Boston Weather in 1979

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 16
Lowest temperature	-3 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	14 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	January 21
Most daily snow	4.2 inches	January 17
Total annual precipitation	44.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 16
1	95 °F	May 9
3	94 °F	Jul 13
3	94 °F	May 10
5	91 °F	Aug 2
5	91 °F	Aug 1
5	91 °F	Jul 26
5	91 °F	Jun 17
5	91 °F	Jun 15
10	90 °F	Aug 5
10	90 °F	Jul 9
10	90 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979 was -3 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-3 °F	February 11
2	-2 °F	February 14
3	-1 °F	February 12
4	0 °F	February 18
4	0 °F	February 17
4	0 °F	February 10
7	1 °F	February 13
8	4 °F	January 19
9	5 °F	December 19
9	5 °F	February 16
9	5 °F	February 15
9	5 °F	February 9
9	5 °F	January 18

January 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	58	42	0.07	0.0
January 2	61	52	1.04	0.0
January 3	56	18	0.22	0.0
January 4	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	27	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	31	21	0.07	0.7
January 7	49	28	0.40	0.0
January 8	55	33	1.47	0.0
January 9	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	25	1.36	0.2
January 14	43	31	0.38	0.0
January 15	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	14	0.23	4.2
January 18	25	5	0.04	0.7
January 19	23	4	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	14	0.20	2.1
January 21	54	30	2.52	1.0
January 22	46	34	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	41	28	0.25	0.0
January 25	44	38	2.08	0.0
January 26	40	34	0.02	0.0
January 27	43	37	0.04	0.0
January 28	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 29	47	40	0.00	0.0
January 30	43	33	0.02	0.0
January 31	34	29	0.14	1.6

February 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	21	0.01	0.0
February 2	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	15	0.15	3.1
February 8	33	20	0.05	0.6
February 9	23	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	14	-3	0.00	0.0
February 12	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 13	15	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	15	-2	0.00	0.0
February 15	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 16	21	5	0.02	0.3
February 17	14	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 19	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	28	0.09	0.0
February 22	53	35	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	31	0.05	0.0
February 24	40	33	1.05	0.0
February 25	42	34	0.29	0.0
February 26	35	30	1.75	2.6
February 27	39	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	53	32	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	43	32	0.00
March 2	40	34	0.25
March 3	39	32	0.00
March 4	47	33	0.00
March 5	66	45	0.00
March 6	59	47	0.36
March 7	52	40	1.11
March 8	50	40	0.01
March 9	49	36	0.00
March 10	48	36	0.31
March 11	46	28	0.26
March 12	36	24	0.00
March 13	46	25	0.00
March 14	55	39	0.09
March 15	39	21	0.00
March 16	36	19	0.00
March 17	38	30	0.00
March 18	42	27	0.00
March 19	48	35	0.00
March 20	55	38	0.00
March 21	53	42	0.02
March 22	63	40	0.00
March 23	72	41	0.00
March 24	67	40	0.00
March 25	60	48	0.27
March 26	55	36	0.00
March 27	44	31	0.00
March 28	48	30	0.00
March 29	54	36	0.01
March 30	49	40	0.31
March 31	49	39	0.03

April 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	41	0.01	0.0
April 2	43	37	0.52	0.0
April 3	50	40	0.18	0.0
April 4	46	38	0.13	0.0
April 5	50	40	0.23	0.0
April 6	53	36	0.01	0.1
April 7	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 8	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 9	43	34	0.73	0.3
April 10	50	34	0.03	0.0
April 11	58	39	0.00	0.0
April 12	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	49	41	0.00	0.0
April 14	45	40	0.13	0.0
April 15	44	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	45	40	0.01	0.0
April 17	57	41	0.01	0.0
April 18	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 19	56	41	0.00	0.0
April 20	57	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	54	39	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	41	0.00	0.0
April 23	77	49	0.00	0.0
April 24	77	47	0.00	0.0
April 25	57	49	0.00	0.0
April 26	76	51	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	53	1.19	0.0
April 28	64	49	0.01	0.0
April 29	61	49	0.00	0.0
April 30	66	55	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	50	0.00
May 2	68	45	0.00
May 3	64	48	0.22
May 4	75	55	0.04
May 5	64	49	0.00
May 6	66	47	0.00
May 7	75	55	0.00
May 8	69	53	0.00
May 9	95	63	0.00
May 10	94	68	0.00
May 11	70	55	0.00
May 12	64	52	0.01
May 13	73	55	0.25
May 14	67	61	0.31
May 15	61	55	0.11
May 16	76	56	0.00
May 17	65	54	0.00
May 18	57	51	0.07
May 19	53	51	0.09
May 20	58	52	0.70
May 21	67	53	0.01
May 22	76	55	0.00
May 23	63	53	0.80
May 24	55	51	0.50
May 25	62	51	0.74
May 26	64	49	0.05
May 27	72	53	0.00
May 28	65	59	0.08
May 29	72	57	0.00
May 30	63	54	0.26
May 31	80	56	0.00

June 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	56	0.00
June 2	68	57	0.00
June 3	74	59	0.00
June 4	71	59	0.02
June 5	68	59	0.21
June 6	74	59	0.00
June 7	74	55	0.00
June 8	77	60	0.00
June 9	83	63	0.00
June 10	84	64	0.00
June 11	83	62	0.01
June 12	68	54	0.31
June 13	73	50	0.00
June 14	77	55	0.00
June 15	91	61	0.00
June 16	95	71	0.00
June 17	91	70	0.00
June 18	90	60	0.18
June 19	72	59	0.00
June 20	72	57	0.00
June 21	70	56	0.00
June 22	83	58	0.00
June 23	80	62	0.00
June 24	72	57	0.00
June 25	69	55	0.00
June 26	73	54	0.00
June 27	78	55	0.00
June 28	79	61	0.00
June 29	77	61	0.00
June 30	85	63	0.13

