Amherst Weather in 1978

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 24
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	20 °F	February 5
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	January 9
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	34.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	56.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1978 was 96 °F which happened on July 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 24
2	95 °F	Jul 23
3	94 °F	Jul 22
3	94 °F	Jul 21
5	92 °F	Aug 14
5	92 °F	Jul 20
7	91 °F	Aug 17
7	91 °F	Aug 16
7	91 °F	Aug 15
7	91 °F	Jul 19
7	91 °F	Jul 10
7	91 °F	Jun 20

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1978 was -8 °F which happened on Feb 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	February 9
2	-7 °F	January 24
3	-6 °F	February 20
3	-6 °F	February 11
3	-6 °F	February 10
6	-5 °F	February 5
7	-3 °F	February 22
7	-3 °F	February 4
9	-2 °F	March 5
9	-2 °F	January 23

January 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	27	18	0.16	2.0
January 3	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	-1	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	28	0.03	0.3
January 8	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	59	24	2.56	0.2
January 10	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	29	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	21	0.11	2.0
January 14	27	21	1.13	4.0
January 15	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	13	0.06	1.0
January 18	30	22	0.85	6.0
January 19	29	5	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	20	0.52	7.0
January 21	27	17	0.20	2.0
January 22	35	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	-2	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	-7	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	28	0.40	0.0
January 26	59	n/a	2.14	0.0
January 27	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	5	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	3	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	-3	0.00	0.0
February 5	20	-5	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	12	0.02	0.4
February 7	28	18	0.77	11.0
February 8	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	-8	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	-6	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	-6	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	5	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 19	35	3	0.09	1.0
February 20	33	-6	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	1	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	-3	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 28	31	7	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	5	0.00	0.0
March 2	29	2	0.00	0.0
March 3	27	5	0.04	0.5
March 4	28	17	0.26	3.0
March 5	30	-2	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	10	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	37	5	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	5	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	13	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	27	0.30	0.0
March 15	45	33	0.53	0.0
March 16	41	26	0.05	0.5
March 17	39	25	0.03	0.3
March 18	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	26	0.01	0.2
March 20	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	56	32	0.01	0.0
March 22	55	39	0.16	0.0
March 23	56	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	30	0.17	1.0
March 27	42	32	1.09	0.0
March 28	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	27	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	57	32	0.25
April 2	64	34	0.12
April 3	45	28	0.00
April 4	43	32	0.00
April 5	52	40	0.23
April 6	55	33	0.00
April 7	54	34	0.09
April 8	49	38	0.00
April 9	48	27	0.00
April 10	60	27	0.00
April 11	57	40	0.03
April 12	59	42	0.06
April 13	75	33	0.00
April 14	74	45	0.00
April 15	47	31	0.00
April 16	53	27	0.00
April 17	53	36	0.00
April 18	60	30	0.07
April 19	60	34	0.10
April 20	49	40	0.47
April 21	51	42	0.06
April 22	57	38	0.00
April 23	57	26	0.00
April 24	65	28	0.00
April 25	65	32	0.00
April 26	68	31	0.00
April 27	67	37	0.00
April 28	64	38	0.00
April 29	67	32	0.00
April 30	67	38	0.00

May 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	50	32	0.00
May 2	59	29	0.00
May 3	64	40	0.00
May 4	64	28	0.00
May 5	63	39	0.12
May 6	57	40	0.07
May 7	65	44	0.01
May 8	73	37	0.00
May 9	69	51	0.43
May 10	66	44	0.24
May 11	73	44	0.00
May 12	75	40	0.00
May 13	72	49	0.00
May 14	72	58	0.00
May 15	70	47	0.51
May 16	53	42	0.14
May 17	64	49	0.30
May 18	64	49	0.12
May 19	80	49	0.00
May 20	87	48	0.00
May 21	88	65	0.21
May 22	78	39	0.00
May 23	84	44	0.00
May 24	84	49	0.00
May 25	69	56	0.38
May 26	82	50	0.00
May 27	80	56	0.00
May 28	82	58	0.00
May 29	87	62	0.00
May 30	89	63	0.00
May 31	90	58	0.00

June 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	61	0.07
June 2	85	60	0.00
June 3	83	58	0.02
June 4	72	49	0.39
June 5	72	42	0.07
June 6	77	45	0.00
June 7	77	47	0.00
June 8	76	63	0.82
June 9	78	68	0.33
June 10	74	49	0.00
June 11	81	45	0.00
June 12	85	57	0.00
June 13	84	59	0.18
June 14	63	47	0.06
June 15	74	35	0.00
June 16	77	39	0.00
June 17	76	44	0.00
June 18	71	57	0.01
June 19	90	61	0.01
June 20	91	54	0.30
June 21	87	51	0.00
June 22	84	67	0.45
June 23	82	48	0.00
June 24	79	47	0.00
June 25	82	48	0.00
June 26	84	53	0.00
June 27	88	61	0.10
June 28	89	66	0.00
June 29	89	58	0.00
June 30	85	55	0.02

