Albany Weather in 1978

Historical record of Albany, New York weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Albany Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	February 4
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	12 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	July 27
Most daily snow	11.8 inches	December 25
Total annual precipitation	33.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	87.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Albany in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Albany, New York in 1978 was 95 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Albany in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 23
2	92 °F	Aug 15
2	92 °F	Jul 21
4	90 °F	Jul 22
4	90 °F	Jul 20
4	90 °F	Jul 19
7	89 °F	Aug 16
7	89 °F	May 30
9	88 °F	Sep 21
9	88 °F	Aug 14
9	88 °F	Aug 8
9	88 °F	Aug 3
9	88 °F	Jul 10
9	88 °F	Jul 8
9	88 °F	Jun 27
9	88 °F	May 26

What was the coldest temperature in Albany in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Albany, New York in 1978 was -13 °F which happened on Feb 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Albany in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	February 4
2	-12 °F	February 5
3	-7 °F	February 9
3	-7 °F	January 24
5	-5 °F	January 22
6	-3 °F	February 3
7	-1 °F	February 10
8	0 °F	February 11
9	1 °F	January 4
10	2 °F	February 20

January 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	23	14	0.18	2.6
January 2	24	11	0.06	1.1
January 3	24	9	0.00	0.7
January 4	26	1	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	17	0.02	0.3
January 8	52	30	0.37	0.4
January 9	59	11	1.60	1.4
January 10	14	6	0.04	0.6
January 11	27	10	0.02	0.5
January 12	30	22	0.00	0.4
January 13	25	18	0.12	1.5
January 14	24	19	0.71	7.1
January 15	22	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	26	12	0.36	4.6
January 18	29	21	0.72	7.3
January 19	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 20	26	19	0.73	8.7
January 21	21	15	0.14	2.7
January 22	31	-5	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	4	0.00	0.0
January 24	33	-7	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	32	0.80	0.2
January 26	56	22	0.51	0.0
January 27	26	19	0.04	0.4
January 28	25	16	0.01	0.1
January 29	17	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	13	0.01	0.2
January 31	25	6	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	7	0.00	0.1
February 3	17	-3	0.00	0.0
February 4	12	-13	0.00	0.0
February 5	14	-12	0.00	0.0
February 6	19	9	0.72	10.8
February 7	28	19	0.10	2.6
February 8	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	31	-7	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	-1	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	0	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	23	0.02	1.1
February 13	32	22	0.00	0.3
February 14	26	13	0.04	0.8
February 15	29	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	30	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	5	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	2	0.00	0.0
February 21	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 22	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 23	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	21	0.00	0.1
February 26	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	26	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	31	5	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	10	0.00	0.1
March 2	27	4	0.00	0.0
March 3	23	8	0.16	3.3
March 4	27	14	0.00	0.1
March 5	23	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 7	31	14	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	7	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	6	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 13	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	45	34	0.25	0.0
March 15	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	24	0.02	0.0
March 17	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	14	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	29	0.03	0.2
March 20	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	35	0.09	0.0
March 22	44	31	0.02	0.1
March 23	50	29	0.01	0.0
March 24	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	17	0.00	0.1
March 26	35	26	0.39	3.5
March 27	39	32	1.02	0.0
March 28	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	30	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	62	37	0.45	0.0
April 2	43	26	0.00	0.0
April 3	38	20	0.00	0.2
April 4	44	31	0.17	0.0
April 5	44	37	0.10	0.0
April 6	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	44	33	0.08	0.0
April 8	43	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	46	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	56	24	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	38	0.16	0.0
April 12	57	37	0.05	0.0
April 13	73	42	0.00	0.0
April 14	44	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	45	32	0.00	0.0
April 16	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	27	0.00	0.0
April 19	48	41	0.21	0.0
April 20	51	41	0.46	0.0
April 21	46	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	60	30	0.00	0.0
April 24	64	30	0.00	0.0
April 25	59	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	28	0.00	0.0
April 27	65	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	64	39	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 30	43	31	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	42	29	0.00
May 2	58	31	0.00
May 3	59	35	0.00
May 4	56	28	0.00
May 5	48	41	0.07
May 6	60	39	0.00
May 7	70	43	0.02
May 8	71	39	0.09
May 9	74	52	0.12
May 10	61	45	0.00
May 11	72	44	0.00
May 12	73	44	0.00
May 13	65	53	0.02
May 14	69	54	0.02
May 15	55	49	0.68
May 16	63	50	0.55
May 17	60	51	0.09
May 18	62	46	0.11
May 19	79	43	0.00
May 20	86	51	0.00
May 21	69	50	0.04
May 22	73	42	0.00
May 23	82	43	0.00
May 24	65	51	0.04
May 25	80	54	0.00
May 26	88	50	0.00
May 27	84	51	0.00
May 28	87	59	0.00
May 29	83	62	0.00
May 30	89	58	0.00
May 31	87	60	0.11

