Zürich Weather in 1981

Historical record of Zürich, Switzerland weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Zürich Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	29.5 °C	August 6
Lowest temperature	-11.8 °C	December 20
Highest daily low	17.1 °C	August 1
Lowest daily high	-6.0 °C	December 20
Most daily precipitation	5.9 cm	August 8
Total annual precipitation	129.5 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Zürich in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Zürich, Switzerland in 1981 was 29.5 °C which happened on August 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Zürich in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	29.5 °C	Aug 6
2	29.2 °C	Aug 5
3	29.1 °C	Jun 15
4	28.5 °C	Aug 4
4	28.5 °C	Jul 31
6	28.3 °C	Jun 2
7	28.2 °C	Aug 3
8	28.0 °C	Jul 30
8	28.0 °C	Jul 8
10	27.8 °C	Aug 1

What was the coldest temperature in Zürich in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Zürich, Switzerland in 1981 was -11.8 °C which happened on Dec 20.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Zürich in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11.8 °C	December 20
2	-10.2 °C	December 19
3	-9.4 °C	January 23
4	-9.2 °C	January 8
5	-8.9 °C	January 24
6	-8.6 °C	January 22
7	-8.4 °C	January 9
8	-8.2 °C	January 30
9	-7.9 °C	January 31
10	-7.7 °C	February 14

January 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
January 1	4.7	-1.5	0.09
January 2	3.2	-0.2	0.52
January 3	7.8	2.9	1.71
January 4	4.4	-2.2	1.36
January 5	1.3	-1.9	0.13
January 6	1.5	-2.8	0.73
January 7	-1.9	-6.1	0.34
January 8	-3.6	-9.2	0.00
January 9	-3.1	-8.4	0.00
January 10	-0.2	-3.2	0.10
January 11	-0.7	-1.9	0.00
January 12	0.6	-2.0	0.58
January 13	-0.6	-6.3	0.33
January 14	3.1	-7.5	0.74
January 15	2.8	-2.3	0.93
January 16	0.1	-3.5	0.01
January 17	5.1	-0.7	0.42
January 18	2.4	0.2	0.30
January 19	4.2	-0.9	0.61
January 20	1.6	-1.9	0.52
January 21	-0.8	-5.7	0.00
January 22	-4.3	-8.6	0.00
January 23	-5.7	-9.4	0.00
January 24	-4.6	-8.9	0.00
January 25	0.1	-7.6	0.03
January 26	2.4	-2.0	0.07
January 27	-2.4	-4.5	0.00
January 28	-2.3	-6.4	0.00
January 29	-4.5	-7.1	0.00
January 30	-2.3	-8.2	0.00
January 31	-1.6	-7.9	0.00

February 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
February 1	0.4	-6.8	0.00
February 2	1.2	-5.4	0.00
February 3	6.3	-5.8	0.79
February 4	5.0	0.4	0.44
February 5	1.5	-1.1	0.12
February 6	4.5	-0.7	0.18
February 7	6.5	2.7	0.00
February 8	7.1	2.9	0.00
February 9	4.7	0.4	0.01
February 10	5.1	0.7	0.21
February 11	2.7	-1.8	0.00
February 12	1.1	-4.8	0.00
February 13	0.9	-6.8	0.00
February 14	1.3	-7.7	0.00
February 15	2.6	-6.7	0.00
February 16	2.7	-6.4	0.00
February 17	-1.9	-3.7	0.00
February 18	1.2	-3.7	0.00
February 19	-1.7	-4.5	0.00
February 20	-1.3	-3.7	0.00
February 21	-0.7	-4.0	0.07
February 22	0.3	-7.0	0.00
February 23	0.9	-5.8	0.00
February 24	4.5	-4.7	0.00
February 25	1.6	-4.6	0.00
February 26	2.5	-3.4	0.00
February 27	3.7	-5.2	0.00
February 28	1.7	-4.0	0.55

