Buffalo Weather in 1978

Historical record of Buffalo, New York weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Buffalo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	13 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	June 7
Most daily snow	8.8 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	35.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	99.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Buffalo in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1978 was 91 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jul 20
1	91 °F	Jul 19
3	89 °F	Aug 19
3	89 °F	Jul 7
3	89 °F	May 27
6	88 °F	Aug 14
6	88 °F	Jul 22
6	88 °F	May 30
9	87 °F	Aug 16
9	87 °F	Aug 2
9	87 °F	Jul 6
9	87 °F	Jun 27
9	87 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in Buffalo in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1978 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 5
1	-4 °F	February 4
3	-2 °F	March 2
4	1 °F	February 22
5	2 °F	December 29
6	3 °F	February 27
6	3 °F	January 15
8	4 °F	February 20
8	4 °F	February 15
8	4 °F	January 10
8	4 °F	January 9

January 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	16	0.27	3.1
January 2	25	11	0.30	3.3
January 3	21	12	0.09	0.9
January 4	34	15	0.01	0.1
January 5	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	43	32	0.70	0.7
January 9	32	4	0.26	2.7
January 10	19	4	0.48	4.9
January 11	19	14	0.07	0.7
January 12	21	18	0.03	0.3
January 13	28	18	0.09	0.9
January 14	22	10	0.10	1.4
January 15	15	3	0.21	2.1
January 16	20	14	0.09	1.0
January 17	22	11	0.58	6.2
January 18	23	15	0.18	2.0
January 19	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	13	0.81	8.8
January 21	19	13	0.16	3.2
January 22	23	15	0.02	0.2
January 23	22	12	0.03	0.3
January 24	38	19	0.07	0.0
January 25	37	34	0.06	0.0
January 26	40	10	0.70	3.4
January 27	21	15	0.50	5.1
January 28	21	14	0.21	2.1
January 29	16	5	0.07	0.7
January 30	20	14	0.15	1.9
January 31	18	10	0.05	0.5

February 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	18	13	0.01	0.1
February 2	20	14	0.08	0.8
February 3	24	9	0.07	1.8
February 4	13	-4	0.01	0.2
February 5	14	-4	0.09	0.9
February 6	15	8	0.16	3.2
February 7	23	14	0.35	5.0
February 8	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 9	19	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	21	12	0.04	0.6
February 12	23	17	0.02	0.2
February 13	24	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	8	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 16	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 17	25	10	0.03	1.4
February 18	20	6	0.00	0.0
February 19	18	5	0.00	0.1
February 20	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 21	19	6	0.07	1.0
February 22	20	1	0.00	0.0
February 23	24	8	0.02	0.4
February 24	28	19	0.17	2.3
February 25	32	18	0.17	3.0
February 26	26	14	0.05	0.5
February 27	24	3	0.01	0.1
February 28	27	15	0.01	0.1

March 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	13	0.09	1.7
March 2	20	-2	0.00	0.0
March 3	26	8	0.13	2.7
March 4	19	8	0.04	0.8
March 5	20	6	0.00	0.0
March 6	23	7	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	8	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	6	0.00	0.0
March 9	34	7	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	34	0.32	0.0
March 15	35	30	0.02	0.2
March 16	33	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	31	18	0.01	0.1
March 18	35	16	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	34	0.56	0.0
March 22	42	33	0.41	0.1
March 23	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	30	19	0.00	0.0
March 25	33	21	0.02	0.2
March 26	37	31	0.05	0.0
March 27	37	34	0.01	0.0
March 28	42	32	0.04	0.0
March 29	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	53	32	0.02	0.0