June 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	57	0.00
June 2	86	53	0.41
June 3	63	50	0.21
June 4	70	45	0.00
June 5	69	40	0.00
June 6	74	45	0.00
June 7	70	46	0.64
June 8	79	62	0.08
June 9	70	55	0.70
June 10	71	47	0.00
June 11	84	45	0.00
June 12	84	60	0.00
June 13	67	48	0.81
June 14	60	44	0.00
June 15	71	46	0.00
June 16	75	41	0.00
June 17	64	58	0.00
June 18	80	56	0.27
June 19	85	59	1.37
June 20	83	55	0.00
June 21	84	50	0.07
June 22	75	55	0.00
June 23	76	50	0.00
June 24	79	53	0.00
June 25	83	50	0.00
June 26	78	61	0.04
June 27	88	60	0.00
June 28	80	65	0.00
June 29	85	59	0.00
June 30	77	53	0.00

July 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	45	0.00
July 2	76	40	0.00
July 3	75	44	0.04
July 4	68	49	0.51
July 5	81	44	0.00
July 6	86	54	0.00
July 7	87	58	0.00
July 8	88	66	0.00
July 9	86	66	0.00
July 10	88	59	0.21
July 11	72	49	0.00
July 12	82	44	0.00
July 13	82	49	0.00
July 14	83	63	0.01
July 15	82	66	0.01
July 16	79	62	0.03
July 17	77	61	0.86
July 18	85	56	0.00
July 19	90	54	0.00
July 20	90	67	0.00
July 21	92	69	0.00
July 22	90	67	0.00
July 23	95	70	0.04
July 24	76	56	0.00
July 25	82	53	0.00
July 26	80	60	0.00
July 27	85	62	1.84
July 28	76	60	0.07
July 29	74	52	0.03
July 30	72	50	0.00
July 31	67	49	0.39

August 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	57	0.00
August 2	80	59	0.00
August 3	88	67	0.27
August 4	81	59	0.85
August 5	78	52	0.00
August 6	75	67	0.42
August 7	79	71	0.29
August 8	88	65	0.12
August 9	86	61	0.02
August 10	80	58	0.00
August 11	80	54	0.00
August 12	75	65	0.24
August 13	83	64	0.00
August 14	88	59	0.00
August 15	92	65	0.00
August 16	89	72	0.00
August 17	86	63	0.00
August 18	80	57	0.00
August 19	85	53	0.00
August 20	83	57	0.01
August 21	77	51	0.00
August 22	80	48	0.00
August 23	84	48	0.00
August 24	72	55	0.20
August 25	58	54	0.15
August 26	75	54	0.00
August 27	75	50	0.00
August 28	70	57	0.05
August 29	80	63	0.00
August 30	80	58	0.00
August 31	63	59	0.44

September 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	52	0.07
September 2	79	47	0.00
September 3	78	56	0.00
September 4	76	52	0.00
September 5	80	52	0.00
September 6	83	49	0.00
September 7	77	43	0.00
September 8	68	34	0.00
September 9	67	40	0.00
September 10	65	34	0.00
September 11	77	59	0.50
September 12	68	45	0.02
September 13	64	38	0.00
September 14	69	34	0.00
September 15	67	53	0.13
September 16	72	50	0.04
September 17	65	41	0.03
September 18	58	50	0.35
September 19	68	46	0.57
September 20	74	43	0.00
September 21	88	60	0.16
September 22	70	43	0.00
September 23	65	39	0.00
September 24	70	36	0.00
September 25	68	38	0.00
September 26	60	30	0.00
September 27	68	37	0.00
September 28	60	35	0.00
September 29	61	30	0.00
September 30	67	34	0.00

October 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	50	0.01
October 2	63	42	0.00
October 3	61	34	0.00
October 4	53	45	0.31
October 5	63	45	0.00
October 6	66	50	0.62
October 7	60	40	0.01
October 8	49	36	0.00
October 9	55	31	0.00
October 10	69	39	0.00
October 11	74	52	0.00
October 12	73	53	0.00
October 13	72	49	0.54
October 14	51	40	0.38
October 15	50	27	0.00
October 16	51	25	0.00
October 17	48	25	0.00
October 18	52	22	0.00
October 19	54	42	0.17
October 20	55	35	0.00
October 21	66	32	0.00
October 22	73	38	0.00
October 23	70	34	0.07
October 24	49	28	0.00
October 25	61	38	0.00
October 26	56	50	0.78
October 27	57	36	0.06
October 28	65	38	0.00
October 29	51	31	0.00
October 30	52	24	0.00
October 31	64	27	0.00

November 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	25	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	30	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	52	41	0.06	0.0
November 8	47	30	0.05	0.0
November 9	58	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	43	0.00	0.0
November 12	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 14	59	43	0.01	0.0
November 15	49	38	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	47	19	0.14	0.0
November 18	60	44	0.15	0.0
November 19	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	28	19	0.03	0.2
November 22	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	19	0.15	1.4
November 24	44	33	0.02	0.0
November 25	38	21	0.00	0.0
November 26	30	15	0.00	0.0
November 27	22	15	0.22	1.5
November 28	36	22	0.01	0.0
November 29	40	27	0.07	0.3
November 30	44	26	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	14	0.28	2.2
December 4	53	35	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	32	0.01	0.0
December 8	48	40	0.16	0.0
December 9	43	26	0.58	4.4
December 10	27	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	8	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	25	0.09	0.0
December 18	28	16	0.00	0.0
December 19	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	32	18	0.22	0.0
December 21	41	23	0.37	0.0
December 22	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	18	0.22	1.5
December 25	36	30	1.12	11.8
December 26	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 28	22	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	21	4	0.00	0.0
December 30	27	6	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	22	0.03	0.0

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