Butte Weather in 1978

Historical record of Butte, Montana weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Butte Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 24
Lowest temperature	-42 °F	December 30
Highest daily low	58 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	-20 °F	December 29
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	July 4
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	March 1
Total annual precipitation	12.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	49.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Butte in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Butte, Montana in 1978 was 97 °F which happened on July 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Butte in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 24
2	92 °F	Jul 23
3	89 °F	Aug 4
3	89 °F	Jun 23
5	88 °F	Sep 2
5	88 °F	Aug 9
5	88 °F	Aug 6
5	88 °F	Jul 26
9	87 °F	Aug 11
9	87 °F	Jul 27
9	87 °F	Jul 15

What was the coldest temperature in Butte in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Butte, Montana in 1978 was -42 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Butte in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-42 °F	December 30
1	-42 °F	December 29
3	-39 °F	December 31
4	-34 °F	December 28
4	-34 °F	December 8
6	-31 °F	December 7
7	-30 °F	January 1
8	-27 °F	January 2
9	-23 °F	March 2
10	-21 °F	December 13

January 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	1	-30	0.00	0.0
January 2	12	-27	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 5	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	26	0.07	1.0
January 9	35	28	0.03	0.4
January 10	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	1	0.00	0.0
January 17	41	17	0.01	0.2
January 18	24	3	0.02	0.2
January 19	30	0	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	15	0.04	0.7
January 21	43	13	0.00	n/a
January 22	31	5	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	30	-5	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	35	18	0.01	0.2
January 27	33	3	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	0	0.04	0.8
January 29	33	13	0.01	0.3
January 30	23	-10	0.00	0.0
January 31	21	2	0.03	0.2

February 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	2	0.00	0.0
February 2	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 3	46	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 5	46	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	44	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	9	0.08	2.0
February 9	31	9	0.02	0.1
February 10	29	10	0.06	1.2
February 11	11	-2	0.07	1.4
February 12	12	-6	0.00	0.0
February 13	21	-17	0.00	0.0
February 14	22	-15	0.01	0.3
February 15	28	5	0.01	0.2
February 16	27	-4	0.00	0.0
February 17	27	-5	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	44	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	47	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	24	0.11	1.8
February 25	34	20	0.14	2.5
February 26	37	18	0.02	0.2
February 27	33	19	0.13	1.9
February 28	31	14	0.02	0.3

March 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	19	3	0.32	5.4
March 2	8	-23	0.00	0.0
March 3	19	-11	0.00	0.0
March 4	34	3	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	25	0.07	0.0
March 6	40	20	0.04	0.0
March 7	44	13	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	24	0.02	0.0
March 9	39	27	0.04	0.4
March 10	44	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 13	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	38	10	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	12	0.00	0.0
March 17	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	56	32	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	29	0.02	0.0
March 24	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	23	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	64	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	68	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	66	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	40	0.03	0.0

April 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	58	35	0.03	0.0
April 2	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 3	46	21	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	26	0.03	0.0
April 5	48	28	0.01	0.0
April 6	49	27	0.00	0.0
April 7	38	31	0.14	0.4
April 8	51	33	0.01	0.0
April 9	51	26	0.01	0.4
April 10	60	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 13	51	16	0.00	0.0
April 14	56	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	55	31	0.08	0.3
April 17	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	51	24	0.00	0.0
April 19	57	28	0.00	0.0
April 20	54	32	0.38	1.4
April 21	39	28	0.14	0.8
April 22	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	23	0.00	0.0
April 25	63	35	0.05	0.0
April 26	57	39	0.05	0.0
April 27	55	36	0.26	0.0
April 28	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 29	53	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	53	38	0.17	0.0

