Asheville Weather in 1979

Historical record of Asheville, North Carolina weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Asheville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 9
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	69 °F	September 13
Lowest daily high	25 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	November 2
Most daily snow	8.6 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	57.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Asheville in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on August 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Asheville in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 9
2	91 °F	Aug 8
3	90 °F	Aug 20
3	90 °F	Aug 19
3	90 °F	Aug 10
3	90 °F	Aug 7
3	90 °F	Jul 17
3	90 °F	Jul 4
9	89 °F	Jun 18
10	88 °F	Jul 18

What was the coldest temperature in Asheville in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1979 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Asheville in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 3
2	10 °F	February 20
2	10 °F	February 10
2	10 °F	January 2
5	11 °F	December 3
5	11 °F	February 11
5	11 °F	January 9
8	12 °F	February 9
8	12 °F	January 4
10	14 °F	February 2
10	14 °F	February 1
10	14 °F	January 15

January 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	61	51	1.31	0.0
January 2	52	10	0.25	0.0
January 3	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 7	55	43	1.08	0.0
January 8	55	15	0.10	0.0
January 9	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	18	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	31	0.34	0.0
January 13	45	39	0.04	0.0
January 14	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	44	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	51	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	63	32	0.00	0.0
January 18	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	26	0.04	0.0
January 20	40	31	2.49	0.0
January 21	51	29	0.37	2.3
January 22	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	20	0.15	1.3
January 24	41	21	0.64	1.6
January 25	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 27	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	48	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	19	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 2	42	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	23	0.73	7.0
February 7	36	25	0.16	0.3
February 8	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 10	37	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	52	21	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 14	54	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	65	33	0.00	0.0
February 16	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	25	15	0.93	8.6
February 19	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	50	10	0.02	0.0
February 21	60	35	0.13	0.0
February 22	67	37	0.18	0.0
February 23	55	50	0.30	0.0
February 24	55	50	1.14	0.0
February 25	59	36	1.44	0.9
February 26	36	28	0.11	1.0
February 27	51	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	58	28	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	65	40	0.00
March 2	67	33	0.00
March 3	54	44	0.50
March 4	62	53	2.20
March 5	67	46	0.00
March 6	56	37	0.00
March 7	60	29	0.00
March 8	54	35	0.00
March 9	64	33	0.00
March 10	67	35	0.27
March 11	44	30	0.02
March 12	65	30	0.00
March 13	68	28	0.00
March 14	56	41	0.20
March 15	48	32	0.00
March 16	56	22	0.00
March 17	67	25	0.00
March 18	72	32	0.00
March 19	76	37	0.00
March 20	76	49	0.00
March 21	75	50	0.00
March 22	64	48	0.05
March 23	59	48	2.38
March 24	58	34	0.10
March 25	41	30	0.00
March 26	54	27	0.00
March 27	53	30	0.00
March 28	68	33	0.00
March 29	74	46	0.00
March 30	72	52	0.00
March 31	75	53	0.00

April 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	75	53	0.00
April 2	66	57	0.21
April 3	57	53	1.49
April 4	62	47	0.85
April 5	62	37	0.00
April 6	64	32	0.00
April 7	71	37	0.00
April 8	72	37	0.00
April 9	62	42	0.50
April 10	65	38	0.00
April 11	62	46	0.10
April 12	61	54	1.10
April 13	62	53	1.00
April 14	66	42	0.00
April 15	68	35	0.00
April 16	66	43	0.00
April 17	67	43	0.00
April 18	70	34	0.00
April 19	76	34	0.00
April 20	76	36	0.00
April 21	77	41	0.00
April 22	78	50	0.00
April 23	70	55	0.00
April 24	71	60	0.00
April 25	63	57	0.55
April 26	70	57	1.46
April 27	65	49	0.00
April 28	60	42	0.00
April 29	66	34	0.00
April 30	70	35	0.00

May 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	40	0.00
May 2	75	45	0.00
May 3	72	59	0.00
May 4	76	58	0.26
May 5	72	56	0.67
May 6	72	56	0.00
May 7	76	58	0.00
May 8	78	62	0.27
May 9	71	65	0.69
May 10	82	62	0.03
May 11	86	58	0.12
May 12	83	63	0.30
May 13	78	57	0.25
May 14	73	52	0.00
May 15	80	45	0.00
May 16	76	51	0.00
May 17	73	42	0.00
May 18	79	41	0.00
May 19	80	42	0.00
May 20	79	52	0.53
May 21	78	62	0.08
May 22	73	62	0.14
May 23	69	62	0.36
May 24	76	50	0.48
May 25	57	44	0.00
May 26	67	42	0.00
May 27	73	39	0.00
May 28	80	52	0.02
May 29	77	53	0.00
May 30	77	51	0.00
May 31	76	65	1.15

June 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	65	0.07
June 2	85	60	0.04
June 3	78	65	0.12
June 4	80	59	0.00
June 5	80	59	0.00
June 6	81	58	0.00
June 7	81	62	0.96
June 8	80	67	0.02
June 9	83	65	0.10
June 10	84	68	0.00
June 11	73	57	0.07
June 12	78	46	0.00
June 13	79	49	0.00
June 14	78	50	0.00
June 15	75	50	0.00
June 16	66	55	0.23
June 17	79	55	0.16
June 18	89	63	0.00
June 19	86	62	0.00
June 20	70	64	0.00
June 21	78	61	0.00
June 22	87	62	0.00
June 23	85	61	0.20
June 24	81	64	0.00
June 25	72	54	0.01
June 26	73	50	0.00
June 27	78	47	0.00
June 28	83	53	0.00
June 29	75	55	0.00
June 30	85	58	0.22