July 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	63	0.31
July 2	82	66	0.11
July 3	87	68	0.00
July 4	75	60	0.00
July 5	71	55	0.00
July 6	77	56	0.00
July 7	79	61	0.00
July 8	87	63	0.00
July 9	90	66	0.00
July 10	84	66	0.00
July 11	80	62	0.00
July 12	72	60	0.00
July 13	94	71	0.00
July 14	86	71	0.00
July 15	74	65	0.04
July 16	83	65	0.05
July 17	78	67	0.02
July 18	72	64	0.94
July 19	78	65	0.00
July 20	85	65	0.00
July 21	87	69	0.00
July 22	89	68	0.00
July 23	87	72	0.00
July 24	88	70	0.00
July 25	89	72	0.00
July 26	91	71	0.58
July 27	83	70	0.31
July 28	80	69	0.00
July 29	89	70	0.00
July 30	83	71	0.00
July 31	86	67	0.00

August 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	73	0.00
August 2	91	75	0.00
August 3	87	72	0.71
August 4	80	72	0.28
August 5	90	70	0.00
August 6	84	67	0.00
August 7	78	63	0.00
August 8	86	70	0.03
August 9	81	66	0.00
August 10	81	61	0.61
August 11	65	59	0.08
August 12	62	56	1.78
August 13	72	54	0.57
August 14	76	60	0.00
August 15	71	59	0.02
August 16	73	56	0.00
August 17	70	57	0.00
August 18	72	60	0.19
August 19	66	58	0.08
August 20	72	62	0.00
August 21	71	62	0.00
August 22	75	61	0.00
August 23	78	61	0.00
August 24	82	66	0.00
August 25	86	74	0.09
August 26	80	68	0.00
August 27	88	68	0.02
August 28	78	68	0.00
August 29	82	68	0.30
August 30	89	73	0.26
August 31	81	66	0.00

September 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	60	0.00
September 2	83	63	0.00
September 3	85	74	0.04
September 4	80	67	0.00
September 5	83	65	0.00
September 6	77	71	1.08
September 7	82	69	0.00
September 8	69	58	0.00
September 9	64	51	0.00
September 10	75	54	0.00
September 11	72	57	0.00
September 12	70	53	0.00
September 13	77	57	0.00
September 14	80	62	0.16
September 15	75	61	0.00
September 16	73	55	0.00
September 17	79	55	0.00
September 18	78	60	0.00
September 19	73	45	0.00
September 20	63	42	0.00
September 21	69	53	0.80
September 22	68	55	0.93
September 23	59	50	0.00
September 24	62	47	0.00
September 25	61	48	0.00
September 26	78	53	0.00
September 27	68	54	0.00
September 28	73	56	0.00
September 29	68	58	0.45
September 30	59	56	0.15

October 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	61	57	0.59	0.0
October 2	72	60	0.01	0.0
October 3	66	57	1.18	0.0
October 4	76	57	0.00	0.0
October 5	68	59	0.03	0.0
October 6	67	52	0.00	0.0
October 7	61	52	0.08	0.0
October 8	55	44	0.00	0.0
October 9	56	39	0.27	0.0
October 10	39	32	0.55	0.2
October 11	47	32	0.00	0.0
October 12	54	37	0.20	0.0
October 13	55	47	0.00	0.0
October 14	53	40	0.00	0.0
October 15	54	34	0.00	0.0
October 16	54	40	0.00	0.0
October 17	61	40	0.00	0.0
October 18	64	49	0.00	0.0
October 19	55	45	0.00	0.0
October 20	72	51	0.00	0.0
October 21	80	57	0.00	0.0
October 22	83	61	0.00	0.0
October 23	77	58	0.00	0.0
October 24	68	49	0.05	0.0
October 25	54	40	0.00	0.0
October 26	50	36	0.00	0.0
October 27	47	34	0.00	0.0
October 28	51	33	0.18	0.0
October 29	57	38	0.00	0.0
October 30	52	39	0.00	0.0
October 31	50	35	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	35	0.00
November 2	72	43	0.05
November 3	63	44	1.39
November 4	56	39	0.00
November 5	49	37	0.00
November 6	54	36	0.00
November 7	55	45	0.02
November 8	52	43	0.00
November 9	55	43	0.13
November 10	67	52	0.03
November 11	54	43	0.76
November 12	46	41	0.39
November 13	45	40	0.12
November 14	46	39	0.14
November 15	45	34	0.00
November 16	46	30	0.00
November 17	52	30	0.00
November 18	55	42	0.00
November 19	48	36	0.00
November 20	59	38	0.00
November 21	57	44	0.00
November 22	55	41	0.00
November 23	69	51	0.00
November 24	70	51	0.00
November 25	70	53	0.00
November 26	66	52	0.26
November 27	58	48	0.00
November 28	66	43	0.00
November 29	46	35	0.00
November 30	41	29	0.00

December 1979 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	58	43	0.29	0.0
December 7	51	38	0.17	0.0
December 8	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 11	63	33	0.00	0.0
December 12	68	48	0.00	0.0
December 13	53	27	0.49	1.5
December 14	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	56	33	0.00	0.0
December 17	50	16	0.12	0.0
December 18	25	9	0.00	0.0
December 19	18	5	0.01	0.3
December 20	25	13	0.01	0.2
December 21	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 24	55	41	0.04	0.0
December 25	56	40	0.29	0.0
December 26	47	38	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 29	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	26	0.00	0.0

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