Calgary Weather in 1978

Historical record of Calgary, Alberta weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Calgary Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	31.4 °C	July 26
Lowest temperature	-33.7 °C	February 1
Highest daily low	16.7 °C	August 10
Lowest daily high	-22.3 °C	December 30
Most daily precipitation	5.5 cm	August 16
Most daily snow	12.9 cm	January 25
Total annual precipitation	53.3 cm	-
Total annual snow	132.1 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Calgary in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Calgary, Alberta in 1978 was 31.4 °C which happened on July 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Calgary in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	31.4 °C	Jul 26
2	31.3 °C	Aug 9
3	30.3 °C	Jul 24
4	30.2 °C	Aug 5
5	30.1 °C	Aug 4
6	29.8 °C	Aug 10
7	29.2 °C	Jul 15
8	29.0 °C	Jul 23
9	28.7 °C	Jul 14
10	28.4 °C	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Calgary in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Calgary, Alberta in 1978 was -33.7 °C which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Calgary in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-33.7 °C	February 1
2	-30.5 °C	December 30
3	-30.2 °C	December 29
4	-30.1 °C	January 31
5	-30.0 °C	January 7
6	-28.7 °C	January 30
7	-28.5 °C	February 14
8	-28.3 °C	January 29
9	-28.2 °C	December 31
9	-28.2 °C	February 15

January 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
January 1	-2.3	-19.1	0.00	0.0
January 2	-3.9	-20.0	0.00	0.0
January 3	-13.6	-18.6	0.22	2.8
January 4	-18.2	-24.3	0.17	2.1
January 5	-20.8	-22.8	0.10	1.5
January 6	-20.8	-28.0	0.02	0.2
January 7	-22.0	-30.0	0.16	1.9
January 8	-20.1	-23.7	0.10	1.5
January 9	-16.2	-22.1	0.00	0.0
January 10	-11.6	-21.1	0.00	0.0
January 11	-6.6	-23.0	0.00	0.0
January 12	-2.7	-16.4	0.00	0.0
January 13	-4.7	-15.7	0.00	0.0
January 14	-8.6	-15.3	0.00	0.0
January 15	-14.2	-18.4	0.04	0.7
January 16	-15.1	-21.2	0.02	0.3
January 17	-15.6	-20.5	0.05	0.7
January 18	-18.2	-24.0	0.00	0.0
January 19	-10.9	-23.3	0.00	0.0
January 20	-1.2	-19.7	0.00	0.0
January 21	3.6	-12.7	0.00	0.0
January 22	1.7	-7.2	0.02	0.3
January 23	0.4	-16.1	0.00	0.0
January 24	0.9	-14.8	0.36	2.9
January 25	-9.9	-15.3	1.02	12.9
January 26	-2.4	-16.7	0.26	3.3
January 27	-7.4	-19.5	0.22	2.9
January 28	-14.4	-23.3	0.00	0.0
January 29	-15.3	-28.3	0.05	0.7
January 30	-17.5	-28.7	0.03	0.4
January 31	-18.6	-30.1	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
February 1	-18.5	-33.7	0.00	0.0
February 2	-12.8	-22.5	0.02	0.4
February 3	-12.2	-22.3	0.00	0.0
February 4	-9.6	-23.1	0.00	0.0
February 5	2.8	-11.2	0.00	0.0
February 6	6.3	-9.1	0.00	0.0
February 7	-7.5	-13.3	0.04	0.6
February 8	-10.6	-13.9	0.08	1.4
February 9	-12.0	-16.5	0.03	1.1
February 10	-12.2	-15.7	0.36	5.5
February 11	-14.4	-20.3	0.22	4.3
February 12	-17.3	-23.9	0.26	3.6
February 13	-19.2	-27.3	0.00	0.0
February 14	-15.5	-28.5	0.00	0.0
February 15	-11.3	-28.2	0.00	0.0
February 16	-1.9	-20.5	0.00	0.0
February 17	-0.6	-17.6	0.00	0.0
February 18	1.6	-6.3	0.00	0.0
February 19	5.7	-4.2	0.00	0.0
February 20	8.5	-7.6	0.00	0.0
February 21	7.3	-5.5	0.00	0.0
February 22	7.9	-10.6	0.00	0.0
February 23	7.3	-6.8	0.00	0.2
February 24	0.4	-11.1	0.00	n/a
February 25	-8.7	-16.4	0.00	0.0
February 26	-0.7	-19.6	0.00	0.0
February 27	-8.7	-18.9	0.02	0.4
February 28	-14.3	-20.6	0.05	0.8

