	86 °F	Jul 21
6	86 °F	Jul 12
6	86 °F	May 25
9	85 °F	Aug 4
9	85 °F	Jul 10
9	85 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Worcester in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1981 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Worcester in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 5
2	-8 °F	January 12
2	-8 °F	January 4
4	-6 °F	January 11
5	-3 °F	January 13
6	-1 °F	January 3
7	0 °F	January 10
8	1 °F	January 9
8	1 °F	January 8
10	2 °F	January 14

January 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	9	0.01	0.1
January 2	26	5	0.13	2.1
January 3	9	-1	0.03	0.2
January 4	0	-8	0.00	0.0
January 5	17	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	9	0.01	0.1
January 7	31	7	0.29	2.9
January 8	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	20	0	0.03	0.3
January 11	5	-6	0.00	0.0
January 12	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 13	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 14	19	2	0.01	0.1
January 15	20	10	0.01	0.1
January 16	24	13	0.06	0.8
January 17	20	6	0.10	1.6
January 18	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	22	0.01	0.1
January 24	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	25	0.01	0.0
January 27	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	11	0.23	4.1
January 30	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	5	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	19	0.15	0.0
February 2	53	24	1.18	0.0
February 3	24	7	0.00	0.0
February 4	15	5	0.00	0.0
February 5	16	4	0.02	0.2
February 6	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	27	0.47	1.3
February 9	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 11	59	28	0.85	0.0
February 12	44	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	40	0.14	0.0
February 18	63	44	0.00	0.0
February 19	62	44	0.05	0.0
February 20	53	47	1.45	0.0
February 21	52	43	0.68	0.0
February 22	43	33	0.05	0.0
February 23	35	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	48	35	2.06	0.0
February 25	38	32	1.03	9.8
February 26	39	34	0.19	0.0
February 27	42	30	0.02	0.1
February 28	42	25	0.03	0.0

March 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	39	27	0.01	0.1
March 3	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	22	0.03	0.4
March 7	36	30	0.12	1.5
March 8	36	30	0.01	0.1
March 9	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	26	0.03	0.3
March 13	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	35	18	0.01	0.1
March 15	49	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	13	0.00	0.0
March 18	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 19	37	12	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	16	0.00	0.0
March 21	37	25	0.07	0.7
March 22	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	37	30	0.01	0.1
March 26	52	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	32	0.27	0.0
March 28	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	52	0.18	0.0
March 31	64	46	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	37	0.02
April 2	51	40	1.12
April 3	70	35	0.00
April 4	64	51	0.00
April 5	58	50	0.38
April 6	50	30	0.24
April 7	56	30	0.00
April 8	68	36	0.00
April 9	69	46	0.02
April 10	63	38	0.00
April 11	64	41	0.02
April 12	58	37	0.00
April 13	51	31	0.00
April 14	51	29	0.64
April 15	43	27	0.00
April 16	58	25	0.00
April 17	61	44	0.00
April 18	72	44	0.00
April 19	60	34	0.00
April 20	49	30	0.00
April 21	42	25	0.00
April 22	54	23	0.00
April 23	52	36	0.35
April 24	56	39	0.29
April 25	44	37	0.23
April 26	57	36	0.00
April 27	64	40	0.00
April 28	59	47	0.00
April 29	69	48	0.54
April 30	59	44	0.00

May 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	42	0.69
May 2	57	41	0.02
May 3	64	43	0.00
May 4	63	45	0.02
May 5	60	45	0.02
May 6	76	44	0.00
May 7	59	32	0.00
May 8	66	40	0.00
May 9	64	38	0.00
May 10	63	42	0.06
May 11	67	56	0.03
May 12	64	47	1.25
May 13	66	43	0.00
May 14	73	42	0.00
May 15	70	55	0.72
May 16	64	51	0.45
May 17	61	43	0.00
May 18	59	36	0.00
May 19	64	36	0.00
May 20	70	46	0.00
May 21	73	43	0.00
May 22	67	43	0.00
May 23	70	46	0.00
May 24	80	49	0.00
May 25	86	61	0.00
May 26	80	60	0.00
May 27	83	60	0.00
May 28	75	58	0.00
May 29	69	58	1.21
May 30	80	62	0.00
May 31	73	55	0.01

June 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	48	0.00
June 2	63	51	0.00
June 3	64	52	0.13
June 4	81	59	0.00
June 5	80	59	0.00
June 6	80	60	0.18
June 7	71	51	0.00
June 8	73	45	0.00
June 9	75	57	0.26
June 10	76	54	0.06
June 11	74	50	0.00
June 12	77	55	0.03
June 13	76	52	0.00
June 14	65	58	0.00
June 15	78	58	0.00
June 16	90	65	0.00
June 17	80	60	0.00
June 18	81	56	0.00
June 19	80	54	0.00
June 20	74	60	0.53
June 21	78	62	0.00
June 22	80	64	0.98
June 23	75	54	0.00
June 24	77	52	0.00
June 25	74	63	0.28
June 26	69	52	0.00
June 27	77	51	0.00
June 28	82	61	0.00
June 29	85	60	0.00
June 30	76	55	0.00

