Bismarck Weather in 1979

Historical record of Bismarck, North Dakota weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Bismarck Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 8
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	February 1
Highest daily low	65 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 13
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	August 21
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	February 22
Total annual precipitation	11.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	59.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bismarck in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1979 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 8
1	95 °F	Jun 13
3	94 °F	Jul 22
4	93 °F	Jul 21
5	92 °F	Sep 16
5	92 °F	Jul 10
5	92 °F	Jul 2
8	91 °F	Aug 17
8	91 °F	Aug 6
8	91 °F	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Bismarck in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1979 was -30 °F which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	February 1
2	-29 °F	February 8
2	-29 °F	February 4
4	-28 °F	February 16
5	-27 °F	February 24
5	-27 °F	January 31
7	-26 °F	January 30
8	-24 °F	January 10
8	-24 °F	January 1
10	-23 °F	February 23
10	-23 °F	January 15
10	-23 °F	January 13
10	-23 °F	January 5

January 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	2	-24	0.00	0.0
January 2	-1	-6	0.00	0.1
January 3	4	-7	0.00	0.0
January 4	-7	-18	0.00	0.0
January 5	10	-23	0.00	0.0
January 6	6	-3	0.00	0.0
January 7	0	-9	0.00	0.0
January 8	17	-6	0.00	0.2
January 9	9	-9	0.00	0.1
January 10	3	-24	0.00	0.0
January 11	3	-17	0.03	0.4
January 12	-7	-17	0.00	0.0
January 13	-8	-23	0.00	0.0
January 14	-4	-22	0.00	0.0
January 15	-4	-23	0.00	0.0
January 16	4	-16	0.00	0.1
January 17	25	-17	0.00	0.0
January 18	25	-5	0.23	2.5
January 19	25	18	0.14	3.7
January 20	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 21	26	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	3	0.14	3.1
January 23	5	-13	0.00	0.1
January 24	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	0	0.00	0.0
January 26	8	-4	0.00	0.0
January 27	3	-11	0.00	0.0
January 28	2	-14	0.00	0.0
January 29	-1	-22	0.00	0.0
January 30	0	-26	0.00	0.0
January 31	-4	-27	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	0	-30	0.00	0.0
February 2	-2	-21	0.00	0.0
February 3	4	-16	0.00	0.0
February 4	-4	-29	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	-10	0.00	0.1
February 6	14	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	-1	-11	0.02	0.2
February 8	0	-29	0.00	0.0
February 9	8	-20	0.00	0.1
February 10	17	3	0.00	0.1
February 11	3	-18	0.20	4.8
February 12	3	-19	0.06	1.9
February 13	12	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	16	-3	0.18	3.3
February 15	-3	-21	0.08	1.5
February 16	-7	-28	0.00	0.0
February 17	3	-9	0.05	1.4
February 18	13	-7	0.00	0.0
February 19	23	-1	0.00	0.0
February 20	20	-1	0.16	1.7
February 21	12	-7	0.00	0.1
February 22	18	11	0.38	8.9
February 23	13	-23	0.03	0.6
February 24	5	-27	0.02	0.3
February 25	18	-6	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	5	0.00	0.0
February 27	23	5	0.03	0.5
February 28	12	4	0.00	0.1

March 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	20	7	0.00	0.2
March 2	13	2	0.11	1.2
March 3	20	-7	0.00	0.0
March 4	21	-11	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	-6	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	5	0.04	0.0
March 8	38	13	0.03	0.0
March 9	13	-3	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	-10	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	18	0.01	0.1
March 14	32	6	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	5	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	34	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	32	27	0.69	6.9
March 20	34	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	33	13	0.00	0.0
March 24	31	12	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	13	0.00	0.0
March 26	20	8	0.00	0.0
March 27	34	7	0.01	0.0
March 28	28	9	0.17	1.7
March 29	32	8	0.00	0.0
March 30	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 31	30	15	0.09	1.5

