Bristol Weather in 1978

Historical record of Bristol, Tennessee weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Bristol Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	70 °F	June 27
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	September 2
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	40.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bristol in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1978 was 94 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bristol in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 23
2	93 °F	Jul 22
3	92 °F	Jun 28
4	91 °F	Sep 21
4	91 °F	Sep 19
4	91 °F	Jun 27
7	90 °F	Sep 20
7	90 °F	Sep 18
7	90 °F	Jul 21
7	90 °F	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Bristol in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1978 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bristol in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 11
2	0 °F	February 7
2	0 °F	January 10
4	2 °F	January 16
5	5 °F	January 9
6	6 °F	February 23
6	6 °F	January 12
8	7 °F	February 6
8	7 °F	January 15
10	8 °F	February 22
10	8 °F	January 30

January 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	30	0.10	0.0
January 2	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	46	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	22	0.01	0.0
January 6	44	36	0.05	0.0
January 7	62	39	0.00	0.0
January 8	59	30	0.87	1.0
January 9	30	5	0.15	1.8
January 10	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	6	0.24	2.7
January 13	35	26	0.15	1.2
January 14	30	20	0.08	0.8
January 15	24	7	0.04	0.4
January 16	29	2	0.01	0.1
January 17	41	28	0.06	0.1
January 18	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	26	0.60	0.8
January 20	33	23	0.52	3.3
January 21	25	20	0.02	0.2
January 22	27	13	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	15	0.12	0.0
January 25	56	35	1.06	0.0
January 26	45	9	0.14	1.2
January 27	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	21	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	13	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	34	24	0.17	2.3
February 3	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	24	0.05	0.5
February 6	24	7	0.00	0.0
February 7	21	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	9	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	18	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 12	47	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	55	30	0.26	0.0
February 14	37	31	0.03	0.0
February 15	37	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	29	0.02	0.0
February 17	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	21	0.25	2.9
February 22	23	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	31	6	0.03	0.3
February 24	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	55	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	30	0.08	0.7

March 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	23	0.18	0.7
March 2	36	21	0.19	1.6
March 3	34	26	0.13	0.0
March 4	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	12	0.00	0.0
March 6	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	38	0.40	0.0
March 9	63	38	0.25	0.0
March 10	53	34	0.80	0.0
March 11	63	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	54	38	0.07	0.0
March 13	65	38	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	54	0.25	0.0
March 15	63	44	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	35	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	29	0.01	0.1
March 18	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	69	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	73	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	73	39	0.16	0.0
March 22	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 23	74	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	77	43	0.00	0.0
March 25	63	42	0.16	0.0
March 26	53	40	0.37	0.0
March 27	41	32	0.21	1.5
March 28	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	68	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	38	0.00	0.0
March 31	74	33	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	40	0.00
April 2	79	42	0.00
April 3	80	53	0.00
April 4	79	47	0.00
April 5	77	45	0.00
April 6	80	49	0.00
April 7	74	49	0.00
April 8	78	38	0.00
April 9	81	45	0.00
April 10	82	55	0.00
April 11	68	47	0.31
April 12	64	40	0.00
April 13	71	47	0.00
April 14	69	39	0.00
April 15	66	38	0.00
April 16	62	37	0.00
April 17	68	42	0.03
April 18	62	46	0.38
April 19	64	41	0.00
April 20	46	38	0.05
April 21	48	36	0.07
April 22	63	40	0.00
April 23	70	35	0.00
April 24	73	41	0.06
April 25	60	46	0.91
April 26	47	41	0.52
April 27	65	34	0.00
April 28	68	36	0.00
April 29	71	39	0.00
April 30	59	50	0.11

May 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	46	0.10
May 2	63	39	0.00
May 3	69	34	0.00
May 4	67	54	0.88
May 5	61	53	0.00
May 6	73	46	0.00
May 7	72	51	0.29
May 8	66	56	0.29
May 9	76	58	0.05
May 10	71	50	0.00
May 11	80	42	0.00
May 12	75	52	0.09
May 13	71	51	0.40
May 14	52	47	0.30
May 15	51	46	0.20
May 16	61	46	0.00
May 17	70	42	0.00
May 18	76	46	0.00
May 19	83	47	0.00
May 20	83	49	0.00
May 21	80	58	0.00
May 22	82	50	0.00
May 23	80	59	0.49
May 24	68	60	1.13
May 25	81	59	0.00
May 26	87	56	0.00
May 27	86	57	0.00
May 28	83	58	0.19
May 29	81	60	0.09
May 30	78	60	0.00
May 31	82	58	0.00

June 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	55	0.00
June 2	86	57	0.00
June 3	71	62	0.20
June 4	76	54	0.00
June 5	79	49	0.00
June 6	84	52	0.00
June 7	76	65	0.76
June 8	69	65	1.73
June 9	79	60	0.01
June 10	82	54	0.00
June 11	86	58	0.00
June 12	85	63	0.13
June 13	78	56	0.31
June 14	75	49	0.00
June 15	81	48	0.00
June 16	84	62	0.00
June 17	86	62	0.00
June 18	87	64	0.00
June 19	85	64	1.06
June 20	83	63	0.07
June 21	81	63	0.13
June 22	82	60	0.85
June 23	82	61	0.00
June 24	85	60	0.00
June 25	88	60	0.00
June 26	89	67	0.00
June 27	91	70	0.00
June 28	92	68	0.08
June 29	89	64	0.00
June 30	89	66	0.34

