Atlanta Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Atlanta Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	9 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	76 °F	June 29
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	August 9
Most daily snow	0.3 inches	February 21
Total annual precipitation	41.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Atlanta in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Atlanta in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 29
1	96 °F	Jun 28
3	95 °F	Jul 9
3	95 °F	Jun 30
5	94 °F	Sep 20
5	94 °F	Sep 10
5	94 °F	Sep 9
5	94 °F	Aug 20
5	94 °F	Jul 23
5	94 °F	Jul 22
5	94 °F	Jul 1
5	94 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Atlanta in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978 was 9 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Atlanta in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	9 °F	January 11
2	10 °F	January 9
3	11 °F	January 10
4	14 °F	February 7
5	17 °F	January 29
5	17 °F	January 14
7	18 °F	March 5
7	18 °F	January 30
7	18 °F	January 28
7	18 °F	January 16
7	18 °F	January 15

January 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	49	35	0.03
January 2	37	25	0.00
January 3	44	20	0.00
January 4	53	22	0.00
January 5	55	30	0.01
January 6	54	42	0.58
January 7	57	50	0.07
January 8	60	29	1.05
January 9	29	10	0.00
January 10	25	11	0.00
January 11	35	9	0.00
January 12	33	21	0.18
January 13	31	28	0.05
January 14	29	17	0.01
January 15	31	18	0.00
January 16	44	18	0.00
January 17	46	35	0.75
January 18	43	31	0.00
January 19	43	35	1.26
January 20	35	29	0.05
January 21	36	26	0.00
January 22	46	27	0.00
January 23	53	26	0.00
January 24	45	34	1.08
January 25	61	35	1.91
January 26	38	20	0.00
January 27	39	19	0.00
January 28	38	18	0.00
January 29	35	17	0.00
January 30	41	18	0.00
January 31	40	25	0.00

February 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	29	0.05	0.0
February 2	48	29	0.01	0.0
February 3	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	55	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 10	54	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	58	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	64	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	67	43	0.13	0.0
February 14	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	61	41	0.00	0.0
February 17	46	38	0.00	0.0
February 18	50	36	0.12	0.0
February 19	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	48	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	27	0.02	0.3
February 22	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	58	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	72	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	38	0.44	0.0

March 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	53	34	0.00
March 2	38	32	0.20
March 3	42	31	0.15
March 4	42	26	0.00
March 5	52	18	0.00
March 6	66	30	0.00
March 7	56	38	0.17
March 8	51	37	0.10
March 9	40	36	1.28
March 10	61	36	0.07
March 11	67	32	0.00
March 12	71	51	0.06
March 13	74	46	0.00
March 14	77	55	0.35
March 15	78	47	0.00
March 16	59	40	0.00
March 17	53	28	0.00
March 18	58	28	0.00
March 19	77	39	0.00
March 20	73	47	0.00
March 21	74	50	0.17
March 22	74	44	0.00
March 23	79	44	0.00
March 24	79	52	0.00
March 25	77	47	0.04
March 26	47	40	0.04
March 27	48	38	0.00
March 28	73	36	0.00
March 29	80	43	0.00
March 30	76	52	0.00
March 31	82	44	0.00

April 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	52	0.00
April 2	83	52	0.00
April 3	82	53	0.00
April 4	82	54	0.00
April 5	86	56	0.00
April 6	76	57	0.00
April 7	84	56	0.00
April 8	85	52	0.00
April 9	85	57	0.00
April 10	83	56	0.00
April 11	69	51	0.73
April 12	73	46	0.15
April 13	72	52	0.70
April 14	77	45	0.00
April 15	80	48	0.00
April 16	77	48	0.00
April 17	73	55	0.00
April 18	66	57	1.16
April 19	73	45	0.03
April 20	61	40	0.00
April 21	60	34	0.00
April 22	68	31	0.00
April 23	69	44	0.00
April 24	77	52	0.17
April 25	68	45	0.55
April 26	51	44	0.00
April 27	68	38	0.00
April 28	72	38	0.00
April 29	78	43	0.00
April 30	73	54	0.00

May 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	56	1.61
May 2	72	50	0.00
May 3	57	51	0.25
May 4	73	51	0.15
May 5	72	46	0.00
May 6	81	52	0.00
May 7	68	58	0.59
May 8	73	64	1.51
May 9	80	55	0.00
May 10	74	49	0.00
May 11	73	51	0.00
May 12	76	55	0.01
May 13	73	57	0.62
May 14	72	50	0.00
May 15	65	44	0.00
May 16	69	46	0.00
May 17	76	47	0.00
May 18	80	61	0.04
May 19	83	62	0.00
May 20	86	58	0.00
May 21	87	62	0.00
May 22	88	64	0.00
May 23	83	65	0.00
May 24	86	66	0.00
May 25	89	64	0.00
May 26	90	66	1.14
May 27	85	68	0.04
May 28	82	65	1.30
May 29	83	64	0.02
May 30	82	64	0.00
May 31	85	62	0.00

June 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	63	0.00
June 2	89	64	0.05
June 3	83	67	0.05
June 4	84	65	0.00
June 5	84	63	0.00
June 6	87	67	0.68
June 7	82	66	1.27
June 8	73	68	0.27
June 9	83	68	0.05
June 10	84	63	0.00
June 11	83	68	0.00
June 12	83	68	0.12
June 13	83	64	0.07
June 14	81	57	0.00
June 15	82	61	0.00
June 16	84	62	0.00
June 17	83	60	0.00
June 18	86	63	0.00
June 19	86	63	0.00
June 20	85	66	0.00
June 21	87	67	0.30
June 22	88	67	0.00
June 23	88	69	0.00
June 24	88	67	0.00
June 25	92	70	0.00
June 26	94	70	0.00
June 27	93	67	0.00
June 28	96	73	0.00
June 29	96	76	0.00
June 30	95	71	0.00