July 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	42	0.00
July 2	78	41	0.00
July 3	80	40	0.00
July 4	75	53	0.72
July 5	80	47	0.17
July 6	88	52	0.00
July 7	89	58	0.00
July 8	88	60	0.00
July 9	89	74	0.00
July 10	91	67	0.00
July 11	89	51	0.06
July 12	84	43	0.00
July 13	86	49	0.00
July 14	85	61	0.00
July 15	78	65	0.04
July 16	72	62	0.09
July 17	76	65	0.16
July 18	87	60	0.00
July 19	91	58	0.00
July 20	92	64	0.00
July 21	94	65	0.00
July 22	94	70	0.00
July 23	95	69	0.00
July 24	96	68	0.00
July 25	84	58	0.00
July 26	83	51	0.00
July 27	84	66	0.00
July 28	83	65	0.51
July 29	81	53	0.00
July 30	79	58	0.05
July 31	74	49	0.01

August 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	68	56	0.33
August 2	75	64	0.00
August 3	86	69	0.02
August 4	84	67	1.11
August 5	74	58	0.01
August 6	77	67	0.16
August 7	80	70	0.22
August 8	89	70	2.00
August 9	88	65	0.00
August 10	85	64	0.00
August 11	83	56	0.00
August 12	85	62	0.10
August 13	82	62	0.04
August 14	92	62	0.00
August 15	91	65	0.00
August 16	91	71	0.00
August 17	91	75	0.00
August 18	89	57	0.00
August 19	83	55	0.00
August 20	85	64	0.00
August 21	85	60	0.00
August 22	83	47	0.00
August 23	86	48	0.00
August 24	85	62	0.05
August 25	70	52	0.32
August 26	75	54	0.00
August 27	80	51	0.00
August 28	78	53	0.22
August 29	86	60	0.03
August 30	85	55	0.00
August 31	79	58	0.24

September 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	59	0.03
September 2	79	52	0.00
September 3	81	52	0.00
September 4	84	54	0.00
September 5	82	48	0.00
September 6	82	49	0.00
September 7	81	69	0.00
September 8	72	36	0.00
September 9	69	46	0.00
September 10	67	35	0.00
September 11	73	59	0.00
September 12	78	61	0.16
September 13	66	43	0.00
September 14	70	38	0.00
September 15	69	50	0.00
September 16	71	52	0.00
September 17	75	40	0.05
September 18	73	55	0.02
September 19	70	50	0.61
September 20	76	45	0.00
September 21	88	58	0.00
September 22	88	58	0.04
September 23	75	43	0.06
September 24	73	40	0.00
September 25	70	50	0.00
September 26	67	30	0.00
September 27	68	31	0.00
September 28	69	45	0.00
September 29	67	28	0.00
September 30	66	32	0.00

October 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	54	0.02
October 2	69	48	0.12
October 3	66	36	0.00
October 4	60	47	0.00
October 5	65	48	0.37
October 6	65	51	0.86
October 7	59	41	0.00
October 8	61	31	0.00
October 9	54	28	0.00
October 10	68	28	0.00
October 11	70	43	0.00
October 12	69	45	0.00
October 13	76	48	0.00
October 14	76	50	0.26
October 15	64	40	0.09
October 16	53	24	0.00
October 17	51	25	0.00
October 18	56	20	0.00
October 19	59	42	0.00
October 20	59	32	0.17
October 21	65	29	0.00
October 22	70	33	0.00
October 23	76	42	0.00
October 24	71	29	0.00
October 25	60	30	0.00
October 26	59	53	0.06
October 27	59	46	0.24
October 28	58	29	0.00
October 29	65	34	0.00
October 30	58	28	0.00
October 31	65	28	0.00

November 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	31	0.00	0.0
November 2	66	22	0.00	0.0
November 3	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	32	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	31	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 8	54	40	0.30	0.0
November 9	64	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	65	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	45	20	0.08	0.0
November 18	68	37	0.50	0.0
November 19	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	54	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	41	26	0.02	0.0
November 22	31	25	0.02	0.0
November 23	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	36	29	0.56	0.5
November 25	40	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 26	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 27	30	16	0.05	1.0
November 28	33	18	0.28	0.5
November 29	40	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	47	32	0.50	0.5

December 1978 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	17	0.09	1.0
December 4	34	22	0.40	1.0
December 5	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	32	0.01	0.0
December 9	43	35	0.85	0.0
December 10	36	23	0.47	2.0
December 11	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	5	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	11	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	23	0.20	0.3
December 18	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	12	0.00	0.0
December 20	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	26	0.79	1.0
December 22	38	12	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	14	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	16	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	29	1.11	6.0
December 26	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	29	8	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	8	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	22	0.01	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Amherst	location