Boston Weather in 1978

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	3 °F	February 4
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	21 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	January 20
Most daily snow	21.0 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	37.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	89.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 23
2	95 °F	Jul 21
3	94 °F	Jul 22
4	93 °F	Aug 14
5	92 °F	Aug 17
6	91 °F	Jul 20
7	90 °F	Aug 29
7	90 °F	Jul 19
7	90 °F	Jul 10
10	89 °F	Aug 8
10	89 °F	Jul 6
10	89 °F	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978 was 3 °F which happened on Feb 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	February 4
2	6 °F	February 5
3	9 °F	February 3
4	10 °F	January 11
4	10 °F	January 10
6	11 °F	February 11
7	13 °F	February 10
8	15 °F	February 9
8	15 °F	February 2
8	15 °F	January 29

January 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	22	0.04	0.7
January 2	30	18	0.24	3.1
January 3	29	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	24	0.03	0.4
January 8	53	25	0.05	0.0
January 9	58	19	1.15	0.3
January 10	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	26	0.55	5.0
January 14	32	23	1.01	2.0
January 15	30	18	0.01	0.0
January 16	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	25	0.13	2.2
January 18	40	24	0.88	0.7
January 19	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	19	2.05	21.0
January 21	29	16	0.07	0.4
January 22	35	19	0.01	0.1
January 23	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	41	19	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	33	1.07	0.0
January 26	55	35	0.83	0.0
January 27	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	23	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	16	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	9	0.00	0.0
February 4	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	6	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	23	0.92	8.1
February 7	33	29	1.93	19.0
February 8	37	20	0.01	0.0
February 9	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	30	0.01	0.1
February 19	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	20	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	28	16	0.00	0.0
March 3	29	18	0.75	8.2
March 4	32	22	0.07	1.0
March 5	26	16	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 12	46	37	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	30	0.32	0.0
March 15	49	38	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	32	0.25	3.6
March 17	33	28	0.08	2.0
March 18	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	38	0.05	0.0
March 23	59	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	34	0.15	1.3
March 27	54	39	0.79	0.0
March 28	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 29	59	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	38	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	41	0.10
April 2	50	33	0.00
April 3	41	29	0.00
April 4	43	37	0.00
April 5	59	40	0.15
April 6	58	40	0.00
April 7	45	37	0.07
April 8	52	36	0.00
April 9	53	34	0.00
April 10	63	35	0.00
April 11	54	43	0.18
April 12	61	43	0.13
April 13	75	45	0.01
April 14	55	43	0.00
April 15	49	39	0.00
April 16	51	39	0.00
April 17	55	43	0.02
April 18	54	43	0.00
April 19	50	42	0.75
April 20	57	47	0.38
April 21	56	48	0.00
April 22	56	47	0.00
April 23	62	44	0.00
April 24	68	47	0.00
April 25	53	50	0.00
April 26	57	48	0.00
April 27	50	45	0.00
April 28	53	44	0.00
April 29	70	50	0.00
April 30	58	41	0.00

May 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	37	0.00
May 2	63	39	0.00
May 3	60	46	0.03
May 4	54	41	0.00
May 5	49	45	0.34
May 6	61	45	0.00
May 7	65	54	0.00
May 8	71	52	0.00
May 9	62	55	0.25
May 10	70	54	0.00
May 11	65	53	0.00
May 12	77	49	0.00
May 13	70	52	0.00
May 14	58	50	0.11
May 15	51	49	1.73
May 16	53	49	0.87
May 17	61	48	0.03
May 18	58	49	0.01
May 19	69	52	0.00
May 20	82	57	0.00
May 21	77	60	0.06
May 22	80	57	0.00
May 23	84	58	0.00
May 24	75	58	0.08
May 25	59	56	0.98
May 26	63	55	0.00
May 27	59	55	0.01
May 28	77	55	0.00
May 29	86	65	0.00
May 30	79	64	0.00
May 31	67	57	0.00

June 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	57	0.00
June 2	72	58	0.00
June 3	72	61	0.19
June 4	74	59	0.15
June 5	72	56	0.02
June 6	69	57	0.00
June 7	78	55	0.03
June 8	76	66	0.29
June 9	80	66	0.13
June 10	74	59	0.00
June 11	81	58	0.00
June 12	85	59	0.00
June 13	76	55	0.06
June 14	68	52	0.00
June 15	76	52	0.00
June 16	69	56	0.00
June 17	77	56	0.00
June 18	77	58	0.00
June 19	80	58	0.37
June 20	72	55	0.00
June 21	63	55	0.00
June 22	84	57	0.05
June 23	82	61	0.00
June 24	79	59	0.00
June 25	79	58	0.00
June 26	83	62	0.02
June 27	87	63	0.00
June 28	89	71	0.00
June 29	86	65	0.22
June 30	81	65	0.00

