Amherst Weather in 1979

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	May 10
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 12
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 16
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	December 14
Total annual precipitation	45.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1979 was 94 °F which happened on May 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	May 10
2	93 °F	Jul 15
2	93 °F	Jul 14
2	93 °F	May 11
5	92 °F	Aug 5
5	92 °F	Jun 17
7	90 °F	Aug 6
7	90 °F	Aug 2
7	90 °F	Jul 31
7	90 °F	Jul 26
7	90 °F	Jul 24

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1979 was -9 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	February 12
2	-7 °F	February 14
2	-7 °F	February 13
2	-7 °F	February 11
5	-6 °F	February 18
5	-6 °F	February 10
7	-5 °F	February 17
8	-3 °F	February 15
9	0 °F	February 19
10	3 °F	February 20
10	3 °F	February 16

January 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January 31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

February 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	20	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	14	0.00	0.0
February 4	n/a	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	8	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	7	0.00	0.0
February 8	20	11	0.10	2.0
February 9	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 10	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 11	13	-7	0.00	0.0
February 12	9	-9	0.00	0.0
February 13	15	-7	0.00	0.0
February 14	13	-7	0.00	0.0
February 15	10	-3	0.00	0.0
February 16	20	3	0.02	0.5
February 17	21	-5	0.00	0.0
February 18	11	-6	0.00	0.0
February 19	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	3	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	9	0.00	0.0
February 22	43	22	0.09	0.0
February 23	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	29	1.24	0.0
February 25	40	36	0.26	0.0
February 26	41	33	0.50	0.0
February 27	42	30	0.26	0.0
February 28	37	23	0.02	0.0

March 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	54	26	0.00
March 2	50	30	0.17
March 3	37	33	0.00
March 4	40	33	0.00
March 5	57	35	0.00
March 6	58	48	0.77
March 7	54	40	1.60
March 8	46	38	0.00
March 9	50	26	0.00
March 10	50	28	0.25
March 11	45	34	0.00
March 12	35	22	0.00
March 13	32	12	0.00
March 14	48	26	0.09
March 15	52	20	0.00
March 16	25	15	0.00
March 17	35	20	0.00
March 18	45	21	0.00
March 19	45	24	0.00
March 20	53	25	0.00
March 21	54	40	0.00
March 22	65	26	0.00
March 23	70	28	0.00
March 24	70	32	0.00
March 25	n/a	38	0.04
March 26	66	33	0.00
March 27	50	26	0.00
March 28	40	20	0.00
March 29	50	30	0.05
March 30	48	36	0.02
March 31	57	36	0.01

April 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	57	31	0.00	n/a
April 2	52	38	0.04	n/a
April 3	40	36	0.44	n/a
April 4	46	25	0.01	n/a
April 5	50	35	0.27	n/a
April 6	49	30	0.02	n/a
April 7	44	34	0.01	n/a
April 8	41	27	0.00	n/a
April 9	49	31	0.29	n/a
April 10	39	32	0.64	n/a
April 11	50	29	0.00	n/a
April 12	55	26	0.00	n/a
April 13	64	29	0.00	n/a
April 14	56	38	0.50	n/a
April 15	40	34	0.20	n/a
April 16	45	35	0.29	n/a
April 17	46	38	0.10	n/a
April 18	54	22	0.00	n/a
April 19	56	26	0.00	n/a
April 20	56	25	0.00	n/a
April 21	62	28	0.00	n/a
April 22	67	27	0.00	n/a
April 23	69	36	0.00	n/a
April 24	73	34	0.00	n/a
April 25	79	39	0.00	n/a
April 26	67	54	0.00	n/a
April 27	71	58	1.32	n/a
April 28	66	47	0.98	n/a
April 29	72	52	0.26	n/a
April 30	70	44	0.00	n/a

May 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	41	0.00
May 2	66	34	0.00
May 3	65	38	0.00
May 4	68	50	0.22
May 5	65	45	0.00
May 6	59	42	0.00
May 7	64	48	0.00
May 8	76	45	0.00
May 9	84	53	0.00
May 10	94	59	0.00
May 11	93	60	0.00
May 12	82	51	0.00
May 13	69	58	0.22
May 14	69	57	0.18
May 15	64	50	0.12
May 16	74	54	0.00
May 17	73	47	0.00
May 18	72	48	0.00
May 19	64	42	0.00
May 20	67	54	0.14
May 21	64	58	0.03
May 22	77	47	0.00
May 23	75	43	0.00
May 24	65	52	0.92
May 25	56	52	1.72
May 26	69	54	0.46
May 27	71	50	0.00
May 28	70	41	0.00
May 29	70	52	0.57
May 30	75	53	0.08
May 31	70	45	0.12

June 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	48	0.00
June 2	84	46	0.00
June 3	76	55	0.00
June 4	80	58	0.00
June 5	80	53	0.00
June 6	83	51	0.34
June 7	78	48	0.00
June 8	80	54	0.00
June 9	79	64	0.00
June 10	79	66	0.00
June 11	80	62	0.00
June 12	77	48	0.24
June 13	62	38	0.00
June 14	70	38	0.00
June 15	78	49	0.00
June 16	87	60	0.00
June 17	92	60	0.00
June 18	87	62	0.00
June 19	89	55	0.19
June 20	79	46	0.00
June 21	84	46	0.00
June 22	80	47	0.00
June 23	76	59	0.00
June 24	77	48	0.00
June 25	70	47	0.00
June 26	73	39	0.00
June 27	76	50	0.00
June 28	78	57	0.00
June 29	81	55	0.00
June 30	80	61	0.00

