Albany Weather in 1979

Historical record of Albany, New York weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Albany Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 14
Lowest temperature	-19 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	4 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	July 26
Most daily snow	5.3 inches	April 9
Total annual precipitation	37.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	46.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Albany in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Albany, New York in 1979 was 95 °F which happened on July 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Albany in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 14
2	93 °F	Jul 13
2	93 °F	May 9
4	92 °F	Jul 15
5	91 °F	Jul 25
5	91 °F	May 10
7	90 °F	Aug 5
7	90 °F	Aug 2
7	90 °F	Aug 1
7	90 °F	Jul 23
7	90 °F	Jun 16

What was the coldest temperature in Albany in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Albany, New York in 1979 was -19 °F which happened on Feb 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Albany in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-19 °F	February 18
2	-16 °F	February 12
3	-13 °F	February 13
3	-13 °F	February 10
5	-12 °F	February 11
6	-11 °F	February 17
6	-11 °F	January 19
8	-10 °F	February 14
9	-9 °F	January 12
10	-5 °F	February 15
10	-5 °F	January 11

January 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	55	38	0.10	0.0
January 2	55	27	1.03	1.3
January 3	28	8	0.01	0.2
January 4	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 6	28	7	0.08	1.5
January 7	34	5	0.44	2.6
January 8	33	21	0.64	4.7
January 9	24	5	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 12	13	-9	0.00	0.2
January 13	31	13	0.42	3.8
January 14	37	22	0.09	0.0
January 15	23	5	0.01	0.2
January 16	26	7	0.00	0.1
January 17	24	-1	0.34	5.1
January 18	25	-2	0.01	0.3
January 19	10	-11	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	3	0.34	2.1
January 21	36	16	1.37	0.4
January 22	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	14	0.02	0.0
January 25	40	33	1.33	3.3
January 26	37	33	0.08	0.3
January 27	39	33	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	33	0.06	0.0
January 29	36	28	0.00	0.3
January 30	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	20	0.00	0.1

February 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	11	0.00	0.0
February 2	21	10	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	28	4	0.03	0.3
February 5	21	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	15	3	0.00	0.0
February 7	15	1	0.08	1.9
February 8	24	10	0.03	0.6
February 9	15	-3	0.00	0.0
February 10	12	-13	0.00	0.0
February 11	5	-12	0.00	0.0
February 12	10	-16	0.00	0.0
February 13	10	-13	0.00	0.0
February 14	9	-10	0.00	0.0
February 15	12	-5	0.00	0.0
February 16	12	-3	0.02	0.2
February 17	4	-11	0.00	0.0
February 18	7	-19	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	1	0.04	0.7
February 20	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	19	0.01	0.0
February 22	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	22	0.33	0.0
February 24	39	33	0.62	0.0
February 25	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	26	0.55	0.9
February 27	31	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	27	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	24	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	34	0.33	0.0
March 3	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 4	45	34	0.10	0.0
March 5	56	45	0.05	0.0
March 6	54	35	0.47	0.0
March 7	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	35	0.20	0.0
March 11	38	19	0.08	0.3
March 12	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	15	0.00	0.0
March 14	51	27	0.01	0.1
March 15	27	15	0.00	0.2
March 16	35	12	0.00	0.3
March 17	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	51	20	0.00	0.0
March 20	55	21	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	68	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	71	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	38	0.18	0.0
March 25	64	39	0.12	0.0
March 26	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	35	0.21	0.0
March 30	54	45	0.01	0.0
March 31	64	44	0.07	0.0

April 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	39	0.00	0.0
April 2	43	38	0.27	0.0
April 3	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	48	24	0.24	0.0
April 5	48	31	0.02	0.0
April 6	41	30	0.05	0.6
April 7	39	29	0.00	0.0
April 8	45	26	0.01	0.0
April 9	34	30	0.89	5.3
April 10	44	33	0.19	2.3
April 11	50	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 13	56	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	42	35	0.68	0.0
April 15	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	46	39	0.16	0.0
April 17	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 18	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 19	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 20	63	24	0.00	0.0
April 21	68	28	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	46	0.01	0.0
April 23	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	77	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	73	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	70	56	0.12	0.0
April 27	72	46	0.86	0.0
April 28	67	44	0.38	0.0
April 29	62	43	0.01	0.0
April 30	68	40	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	42	0.00
May 2	63	39	0.00
May 3	68	39	0.17
May 4	57	46	0.00
May 5	56	40	0.00
May 6	59	39	0.00
May 7	70	47	0.00
May 8	85	43	0.00
May 9	93	64	0.00
May 10	91	63	0.00
May 11	86	56	0.00
May 12	80	60	0.00
May 13	66	57	0.06
May 14	68	52	0.07
May 15	78	52	0.01
May 16	69	48	0.11
May 17	70	41	0.00
May 18	65	43	0.00
May 19	72	50	0.00
May 20	76	57	0.02
May 21	74	53	0.08
May 22	70	48	0.00
May 23	64	42	0.28
May 24	58	55	1.62
May 25	62	53	0.83
May 26	71	52	0.04
May 27	67	49	0.11
May 28	71	54	0.15
May 29	73	51	0.38
May 30	69	51	0.20
May 31	77	46	0.00