March 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
March 1	7.1	0.5	0.08
March 2	6.8	1.8	0.82
March 3	4.9	0.3	1.66
March 4	2.8	0.2	0.30
March 5	6.0	0.5	0.00
March 6	7.4	0.0	0.59
March 7	12.5	3.2	0.00
March 8	11.8	6.1	1.28
March 9	14.6	6.8	0.15
March 10	13.8	7.6	0.06
March 11	18.7	8.3	0.28
March 12	13.3	6.6	2.14
March 13	9.0	5.0	0.14
March 14	10.0	4.0	0.00
March 15	6.5	2.5	0.00
March 16	8.5	1.5	0.17
March 17	5.5	-0.4	0.16
March 18	3.3	-0.6	0.04
March 19	7.5	-1.8	0.00
March 20	13.3	0.4	0.00
March 21	15.7	3.3	0.00
March 22	13.7	4.5	0.01
March 23	13.7	7.4	0.75
March 24	17.4	10.0	0.41
March 25	20.0	9.9	0.00
March 26	15.1	6.6	1.43
March 27	15.6	4.3	0.00
March 28	17.3	2.8	0.00
March 29	21.3	8.4	0.00
March 30	11.2	7.9	0.15
March 31	14.3	7.8	0.00

April 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
April 1	12.5	8.2	0.00
April 2	17.4	7.6	0.00
April 3	15.6	9.3	0.00
April 4	16.8	7.9	0.00
April 5	11.0	5.3	0.28
April 6	13.1	4.4	0.32
April 7	19.0	4.9	0.01
April 8	18.8	10.4	0.00
April 9	19.4	7.9	0.00
April 10	21.0	8.5	0.00
April 11	20.1	8.8	0.00
April 12	21.7	12.6	0.00
April 13	23.1	9.8	0.00
April 14	21.7	9.8	0.00
April 15	19.8	8.8	0.00
April 16	18.5	5.3	0.00
April 17	10.5	1.0	0.00
April 18	7.1	-1.0	0.00
April 19	7.9	-1.9	0.00
April 20	11.4	1.7	0.00
April 21	13.0	1.7	0.00
April 22	14.5	1.0	0.00
April 23	14.1	1.0	0.00
April 24	12.1	1.3	0.00
April 25	16.1	3.6	0.00
April 26	11.7	1.6	0.59
April 27	4.9	1.3	0.44
April 28	6.0	1.3	0.22
April 29	7.5	3.4	0.02
April 30	15.8	4.8	0.29

May 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	12.0	7.5	1.08
May 2	7.7	3.4	0.17
May 3	6.6	2.9	0.13
May 4	11.0	3.3	0.50
May 5	8.0	2.5	0.33
May 6	12.9	4.3	0.01
May 7	22.4	4.9	0.00
May 8	20.0	10.8	0.00
May 9	23.7	8.7	0.00
May 10	26.2	11.2	0.00
May 11	16.5	6.5	0.14
May 12	16.8	5.2	0.56
May 13	12.5	8.4	0.10
May 14	16.3	9.1	0.00
May 15	19.3	7.9	0.00
May 16	20.6	8.2	0.23
May 17	16.3	6.8	0.00
May 18	21.4	7.4	0.00
May 19	24.3	10.6	0.00
May 20	24.2	12.3	0.00
May 21	26.7	14.3	0.05
May 22	16.0	9.3	0.32
May 23	19.3	9.0	0.80
May 24	14.7	9.8	0.59
May 25	14.3	7.0	0.87
May 26	9.7	6.8	2.51
May 27	11.8	5.8	1.00
May 28	16.6	6.8	1.12
May 29	18.5	9.3	0.15
May 30	22.5	9.7	0.01
May 31	25.6	11.9	0.00

