Athens Weather in 1978

Historical record of Athens, Georgia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Athens Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	13 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	78 °F	June 29
Lowest daily high	29 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	January 25
Most daily snow	0.2 inches	February 21
Total annual precipitation	40.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Athens in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1978 was 100 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Athens in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jun 29
1	100 °F	Jun 28
3	98 °F	Jul 9
4	97 °F	Jun 30
4	97 °F	Jun 27
6	96 °F	Jul 10
6	96 °F	Jul 4
6	96 °F	Jul 2
9	95 °F	Jul 1
10	94 °F	Jul 23
10	94 °F	Jul 22
10	94 °F	Jul 11
10	94 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Athens in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1978 was 13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Athens in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	13 °F	January 11
1	13 °F	January 9
3	14 °F	January 10
4	15 °F	February 7
5	18 °F	January 30
6	19 °F	February 6
7	20 °F	March 5
7	20 °F	January 29
7	20 °F	January 28
7	20 °F	January 4

January 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	50	37	0.00
January 2	40	28	0.00
January 3	50	22	0.00
January 4	52	20	0.00
January 5	57	29	0.00
January 6	51	44	0.46
January 7	55	46	0.03
January 8	61	37	0.27
January 9	37	13	0.00
January 10	29	14	0.00
January 11	38	13	0.00
January 12	37	21	0.11
January 13	35	32	0.44
January 14	35	25	0.00
January 15	36	23	0.00
January 16	43	22	0.00
January 17	40	33	0.75
January 18	50	33	0.00
January 19	41	35	1.05
January 20	40	30	0.11
January 21	41	24	0.00
January 22	44	28	0.00
January 23	48	25	0.00
January 24	44	33	0.84
January 25	63	38	2.86
January 26	44	23	0.00
January 27	39	21	0.00
January 28	37	20	0.00
January 29	37	20	0.00
January 30	39	18	0.00
January 31	42	24	0.00

February 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	47	30	0.05	0.0
February 2	50	33	0.02	0.0
February 3	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	52	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	51	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	57	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	64	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	39	0.30	0.0
February 14	43	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	54	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	54	39	0.00	0.0
February 17	50	39	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	38	0.13	0.0
February 19	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	48	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	27	0.02	0.2
February 22	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	57	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	69	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	45	39	0.23	0.0

March 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	60	38	0.00
March 2	40	32	0.26
March 3	44	32	0.40
March 4	45	28	0.00
March 5	50	20	0.00
March 6	63	30	0.00
March 7	61	35	0.22
March 8	49	36	0.15
March 9	39	36	1.50
March 10	63	38	0.15
March 11	67	34	0.00
March 12	68	50	0.14
March 13	74	46	0.00
March 14	76	60	0.25
March 15	77	49	0.00
March 16	65	40	0.00
March 17	51	31	0.00
March 18	54	28	0.00
March 19	75	35	0.00
March 20	74	43	0.00
March 21	73	50	0.00
March 22	74	46	0.00
March 23	79	43	0.00
March 24	79	49	0.00
March 25	69	44	0.16
March 26	51	41	0.25
March 27	55	38	0.00
March 28	70	34	0.00
March 29	80	41	0.00
March 30	77	47	0.00
March 31	82	46	0.00

April 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	84	51	0.00
April 2	84	56	0.00
April 3	79	52	0.00
April 4	83	53	0.00
April 5	86	57	0.00
April 6	80	57	0.00
April 7	88	59	0.00
April 8	86	58	0.00
April 9	86	55	0.00
April 10	86	57	0.00
April 11	71	58	0.48
April 12	74	50	0.14
April 13	73	55	0.65
April 14	76	46	0.00
April 15	80	47	0.00
April 16	76	52	0.00
April 17	75	55	0.00
April 18	67	58	0.81
April 19	77	50	0.06
April 20	63	42	0.00
April 21	61	39	0.00
April 22	67	34	0.00
April 23	70	43	0.00
April 24	77	50	0.00
April 25	68	49	0.47
April 26	57	47	0.12
April 27	71	41	0.00
April 28	75	42	0.00
April 29	78	48	0.00
April 30	73	57	0.05

May 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	58	1.09
May 2	68	53	0.00
May 3	60	50	0.09
May 4	72	54	0.50
May 5	75	52	0.00
May 6	82	52	0.00
May 7	75	62	0.27
May 8	69	62	1.30
May 9	81	62	0.00
May 10	77	55	0.00
May 11	77	50	0.00
May 12	76	55	0.00
May 13	76	60	0.45
May 14	70	56	0.00
May 15	63	49	0.03
May 16	68	47	0.00
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	77	59	1.00
May 19	81	60	0.00
May 20	84	59	0.00
May 21	86	64	0.00
May 22	84	65	0.00
May 23	81	68	0.00
May 24	87	64	0.00
May 25	90	63	0.00
May 26	87	67	0.00
May 27	86	69	0.00
May 28	79	67	0.09
May 29	85	65	0.00
May 30	86	66	0.00
May 31	88	66	0.00

June 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	62	0.00
June 2	91	63	0.00
June 3	86	70	0.00
June 4	85	66	0.00
June 5	87	60	0.00
June 6	87	66	0.00
June 7	86	69	1.02
June 8	76	69	1.04
June 9	85	70	0.00
June 10	83	67	0.00
June 11	84	69	0.00
June 12	87	69	0.05
June 13	88	67	0.04
June 14	82	60	0.00
June 15	81	63	0.00
June 16	84	62	0.00
June 17	83	61	0.00
June 18	87	63	0.00
June 19	87	65	0.00
June 20	88	64	0.00
June 21	91	68	0.00
June 22	92	68	0.00
June 23	93	68	0.00
June 24	92	67	0.00
June 25	93	68	0.00
June 26	94	72	0.00
June 27	97	71	0.00
June 28	100	75	0.00
June 29	100	78	0.00
June 30	97	74	0.24