March 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
March 1	-11.4	-23.2	0.00	0.0
March 2	-16.4	-27.7	0.00	0.0
March 3	-16.8	-25.7	0.00	0.0
March 4	-8.6	-23.8	0.00	0.0
March 5	-8.0	-20.6	0.00	0.0
March 6	4.7	-15.7	0.00	0.0
March 7	10.5	-6.3	0.00	0.0
March 8	7.3	-4.2	0.00	0.0
March 9	5.7	-4.9	0.00	0.0
March 10	5.5	-5.9	0.00	0.0
March 11	2.5	-2.5	0.26	2.7
March 12	-2.0	-8.3	0.30	3.6
March 13	0.7	-10.4	0.00	0.0
March 14	0.7	-6.7	0.00	0.0
March 15	0.4	-9.4	0.00	0.0
March 16	7.7	-10.5	0.00	0.0
March 17	11.4	-2.4	0.02	0.7
March 18	1.8	-4.6	0.02	0.3
March 19	4.8	-5.0	0.00	0.0
March 20	12.3	2.7	0.00	0.0
March 21	6.8	-0.8	0.00	0.0
March 22	2.3	-2.6	0.00	0.0
March 23	1.7	-2.8	0.00	0.0
March 24	5.8	-1.6	0.03	0.0
March 25	14.8	-2.0	0.00	0.0
March 26	9.6	-0.2	0.00	0.0
March 27	4.1	-1.0	0.03	0.4
March 28	14.7	-0.7	0.00	0.0
March 29	5.9	-1.0	0.00	0.0
March 30	15.6	0.1	0.00	0.0
March 31	4.6	-2.2	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
April 1	0.1	-2.0	0.16	2.0
April 2	1.5	-2.7	0.34	3.7
April 3	3.6	-3.6	0.22	2.5
April 4	12.6	-3.6	0.00	0.0
April 5	7.6	-3.4	0.03	0.3
April 6	3.9	-7.2	0.18	2.2
April 7	10.8	-5.6	0.00	0.0
April 8	8.4	-2.2	0.04	0.4
April 9	8.7	-3.8	0.00	0.0
April 10	17.8	-4.3	0.00	0.0
April 11	7.4	-0.8	0.25	2.8
April 12	5.7	-4.3	0.00	0.0
April 13	1.9	-6.4	0.32	3.2
April 14	-0.7	-5.9	0.80	10.0
April 15	-0.3	-4.1	0.00	0.0
April 16	1.9	-1.4	0.27	0.0
April 17	4.7	0.3	0.78	0.2
April 18	4.5	-0.4	0.45	1.0
April 19	8.7	0.6	0.08	0.0
April 20	5.0	0.4	0.12	1.0
April 21	4.4	-0.1	0.68	1.5
April 22	7.7	-0.4	0.64	3.4
April 23	7.8	-0.3	0.34	2.4
April 24	12.6	-0.8	0.00	0.0
April 25	16.5	2.8	0.00	0.0
April 26	19.7	3.7	0.00	0.0
April 27	19.5	1.7	0.00	0.0
April 28	14.7	7.7	1.88	0.0
April 29	13.9	4.7	0.00	0.0
April 30	14.2	5.7	0.34	0.0

May 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	15.8	3.8	0.52
May 2	17.3	2.7	0.00
May 3	7.4	1.8	0.00
May 4	6.6	-0.4	0.00
May 5	13.1	-0.2	0.00
May 6	13.3	-1.6	0.00
May 7	13.2	0.3	0.00
May 8	19.7	0.3	0.00
May 9	12.6	5.5	0.10
May 10	12.3	1.4	0.40
May 11	9.8	2.4	0.72
May 12	15.2	1.4	0.00
May 13	17.5	2.1	0.00
May 14	20.5	2.6	0.00
May 15	16.3	6.0	0.04
May 16	8.8	3.7	1.40
May 17	15.8	3.0	0.00
May 18	16.5	4.5	0.00
May 19	20.4	1.9	0.00
May 20	23.8	4.5	0.00
May 21	23.8	9.2	0.00
May 22	20.7	5.3	0.00
May 23	9.7	3.9	0.08
May 24	5.5	2.0	2.46
May 25	12.6	0.7	0.00
May 26	15.4	2.6	0.00
May 27	18.8	3.4	0.00
May 28	17.1	6.6	0.00
May 29	12.5	3.9	0.00
May 30	7.3	3.0	1.44
May 31	13.2	4.5	0.42

