Athens Weather in 1979

Historical record of Athens, Georgia weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Athens Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 20
Lowest temperature	12 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	27 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	April 13
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	49.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Athens in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1979 was 97 °F which happened on August 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Athens in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 20
2	96 °F	Aug 9
3	95 °F	Aug 21
3	95 °F	Aug 8
3	95 °F	Jul 4
6	94 °F	Aug 19
6	94 °F	Aug 10
6	94 °F	Aug 7
6	94 °F	Jul 3
10	93 °F	Aug 1
10	93 °F	Jul 31
10	93 °F	Jul 17
10	93 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in Athens in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1979 was 12 °F which happened on Jan 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Athens in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	January 3
2	13 °F	January 9
3	17 °F	January 2
4	19 °F	February 18
4	19 °F	February 10
4	19 °F	February 2
7	20 °F	December 4
7	20 °F	November 30
7	20 °F	February 1
7	20 °F	January 15
7	20 °F	January 4

January 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	69	54	1.24
January 2	55	17	0.65
January 3	31	12	0.00
January 4	41	20	0.00
January 5	43	25	0.00
January 6	53	36	0.00
January 7	60	45	0.76
January 8	55	22	0.02
January 9	43	13	0.00
January 10	49	22	0.00
January 11	52	25	0.00
January 12	40	32	0.94
January 13	42	36	0.06
January 14	49	25	0.04
January 15	42	20	0.00
January 16	53	24	0.00
January 17	65	32	0.00
January 18	63	42	0.00
January 19	44	32	0.17
January 20	40	32	1.89
January 21	52	33	0.02
January 22	44	31	0.00
January 23	51	30	0.56
January 24	47	26	0.12
January 25	44	22	0.00
January 26	58	30	0.00
January 27	44	37	0.01
January 28	40	30	0.00
January 29	49	27	0.00
January 30	59	28	0.00
January 31	42	25	0.06

February 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	53	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	35	0.03	0.0
February 4	55	39	0.00	0.0
February 5	47	34	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	32	1.44	1.2
February 7	35	31	0.07	0.0
February 8	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	49	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	55	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	64	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	54	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	59	38	0.00	0.0
February 15	73	51	0.00	0.0
February 16	71	38	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	26	0.10	0.0
February 18	27	19	1.50	3.5
February 19	50	21	0.00	0.0
February 20	50	30	0.22	0.0
February 21	45	38	0.12	0.0
February 22	58	43	0.37	0.0
February 23	59	54	0.56	0.0
February 24	58	51	1.10	0.0
February 25	69	37	0.70	0.0
February 26	37	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	64	39	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	65	47	0.12
March 2	72	40	0.00
March 3	65	53	0.38
March 4	68	61	0.60
March 5	67	47	0.00
March 6	62	42	0.00
March 7	66	35	0.04
March 8	55	40	0.07
March 9	67	35	0.00
March 10	63	40	0.25
March 11	50	36	0.03
March 12	68	35	0.00
March 13	72	41	0.00
March 14	64	47	0.13
March 15	62	34	0.00
March 16	55	36	0.00
March 17	67	41	0.00
March 18	75	40	0.00
March 19	78	48	0.00
March 20	82	59	0.00
March 21	78	60	0.00
March 22	62	52	0.01
March 23	66	55	1.04
March 24	62	41	0.05
March 25	46	33	0.00
March 26	62	28	0.00
March 27	74	41	0.00
March 28	77	50	0.00
March 29	78	53	0.00
March 30	77	54	0.00
March 31	78	58	0.00

