Altoona Weather in 1978

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	June 27
Lowest temperature	0 °F	February 20
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	May 13
Most daily snow	12.0 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	38.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	66.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 91 °F which happened on June 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jun 27
2	89 °F	Jul 23
2	89 °F	Jul 22
4	87 °F	Jul 21
4	87 °F	Jun 18
6	86 °F	Jul 20
6	86 °F	Jul 19
6	86 °F	Jun 2
9	85 °F	Sep 21
9	85 °F	Sep 7
9	85 °F	Aug 19
9	85 °F	Aug 18
9	85 °F	Aug 16
9	85 °F	Aug 3
9	85 °F	Jul 27
9	85 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 0 °F which happened on Feb 20.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	February 20
2	1 °F	January 10
3	2 °F	February 4
3	2 °F	January 9
5	3 °F	February 19
6	4 °F	February 9
6	4 °F	February 5
8	5 °F	December 29
8	5 °F	January 4
10	6 °F	February 22

January 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	19	0.11	1.1
January 2	29	16	0.01	0.0
January 3	17	10	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	22	0.05	0.0
January 6	35	32	0.01	0.0
January 7	36	33	0.06	0.0
January 8	47	36	0.94	0.0
January 9	38	2	0.16	1.6
January 10	9	1	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	25	22	0.20	2.0
January 14	27	15	0.80	8.0
January 15	17	12	0.00	0.0
January 16	22	12	0.04	1.0
January 17	23	16	0.99	10.0
January 18	25	19	0.06	0.1
January 19	22	16	0.30	3.5
January 20	24	21	1.03	12.0
January 21	24	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	21	12	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	10	0.20	0.0
January 25	33	32	1.11	0.0
January 26	43	9	0.78	0.0
January 27	15	10	0.06	1.0
January 28	15	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	16	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	19	12	0.00	0.0
January 31	17	10	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 2	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	9	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	4	0.08	1.0
February 6	13	9	0.14	1.5
February 7	17	8	0.06	1.0
February 8	27	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	4	0.00	0.0
February 10	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	11	0.18	2.0
February 14	28	18	0.05	0.5
February 15	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 16	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	27	13	0.06	1.0
February 19	20	3	0.00	0.0
February 20	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 21	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 22	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 24	28	22	0.01	0.0
February 25	36	26	0.03	0.3
February 26	28	23	0.03	0.3
February 27	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 28	29	10	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	14	0.03	0.3
March 2	25	7	0.00	0.0
March 3	25	19	0.18	3.0
March 4	22	9	0.03	0.0
March 5	22	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	30	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	28	10	0.00	0.0
March 8	26	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 14	49	37	0.04	0.0
March 15	41	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	30	0.32	4.0
March 17	31	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	33	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	37	0.01	0.0
March 22	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	44	32	0.01	0.0
March 25	32	25	0.50	3.0
March 26	33	29	0.57	0.0
March 27	41	32	0.04	0.0
March 28	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	36	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 2	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	41	31	0.41	0.0
April 4	59	36	0.51	0.0
April 5	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	44	35	0.32	0.0
April 7	65	41	0.11	0.0
April 8	56	33	0.00	0.0
April 9	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 10	69	39	0.00	0.0
April 11	75	47	0.12	0.0
April 12	67	45	0.00	0.0
April 13	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 14	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 15	47	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	56	36	0.12	0.0
April 19	44	41	0.32	0.0
April 20	48	41	0.30	0.0
April 21	43	33	0.11	1.0
April 22	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 24	58	40	0.02	0.0
April 25	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 26	54	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	56	35	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	50	27	0.00
May 2	59	31	0.00
May 3	61	35	0.00
May 4	46	39	0.25
May 5	45	39	0.57
May 6	55	45	0.03
May 7	58	42	0.00
May 8	54	48	0.35
May 9	70	48	0.06
May 10	57	46	0.00
May 11	72	40	0.00
May 12	76	58	0.01
May 13	63	48	1.23
May 14	56	48	0.73
May 15	52	49	1.06
May 16	53	49	0.28
May 17	55	50	0.18
May 18	64	54	0.22
May 19	77	47	0.00
May 20	82	55	0.00
May 21	68	49	0.00
May 22	72	41	0.00
May 23	69	51	0.19
May 24	59	56	1.09
May 25	79	54	0.00
May 26	83	54	0.00
May 27	78	55	0.00
May 28	75	57	0.00
May 29	78	57	0.00
May 30	83	56	0.00
May 31	80	63	0.00

June 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	58	0.00
June 2	86	63	0.75
June 3	70	55	1.20
June 4	68	49	0.00
June 5	72	50	0.00
June 6	75	44	0.00
June 7	71	64	0.13
June 8	76	64	0.34
June 9	69	54	0.00
June 10	76	50	0.00
June 11	81	56	0.00
June 12	85	63	0.00
June 13	67	46	0.07
June 14	65	40	0.00
June 15	72	47	0.00
June 16	76	47	0.00
June 17	76	63	1.22
June 18	87	66	0.00
June 19	75	60	0.00
June 20	80	54	0.00
June 21	79	65	1.01
June 22	74	58	0.01
June 23	76	51	0.00
June 24	77	54	0.00
June 25	79	52	0.00
June 26	81	67	0.09
June 27	91	65	0.24
June 28	79	64	0.00
June 29	84	62	0.00
June 30	81	61	0.00

