Blacksburg Weather in 1978

Historical record of Blacksburg, Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Blacksburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	September 19
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	68 °F	August 20
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	April 27
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	41.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Blacksburg in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1978 was 92 °F which happened on September 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Blacksburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Sep 19
2	90 °F	Sep 10
2	90 °F	Jun 28
4	89 °F	Jul 24
5	88 °F	Sep 22
5	88 °F	Sep 21
5	88 °F	Sep 20
5	88 °F	Sep 9
5	88 °F	Aug 26
5	88 °F	Aug 20
5	88 °F	Jul 25
5	88 °F	Jul 23
5	88 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Blacksburg in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1978 was -2 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Blacksburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 11
1	-2 °F	January 10
3	0 °F	February 8
3	0 °F	February 7
3	0 °F	January 12
6	2 °F	January 23
6	2 °F	January 16
8	4 °F	February 9
8	4 °F	February 3
10	6 °F	February 24
10	6 °F	January 30
10	6 °F	January 29

January 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	50	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	34	0.15	0.0
January 8	42	34	0.19	0.0
January 9	54	8	0.88	0.0
January 10	10	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	7	0.53	6.0
January 14	30	22	0.10	2.0
January 15	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	20	2	0.00	0.0
January 17	26	n/a	0.12	2.0
January 18	32	18	0.16	0.0
January 19	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	20	16	0.71	1.0
January 21	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	2	0.00	0.0
January 24	39	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	8	0.58	0.0
January 26	38	24	0.93	0.0
January 27	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	20	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	13	6	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	6	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	8	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	32	10	0.11	2.0
February 3	32	4	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 7	14	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	4	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	21	0.10	1.0
February 15	34	26	0.00	0.0
February 16	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	n/a	24	0.12	0.0
February 18	40	27	0.09	0.0
February 19	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 20	30	14	0.00	0.0
February 21	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	10	0.17	2.0
February 23	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	6	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	50	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	16	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	22	0.17	3.0
March 2	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 3	30	10	0.53	8.0
March 4	34	12	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	10	0.00	0.0
March 6	34	12	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	22	0.43	0.0
March 9	30	22	0.11	0.0
March 10	34	28	0.95	0.0
March 11	46	26	0.25	0.0
March 12	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	56	34	0.07	0.0
March 15	60	40	0.22	0.0
March 16	66	34	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	19	0.00	0.0
March 20	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 22	68	36	0.09	0.0
March 23	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	75	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	32	0.13	0.0
March 26	36	28	1.30	0.0
March 27	40	28	0.47	0.0
March 28	41	35	0.07	0.0
March 29	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	58	30	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	74	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	76	50	0.00	0.0
April 3	77	43	0.00	0.0
April 4	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 5	76	42	0.12	0.0
April 6	78	42	0.00	0.0
April 7	69	n/a	0.10	0.0
April 8	71	50	0.00	0.0
April 9	74	44	0.00	0.0
April 10	78	48	0.00	0.0
April 11	80	48	0.00	0.0
April 12	74	40	0.15	0.0
April 13	68	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	70	36	0.00	0.0
April 15	64	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	64	34	0.00	0.0
April 17	60	40	0.09	0.0
April 18	62	39	0.25	0.0
April 19	48	39	0.25	0.0
April 20	54	39	0.42	0.0
April 21	48	38	0.07	0.0
April 22	44	34	0.06	0.0
April 23	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 24	66	32	0.02	0.0
April 25	70	40	0.10	0.0
April 26	46	34	2.20	0.0
April 27	41	31	2.70	6.0
April 28	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	64	32	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	41	0.10	0.0

May 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	41	0.02
May 2	61	29	0.00
May 3	60	32	0.00
May 4	66	34	0.16
May 5	48	42	1.21
May 6	60	42	0.00
May 7	70	46	0.00
May 8	62	46	0.94
May 9	52	46	0.35
May 10	72	46	0.00
May 11	66	38	0.00
May 12	73	36	0.00
May 13	70	54	0.15
May 14	64	48	0.70
May 15	56	40	0.03
May 16	54	40	0.05
May 17	56	41	0.00
May 18	69	41	0.00
May 19	75	46	0.00
May 20	80	46	0.00
May 21	82	50	0.00
May 22	79	52	0.00
May 23	74	56	0.00
May 24	74	58	0.14
May 25	72	50	0.06
May 26	80	50	0.00
May 27	81	52	0.00
May 28	80	54	0.00
May 29	77	53	0.00
May 30	80	56	0.00
May 31	81	57	0.09

June 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	55	0.00
June 2	85	54	0.00
June 3	84	54	0.00
June 4	69	50	0.57
June 5	73	44	0.00
June 6	76	46	0.00
June 7	78	50	0.00
June 8	77	63	0.22
June 9	70	62	0.46
June 10	78	45	0.00
June 11	76	50	0.00
June 12	82	56	0.00
June 13	83	60	0.40
June 14	73	40	0.00
June 15	71	40	0.00
June 16	79	42	0.00
June 17	77	56	0.00
June 18	84	58	0.00
June 19	86	60	0.00
June 20	86	61	0.11
June 21	80	60	0.00
June 22	79	60	0.02
June 23	80	56	0.00
June 24	80	52	0.00
June 25	83	56	0.00
June 26	84	62	0.00
June 27	86	66	0.00
June 28	90	68	0.00
June 29	88	68	0.00
June 30	86	62	0.00