April 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	62	32	0.05	0.0
April 2	39	26	0.00	0.0
April 3	40	26	0.04	0.3
April 4	71	40	0.64	0.0
April 5	45	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	48	30	0.18	0.0
April 7	48	36	0.02	0.0
April 8	37	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	42	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	65	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	38	0.15	0.0
April 12	58	37	0.02	0.0
April 13	60	36	0.01	0.0
April 14	43	35	0.00	0.0
April 15	38	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 18	61	28	0.08	0.0
April 19	58	44	0.08	0.0
April 20	45	33	0.49	0.7
April 21	38	32	0.08	0.8
April 22	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	56	30	0.00	0.0
April 24	61	33	0.00	0.0
April 25	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	58	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	61	35	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 30	40	28	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	42	28	0.01	0.1
May 2	47	33	0.00	0.0
May 3	50	35	0.00	0.0
May 4	53	32	0.00	0.0
May 5	46	42	0.51	0.0
May 6	46	40	0.01	0.0
May 7	59	39	0.00	0.0
May 8	59	47	0.14	0.0
May 9	63	45	0.06	0.0
May 10	51	41	0.00	0.0
May 11	73	39	0.00	0.0
May 12	71	57	0.03	0.0
May 13	69	55	0.16	0.0
May 14	60	52	1.03	0.0
May 15	61	51	0.00	0.0
May 16	61	50	0.19	0.0
May 17	66	49	1.36	0.0
May 18	61	48	0.00	0.0
May 19	71	49	0.00	0.0
May 20	75	55	0.44	0.0
May 21	60	45	0.01	0.0
May 22	72	44	0.00	0.0
May 23	78	50	0.00	0.0
May 24	78	58	0.00	0.0
May 25	74	55	0.00	0.0
May 26	80	55	0.00	0.0
May 27	89	59	0.00	0.0
May 28	84	63	0.00	0.0
May 29	85	66	0.00	0.0
May 30	88	65	0.00	0.0
May 31	76	64	0.00	0.0

June 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	60	0.00
June 2	78	62	0.00
June 3	68	52	0.00
June 4	70	44	0.00
June 5	64	49	0.05
June 6	74	44	0.00
June 7	71	56	1.69
June 8	67	58	0.11
June 9	65	50	0.00
June 10	72	44	0.00
June 11	79	59	0.00
June 12	87	60	0.07
June 13	60	47	0.02
June 14	64	44	0.00
June 15	66	46	0.00
June 16	77	53	0.00
June 17	84	66	0.13
June 18	80	65	0.00
June 19	74	62	0.05
June 20	82	55	0.00
June 21	71	60	0.30
June 22	70	54	0.00
June 23	69	56	0.00
June 24	77	51	0.00
June 25	82	52	0.00
June 26	84	68	0.00
June 27	87	68	0.00
June 28	79	62	0.00
June 29	80	65	0.00
June 30	76	60	0.00

July 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	73	50	0.00
July 2	76	52	0.00
July 3	64	57	0.20
July 4	71	57	0.00
July 5	81	57	0.00
July 6	87	60	0.00
July 7	89	67	0.00
July 8	82	66	0.00
July 9	80	65	0.00
July 10	74	57	0.00
July 11	72	53	0.00
July 12	83	50	0.00
July 13	81	56	0.00
July 14	83	68	0.00
July 15	82	62	0.00
July 16	79	65	0.00
July 17	81	61	0.00
July 18	83	56	0.00
July 19	91	65	0.00
July 20	91	72	0.00
July 21	86	74	0.00
July 22	88	74	0.00
July 23	83	64	0.00
July 24	79	57	0.00
July 25	86	60	0.00
July 26	86	67	0.88
July 27	80	66	0.38
July 28	74	57	0.00
July 29	74	58	0.02
July 30	69	54	0.00
July 31	75	54	0.00