July 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	57	0.00
July 2	60	55	0.78
July 3	58	55	0.94
July 4	64	54	0.02
July 5	76	58	0.00
July 6	79	56	0.00
July 7	83	59	0.00
July 8	84	64	0.01
July 9	84	64	0.00
July 10	80	58	0.05
July 11	69	51	0.00
July 12	72	46	0.00
July 13	76	51	0.00
July 14	81	65	0.23
July 15	82	62	0.00
July 16	79	60	0.00
July 17	78	61	0.00
July 18	83	57	0.00
July 19	86	59	0.00
July 20	86	65	0.00
July 21	87	68	0.00
July 22	89	73	0.00
July 23	89	68	0.12
July 24	77	64	0.47
July 25	76	64	0.28
July 26	77	64	0.28
July 27	85	64	0.81
July 28	75	56	0.00
July 29	79	54	0.01
July 30	74	63	0.00
July 31	73	60	0.63

August 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	66	0.00
August 2	80	62	0.00
August 3	85	69	0.68
August 4	77	64	0.00
August 5	74	62	0.01
August 6	83	68	0.06
August 7	79	69	0.32
August 8	79	66	0.00
August 9	82	63	0.00
August 10	75	64	0.30
August 11	81	63	0.24
August 12	77	65	0.31
August 13	80	64	0.00
August 14	81	65	0.06
August 15	83	65	0.00
August 16	85	65	0.00
August 17	83	66	0.00
August 18	85	58	0.00
August 19	85	61	0.00
August 20	72	56	0.00
August 21	75	48	0.00
August 22	79	50	0.00
August 23	81	55	0.00
August 24	83	58	0.00
August 25	83	65	0.00
August 26	79	62	0.00
August 27	73	60	0.02
August 28	83	65	0.00
August 29	81	68	0.01
August 30	72	65	0.14
August 31	67	61	0.54

September 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	56	0.00
September 2	74	49	0.00
September 3	72	58	0.01
September 4	75	60	0.00
September 5	80	51	0.00
September 6	84	56	0.00
September 7	85	69	0.00
September 8	83	66	0.00
September 9	77	56	0.00
September 10	71	53	0.01
September 11	81	58	0.00
September 12	82	57	0.24
September 13	61	52	0.00
September 14	60	55	0.00
September 15	76	56	0.38
September 16	75	62	0.00
September 17	76	60	0.14
September 18	82	65	0.07
September 19	83	63	0.67
September 20	76	62	0.00
September 21	85	66	0.00
September 22	70	47	0.26
September 23	65	43	0.00
September 24	65	47	0.00
September 25	69	45	0.00
September 26	63	40	0.00
September 27	70	45	0.00
September 28	65	40	0.00
September 29	62	35	0.00
September 30	65	50	0.00

October 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	52	0.00
October 2	59	40	0.00
October 3	64	37	0.00
October 4	66	45	0.31
October 5	61	40	0.00
October 6	56	49	0.00
October 7	50	36	0.01
October 8	48	36	0.00
October 9	54	35	0.00
October 10	65	33	0.00
October 11	64	35	0.00
October 12	73	46	0.01
October 13	61	52	0.02
October 14	52	38	0.46
October 15	45	32	0.00
October 16	40	28	0.36
October 17	49	34	0.02
October 18	55	25	0.00
October 19	55	45	0.00
October 20	56	36	0.00
October 21	65	34	0.00
October 22	72	40	0.00
October 23	66	35	0.02
October 24	49	28	0.00
October 25	64	30	0.00
October 26	61	47	0.30
October 27	51	37	0.15
October 28	59	34	0.00
October 29	52	31	0.00
October 30	53	28	0.00
October 31	61	32	0.00

November 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 2	58	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	67	36	0.00	0.0
November 7	52	38	0.03	0.0
November 8	46	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	27	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	48	39	0.11	0.0
November 13	46	38	0.12	0.0
November 14	60	45	0.01	0.0
November 15	51	35	0.10	0.0
November 16	39	37	0.08	0.0
November 17	50	36	0.69	0.0
November 18	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 21	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	35	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	40	31	0.07	0.0
November 24	44	30	0.03	0.0
November 25	33	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	21	0.03	0.8
November 27	30	20	0.44	2.0
November 28	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	33	22	0.01	0.1
November 30	42	27	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	32	0.18	0.0
December 4	60	36	0.12	0.0
December 5	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	57	40	0.51	0.0
December 9	51	17	0.49	0.0
December 10	17	9	0.03	0.0
December 11	28	9	0.00	0.0
December 12	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	31	0.09	0.0
December 17	38	26	0.05	0.5
December 18	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	30	22	0.40	0.0
December 21	44	26	0.22	0.0
December 22	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	32	22	0.97	3.0
December 25	34	24	0.11	1.0
December 26	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	23	15	0.03	0.3
December 28	23	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	23	5	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	30	0.17	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Altoona-Blair County Airport	location
1893–1948	Altoona Horseshoe Curve	location