July 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	65	0.15
July 2	87	66	0.25
July 3	83	68	0.17
July 4	83	65	0.00
July 5	85	59	0.00
July 6	85	62	0.00
July 7	85	61	0.00
July 8	87	64	0.02
July 9	87	61	0.00
July 10	88	64	0.00
July 11	81	60	0.07
July 12	85	55	0.00
July 13	77	62	0.05
July 14	85	66	0.00
July 15	74	63	0.28
July 16	80	62	0.43
July 17	80	60	0.00
July 18	86	56	0.00
July 19	88	64	0.00
July 20	90	65	0.00
July 21	90	65	0.00
July 22	93	67	0.00
July 23	94	69	0.00
July 24	88	66	2.48
July 25	76	66	0.52
July 26	83	63	0.00
July 27	85	66	0.30
July 28	85	66	0.00
July 29	85	65	0.00
July 30	87	65	0.00
July 31	89	68	0.06

August 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	67	0.00
August 2	88	62	0.00
August 3	89	66	0.00
August 4	83	68	0.46
August 5	84	68	0.01
August 6	83	64	0.30
August 7	73	68	0.97
August 8	83	66	0.03
August 9	80	64	0.05
August 10	82	64	0.00
August 11	81	65	0.55
August 12	84	65	0.08
August 13	81	64	0.00
August 14	87	63	0.20
August 15	83	64	0.04
August 16	87	66	0.00
August 17	87	67	0.00
August 18	84	64	0.00
August 19	89	66	0.00
August 20	84	63	0.00
August 21	85	58	0.00
August 22	84	61	0.00
August 23	86	61	0.00
August 24	85	59	0.00
August 25	87	66	0.35
August 26	83	65	0.00
August 27	86	64	0.00
August 28	86	65	0.00
August 29	87	66	0.00
August 30	85	65	0.67
August 31	86	66	0.00

September 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	64	0.00
September 2	84	61	2.87
September 3	84	61	0.00
September 4	83	60	0.00
September 5	84	58	0.00
September 6	86	59	0.00
September 7	87	60	0.00
September 8	87	61	0.00
September 9	88	63	0.00
September 10	87	63	0.00
September 11	81	63	0.00
September 12	84	60	0.00
September 13	86	67	0.00
September 14	82	66	0.00
September 15	80	64	0.02
September 16	79	63	0.00
September 17	85	59	0.00
September 18	90	62	0.00
September 19	91	65	0.00
September 20	90	63	0.00
September 21	91	66	0.00
September 22	86	65	0.00
September 23	84	62	0.00
September 24	82	60	0.00
September 25	82	57	0.00
September 26	80	54	0.00
September 27	80	51	0.00
September 28	80	52	0.00
September 29	79	51	0.00
September 30	78	53	0.15

October 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	52	0.01
October 2	76	50	0.00
October 3	77	47	0.00
October 4	73	47	0.21
October 5	76	43	0.00
October 6	64	47	0.00
October 7	61	45	0.00
October 8	62	35	0.00
October 9	68	29	0.00
October 10	73	36	0.00
October 11	78	40	0.00
October 12	81	50	0.00
October 13	82	53	0.11
October 14	63	42	0.20
October 15	56	34	0.00
October 16	62	38	0.00
October 17	64	38	0.00
October 18	66	32	0.00
October 19	68	35	0.00
October 20	69	37	0.00
October 21	77	34	0.00
October 22	79	39	0.00
October 23	80	42	0.00
October 24	69	42	0.00
October 25	79	38	0.00
October 26	78	50	0.05
October 27	69	44	0.00
October 28	73	41	0.00
October 29	75	35	0.00
October 30	73	40	0.00
October 31	72	36	0.00

November 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	71	38	0.00
November 2	72	36	0.00
November 3	73	33	0.00
November 4	72	35	0.00
November 5	74	35	0.00
November 6	74	35	0.00
November 7	55	40	0.06
November 8	51	44	0.01
November 9	60	37	0.00
November 10	66	38	0.00
November 11	67	36	0.00
November 12	72	38	0.00
November 13	76	42	0.00
November 14	77	45	0.00
November 15	65	54	0.13
November 16	61	53	0.33
November 17	70	51	0.49
November 18	60	42	0.00
November 19	60	33	0.00
November 20	63	40	0.00
November 21	61	35	0.00
November 22	60	41	0.06
November 23	56	48	0.58
November 24	61	39	0.00
November 25	50	30	0.00
November 26	51	34	0.07
November 27	55	45	0.30
November 28	55	34	0.06
November 29	44	31	0.55
November 30	50	37	0.00

December 1978 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	28	0.00
December 2	60	31	0.00
December 3	63	37	0.25
December 4	63	44	0.68
December 5	51	31	0.01
December 6	58	26	0.00
December 7	64	29	0.01
December 8	77	46	0.00
December 9	71	23	1.72
December 10	32	20	0.00
December 11	38	16	0.00
December 12	46	19	0.00
December 13	52	20	0.00
December 14	39	20	0.00
December 15	50	14	0.00
December 16	47	33	0.16
December 17	44	26	0.00
December 18	40	21	0.00
December 19	43	37	0.20
December 20	66	43	0.15
December 21	59	26	0.42
December 22	44	20	0.00
December 23	50	20	0.00
December 24	42	29	0.75
December 25	42	27	0.00
December 26	50	21	0.00
December 27	36	21	0.00
December 28	47	15	0.00
December 29	53	21	0.00
December 30	50	36	0.43
December 31	62	48	0.11

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Bristol Tri City Airport	location
1893–1936	Johnson City	location