July 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	59	0.00
July 2	84	54	0.00
July 3	87	58	0.00
July 4	90	63	0.41
July 5	73	62	0.00
July 6	70	60	0.10
July 7	65	61	1.00
July 8	70	60	0.02
July 9	64	60	0.55
July 10	69	60	0.25
July 11	76	63	0.00
July 12	83	68	0.33
July 13	85	63	0.00
July 14	85	62	0.00
July 15	87	69	0.12
July 16	86	64	0.00
July 17	90	66	0.00
July 18	88	63	0.00
July 19	80	66	0.00
July 20	76	67	0.19
July 21	73	65	1.05
July 22	75	65	0.20
July 23	81	67	0.15
July 24	82	66	0.01
July 25	80	67	0.02
July 26	81	68	0.00
July 27	85	68	1.05
July 28	87	64	0.00
July 29	85	69	0.00
July 30	87	66	0.00
July 31	87	66	0.07

August 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	67	0.03
August 2	85	65	0.00
August 3	84	62	0.00
August 4	85	60	0.00
August 5	85	61	0.00
August 6	87	62	0.00
August 7	90	63	0.00
August 8	91	64	0.00
August 9	92	64	0.00
August 10	90	64	0.00
August 11	83	64	0.30
August 12	76	59	0.00
August 13	80	56	0.00
August 14	82	56	0.00
August 15	79	60	0.00
August 16	77	55	0.00
August 17	78	55	0.00
August 18	85	55	0.00
August 19	90	61	0.00
August 20	90	63	0.00
August 21	87	60	0.50
August 22	80	65	0.54
August 23	81	65	0.93
August 24	80	66	0.01
August 25	81	68	0.53
August 26	80	65	0.43
August 27	83	67	0.17
August 28	84	67	0.05
August 29	83	66	0.13
August 30	85	64	0.01
August 31	85	61	0.00

September 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	65	0.00
September 2	82	67	0.20
September 3	82	66	0.03
September 4	77	65	0.15
September 5	74	67	0.60
September 6	85	64	0.00
September 7	83	64	0.00
September 8	80	60	0.00
September 9	75	57	0.00
September 10	78	55	0.00
September 11	85	53	0.00
September 12	78	50	0.01
September 13	75	69	0.40
September 14	76	62	0.19
September 15	77	59	0.00
September 16	72	57	0.00
September 17	65	58	0.00
September 18	76	58	0.00
September 19	78	55	0.00
September 20	63	52	0.15
September 21	71	57	1.94
September 22	78	55	0.00
September 23	63	52	0.00
September 24	59	52	0.00
September 25	66	52	0.00
September 26	69	55	0.05
September 27	60	56	0.71
September 28	75	58	0.34
September 29	77	55	0.43
September 30	77	58	0.40

October 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	55	0.00
October 2	71	53	0.00
October 3	72	49	0.00
October 4	63	47	0.50
October 5	62	40	0.00
October 6	65	35	0.00
October 7	67	40	0.00
October 8	75	36	0.00
October 9	81	49	0.00
October 10	54	41	0.12
October 11	57	40	0.00
October 12	80	36	0.00
October 13	60	36	0.00
October 14	61	31	0.00
October 15	69	29	0.00
October 16	72	37	0.00
October 17	73	39	0.00
October 18	73	45	0.00
October 19	73	46	0.00
October 20	76	57	0.00
October 21	79	55	0.00
October 22	77	50	0.00
October 23	65	46	0.25
October 24	61	41	0.00
October 25	62	36	0.00
October 26	61	35	0.00
October 27	66	28	0.00
October 28	75	37	0.00
October 29	61	48	0.42
October 30	58	55	0.06
October 31	58	55	0.05

November 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	61	54	0.38
November 2	69	51	2.93
November 3	54	39	0.00
November 4	59	32	0.00
November 5	58	28	0.00
November 6	64	30	0.00
November 7	59	34	0.00
November 8	61	31	0.02
November 9	60	42	0.08
November 10	61	51	1.06
November 11	55	48	0.41
November 12	53	48	0.00
November 13	57	42	0.00
November 14	48	32	0.00
November 15	56	24	0.00
November 16	61	31	0.00
November 17	66	30	0.00
November 18	70	31	0.00
November 19	71	32	0.00
November 20	73	36	0.00
November 21	70	38	0.00
November 22	66	38	0.00
November 23	67	59	0.10
November 24	63	58	0.81
November 25	64	58	1.87
November 26	60	41	0.10
November 27	66	32	0.00
November 28	51	34	0.00
November 29	37	24	0.00
November 30	42	19	0.00

December 1979 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	54	19	0.00
December 2	34	20	0.00
December 3	44	11	0.00
December 4	56	18	0.00
December 5	62	22	0.00
December 6	58	38	0.03
December 7	58	35	0.00
December 8	52	31	0.00
December 9	54	22	0.00
December 10	64	24	0.00
December 11	65	26	0.00
December 12	69	40	0.00
December 13	63	48	0.08
December 14	52	30	0.00
December 15	47	21	0.00
December 16	52	36	0.00
December 17	42	21	0.00
December 18	50	20	0.00
December 19	60	23	0.00
December 20	53	29	0.00
December 21	47	26	0.00
December 22	52	36	0.00
December 23	67	44	0.00
December 24	59	42	0.72
December 25	45	36	0.00
December 26	51	35	0.00
December 27	59	32	0.00
December 28	59	32	0.00
December 29	59	28	0.00
December 30	46	36	0.12
December 31	47	39	0.10

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1965–2024	Asheville Regional Airport	location
1876–1964	Asheville	location