July 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	60	0.00
July 2	72	56	0.00
July 3	69	58	0.00
July 4	60	57	0.81
July 5	68	56	0.00
July 6	89	57	0.00
July 7	88	67	0.00
July 8	88	66	0.00
July 9	88	68	0.00
July 10	90	68	0.00
July 11	76	63	0.00
July 12	82	59	0.00
July 13	87	66	0.00
July 14	83	65	0.00
July 15	72	64	0.12
July 16	70	62	0.03
July 17	70	61	0.26
July 18	80	62	0.00
July 19	90	66	0.00
July 20	91	70	0.00
July 21	95	72	0.00
July 22	94	73	0.00
July 23	99	73	0.00
July 24	84	66	0.00
July 25	78	62	0.00
July 26	77	57	0.00
July 27	87	64	0.00
July 28	83	65	0.21
July 29	73	62	0.00
July 30	72	63	0.01
July 31	69	60	0.04

August 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	64	59	0.10
August 2	68	62	0.65
August 3	86	64	0.00
August 4	82	66	0.42
August 5	68	64	0.00
August 6	82	66	1.47
August 7	74	66	0.89
August 8	89	67	0.58
August 9	86	70	0.00
August 10	85	70	0.00
August 11	74	64	0.00
August 12	70	65	0.03
August 13	76	66	0.00
August 14	93	70	0.00
August 15	80	71	0.00
August 16	88	70	0.00
August 17	92	76	0.00
August 18	85	70	0.00
August 19	75	65	0.00
August 20	85	68	0.00
August 21	72	63	0.00
August 22	76	60	0.00
August 23	88	63	0.00
August 24	74	58	0.26
August 25	63	55	0.05
August 26	68	58	0.05
August 27	72	59	0.00
August 28	70	60	0.07
August 29	90	70	0.00
August 30	79	68	0.00
August 31	70	62	0.05

September 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	62	0.01
September 2	80	60	0.00
September 3	82	62	0.00
September 4	78	63	0.00
September 5	82	62	0.00
September 6	80	59	0.00
September 7	79	54	0.00
September 8	63	48	0.00
September 9	65	51	0.00
September 10	60	47	0.00
September 11	70	59	0.71
September 12	79	55	0.27
September 13	59	50	0.00
September 14	61	46	0.00
September 15	66	50	0.01
September 16	77	59	0.00
September 17	67	55	0.00
September 18	60	54	0.10
September 19	61	53	0.12
September 20	74	50	0.00
September 21	88	59	0.00
September 22	73	55	0.08
September 23	60	52	0.00
September 24	69	48	0.00
September 25	73	49	0.00
September 26	54	42	0.00
September 27	68	43	0.00
September 28	70	48	0.00
September 29	63	43	0.00
September 30	68	46	0.00

October 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	56	0.62
October 2	68	52	0.00
October 3	53	46	0.00
October 4	60	49	0.29
October 5	58	52	0.01
October 6	57	53	0.69
October 7	63	48	0.00
October 8	49	41	0.00
October 9	53	38	0.00
October 10	67	43	0.00
October 11	59	47	0.00
October 12	69	47	0.00
October 13	76	54	0.00
October 14	62	55	0.85
October 15	59	38	0.00
October 16	52	34	0.00
October 17	48	33	0.00
October 18	55	33	0.00
October 19	61	48	0.21
October 20	53	42	0.00
October 21	70	41	0.00
October 22	78	49	0.00
October 23	78	43	0.02
October 24	50	34	0.00
October 25	58	42	0.00
October 26	64	55	0.08
October 27	60	46	0.36
October 28	64	42	0.00
October 29	55	42	0.00
October 30	45	37	0.00
October 31	63	38	0.00

November 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	41	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	58	43	0.00	0.0
November 4	51	42	0.00	0.0
November 5	53	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	64	46	0.00	0.0
November 7	59	48	0.06	0.0
November 8	48	44	0.02	0.0
November 9	63	42	0.00	0.0
November 10	56	46	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	48	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 13	43	32	0.00	0.0
November 14	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	45	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	34	0.11	0.0
November 18	70	47	0.17	0.0
November 19	52	42	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	35	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	29	0.26	2.1
November 22	31	29	0.01	0.1
November 23	37	30	0.03	0.0
November 24	48	37	0.61	0.0
November 25	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	36	17	0.49	2.0
November 28	40	25	0.07	0.0
November 29	43	31	0.03	0.0
November 30	49	37	0.35	0.0

December 1978 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	37	20	0.18	1.0
December 4	62	34	0.32	0.0
December 5	48	35	0.12	0.0
December 6	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	40	0.00	0.0
December 8	55	41	0.25	0.0
December 9	50	31	1.18	4.6
December 10	31	22	0.02	0.2
December 11	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	31	0.10	0.0
December 18	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	25	0.04	0.0
December 21	45	30	0.53	0.0
December 22	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	45	35	0.89	0.0
December 26	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 29	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	32	0.00	0.0

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