June 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	27.2	15.4	0.00
June 2	28.3	15.7	0.00
June 3	23.8	13.8	0.42
June 4	13.9	10.7	0.00
June 5	20.5	10.1	0.00
June 6	23.6	10.6	0.25
June 7	24.2	14.4	0.07
June 8	21.3	15.8	0.13
June 9	23.4	14.3	0.67
June 10	18.7	10.8	0.02
June 11	26.5	10.7	0.00
June 12	25.1	14.4	0.00
June 13	21.4	14.4	0.00
June 14	26.9	12.3	0.00
June 15	29.1	14.9	0.00
June 16	22.7	13.7	0.00
June 17	15.2	8.1	0.17
June 18	10.7	7.0	0.28
June 19	11.6	6.8	0.00
June 20	15.5	5.5	0.00
June 21	12.1	5.7	0.57
June 22	13.5	5.1	0.00
June 23	17.9	8.7	0.00
June 24	19.7	10.0	0.00
June 25	21.9	10.1	0.88
June 26	18.4	11.8	0.03
June 27	24.5	11.1	0.00
June 28	23.6	12.7	1.41
June 29	17.6	8.6	0.04
June 30	16.0	7.0	0.00

July 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	22.2	9.6	0.00
July 2	26.1	11.4	0.05
July 3	19.9	10.5	0.99
July 4	20.3	10.4	0.00
July 5	23.8	10.8	0.00
July 6	24.1	14.7	0.00
July 7	25.7	13.6	0.00
July 8	28.0	14.2	0.00
July 9	27.7	16.5	0.00
July 10	26.7	16.1	1.21
July 11	22.5	15.2	3.04
July 12	20.8	13.5	0.02
July 13	19.6	11.9	0.53
July 14	19.5	9.7	0.00
July 15	22.9	13.0	0.00
July 16	22.9	16.4	0.00
July 17	19.3	14.8	1.50
July 18	15.3	8.8	2.58
July 19	11.4	8.3	0.23
July 20	13.9	8.5	0.58
July 21	18.1	11.6	0.02
July 22	24.7	12.2	0.46
July 23	17.4	10.9	1.40
July 24	13.0	9.3	1.68
July 25	14.6	8.9	1.77
July 26	14.5	8.9	0.35
July 27	16.1	9.7	0.14
July 28	21.2	10.9	0.00
July 29	24.8	11.6	0.00
July 30	28.0	13.6	0.00
July 31	28.5	15.9	0.00

August 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	27.8	17.1	0.00
August 2	26.5	15.6	0.03
August 3	28.2	16.2	0.00
August 4	28.5	16.2	0.00
August 5	29.2	16.1	0.00
August 6	29.5	16.6	0.06
August 7	27.1	16.5	0.00
August 8	27.5	16.2	5.89
August 9	21.6	14.4	1.68
August 10	17.1	12.2	0.01
August 11	20.1	12.0	0.00
August 12	21.6	14.2	0.00
August 13	23.7	14.6	0.00
August 14	25.0	12.5	0.00
August 15	26.8	13.4	0.00
August 16	26.9	16.5	0.00
August 17	19.5	12.2	0.00
August 18	21.6	8.5	0.00
August 19	23.7	11.7	0.00
August 20	22.0	11.7	1.02
August 21	15.0	9.4	0.04
August 22	19.9	8.6	0.00
August 23	15.8	9.8	0.33
August 24	17.4	7.8	0.00
August 25	19.5	9.5	0.00
August 26	21.0	8.9	0.00
August 27	21.6	12.5	0.00
August 28	21.6	10.0	0.00
August 29	22.0	11.1	0.00
August 30	23.1	11.9	0.00
August 31	23.6	11.7	2.40

September 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	18.7	13.0	3.23
September 2	17.3	12.6	0.18
September 3	17.7	10.8	0.00
September 4	16.6	10.7	0.00
September 5	17.2	9.2	0.00
September 6	21.1	9.3	0.00
September 7	23.2	10.0	0.00
September 8	22.9	14.8	2.78
September 9	20.3	13.1	0.02
September 10	18.0	11.6	0.20
September 11	20.1	13.9	0.00
September 12	23.1	12.7	0.24
September 13	15.7	10.5	1.63
September 14	15.3	8.2	0.11
September 15	15.0	10.0	0.98
September 16	18.6	12.2	0.08
September 17	19.5	12.3	0.00
September 18	21.7	10.5	0.31
September 19	15.4	12.1	0.74
September 20	22.3	13.1	0.00
September 21	23.4	13.5	0.00
September 22	23.0	14.3	3.29
September 23	16.2	10.5	0.32
September 24	11.8	9.6	0.03
September 25	16.8	9.4	0.00
September 26	18.7	9.9	0.45
September 27	11.4	8.5	0.89
September 28	10.4	7.8	4.38
September 29	16.4	6.6	0.37
September 30	16.1	5.7	0.00