July 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	60	0.00
July 2	75	62	0.10
July 3	79	63	0.08
July 4	78	65	1.53
July 5	73	66	1.46
July 6	84	66	0.00
July 7	89	66	0.00
July 8	91	67	0.00
July 9	92	72	0.00
July 10	85	65	0.00
July 11	87	64	0.00
July 12	86	63	0.00
July 13	82	61	0.52
July 14	74	60	0.12
July 15	79	56	0.00
July 16	81	58	0.00
July 17	84	60	0.00
July 18	83	60	1.01
July 19	80	60	0.00
July 20	75	64	0.76
July 21	86	70	0.67
July 22	76	61	0.00
July 23	77	57	0.00
July 24	74	55	0.00
July 25	76	56	0.00
July 26	75	59	0.00
July 27	79	60	0.16
July 28	74	56	0.01
July 29	74	56	1.48
July 30	74	53	0.00
July 31	82	57	0.00

August 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	59	0.00
August 2	82	60	0.00
August 3	83	62	0.01
August 4	85	65	0.00
August 5	77	64	0.12
August 6	76	58	0.00
August 7	77	56	0.00
August 8	75	59	0.30
August 9	80	65	0.09
August 10	83	66	0.00
August 11	84	66	0.01
August 12	78	64	0.00
August 13	78	62	0.00
August 14	78	57	0.00
August 15	79	63	0.09
August 16	79	54	0.18
August 17	69	48	0.00
August 18	77	52	0.00
August 19	77	57	0.00
August 20	75	53	0.00
August 21	79	55	0.00
August 22	78	58	0.00
August 23	79	57	0.00
August 24	69	57	0.14
August 25	61	48	0.09
August 26	72	45	0.00
August 27	78	55	0.00
August 28	77	57	0.00
August 29	77	55	0.00
August 30	69	53	0.00
August 31	75	58	0.00

September 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	59	0.05
September 2	64	57	0.00
September 3	63	55	0.00
September 4	70	53	0.01
September 5	71	51	0.00
September 6	70	55	0.00
September 7	71	54	0.00
September 8	74	59	0.42
September 9	68	47	0.19
September 10	69	40	0.03
September 11	75	55	0.00
September 12	81	54	0.63
September 13	77	54	0.00
September 14	82	56	0.50
September 15	67	58	0.41
September 16	59	52	0.55
September 17	67	51	0.00
September 18	60	52	0.00
September 19	54	49	0.11
September 20	66	47	0.00
September 21	61	42	0.00
September 22	72	51	0.96
September 23	57	44	0.34
September 24	54	42	0.19
September 25	68	45	0.00
September 26	66	49	0.00
September 27	76	54	0.27
September 28	61	37	0.00
September 29	54	35	0.00
September 30	55	32	0.00

October 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	43	36	0.50
October 2	56	42	0.76
October 3	51	40	0.07
October 4	56	38	0.00
October 5	57	46	0.00
October 6	57	41	0.30
October 7	55	40	0.05
October 8	55	40	0.00
October 9	52	37	0.00
October 10	50	36	0.00
October 11	52	34	0.00
October 12	52	33	0.00
October 13	59	35	0.00
October 14	64	39	0.00
October 15	64	40	0.00
October 16	63	39	0.00
October 17	60	38	0.00
October 18	58	38	1.17
October 19	50	36	0.01
October 20	52	32	0.00
October 21	67	42	0.00
October 22	67	45	0.00
October 23	62	43	0.61
October 24	47	35	0.38
October 25	50	31	0.00
October 26	48	42	0.90
October 27	57	47	0.42
October 28	60	42	0.32
October 29	45	33	0.00
October 30	44	36	0.00
October 31	52	33	0.00

November 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	50	36	0.00
November 2	63	43	0.00
November 3	53	38	0.00
November 4	58	38	0.00
November 5	62	38	0.00
November 6	57	39	0.29
November 7	40	29	0.00
November 8	53	28	0.00
November 9	58	31	0.00
November 10	40	25	0.00
November 11	50	34	0.00
November 12	41	26	0.00
November 13	51	25	0.00
November 14	48	33	0.00
November 15	45	36	0.15
November 16	48	42	1.13
November 17	49	42	0.12
November 18	45	38	0.80
November 19	48	38	0.01
November 20	42	36	0.45
November 21	40	34	0.08
November 22	37	29	0.00
November 23	36	26	0.00
November 24	37	22	0.00
November 25	36	20	0.00
November 26	42	22	0.01
November 27	50	31	0.09
November 28	39	31	0.00
November 29	34	26	0.00
November 30	35	21	0.00

December 1981 Worcester Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	18	0.63	0.0
December 2	47	32	1.06	0.0
December 3	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	35	29	0.32	3.3
December 6	30	24	0.75	6.1
December 7	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	28	0.04	0.4
December 9	28	22	0.04	0.4
December 10	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	23	0.03	0.4
December 12	37	22	0.03	0.6
December 13	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	20	0.35	3.5
December 15	34	27	1.15	2.1
December 16	33	24	0.50	1.2
December 17	27	21	0.04	0.5
December 18	26	20	0.09	0.6
December 19	21	10	0.00	0.0
December 20	18	8	0.00	0.0
December 21	27	6	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	24	0.12	1.2
December 23	45	28	0.37	0.0
December 24	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	29	25	0.30	3.0
December 28	40	19	0.01	0.1
December 29	37	24	0.11	1.2
December 30	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	15	0.00	0.0

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