June 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	51	0.00
June 2	78	58	0.02
June 3	76	59	0.00
June 4	81	57	0.00
June 5	83	56	0.42
June 6	72	53	0.00
June 7	82	52	0.00
June 8	83	66	0.00
June 9	80	68	0.04
June 10	83	69	0.00
June 11	69	48	1.18
June 12	61	42	0.00
June 13	70	39	0.00
June 14	77	40	0.00
June 15	86	52	0.00
June 16	90	62	0.00
June 17	87	67	0.00
June 18	80	56	0.00
June 19	77	52	0.00
June 20	82	45	0.00
June 21	80	51	0.00
June 22	76	56	0.15
June 23	70	52	0.00
June 24	65	51	0.00
June 25	71	45	0.00
June 26	76	39	0.00
June 27	80	55	0.00
June 28	80	59	0.04
June 29	82	56	0.00
June 30	81	64	0.09

July 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	67	0.08
July 2	79	62	0.00
July 3	77	58	0.00
July 4	74	46	0.00
July 5	67	48	0.10
July 6	74	48	0.00
July 7	79	44	0.00
July 8	84	50	0.00
July 9	86	55	0.00
July 10	83	64	0.00
July 11	85	64	0.00
July 12	87	65	0.00
July 13	93	62	0.00
July 14	95	65	0.00
July 15	92	72	0.00
July 16	83	70	0.12
July 17	82	66	0.01
July 18	72	61	0.22
July 19	84	58	0.00
July 20	87	55	0.00
July 21	86	60	0.07
July 22	85	59	0.00
July 23	90	58	0.00
July 24	88	69	0.00
July 25	91	70	0.00
July 26	87	71	2.18
July 27	83	67	0.00
July 28	84	63	0.00
July 29	85	64	0.00
July 30	87	61	0.00
July 31	88	71	0.00

August 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	70	0.75
August 2	90	70	0.03
August 3	86	65	0.00
August 4	88	64	0.00
August 5	90	61	0.00
August 6	83	55	0.00
August 7	78	48	0.00
August 8	84	63	0.00
August 9	80	57	0.00
August 10	79	59	0.14
August 11	69	60	0.00
August 12	60	54	0.74
August 13	76	54	0.02
August 14	75	57	0.25
August 15	64	54	0.07
August 16	74	49	0.00
August 17	73	40	0.00
August 18	60	49	0.50
August 19	78	59	0.00
August 20	76	61	0.00
August 21	79	55	0.00
August 22	80	54	0.00
August 23	83	54	0.00
August 24	79	69	0.01
August 25	84	61	0.13
August 26	82	53	0.00
August 27	85	65	0.03
August 28	80	60	0.00
August 29	83	70	0.00
August 30	88	71	0.00
August 31	79	60	0.00

September 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	53	0.00
September 2	83	64	0.06
September 3	86	66	0.42
September 4	81	60	0.00
September 5	82	60	0.00
September 6	75	69	1.79
September 7	75	58	0.00
September 8	68	44	0.00
September 9	68	38	0.00
September 10	76	44	0.00
September 11	68	46	0.00
September 12	70	40	0.00
September 13	80	49	0.00
September 14	82	61	0.29
September 15	71	53	0.00
September 16	72	43	0.00
September 17	80	47	0.00
September 18	81	54	0.00
September 19	62	34	0.14
September 20	65	30	0.00
September 21	64	49	0.46
September 22	70	48	0.14
September 23	65	39	0.00
September 24	70	35	0.00
September 25	70	37	0.00
September 26	77	47	0.00
September 27	77	41	0.00
September 28	67	47	0.69
September 29	71	55	0.06
September 30	66	53	0.00

October 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	53	0.72
October 2	68	53	0.00
October 3	67	53	1.62
October 4	74	52	0.00
October 5	72	57	0.58
October 6	68	51	0.00
October 7	64	48	0.00
October 8	54	31	0.00
October 9	50	35	0.22
October 10	44	29	0.00
October 11	50	31	0.00
October 12	50	32	0.08
October 13	55	42	0.00
October 14	50	32	0.00
October 15	54	31	0.00
October 16	55	30	0.00
October 17	66	28	0.00
October 18	63	41	0.00
October 19	68	34	0.00
October 20	74	57	0.00
October 21	81	61	0.00
October 22	86	58	0.00
October 23	80	55	0.00
October 24	58	46	0.18
October 25	49	35	0.00
October 26	45	35	0.01
October 27	44	29	0.00
October 28	45	35	0.01
October 29	49	36	0.00
October 30	46	30	0.00
October 31	56	25	0.00

November 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	32	0.00
November 2	62	48	0.75
November 3	49	36	0.68
November 4	51	28	0.00
November 5	54	28	0.00
November 6	54	29	0.00
November 7	50	41	0.04
November 8	50	39	0.00
November 9	53	32	0.00
November 10	59	40	0.09
November 11	44	34	0.00
November 12	48	32	0.00
November 13	50	35	0.05
November 14	43	36	0.05
November 15	45	26	0.00
November 16	41	21	0.01
November 17	53	28	0.00
November 18	55	33	0.00
November 19	50	25	0.00
November 20	59	33	0.00
November 21	54	40	0.00
November 22	52	43	0.02
November 23	67	46	0.00
November 24	69	51	0.31
November 25	51	46	0.13
November 26	67	46	1.28
November 27	56	39	0.00
November 28	55	36	0.00
November 29	44	29	0.00
November 30	41	24	0.00

December 1979 Albany Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	21	0.01	0.1
December 3	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	40	0.02	0.0
December 7	47	38	0.01	0.0
December 8	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	14	0.03	1.1
December 10	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	59	33	0.00	0.0
December 12	62	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	37	18	0.29	4.3
December 14	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	4	0.00	0.0
December 18	21	1	0.00	0.1
December 19	11	1	0.02	0.2
December 20	25	1	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	4	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	10	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	39	0.11	0.0
December 25	58	41	0.43	0.0
December 26	43	32	0.02	0.0
December 27	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 30	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	16	0.00	0.0

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