June 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	19.4	3.6	0.00
June 2	23.1	6.1	0.00
June 3	25.6	8.3	0.00
June 4	27.6	8.2	0.00
June 5	27.2	12.5	0.02
June 6	13.2	4.7	1.60
June 7	20.9	4.6	0.00
June 8	25.5	11.2	0.00
June 9	13.9	6.6	0.77
June 10	13.7	6.8	0.80
June 11	17.2	3.3	0.10
June 12	19.5	2.0	0.00
June 13	23.1	9.7	0.00
June 14	18.9	8.9	0.00
June 15	15.2	3.3	0.60
June 16	17.6	8.0	0.36
June 17	22.5	7.8	0.00
June 18	17.2	4.0	0.50
June 19	17.6	0.8	0.00
June 20	23.4	7.2	0.00
June 21	24.3	8.9	0.04
June 22	19.6	9.1	0.50
June 23	14.8	8.8	0.02
June 24	23.0	8.2	0.00
June 25	20.8	5.6	0.21
June 26	22.8	10.7	0.06
June 27	24.2	10.4	0.00
June 28	28.4	9.8	0.00
June 29	26.7	10.4	0.38
June 30	25.6	10.2	0.00

July 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	22.6	12.4	0.04
July 2	22.7	9.2	0.16
July 3	19.4	10.3	0.00
July 4	22.3	10.4	0.05
July 5	20.8	9.4	0.20
July 6	15.0	9.4	0.18
July 7	18.1	8.8	0.17
July 8	14.3	6.9	0.32
July 9	22.4	8.0	0.12
July 10	23.6	11.6	0.06
July 11	17.5	8.2	0.18
July 12	24.7	9.3	0.04
July 13	26.5	13.7	0.00
July 14	28.7	8.8	0.00
July 15	29.2	9.3	0.00
July 16	24.7	11.9	0.00
July 17	17.0	10.4	0.80
July 18	16.7	8.2	0.43
July 19	19.2	3.7	0.56
July 20	22.1	7.7	0.00
July 21	24.2	8.5	0.04
July 22	26.2	7.3	0.11
July 23	29.0	12.7	0.00
July 24	30.3	10.8	0.00
July 25	27.0	10.8	0.00
July 26	31.4	9.6	0.00
July 27	26.6	14.0	0.00
July 28	22.7	9.4	0.00
July 29	24.2	11.7	0.38
July 30	15.8	10.8	1.74
July 31	22.8	10.1	0.00

August 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	13.7	8.6	0.10
August 2	18.1	7.7	0.00
August 3	25.6	7.2	0.00
August 4	30.1	9.8	0.00
August 5	30.2	12.1	0.00
August 6	27.8	10.1	0.00
August 7	27.6	14.3	0.14
August 8	28.1	14.4	0.00
August 9	31.3	9.7	0.00
August 10	29.8	16.7	0.00
August 11	23.4	9.6	0.14
August 12	23.3	10.1	0.08
August 13	17.0	8.4	1.35
August 14	22.1	7.3	0.00
August 15	20.2	9.4	0.00
August 16	10.8	6.4	5.53
August 17	15.6	6.7	1.48
August 18	21.3	5.1	0.00
August 19	13.3	5.7	0.05
August 20	11.2	4.0	0.62
August 21	18.7	3.2	0.00
August 22	19.7	3.0	0.06
August 23	13.8	6.0	0.92
August 24	18.1	6.4	0.00
August 25	21.8	8.3	0.00
August 26	20.7	7.3	0.00
August 27	19.8	3.5	0.00
August 28	20.6	7.3	0.00
August 29	22.3	4.5	0.00
August 30	23.0	5.9	0.00
August 31	23.7	8.7	0.00

September 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	21.8	12.3	0.04
September 2	26.7	7.3	0.00
September 3	27.7	6.2	0.00
September 4	21.0	7.4	0.00
September 5	14.4	6.7	0.68
September 6	19.6	10.4	0.14
September 7	19.8	11.9	0.85
September 8	14.6	6.8	0.79
September 9	20.3	4.3	0.00
September 10	18.6	8.9	0.00
September 11	12.3	6.1	2.62
September 12	10.8	5.2	1.53
September 13	13.2	5.0	0.00
September 14	17.7	2.7	0.00
September 15	14.4	5.5	0.60
September 16	12.3	4.6	0.00
September 17	9.8	2.6	0.18
September 18	8.4	1.0	0.24
September 19	12.5	-0.5	0.02
September 20	17.3	-0.4	0.00
September 21	14.9	7.1	0.00
September 22	15.6	-0.8	0.00
September 23	15.3	4.6	0.00
September 24	21.6	1.7	0.00
September 25	17.3	3.2	0.00
September 26	16.7	4.9	0.00
September 27	13.4	1.9	0.54
September 28	14.8	2.6	0.00
September 29	19.4	7.9	0.00
September 30	21.4	6.7	0.00