May 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	54	41	0.03	0.0
May 2	54	40	0.03	0.0
May 3	51	29	0.00	0.0
May 4	43	23	0.00	0.0
May 5	36	29	0.06	0.1
May 6	45	34	0.03	0.1
May 7	47	30	0.06	0.0
May 8	56	23	0.00	0.0
May 9	66	30	0.11	0.0
May 10	57	42	0.07	0.0
May 11	52	34	0.13	0.2
May 12	54	35	0.00	0.0
May 13	69	41	0.01	0.0
May 14	78	39	0.00	0.0
May 15	69	33	0.16	0.7
May 16	46	33	0.09	0.7
May 17	46	36	0.08	0.0
May 18	43	38	0.36	0.0
May 19	55	38	0.00	0.0
May 20	64	34	0.00	0.0
May 21	69	38	0.05	0.0
May 22	61	43	0.19	0.0
May 23	54	38	0.13	0.0
May 24	50	34	0.20	1.0
May 25	51	31	0.05	0.0
May 26	61	29	0.00	0.0
May 27	55	34	0.00	0.0
May 28	66	38	0.00	0.0
May 29	51	35	0.11	0.0
May 30	48	33	0.02	0.0
May 31	47	37	0.04	0.0

June 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	59	36	0.00
June 2	66	31	0.00
June 3	68	36	0.00
June 4	71	38	0.20
June 5	77	39	0.00
June 6	85	47	0.00
June 7	76	43	0.00
June 8	79	37	0.00
June 9	85	42	0.00
June 10	57	43	0.08
June 11	68	38	0.00
June 12	76	32	0.00
June 13	79	44	0.04
June 14	75	40	0.00
June 15	65	43	0.03
June 16	63	30	0.00
June 17	72	32	0.00
June 18	75	36	0.11
June 19	60	37	0.00
June 20	74	27	0.00
June 21	76	36	0.00
June 22	80	39	0.00
June 23	89	42	0.00
June 24	75	40	0.00
June 25	63	45	0.21
June 26	67	44	0.00
June 27	77	37	0.00
June 28	84	43	0.00
June 29	85	42	0.03
June 30	83	45	0.02

July 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	44	0.01
July 2	85	50	0.02
July 3	69	44	0.35
July 4	67	42	0.82
July 5	60	50	0.13
July 6	66	50	0.14
July 7	75	47	0.06
July 8	69	50	0.00
July 9	73	53	0.00
July 10	80	52	0.01
July 11	78	41	0.00
July 12	74	38	0.00
July 13	81	42	0.00
July 14	84	42	0.00
July 15	87	50	0.05
July 16	85	50	0.18
July 17	74	53	0.00
July 18	78	53	0.01
July 19	70	50	0.22
July 20	65	50	0.37
July 21	75	43	0.00
July 22	85	45	0.00
July 23	92	51	0.00
July 24	97	55	0.00
July 25	85	46	0.00
July 26	88	38	0.00
July 27	87	58	0.00
July 28	82	50	0.04
July 29	82	46	0.00
July 30	85	42	0.00
July 31	83	44	0.00

August 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	43	0.00
August 2	75	49	0.00
August 3	80	41	0.00
August 4	89	40	0.00
August 5	86	47	0.00
August 6	88	45	0.00
August 7	86	41	0.00
August 8	85	43	0.00
August 9	88	45	0.00
August 10	85	48	0.00
August 11	87	44	0.00
August 12	83	42	0.00
August 13	57	47	0.38
August 14	59	45	0.13
August 15	71	53	0.00
August 16	59	38	0.22
August 17	49	35	0.08
August 18	65	34	0.00
August 19	73	36	0.00
August 20	80	46	0.00
August 21	78	40	0.00
August 22	79	44	0.02
August 23	70	35	0.00
August 24	83	36	0.00
August 25	80	37	0.00
August 26	74	39	0.30
August 27	65	42	0.07
August 28	73	35	0.00
August 29	75	39	0.00
August 30	78	39	0.00
August 31	74	48	0.00