April 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	29	5	0.00	0.0
April 2	27	-1	0.00	0.0
April 3	36	3	0.00	0.0
April 4	37	22	0.00	0.0
April 5	23	4	0.00	0.1
April 6	36	3	0.00	0.0
April 7	44	27	0.02	0.2
April 8	34	21	0.00	0.0
April 9	35	19	0.00	0.0
April 10	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	34	31	0.24	3.7
April 12	34	30	0.18	2.2
April 13	37	29	0.01	0.1
April 14	42	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	40	23	0.02	0.0
April 16	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	72	50	0.00	0.0
April 19	59	37	0.07	0.0
April 20	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 23	44	37	0.00	0.0
April 24	40	35	0.22	0.0
April 25	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 27	53	28	0.00	0.0
April 28	46	34	0.18	1.0
April 29	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 30	55	25	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	63	36	0.00	0.0
May 2	51	29	0.00	0.0
May 3	56	24	0.06	0.6
May 4	48	29	0.01	0.0
May 5	42	35	0.00	0.0
May 6	42	40	0.41	0.0
May 7	50	35	0.00	0.0
May 8	49	31	0.00	0.0
May 9	40	32	0.00	0.0
May 10	35	31	0.10	1.0
May 11	56	32	0.00	0.0
May 12	64	32	0.01	0.0
May 13	64	38	0.00	0.0
May 14	65	43	0.00	0.0
May 15	73	36	0.00	0.0
May 16	84	51	0.00	0.0
May 17	64	50	0.01	0.0
May 18	64	39	0.00	0.0
May 19	63	42	0.03	0.0
May 20	58	39	0.10	0.0
May 21	71	39	0.17	0.0
May 22	54	41	0.00	0.0
May 23	67	36	0.00	0.0
May 24	71	39	0.00	0.0
May 25	75	51	0.01	0.0
May 26	78	44	0.00	0.0
May 27	78	41	0.00	0.0
May 28	82	54	0.00	0.0
May 29	65	48	0.11	0.0
May 30	67	42	0.00	0.0
May 31	65	39	0.05	0.0

June 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	40	0.00
June 2	77	48	0.00
June 3	83	54	0.04
June 4	72	53	0.00
June 5	83	52	0.00
June 6	73	49	0.02
June 7	61	43	0.05
June 8	66	38	0.00
June 9	71	48	0.00
June 10	80	39	0.00
June 11	88	49	0.00
June 12	90	58	0.04
June 13	95	63	0.00
June 14	88	58	0.00
June 15	83	53	0.00
June 16	77	54	0.00
June 17	70	49	0.00
June 18	76	47	0.23
June 19	70	58	0.08
June 20	78	56	0.15
June 21	79	47	0.00
June 22	60	53	0.11
June 23	67	52	0.00
June 24	80	51	0.00
June 25	80	56	0.01
June 26	82	49	0.00
June 27	83	48	0.00
June 28	82	55	0.03
June 29	89	47	0.00
June 30	90	51	0.00

July 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	61	0.20
July 2	92	62	0.02
July 3	83	63	0.05
July 4	77	60	0.00
July 5	80	56	0.00
July 6	78	52	0.00
July 7	83	58	0.00
July 8	95	56	0.00
July 9	90	65	0.19
July 10	92	60	0.00
July 11	89	62	0.31
July 12	85	60	0.75
July 13	78	58	0.08
July 14	81	51	0.00
July 15	74	54	0.06
July 16	73	48	0.00
July 17	78	47	0.00
July 18	83	53	0.00
July 19	90	52	0.00
July 20	91	57	0.00
July 21	93	57	0.00
July 22	94	61	0.00
July 23	85	65	0.70
July 24	83	61	0.00
July 25	80	60	0.00
July 26	75	59	0.21
July 27	77	58	0.45
July 28	83	54	0.00
July 29	85	59	0.07
July 30	72	53	0.13
July 31	78	47	0.00