October 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
October 1	15.1	2.7	0.10	0.0
October 2	13.5	1.5	0.00	0.0
October 3	17.6	3.4	0.00	0.0
October 4	11.8	1.1	0.00	0.0
October 5	14.7	-3.0	0.00	0.0
October 6	18.7	-0.6	0.00	0.0
October 7	20.0	1.7	0.00	0.0
October 8	18.0	0.1	0.00	0.0
October 9	23.1	1.7	0.00	0.0
October 10	18.2	5.1	0.00	0.0
October 11	13.1	1.3	0.10	0.0
October 12	10.7	-2.4	0.00	0.0
October 13	10.3	-4.8	0.00	0.0
October 14	21.7	3.1	0.00	0.0
October 15	15.9	-1.4	0.00	0.0
October 16	16.1	4.5	0.00	0.0
October 17	11.1	1.2	0.00	0.0
October 18	23.9	0.1	0.00	0.0
October 19	22.8	8.5	0.00	0.0
October 20	16.1	0.4	0.05	0.3
October 21	6.6	-1.6	0.02	0.2
October 22	9.6	-6.7	0.00	0.0
October 23	19.8	4.2	0.00	0.0
October 24	6.9	0.5	0.56	0.2
October 25	8.8	-2.2	0.00	0.0
October 26	9.3	-2.9	0.00	0.0
October 27	7.9	-5.0	0.00	0.0
October 28	9.4	-7.3	0.00	0.0
October 29	2.1	-4.3	0.03	0.3
October 30	8.8	-5.9	0.00	0.0
October 31	16.6	4.1	0.00	0.0

November 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
November 1	20.8	10.4	0.00	0.0
November 2	17.4	2.1	0.00	0.0
November 3	6.1	-4.2	0.00	0.0
November 4	4.1	-6.3	0.26	3.0
November 5	3.3	-5.7	0.00	0.0
November 6	11.2	1.6	0.00	0.0
November 7	18.4	0.4	0.00	0.0
November 8	1.6	-5.1	0.51	12.6
November 9	-4.0	-16.0	0.02	0.5
November 10	-10.2	-15.9	0.00	0.0
November 11	-9.2	-18.2	0.00	0.0
November 12	-5.0	-19.1	0.00	0.2
November 13	-4.7	-13.6	0.00	0.0
November 14	5.3	-14.2	0.00	0.0
November 15	4.0	-12.7	0.00	0.0
November 16	3.7	-7.8	0.00	0.0
November 17	-5.6	-21.9	0.15	2.0
November 18	-17.0	-26.5	0.02	0.4
November 19	-18.3	-24.3	0.00	0.3
November 20	-12.3	-25.6	0.00	0.0
November 21	-4.7	-19.3	0.00	0.0
November 22	-4.5	-19.7	0.00	0.0
November 23	4.8	-10.1	0.00	0.0
November 24	3.2	-6.7	0.00	0.0
November 25	4.5	-6.9	0.00	0.0
November 26	0.6	-5.9	0.07	0.7
November 27	5.3	-7.2	0.00	0.0
November 28	4.8	-3.4	0.00	0.0
November 29	0.7	-6.7	0.00	0.0
November 30	-3.7	-13.1	0.24	3.0

December 1978 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
December 1	-11.2	-18.9	0.35	4.1
December 2	-3.5	-22.6	0.00	0.0
December 3	8.0	-13.4	0.00	0.0
December 4	-1.0	-7.0	0.00	0.0
December 5	-4.3	-12.7	0.06	0.9
December 6	-9.0	-13.0	0.07	1.0
December 7	-7.1	-18.1	0.00	0.0
December 8	0.1	-17.7	0.00	0.0
December 9	3.2	-5.7	0.00	0.0
December 10	1.4	-6.8	0.00	0.0
December 11	5.4	-10.0	0.00	0.2
December 12	-0.8	-6.7	0.00	0.0
December 13	4.9	-8.8	0.00	0.0
December 14	4.5	-3.3	0.00	0.0
December 15	-0.3	-6.3	0.00	0.0
December 16	3.2	-8.8	0.00	0.0
December 17	-6.6	-15.0	0.00	0.0
December 18	-11.1	-17.4	0.00	0.0
December 19	-1.0	-18.5	0.00	0.0
December 20	4.3	-5.4	0.00	0.0
December 21	1.2	-13.0	0.02	0.2
December 22	1.7	-12.0	0.02	0.2
December 23	1.5	-16.6	0.03	0.3
December 24	1.1	-7.2	0.04	0.6
December 25	-4.1	-12.0	0.00	0.0
December 26	-5.2	-16.0	0.00	0.0
December 27	-10.8	-20.0	0.20	2.4
December 28	-19.0	-25.6	0.08	0.8
December 29	-21.2	-30.2	0.00	0.0
December 30	-22.3	-30.5	0.00	0.0
December 31	-15.3	-28.2	0.00	0.0

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