July 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	56	0.00
July 2	86	60	0.62
July 3	80	62	1.67
July 4	78	62	0.10
July 5	76	60	0.00
July 6	70	54	0.00
July 7	72	50	0.00
July 8	81	54	0.00
July 9	84	60	0.00
July 10	86	60	0.00
July 11	85	64	0.08
July 12	78	52	0.00
July 13	74	54	0.00
July 14	76	60	0.09
July 15	78	62	0.71
July 16	82	60	0.31
July 17	76	56	0.18
July 18	78	52	0.00
July 19	82	53	0.00
July 20	80	60	0.00
July 21	86	62	0.00
July 22	86	62	0.00
July 23	88	64	0.00
July 24	89	62	0.01
July 25	88	62	0.63
July 26	78	61	0.11
July 27	82	60	0.00
July 28	79	62	0.63
July 29	80	56	0.00
July 30	82	60	0.00
July 31	83	64	0.01

August 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	63	0.00
August 2	81	60	0.00
August 3	83	60	0.00
August 4	81	63	0.00
August 5	72	64	0.55
August 6	80	66	0.00
August 7	81	66	0.35
August 8	80	64	0.65
August 9	82	63	0.05
August 10	81	60	0.55
August 11	79	61	0.00
August 12	79	62	0.15
August 13	82	61	0.00
August 14	83	63	0.00
August 15	81	n/a	0.00
August 16	81	66	0.00
August 17	85	64	0.00
August 18	86	55	0.00
August 19	86	58	0.00
August 20	88	68	0.00
August 21	83	51	0.00
August 22	82	49	0.00
August 23	85	50	0.00
August 24	86	52	0.00
August 25	86	54	0.00
August 26	88	62	0.00
August 27	86	63	0.50
August 28	80	60	0.23
August 29	86	63	0.00
August 30	84	61	0.07
August 31	84	62	0.00

September 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	62	0.33
September 2	79	59	0.00
September 3	74	60	0.00
September 4	81	60	0.00
September 5	81	54	0.00
September 6	82	54	0.00
September 7	85	58	0.00
September 8	87	58	0.00
September 9	88	60	0.00
September 10	90	64	0.00
September 11	73	59	0.00
September 12	83	56	0.05
September 13	83	56	0.12
September 14	80	55	0.00
September 15	63	53	0.00
September 16	80	56	0.00
September 17	84	55	0.00
September 18	86	60	0.00
September 19	92	62	0.46
September 20	88	60	0.00
September 21	88	66	0.00
September 22	88	65	0.00
September 23	79	55	0.65
September 24	79	54	0.67
September 25	66	54	0.15
September 26	78	49	0.00
September 27	72	48	0.00
September 28	75	49	0.00
September 29	72	38	0.00
September 30	70	38	0.00

October 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	50	0.05
October 2	68	44	0.00
October 3	72	42	0.00
October 4	74	46	0.19
October 5	73	46	0.00
October 6	62	44	0.02
October 7	63	47	0.00
October 8	54	35	0.00
October 9	55	24	0.00
October 10	63	20	0.00
October 11	72	33	0.00
October 12	72	35	0.00
October 13	78	44	0.00
October 14	78	50	0.72
October 15	60	39	0.00
October 16	50	38	0.00
October 17	52	30	0.17
October 18	54	24	0.00
October 19	64	26	0.00
October 20	66	42	0.06
October 21	67	35	0.00
October 22	75	37	0.00
October 23	78	44	0.00
October 24	77	34	0.00
October 25	65	29	0.00
October 26	73	30	0.00
October 27	77	46	0.02
October 28	66	39	0.00
October 29	65	32	0.00
October 30	66	36	0.00
October 31	61	31	0.00

November 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	32	0.00
November 2	70	32	0.00
November 3	69	30	0.00
November 4	68	31	0.00
November 5	69	36	0.00
November 6	72	30	0.00
November 7	74	34	0.00
November 8	61	40	0.03
November 9	57	32	0.00
November 10	63	34	0.00
November 11	62	38	0.00
November 12	66	38	0.00
November 13	68	40	0.00
November 14	65	42	0.00
November 15	70	44	0.00
November 16	57	40	0.32
November 17	59	42	0.61
November 18	60	41	0.19
November 19	60	30	0.00
November 20	58	32	0.00
November 21	56	28	0.00
November 22	56	31	0.00
November 23	55	40	0.03
November 24	54	40	0.25
November 25	56	28	0.00
November 26	42	28	0.00
November 27	36	30	0.86
November 28	48	30	0.04
November 29	50	26	0.00
November 30	44	30	0.55

December 1978 Blacksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	48	24	0.00
December 2	53	24	0.00
December 3	59	36	0.00
December 4	60	38	0.52
December 5	66	36	1.15
December 6	52	24	0.00
December 7	60	26	0.00
December 8	56	30	0.02
December 9	69	46	0.76
December 10	50	15	0.00
December 11	29	12	0.00
December 12	37	13	0.00
December 13	47	25	0.00
December 14	54	26	0.00
December 15	38	16	0.00
December 16	52	14	0.00
December 17	50	30	0.00
December 18	45	26	0.00
December 19	50	26	0.00
December 20	40	34	0.53
December 21	66	36	0.30
December 22	44	20	0.00
December 23	44	20	0.00
December 24	47	23	0.00
December 25	40	29	0.99
December 26	40	24	0.00
December 27	48	20	0.00
December 28	34	12	0.00
December 29	40	14	0.00
December 30	43	12	0.00
December 31	40	24	0.83

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1952–2024	Blacksburg NWSO	location
1893–1952	Blacksburg	location