July 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	67	0.51
July 2	82	62	1.04
July 3	79	58	0.00
July 4	80	50	0.00
July 5	72	50	0.00
July 6	66	43	0.00
July 7	74	41	0.00
July 8	77	48	0.00
July 9	82	53	0.00
July 10	86	58	0.00
July 11	86	59	0.00
July 12	80	60	0.00
July 13	85	60	0.00
July 14	93	61	0.00
July 15	93	70	0.00
July 16	85	70	2.32
July 17	87	68	0.46
July 18	84	68	0.10
July 19	74	61	0.95
July 20	84	58	0.00
July 21	87	60	0.00
July 22	85	61	0.00
July 23	86	62	0.00
July 24	90	65	0.00
July 25	88	71	0.09
July 26	90	71	0.00
July 27	89	69	0.98
July 28	89	67	0.22
July 29	86	64	0.00
July 30	87	64	0.00
July 31	90	66	0.00

August 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	72	0.00
August 2	90	69	1.53
August 3	89	72	0.00
August 4	87	71	0.00
August 5	92	65	0.00
August 6	90	68	0.00
August 7	88	48	0.00
August 8	79	57	0.00
August 9	83	54	0.00
August 10	89	55	0.02
August 11	77	56	0.63
August 12	66	56	0.72
August 13	59	51	1.01
August 14	74	51	0.00
August 15	74	53	0.00
August 16	67	48	0.02
August 17	74	41	0.00
August 18	73	43	0.00
August 19	72	49	0.44
August 20	75	54	0.16
August 21	78	50	0.00
August 22	81	54	0.00
August 23	83	56	0.00
August 24	80	63	0.00
August 25	80	63	0.12
August 26	86	57	0.12
August 27	83	62	0.06
August 28	84	60	0.04
August 29	85	65	0.00
August 30	81	70	0.27
August 31	87	59	0.00

September 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	48	0.00
September 2	81	54	0.00
September 3	84	67	0.32
September 4	85	59	0.03
September 5	81	60	0.00
September 6	80	63	0.03
September 7	74	63	0.68
September 8	79	56	0.00
September 9	68	40	0.00
September 10	67	41	0.00
September 11	73	43	0.00
September 12	68	39	0.00
September 13	72	45	0.00
September 14	75	49	0.01
September 15	78	57	n/a
September 16	70	41	0.00
September 17	70	43	0.00
September 18	75	46	0.00
September 19	76	55	n/a
September 20	65	29	0.00
September 21	61	33	0.00
September 22	61	42	1.54
September 23	63	45	0.01
September 24	63	35	0.00
September 25	64	35	0.00
September 26	65	38	0.00
September 27	75	40	0.00
September 28	72	42	0.00
September 29	68	49	1.29
September 30	69	53	0.00

October 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	50	0.00
October 2	63	55	2.26
October 3	71	55	0.00
October 4	64	51	1.48
October 5	70	56	0.00
October 6	72	50	0.18
October 7	69	46	0.00
October 8	62	44	0.00
October 9	51	34	0.44
October 10	49	35	0.10
October 11	37	29	0.32
October 12	40	32	0.02
October 13	48	36	0.57
October 14	54	28	0.00
October 15	51	27	0.00
October 16	52	35	0.00
October 17	55	32	0.00
October 18	62	39	0.00
October 19	65	41	0.00
October 20	66	44	0.00
October 21	75	53	0.00
October 22	70	52	0.00
October 23	83	50	0.00
October 24	72	57	0.20
October 25	58	42	0.10
October 26	48	28	0.00
October 27	45	27	0.00
October 28	45	26	0.00
October 29	38	33	0.12
October 30	52	30	0.00
October 31	53	23	0.00

November 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	55	26	0.00
November 2	55	31	0.00
November 3	69	49	1.24
November 4	59	28	0.32
November 5	50	25	0.00
November 6	51	26	0.00
November 7	50	28	0.01
November 8	48	32	0.00
November 9	50	30	0.00
November 10	58	n/a	n/a
November 11	60	37	n/a
November 12	52	35	n/a
November 13	45	38	0.00
November 14	42	40	0.15
November 15	44	26	0.00
November 16	43	34	0.00
November 17	40	24	0.00
November 18	52	32	0.00
November 19	52	25	0.00
November 20	49	30	0.00
November 21	55	31	0.00
November 22	54	31	0.00
November 23	51	46	0.02
November 24	57	47	0.00
November 25	68	46	0.13
November 26	62	54	0.30
November 27	66	42	0.98
November 28	55	31	0.01
November 29	61	32	0.00
November 30	50	21	0.00

December 1979 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	53	36	0.44	0.0
December 8	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	58	32	0.00	0.0
December 13	59	34	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	23	0.25	3.0
December 15	34	9	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	20	0.38	0.0
December 18	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	4	0.00	0.0
December 20	12	5	0.00	0.0
December 21	26	11	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	16	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 25	57	37	1.65	0.0
December 26	54	36	1.28	0.0
December 27	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 30	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	20	0.00	0.0

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