April 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	79	56	0.00
April 2	75	59	0.00
April 3	65	59	0.35
April 4	64	55	1.39
April 5	67	48	0.00
April 6	73	41	0.00
April 7	78	46	0.00
April 8	70	52	0.77
April 9	68	46	0.20
April 10	70	36	0.00
April 11	69	55	0.00
April 12	76	61	0.79
April 13	67	61	3.36
April 14	75	53	0.00
April 15	75	44	0.00
April 16	77	48	0.00
April 17	79	49	0.00
April 18	79	45	0.00
April 19	76	50	0.00
April 20	80	49	0.00
April 21	82	53	0.00
April 22	79	55	0.00
April 23	78	61	0.00
April 24	75	60	0.00
April 25	65	61	0.71
April 26	74	62	0.53
April 27	72	56	0.00
April 28	67	48	0.00
April 29	69	40	0.00
April 30	76	45	0.00

May 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	48	0.00
May 2	78	56	0.00
May 3	81	61	0.00
May 4	84	65	0.07
May 5	77	63	0.02
May 6	77	60	0.00
May 7	80	65	0.01
May 8	80	66	0.09
May 9	78	67	0.05
May 10	85	70	0.00
May 11	87	68	0.00
May 12	88	66	0.05
May 13	83	61	0.07
May 14	79	55	0.00
May 15	83	58	0.00
May 16	80	59	0.00
May 17	78	58	0.00
May 18	80	55	0.00
May 19	84	56	0.00
May 20	84	61	0.00
May 21	86	65	0.49
May 22	85	66	0.00
May 23	78	66	0.41
May 24	79	54	0.02
May 25	65	46	0.00
May 26	73	41	0.00
May 27	77	47	0.01
May 28	81	55	0.00
May 29	75	63	1.55
May 30	83	60	0.00
May 31	77	66	0.84

June 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	67	0.00
June 2	89	66	0.00
June 3	84	70	0.60
June 4	84	65	0.00
June 5	84	61	0.00
June 6	76	65	0.02
June 7	87	69	1.44
June 8	83	70	0.07
June 9	85	69	0.00
June 10	87	67	0.00
June 11	83	64	0.00
June 12	81	55	0.00
June 13	83	58	0.00
June 14	82	60	0.00
June 15	74	60	0.00
June 16	75	61	0.00
June 17	84	60	0.00
June 18	92	65	0.00
June 19	93	69	0.00
June 20	77	70	0.00
June 21	85	69	0.36
June 22	88	68	0.00
June 23	91	66	0.00
June 24	86	69	0.00
June 25	72	64	0.00
June 26	79	64	0.00
June 27	81	64	0.00
June 28	85	60	0.00
June 29	87	61	0.00
June 30	91	68	0.02

July 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	60	0.00
July 2	92	63	0.00
July 3	94	69	0.00
July 4	95	73	0.00
July 5	87	73	0.07
July 6	75	68	0.00
July 7	68	64	0.33
July 8	69	60	0.14
July 9	70	65	0.23
July 10	72	65	0.23
July 11	78	69	0.00
July 12	86	72	0.04
July 13	90	73	0.00
July 14	89	71	0.00
July 15	92	71	0.00
July 16	91	70	0.00
July 17	93	72	0.00
July 18	90	71	0.00
July 19	85	70	1.36
July 20	85	70	0.53
July 21	88	70	2.39
July 22	83	70	0.04
July 23	85	74	0.00
July 24	85	73	0.45
July 25	82	71	0.00
July 26	85	71	0.00
July 27	89	71	0.00
July 28	92	69	0.00
July 29	90	72	0.13
July 30	91	70	0.00
July 31	93	73	0.00

August 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	72	0.00
August 2	91	72	0.00
August 3	92	69	0.00
August 4	92	71	0.00
August 5	91	71	0.00
August 6	92	69	0.00
August 7	94	70	0.00
August 8	95	72	0.00
August 9	96	73	0.00
August 10	94	72	0.00
August 11	92	69	1.25
August 12	84	69	0.01
August 13	82	65	0.00
August 14	84	64	0.00
August 15	88	62	0.00
August 16	74	66	0.00
August 17	82	64	0.00
August 18	87	62	0.00
August 19	94	67	0.00
August 20	97	69	0.00
August 21	95	71	0.00
August 22	89	70	0.55
August 23	85	69	0.29
August 24	83	70	0.04
August 25	86	69	0.67
August 26	86	70	0.15
August 27	88	71	0.07
August 28	87	69	0.00
August 29	87	72	0.27
August 30	91	70	0.00
August 31	89	68	0.15

