Bloomington-Normal Weather in 1979

Historical record of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	June 21
Lowest temperature	-21 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 20
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	April 12
Most daily snow	7.5 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	31.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1979 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jun 21
1	93 °F	Jun 20
3	92 °F	Aug 9
3	92 °F	Aug 8
3	92 °F	Aug 7
3	92 °F	Aug 6
3	92 °F	Aug 5
3	92 °F	Jun 6
9	90 °F	Aug 10
9	90 °F	Jul 13
9	90 °F	Jun 19
9	90 °F	Jun 7
9	90 °F	Jun 5

What was the coldest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1979 was -21 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-21 °F	January 15
2	-18 °F	February 9
3	-17 °F	February 5
4	-14 °F	February 19
5	-11 °F	February 17
6	-10 °F	February 1
6	-10 °F	January 11
6	-10 °F	January 8
6	-10 °F	January 6
6	-10 °F	January 2

January 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	12	0.11	2.5
January 2	12	-10	0.00	0.0
January 3	12	-6	0.00	0.0
January 4	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 5	9	-1	0.06	0.9
January 6	14	-10	0.01	0.2
January 7	15	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	-10	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	8	-10	0.00	0.0
January 12	23	5	0.10	1.3
January 13	30	22	0.97	7.5
January 14	27	-4	0.06	0.7
January 15	6	-21	0.00	0.0
January 16	21	-1	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	5	0.00	0.0
January 18	22	2	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	14	0.13	0.0
January 20	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	31	10	0.45	5.7
January 25	19	-4	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	-1	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	19	0.28	3.7
January 28	25	21	0.02	0.3
January 29	23	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	20	3	0.12	1.8

February 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	12	-10	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	1	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 5	7	-17	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	-2	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	2	0.00	0.2
February 8	8	-7	0.15	2.3
February 9	7	-18	0.00	0.0
February 10	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	26	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	33	26	0.03	0.0
February 16	26	10	0.00	0.2
February 17	17	-11	0.00	0.0
February 18	13	2	0.12	2.0
February 19	19	-14	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	33	0.33	0.0
February 22	38	27	0.04	0.0
February 23	44	35	0.14	0.0
February 24	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	27	0.02	0.0

March 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	32	0.08	0.0
March 2	36	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	51	34	0.22	0.0
March 4	47	32	0.93	0.0
March 5	32	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	46	33	0.05	0.0
March 8	39	31	0.05	0.0
March 9	37	31	0.32	1.8
March 10	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	35	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	13	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	36	12	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	37	0.02	0.0
March 18	72	45	0.02	0.0
March 19	70	54	0.90	0.0
March 20	68	43	0.01	0.0
March 21	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	66	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	66	54	0.32	0.0
March 24	54	27	0.40	1.0
March 25	27	18	0.09	0.0
March 26	36	18	0.00	0.0
March 27	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	62	34	0.67	0.0
March 29	62	56	0.14	0.0
March 30	65	56	0.06	0.0
March 31	63	39	0.25	0.0

April 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	43	32	0.02
April 2	43	36	0.04
April 3	47	24	0.00
April 4	46	33	0.16
April 5	59	33	0.05
April 6	57	20	0.00
April 7	49	28	0.00
April 8	58	40	0.09
April 9	47	32	0.05
April 10	46	25	0.00
April 11	48	39	1.25
April 12	74	45	2.94
April 13	73	42	0.00
April 14	61	41	0.00
April 15	61	36	0.00
April 16	64	37	0.00
April 17	64	41	0.00
April 18	65	41	0.00
April 19	65	45	0.00
April 20	75	55	0.03
April 21	75	50	0.05
April 22	65	42	0.00
April 23	69	49	0.00
April 24	67	59	0.85
April 25	74	61	0.42
April 26	74	46	0.48
April 27	55	43	0.15
April 28	51	36	0.03
April 29	55	39	0.05
April 30	54	36	0.05

May 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	38	0.00
May 2	75	51	0.00
May 3	73	49	0.64
May 4	56	44	0.00
May 5	63	36	0.00
May 6	75	49	0.00
May 7	81	56	0.00
May 8	86	67	0.00
May 9	86	66	0.00
May 10	87	67	0.00
May 11	87	52	0.16
May 12	55	44	0.15
May 13	71	43	0.12
May 14	73	50	0.00
May 15	70	43	0.29
May 16	73	39	0.00
May 17	82	56	0.00
May 18	86	62	0.00
May 19	85	63	0.00
May 20	75	55	0.00
May 21	74	46	0.00
May 22	76	41	0.00
May 23	76	55	0.00
May 24	70	44	0.00
May 25	68	42	0.02
May 26	68	35	0.02
May 27	72	44	0.31
May 28	78	46	0.00
May 29	85	57	0.00
May 30	88	63	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.00

June 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	58	0.00
June 2	78	58	0.00
June 3	88	53	0.00
June 4	87	60	0.00
June 5	90	65	0.00
June 6	92	56	0.00
June 7	90	71	0.36
June 8	87	69	0.72
June 9	89	71	0.01
June 10	88	59	0.30
June 11	80	51	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.00
June 13	82	62	0.28
June 14	86	64	0.00
June 15	89	69	0.00
June 16	89	68	0.00
June 17	88	70	0.00
June 18	85	58	0.17
June 19	90	64	0.00
June 20	93	75	0.01
June 21	93	65	0.00
June 22	89	65	0.00
June 23	85	55	0.00
June 24	76	50	0.04
June 25	80	48	0.00
June 26	84	60	0.00
June 27	84	65	0.00
June 28	85	60	0.00
June 29	84	66	0.00
June 30	83	56	0.00