September 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	78	47	0.00	0.0
September 2	88	40	0.00	0.0
September 3	86	45	0.01	0.0
September 4	83	45	0.03	0.0
September 5	70	55	0.21	0.0
September 6	72	56	0.12	0.0
September 7	80	48	0.05	0.0
September 8	66	45	0.00	0.0
September 9	74	34	0.00	0.0
September 10	65	44	0.69	0.0
September 11	46	40	0.62	0.0
September 12	41	38	0.45	0.0
September 13	58	37	0.00	0.0
September 14	59	33	0.00	0.0
September 15	67	34	0.00	0.0
September 16	54	33	0.00	0.0
September 17	49	25	0.00	0.0
September 18	40	32	0.22	3.3
September 19	44	30	0.00	0.0
September 20	54	25	0.00	0.0
September 21	62	25	0.00	0.0
September 22	69	29	0.00	0.0
September 23	72	37	0.00	0.0
September 24	76	33	0.00	0.0
September 25	78	35	0.00	0.0
September 26	80	41	0.00	0.0
September 27	80	40	0.00	0.0
September 28	57	39	0.03	0.0
September 29	63	37	0.00	0.0
September 30	72	29	0.00	0.0

October 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	56	41	0.00
October 2	57	24	0.00
October 3	64	22	0.00
October 4	59	28	0.00
October 5	62	23	0.00
October 6	70	24	0.00
October 7	73	28	0.00
October 8	66	34	0.00
October 9	73	27	0.00
October 10	68	31	0.00
October 11	60	43	0.00
October 12	50	25	0.00
October 13	58	17	0.00
October 14	69	20	0.00
October 15	72	23	0.00
October 16	64	30	0.02
October 17	60	35	0.01
October 18	60	29	0.00
October 19	65	22	0.00
October 20	60	28	0.03
October 21	52	25	0.00
October 22	50	15	0.00
October 23	66	23	0.00
October 24	58	23	0.00
October 25	50	12	0.00
October 26	61	14	0.00
October 27	58	16	0.00
October 28	58	24	0.00
October 29	37	17	0.04
October 30	40	10	0.00
October 31	48	5	0.00

November 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	14	0.00	0.0
November 2	62	17	0.00	0.0
November 3	59	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	40	14	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	12	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	32	4	0.05	0.9
November 10	8	-3	0.02	0.2
November 11	10	-4	0.00	0.1
November 12	16	6	0.03	0.7
November 13	17	-10	0.06	0.7
November 14	18	-17	0.00	0.0
November 15	28	-11	0.00	0.0
November 16	36	-1	0.00	0.0
November 17	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	29	2	0.05	1.3
November 19	2	-5	0.05	1.8
November 20	7	-8	0.00	n/a
November 21	18	-8	0.00	0.0
November 22	21	2	0.01	0.2
November 23	32	-2	0.00	0.0
November 24	25	-6	0.00	0.0
November 25	23	7	0.01	0.0
November 26	24	5	0.01	0.5
November 27	34	-3	0.00	0.0
November 28	34	18	0.01	0.2
November 29	30	3	0.00	0.0
November 30	31	17	0.12	1.5

December 1978 Butte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	25	-1	0.13	3.2
December 2	8	-15	0.00	0.0
December 3	37	-2	0.03	0.6
December 4	37	20	0.09	0.9
December 5	20	-11	0.10	2.2
December 6	7	-12	0.00	0.0
December 7	-4	-31	0.00	0.0
December 8	8	-34	0.03	0.6
December 9	28	6	0.01	0.1
December 10	25	6	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	13	0.03	0.3
December 12	25	-12	0.00	0.0
December 13	5	-21	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	28	2	0.00	0.0
December 16	21	-16	0.00	0.0
December 17	31	-7	0.00	0.0
December 18	26	-1	0.01	1.1
December 19	18	6	0.00	0.0
December 20	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	22	0.02	0.4
December 23	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	23	5	0.00	0.0
December 26	14	-11	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	-1	0.03	0.7
December 28	0	-34	0.00	0.0
December 29	-20	-42	0.00	0.0
December 30	-18	-42	0.00	0.0
December 31	-17	-39	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1894–2024	Butte Bert Mooney Airport	location