September 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	70	0.11
September 2	85	69	0.03
September 3	85	70	0.38
September 4	78	70	0.06
September 5	88	72	0.04
September 6	91	71	0.00
September 7	88	69	0.00
September 8	82	70	0.00
September 9	78	62	0.00
September 10	78	60	0.00
September 11	83	60	0.00
September 12	79	67	0.01
September 13	83	73	0.15
September 14	83	66	0.00
September 15	81	64	0.00
September 16	78	66	0.00
September 17	68	63	0.02
September 18	67	62	0.35
September 19	82	65	0.00
September 20	73	63	0.02
September 21	78	63	0.23
September 22	79	60	0.01
September 23	73	59	0.00
September 24	63	58	0.00
September 25	65	60	0.02
September 26	71	63	0.39
September 27	67	66	0.21
September 28	82	66	0.19
September 29	81	67	0.22
September 30	83	65	0.00

October 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	61	0.00
October 2	82	57	0.00
October 3	77	52	0.00
October 4	73	52	0.93
October 5	68	48	0.00
October 6	74	41	0.00
October 7	73	51	0.00
October 8	80	46	0.00
October 9	81	54	0.00
October 10	67	49	0.07
October 11	68	47	0.00
October 12	80	48	0.00
October 13	77	45	0.00
October 14	65	39	0.00
October 15	68	39	0.00
October 16	74	43	0.00
October 17	77	55	0.00
October 18	79	55	0.00
October 19	80	59	0.00
October 20	78	63	0.00
October 21	82	62	0.00
October 22	81	57	0.00
October 23	70	49	0.50
October 24	69	44	0.00
October 25	69	40	0.00
October 26	69	40	0.00
October 27	70	39	0.00
October 28	75	40	0.00
October 29	67	48	0.34
October 30	63	58	0.71
October 31	65	59	0.01

November 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	73	58	0.28
November 2	70	54	0.30
November 3	66	43	0.00
November 4	62	35	0.00
November 5	63	36	0.00
November 6	68	42	0.00
November 7	67	40	0.00
November 8	66	39	0.00
November 9	74	47	0.01
November 10	68	59	0.48
November 11	60	54	0.95
November 12	58	52	0.00
November 13	63	44	0.00
November 14	59	36	0.00
November 15	60	31	0.00
November 16	67	38	0.00
November 17	73	37	0.00
November 18	73	39	0.00
November 19	74	41	0.00
November 20	76	44	0.00
November 21	73	48	0.00
November 22	74	50	0.00
November 23	77	60	0.08
November 24	70	62	0.11
November 25	69	60	1.29
November 26	63	46	0.00
November 27	69	38	0.00
November 28	62	38	0.00
November 29	41	28	0.00
November 30	45	20	0.00

December 1979 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	54	24	0.00
December 2	46	29	0.00
December 3	43	24	0.00
December 4	62	20	0.00
December 5	64	31	0.00
December 6	52	43	0.23
December 7	61	37	0.00
December 8	62	37	0.00
December 9	54	34	0.00
December 10	64	29	0.00
December 11	69	34	0.00
December 12	75	50	0.00
December 13	70	58	0.01
December 14	60	45	0.00
December 15	49	36	0.00
December 16	58	40	0.00
December 17	47	31	0.00
December 18	52	23	0.00
December 19	60	28	0.00
December 20	59	37	0.00
December 21	44	36	0.00
December 22	50	40	0.00
December 23	54	46	0.00
December 24	62	48	0.53
December 25	49	39	0.01
December 26	61	36	0.00
December 27	66	33	0.00
December 28	52	38	0.00
December 29	62	34	0.00
December 30	52	42	0.60
December 31	49	39	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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