July 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	70	0.00
July 2	92	72	0.12
July 3	89	72	0.02
July 4	93	68	0.00
July 5	89	68	0.00
July 6	83	67	0.00
July 7	87	67	0.00
July 8	90	66	0.00
July 9	95	69	0.00
July 10	93	68	0.00
July 11	90	68	0.00
July 12	80	68	0.00
July 13	84	68	0.00
July 14	87	69	0.00
July 15	82	69	0.72
July 16	85	68	0.00
July 17	88	67	0.00
July 18	91	68	0.00
July 19	89	69	0.00
July 20	90	69	0.00
July 21	91	68	0.00
July 22	94	69	0.26
July 23	94	70	0.02
July 24	93	69	0.87
July 25	91	67	0.00
July 26	85	65	0.00
July 27	76	68	0.25
July 28	90	67	0.00
July 29	92	68	0.00
July 30	92	70	0.00
July 31	88	66	0.30

August 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	63	0.00
August 2	91	63	0.00
August 3	89	69	0.43
August 4	77	67	0.57
August 5	85	68	0.02
August 6	84	69	0.12
August 7	80	69	0.47
August 8	85	69	0.20
August 9	78	67	2.23
August 10	82	66	0.00
August 11	82	69	0.94
August 12	84	70	0.26
August 13	89	68	0.00
August 14	89	68	0.00
August 15	87	71	0.19
August 16	89	70	0.02
August 17	92	72	0.00
August 18	93	72	0.00
August 19	93	72	0.00
August 20	94	73	0.00
August 21	86	73	0.00
August 22	82	72	0.00
August 23	88	68	0.00
August 24	90	66	0.00
August 25	91	67	0.00
August 26	88	71	0.00
August 27	88	71	0.21
August 28	89	70	0.00
August 29	92	70	0.00
August 30	91	73	0.00
August 31	90	71	0.00

September 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	66	0.00
September 2	87	68	0.46
September 3	88	67	0.00
September 4	90	64	0.00
September 5	88	68	0.00
September 6	86	66	0.00
September 7	91	65	0.00
September 8	92	67	0.00
September 9	94	71	0.00
September 10	94	70	0.00
September 11	88	67	0.00
September 12	83	66	0.00
September 13	92	67	0.00
September 14	80	68	0.05
September 15	73	66	0.01
September 16	88	66	0.00
September 17	93	68	0.00
September 18	93	71	0.00
September 19	93	69	0.00
September 20	94	70	0.00
September 21	91	70	0.00
September 22	89	69	0.00
September 23	87	67	0.06
September 24	69	64	0.20
September 25	81	64	0.00
September 26	78	65	0.00
September 27	78	62	0.00
September 28	83	59	0.00
September 29	80	65	0.00
September 30	71	60	0.16

October 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	56	0.06
October 2	81	51	0.00
October 3	81	58	0.00
October 4	82	58	0.00
October 5	83	52	0.00
October 6	70	49	0.00
October 7	68	39	0.00
October 8	70	41	0.00
October 9	72	42	0.00
October 10	74	51	0.00
October 11	80	52	0.00
October 12	83	54	0.00
October 13	81	60	1.36
October 14	67	44	0.00
October 15	65	36	0.00
October 16	73	41	0.00
October 17	67	34	0.00
October 18	69	39	0.00
October 19	75	39	0.00
October 20	76	46	0.00
October 21	79	44	0.00
October 22	80	52	0.00
October 23	82	52	0.00
October 24	79	55	0.00
October 25	70	56	0.00
October 26	80	56	0.00
October 27	80	55	0.00
October 28	80	53	0.00
October 29	76	58	0.00
October 30	73	53	0.00
October 31	74	52	0.00

November 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	78	49	0.00
November 2	77	48	0.00
November 3	77	50	0.00
November 4	75	40	0.00
November 5	77	41	0.00
November 6	76	47	0.00
November 7	61	50	0.34
November 8	67	45	0.00
November 9	64	45	0.00
November 10	70	54	0.00
November 11	74	48	0.00
November 12	79	47	0.00
November 13	74	50	0.00
November 14	70	58	0.00
November 15	76	56	0.00
November 16	78	58	0.00
November 17	73	62	1.28
November 18	67	44	0.00
November 19	69	42	0.00
November 20	63	48	0.00
November 21	65	44	0.00
November 22	64	47	0.04
November 23	68	50	0.01
November 24	70	50	0.00
November 25	64	40	0.00
November 26	68	40	0.00
November 27	61	53	0.87
November 28	61	49	0.08
November 29	49	44	0.34
November 30	53	45	0.00

December 1978 Atlanta Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	59	48	0.00
December 2	58	40	0.00
December 3	66	43	0.02
December 4	70	46	2.06
December 5	55	35	0.04
December 6	65	31	0.00
December 7	63	41	0.00
December 8	76	54	0.00
December 9	71	27	0.40
December 10	40	20	0.00
December 11	44	26	0.00
December 12	56	25	0.00
December 13	62	27	0.00
December 14	51	28	0.00
December 15	60	28	0.00
December 16	56	43	0.07
December 17	54	35	0.00
December 18	52	28	0.00
December 19	67	50	0.00
December 20	72	59	0.00
December 21	67	36	0.27
December 22	53	26	0.00
December 23	55	30	0.00
December 24	49	40	0.60
December 25	52	32	0.00
December 26	59	29	0.00
December 27	46	29	0.00
December 28	45	30	0.00
December 29	43	30	0.00
December 30	40	32	0.28
December 31	64	38	0.01

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1930–2024	Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport	location