July 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	70	0.00
July 2	96	75	0.00
July 3	93	77	0.00
July 4	96	71	0.00
July 5	81	73	0.00
July 6	80	71	0.00
July 7	88	67	0.00
July 8	93	66	0.00
July 9	98	72	0.23
July 10	96	71	0.00
July 11	94	73	0.00
July 12	84	73	0.00
July 13	88	66	0.00
July 14	86	74	0.00
July 15	78	72	2.71
July 16	85	71	0.01
July 17	88	66	0.00
July 18	91	68	0.00
July 19	89	69	0.00
July 20	89	69	0.00
July 21	89	68	0.00
July 22	94	72	0.00
July 23	94	72	0.05
July 24	93	69	0.70
July 25	92	69	0.99
July 26	88	69	0.00
July 27	74	70	1.72
July 28	88	72	0.00
July 29	91	72	0.00
July 30	92	72	0.00
July 31	89	70	0.00

August 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	67	0.00
August 2	88	70	0.00
August 3	82	71	0.47
August 4	83	70	0.86
August 5	86	69	0.00
August 6	83	72	0.16
August 7	83	72	0.07
August 8	87	70	0.00
August 9	84	68	0.01
August 10	82	70	0.00
August 11	80	70	0.11
August 12	83	70	0.09
August 13	88	70	0.00
August 14	88	68	0.00
August 15	87	70	1.10
August 16	88	69	0.04
August 17	91	70	0.00
August 18	90	71	1.23
August 19	92	72	0.00
August 20	93	73	0.00
August 21	83	73	0.00
August 22	84	72	0.00
August 23	86	66	0.00
August 24	88	62	0.00
August 25	89	69	0.00
August 26	89	71	0.00
August 27	85	70	0.21
August 28	90	71	0.00
August 29	92	69	0.00
August 30	91	71	0.00
August 31	92	70	0.00

September 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	69	0.00
September 2	84	69	0.97
September 3	85	70	0.00
September 4	87	66	0.00
September 5	83	67	0.00
September 6	84	66	0.00
September 7	88	63	0.00
September 8	89	66	0.00
September 9	92	66	0.00
September 10	89	68	0.00
September 11	84	67	0.04
September 12	83	64	0.00
September 13	91	66	0.00
September 14	75	67	0.00
September 15	75	66	0.00
September 16	87	64	0.00
September 17	92	67	0.00
September 18	92	70	0.00
September 19	93	67	0.00
September 20	91	70	0.00
September 21	88	70	0.00
September 22	90	67	0.00
September 23	80	65	0.01
September 24	68	64	0.07
September 25	79	63	0.00
September 26	78	62	0.00
September 27	77	60	0.00
September 28	83	58	0.00
September 29	80	60	0.00
September 30	68	60	0.06

October 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	56	0.17
October 2	78	56	0.00
October 3	80	54	0.00
October 4	83	58	0.00
October 5	83	54	0.00
October 6	71	48	0.00
October 7	69	42	0.00
October 8	68	37	0.00
October 9	68	40	0.00
October 10	72	49	0.00
October 11	77	50	0.00
October 12	82	51	0.00
October 13	76	58	0.80
October 14	67	46	0.00
October 15	64	38	0.00
October 16	73	37	0.00
October 17	65	39	0.00
October 18	68	39	0.00
October 19	75	37	0.00
October 20	72	49	0.00
October 21	77	47	0.00
October 22	79	48	0.00
October 23	81	47	0.00
October 24	76	55	0.00
October 25	65	53	0.00
October 26	75	53	0.00
October 27	80	55	0.00
October 28	77	53	0.00
October 29	72	57	0.00
October 30	69	51	0.00
October 31	72	50	0.00

November 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	74	46	0.00
November 2	74	49	0.00
November 3	72	50	0.00
November 4	74	41	0.00
November 5	74	40	0.00
November 6	78	45	0.00
November 7	61	49	0.36
November 8	68	50	0.00
November 9	63	50	0.00
November 10	67	53	0.00
November 11	73	51	0.00
November 12	73	46	0.00
November 13	72	48	0.00
November 14	64	57	0.01
November 15	76	56	0.00
November 16	76	58	0.00
November 17	72	60	0.92
November 18	71	48	0.03
November 19	65	42	0.00
November 20	62	48	0.00
November 21	63	43	0.00
November 22	63	46	0.04
November 23	57	50	0.03
November 24	71	48	0.00
November 25	68	42	0.00
November 26	66	39	0.00
November 27	57	47	0.77
November 28	62	50	0.00
November 29	50	43	0.34
November 30	52	45	0.00

December 1978 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	59	46	0.00
December 2	57	38	0.00
December 3	57	43	0.12
December 4	69	48	1.57
December 5	58	40	0.30
December 6	65	31	0.00
December 7	59	40	0.00
December 8	73	52	0.00
December 9	72	31	0.15
December 10	43	23	0.00
December 11	43	27	0.00
December 12	54	24	0.00
December 13	61	28	0.00
December 14	54	30	0.00
December 15	59	21	0.00
December 16	55	39	0.12
December 17	55	31	0.00
December 18	54	25	0.00
December 19	63	48	0.00
December 20	75	57	0.00
December 21	66	39	0.28
December 22	53	30	0.00
December 23	56	25	0.00
December 24	45	40	0.87
December 25	54	36	0.00
December 26	61	31	0.00
December 27	48	31	0.00
December 28	47	31	0.00
December 29	42	31	0.02
December 30	43	35	0.09
December 31	64	40	0.00

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