October 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
October 1	15.6	7.7	0.06
October 2	13.0	9.1	0.50
October 3	13.5	7.2	0.09
October 4	14.1	7.4	0.00
October 5	21.5	10.1	0.00
October 6	22.2	9.3	0.80
October 7	17.0	9.1	0.00
October 8	16.7	7.1	0.00
October 9	18.6	8.4	0.71
October 10	14.0	9.6	1.65
October 11	14.1	7.6	1.06
October 12	14.2	6.0	1.79
October 13	10.1	5.8	0.00
October 14	11.6	3.1	2.27
October 15	17.1	10.5	0.57
October 16	14.8	9.2	0.01
October 17	14.8	8.5	0.00
October 18	19.3	9.7	0.44
October 19	13.8	7.5	0.00
October 20	14.4	6.9	1.47
October 21	8.9	2.8	2.07
October 22	4.8	2.6	0.27
October 23	6.7	2.3	0.12
October 24	6.5	1.3	0.00
October 25	7.2	0.4	0.04
October 26	5.1	0.8	1.18
October 27	3.6	0.6	0.91
October 28	9.0	2.7	0.00
October 29	12.4	3.3	1.03
October 30	9.3	6.6	1.75
October 31	16.2	8.7	0.00

November 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
November 1	16.7	8.7	0.00
November 2	17.2	7.4	0.00
November 3	17.4	7.6	0.00
November 4	16.8	7.4	0.00
November 5	10.5	4.0	0.03
November 6	7.1	0.6	0.00
November 7	5.2	-1.6	0.09
November 8	2.7	-3.2	0.00
November 9	2.1	-4.8	0.00
November 10	1.9	-4.4	0.00
November 11	2.9	-4.6	0.00
November 12	4.8	2.4	0.11
November 13	7.8	3.7	0.00
November 14	4.7	1.6	0.14
November 15	3.7	-2.6	0.00
November 16	1.8	-3.8	0.00
November 17	5.8	-4.4	0.05
November 18	11.3	2.7	0.02
November 19	10.9	7.0	0.04
November 20	14.5	6.1	0.00
November 21	13.5	7.8	0.00
November 22	14.2	6.6	0.00
November 23	13.0	4.3	0.16
November 24	12.5	4.5	0.35
November 25	4.8	0.0	0.00
November 26	3.6	-1.5	0.00
November 27	9.3	1.2	0.81
November 28	4.7	0.5	0.55
November 29	1.7	-0.2	0.39
November 30	4.2	0.0	2.60

December 1981 Zürich Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
December 1	4.1	-0.7	0.32
December 2	2.3	-0.3	0.04
December 3	0.3	-4.0	0.11
December 4	3.9	-2.4	0.44
December 5	2.8	0.1	0.02
December 6	1.9	-1.1	0.22
December 7	5.6	0.4	0.39
December 8	11.3	3.8	2.47
December 9	4.6	0.0	1.85
December 10	4.5	0.9	0.49
December 11	7.8	2.4	0.66
December 12	5.8	-1.7	0.02
December 13	-1.3	-4.6	1.61
December 14	6.5	-3.0	1.32
December 15	4.3	1.5	2.12
December 16	8.1	0.3	1.47
December 17	8.7	0.4	0.46
December 18	2.3	-1.7	0.88
December 19	-1.9	-10.2	0.22
December 20	-6.0	-11.8	0.00
December 21	-0.7	-7.6	0.04
December 22	-0.9	-4.8	0.16
December 23	2.1	-0.8	0.02
December 24	4.7	-0.5	0.60
December 25	1.0	-0.7	0.10
December 26	-0.3	-6.0	0.00
December 27	-2.4	-6.6	0.01
December 28	2.0	-2.8	0.00
December 29	8.7	0.1	0.00
December 30	11.1	-0.1	0.00
December 31	10.2	4.0	0.82

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Zürich / Fluntern	location