August 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	57	0.00
August 2	87	53	0.00
August 3	85	60	0.22
August 4	79	61	0.14
August 5	79	56	0.00
August 6	91	62	0.00
August 7	82	55	0.01
August 8	85	55	0.00
August 9	79	57	0.00
August 10	71	53	0.00
August 11	80	45	0.00
August 12	76	53	0.00
August 13	65	45	0.00
August 14	63	34	0.00
August 15	71	54	0.00
August 16	79	52	0.00
August 17	91	52	0.00
August 18	86	50	0.00
August 19	84	54	0.00
August 20	77	53	0.00
August 21	72	63	0.84
August 22	74	56	0.00
August 23	68	47	0.00
August 24	75	43	0.00
August 25	72	53	0.11
August 26	71	53	0.10
August 27	75	46	0.19
August 28	80	54	0.12
August 29	77	52	0.00
August 30	84	51	0.00
August 31	90	59	0.00

September 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	57	0.00
September 2	79	46	0.00
September 3	87	53	0.00
September 4	85	60	0.00
September 5	80	50	0.01
September 6	69	39	0.00
September 7	71	41	0.00
September 8	81	43	0.00
September 9	82	58	0.00
September 10	65	54	0.67
September 11	68	48	0.00
September 12	58	44	0.00
September 13	57	37	0.00
September 14	68	33	0.00
September 15	81	37	0.00
September 16	92	43	0.00
September 17	75	46	0.00
September 18	71	41	0.00
September 19	81	50	0.00
September 20	65	36	0.00
September 21	73	30	0.00
September 22	70	48	0.00
September 23	70	41	0.00
September 24	74	37	0.00
September 25	80	36	0.00
September 26	87	51	0.14
September 27	73	45	0.00
September 28	76	37	0.00
September 29	71	39	0.00
September 30	78	38	0.00

October 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	40	0.00
October 2	68	47	0.00
October 3	58	36	0.00
October 4	72	27	0.00
October 5	64	45	0.00
October 6	69	30	0.00
October 7	64	39	0.00
October 8	54	39	0.03
October 9	53	36	0.00
October 10	71	41	0.00
October 11	62	39	0.00
October 12	40	16	0.00
October 13	50	13	0.00
October 14	68	28	0.00
October 15	70	33	0.00
October 16	59	28	0.00
October 17	59	23	0.00
October 18	61	25	0.00
October 19	64	28	0.02
October 20	56	38	0.00
October 21	39	35	0.00
October 22	45	21	0.00
October 23	50	16	0.00
October 24	58	24	0.00
October 25	50	31	0.00
October 26	52	41	0.01
October 27	65	35	0.00
October 28	60	26	0.00
October 29	44	31	0.00
October 30	46	37	0.04
October 31	40	35	0.00

November 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	38	27	0.01	0.2
November 2	30	14	0.00	0.0
November 3	38	9	0.00	0.0
November 4	43	19	0.00	0.0
November 5	33	10	0.00	0.0
November 6	41	13	0.00	0.0
November 7	35	9	0.00	0.0
November 8	34	11	0.00	0.0
November 9	24	16	0.01	0.2
November 10	32	10	0.00	0.0
November 11	34	6	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	6	0.00	0.0
November 13	35	19	0.00	0.0
November 14	55	15	0.00	0.0
November 15	56	25	0.00	0.0
November 16	65	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	62	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	54	14	0.00	0.0
November 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	13	0.00	0.0
November 21	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 22	41	12	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	4	0.00	0.0
November 24	24	8	0.00	0.0
November 25	25	15	0.00	0.1
November 26	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	23	16	0.02	0.3
November 28	20	14	0.01	0.2
November 29	23	6	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	7	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	23	10	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	8	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	65	19	0.00	0.0
December 5	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 6	46	20	0.06	0.0
December 7	37	-3	0.05	0.5
December 8	36	-3	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	17	0.00	0.0
December 10	53	14	0.05	0.6
December 11	14	-8	0.00	0.0
December 12	31	-1	0.00	0.2
December 13	26	5	0.00	0.0
December 14	43	10	0.00	0.0
December 15	28	-7	0.00	0.0
December 16	10	-10	0.00	0.0
December 17	27	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	56	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	54	18	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	14	0.00	0.0
December 21	49	17	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	12	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 24	25	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	21	0.06	0.3
December 26	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	39	9	0.00	0.0
December 30	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	29	5	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Bismarck	location
1913–1947	Mandan Experimental Station	location