August 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	60	0.00
August 2	87	65	0.00
August 3	77	68	1.00
August 4	75	59	0.03
August 5	83	52	0.00
August 6	79	66	0.00
August 7	75	63	0.23
August 8	77	69	0.21
August 9	79	67	0.05
August 10	78	58	0.00
August 11	80	58	0.00
August 12	81	62	0.00
August 13	85	59	0.00
August 14	88	66	0.00
August 15	85	70	0.18
August 16	87	73	0.07
August 17	76	61	0.00
August 18	84	55	0.00
August 19	89	63	0.80
August 20	73	56	0.00
August 21	78	52	0.00
August 22	80	55	0.00
August 23	82	60	0.00
August 24	79	62	0.81
August 25	68	60	0.01
August 26	76	57	0.00
August 27	77	56	0.00
August 28	77	67	0.12
August 29	77	64	0.00
August 30	76	57	0.00
August 31	72	54	0.00

September 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	50	0.00
September 2	79	52	0.00
September 3	74	60	0.29
September 4	71	57	0.00
September 5	76	59	0.00
September 6	81	65	0.00
September 7	75	58	0.00
September 8	60	50	0.50
September 9	67	50	0.00
September 10	73	49	0.04
September 11	80	65	0.04
September 12	74	52	1.32
September 13	63	46	0.00
September 14	75	54	0.23
September 15	71	62	0.06
September 16	69	53	0.45
September 17	59	50	0.45
September 18	59	53	0.73
September 19	62	51	0.00
September 20	83	56	0.00
September 21	79	59	0.00
September 22	64	47	0.04
September 23	67	43	0.00
September 24	69	47	0.00
September 25	62	44	0.00
September 26	62	37	0.00
September 27	72	52	0.17
September 28	56	44	0.00
September 29	64	37	0.00
September 30	75	49	0.08

October 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	61	53	0.10
October 2	61	44	0.00
October 3	66	39	0.00
October 4	62	53	0.54
October 5	66	47	0.14
October 6	54	49	0.68
October 7	53	41	0.01
October 8	45	39	0.00
October 9	56	35	0.00
October 10	64	50	0.09
October 11	73	49	0.00
October 12	66	54	0.07
October 13	55	46	0.34
October 14	46	37	0.43
October 15	49	37	0.00
October 16	46	31	0.00
October 17	49	27	0.00
October 18	52	35	0.01
October 19	51	46	0.06
October 20	55	41	0.00
October 21	67	45	0.00
October 22	72	57	0.00
October 23	65	37	0.20
October 24	46	32	0.00
October 25	65	40	0.20
October 26	60	44	0.84
October 27	54	41	0.00
October 28	51	39	0.01
October 29	47	32	0.00
October 30	60	31	0.00
October 31	59	43	0.00

November 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	56	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	40	0.00	0.0
November 4	65	44	0.00	0.0
November 5	68	47	0.00	0.0
November 6	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	32	0.03	0.0
November 8	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	54	40	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	42	0.00	0.0
November 11	54	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	59	38	0.16	0.0
November 15	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	46	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	60	33	0.49	0.0
November 18	50	41	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	32	25	0.00	0.0
November 21	31	24	0.01	0.2
November 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	31	0.42	0.0
November 24	45	36	0.02	0.0
November 25	36	25	0.00	0.0
November 26	26	17	0.00	0.0
November 27	31	19	0.33	2.3
November 28	34	29	0.09	0.5
November 29	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	24	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	24	0.08	0.0
December 2	33	23	0.07	0.7
December 3	50	20	0.31	0.0
December 4	56	32	0.15	0.0
December 5	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	34	0.02	0.0
December 8	47	30	0.50	0.0
December 9	30	18	0.05	0.4
December 10	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 11	27	17	0.05	1.9
December 12	35	27	0.02	0.3
December 13	39	28	0.06	0.1
December 14	31	25	0.02	0.2
December 15	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	36	0.08	0.0
December 17	37	30	0.11	0.0
December 18	33	14	0.02	0.2
December 19	23	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	48	20	0.69	0.0
December 21	46	28	0.08	0.6
December 22	40	27	0.00	0.1
December 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	25	0.02	0.1
December 25	33	20	0.47	5.2
December 26	25	18	0.01	0.1
December 27	23	16	0.01	0.2
December 28	24	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	22	2	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	21	0.01	0.0
December 31	53	35	0.67	0.0

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