July 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	56	0.06
July 2	86	57	0.00
July 3	85	68	0.43
July 4	74	66	0.04
July 5	73	51	0.00
July 6	76	50	0.00
July 7	79	57	0.00
July 8	79	64	0.00
July 9	80	66	0.02
July 10	86	61	0.00
July 11	88	69	0.00
July 12	86	69	0.00
July 13	90	67	0.00
July 14	89	67	0.94
July 15	86	65	0.72
July 16	86	68	0.00
July 17	81	57	0.00
July 18	77	52	0.00
July 19	81	52	0.00
July 20	83	55	0.00
July 21	83	57	0.00
July 22	86	61	0.00
July 23	89	69	0.00
July 24	89	71	0.26
July 25	84	69	2.53
July 26	82	70	0.00
July 27	88	71	0.00
July 28	85	68	0.00
July 29	86	65	0.67
July 30	89	72	0.10
July 31	89	71	0.03

August 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	64	0.55
August 2	81	58	0.00
August 3	86	67	0.00
August 4	88	70	0.00
August 5	92	71	0.00
August 6	92	74	0.00
August 7	92	72	0.00
August 8	92	74	0.00
August 9	92	70	0.00
August 10	90	72	0.03
August 11	81	59	0.17
August 12	75	50	0.00
August 13	81	58	0.00
August 14	79	61	0.00
August 15	70	47	0.00
August 16	74	54	0.00
August 17	84	62	0.00
August 18	85	67	0.45
August 19	89	68	0.05
August 20	86	67	0.04
August 21	85	67	0.07
August 22	85	67	0.25
August 23	84	65	0.44
August 24	81	55	0.00
August 25	81	56	0.00
August 26	81	60	0.00
August 27	80	65	0.01
August 28	83	64	0.00
August 29	84	70	0.00
August 30	88	64	0.00
August 31	87	70	0.00

September 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	70	0.15
September 2	86	66	0.00
September 3	84	66	0.00
September 4	81	58	0.00
September 5	85	62	0.00
September 6	85	61	0.00
September 7	82	52	0.00
September 8	69	46	0.00
September 9	78	52	0.00
September 10	87	59	0.00
September 11	89	56	0.00
September 12	89	63	0.00
September 13	89	62	0.00
September 14	70	48	0.00
September 15	70	39	0.00
September 16	78	41	0.00
September 17	80	51	0.00
September 18	82	56	0.00
September 19	81	50	0.00
September 20	80	54	0.00
September 21	79	59	0.00
September 22	69	45	0.00
September 23	71	41	0.00
September 24	77	43	0.00
September 25	83	49	0.00
September 26	84	51	0.00
September 27	84	56	0.00
September 28	83	60	0.00
September 29	84	63	0.00
September 30	83	60	0.00

October 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	81	49	0.14
October 2	71	53	0.29
October 3	58	45	0.04
October 4	55	39	0.00
October 5	61	34	0.00
October 6	61	43	0.04
October 7	68	37	0.00
October 8	75	48	0.00
October 9	75	47	0.00
October 10	56	31	0.00
October 11	64	46	0.00
October 12	63	43	0.08
October 13	53	27	0.00
October 14	62	26	0.00
October 15	71	50	0.00
October 16	70	50	0.49
October 17	74	52	0.00
October 18	77	51	0.00
October 19	77	65	0.02
October 20	81	68	0.00
October 21	86	68	0.00
October 22	85	59	0.41
October 23	59	33	0.06
October 24	52	31	0.00
October 25	51	33	0.00
October 26	51	26	0.00
October 27	70	41	0.00
October 28	68	32	0.00
October 29	70	33	0.00
October 30	70	46	0.00
October 31	70	58	0.00

November 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	44	0.06	0.0
November 2	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 3	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	56	22	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	42	0.00	0.0
November 6	61	38	0.03	0.0
November 7	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	35	0.16	0.0
November 9	46	33	0.32	0.0
November 10	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 11	38	16	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 14	46	19	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	68	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	70	44	0.00	0.0
November 19	73	55	0.00	0.0
November 20	72	33	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	47	0.86	0.0
November 22	58	49	0.13	0.0
November 23	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 24	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 25	50	36	0.02	0.0
November 26	41	32	0.81	0.3
November 27	40	33	0.03	0.0
November 28	33	23	0.12	0.7
November 29	28	21	0.02	0.6
November 30	31	20	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	22	0.01	0.3
December 2	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	18	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	38	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	38	0.04	0.0
December 8	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	58	35	0.00	0.0
December 11	59	46	0.00	0.0
December 12	58	20	0.03	0.0
December 13	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	14	0.01	0.0
December 17	20	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	49	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	51	36	0.00	0.0
December 22	51	45	0.22	0.0
December 23	58	47	0.13	0.0
December 24	57	40	0.80	0.0
December 25	40	32	0.12	0.0
December 26	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	31	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1977–2024	Normal 4NE	location
1893–1977	Bloomington Normal	location