Calgary Weather in 1979

Historical record of Calgary, Alberta weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Calgary Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	34.3 °C	July 21
Lowest temperature	-33.8 °C	February 15
Highest daily low	14.3 °C	September 15
Lowest daily high	-25.2 °C	February 14
Most daily precipitation	2.6 cm	June 20
Most daily snow	9.4 cm	December 14
Total annual precipitation	28.5 cm	-
Total annual snow	128.8 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Calgary in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Calgary, Alberta in 1979 was 34.3 °C which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Calgary in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	34.3 °C	Jul 21
2	32.1 °C	Jul 20
3	31.8 °C	Jul 18
4	31.3 °C	Jul 19
5	30.6 °C	Sep 15
6	30.5 °C	Jul 31
7	30.1 °C	Jul 17
8	29.9 °C	Jun 29
9	28.4 °C	Aug 18
10	28.3 °C	Aug 30

What was the coldest temperature in Calgary in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Calgary, Alberta in 1979 was -33.8 °C which happened on Feb 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Calgary in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-33.8 °C	February 15
2	-33.7 °C	February 14
3	-33.1 °C	December 15
4	-32.5 °C	January 13
5	-31.4 °C	January 15
6	-30.7 °C	January 14
7	-30.2 °C	February 1
8	-29.7 °C	December 16
9	-27.8 °C	February 16
10	-27.7 °C	February 24

January 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
January 1	-12.2	-23.5	0.00	0.0
January 2	-10.7	-20.4	0.06	1.0
January 3	-12.0	-25.6	0.00	0.2
January 4	-14.2	-26.5	0.00	0.0
January 5	-2.3	-19.2	0.00	0.0
January 6	-7.8	-17.7	0.00	0.0
January 7	-5.4	-21.6	0.00	0.0
January 8	-7.3	-20.0	0.00	0.0
January 9	-11.3	-18.7	0.03	0.3
January 10	-15.3	-22.2	0.03	0.3
January 11	-18.2	-20.3	0.00	0.2
January 12	-20.0	-24.1	0.14	1.9
January 13	-20.5	-32.5	0.04	0.4
January 14	-15.8	-30.7	0.00	0.0
January 15	-17.1	-31.4	0.00	0.0
January 16	-1.3	-27.1	0.00	0.0
January 17	5.6	-6.5	0.00	0.0
January 18	1.5	-12.9	0.00	0.0
January 19	3.7	-10.0	0.00	0.0
January 20	3.7	-16.7	0.00	0.0
January 21	1.5	-14.7	0.00	0.0
January 22	-7.2	-20.1	0.00	0.0
January 23	3.0	-7.8	0.00	0.0
January 24	0.1	-11.1	0.00	0.0
January 25	-5.0	-14.3	0.00	0.0
January 26	-4.3	-18.8	0.00	0.0
January 27	-4.8	-9.2	0.24	3.6
January 28	-6.7	-17.5	0.08	1.7
January 29	-13.6	-22.7	0.00	0.0
January 30	-10.1	-23.5	0.06	1.0
January 31	-14.0	-27.3	0.05	0.5

February 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
February 1	-15.2	-30.2	0.00	0.0
February 2	-4.4	-21.0	0.00	0.0
February 3	-16.0	-21.1	0.00	0.0
February 4	1.3	-20.5	0.00	0.0
February 5	4.7	-20.1	0.00	0.0
February 6	0.3	-19.1	0.00	0.0
February 7	-17.2	-24.1	0.11	1.1
February 8	-18.5	-25.6	0.00	0.0
February 9	-15.9	-23.6	0.00	0.0
February 10	-20.8	-25.7	0.00	0.2
February 11	-19.8	-24.8	0.00	0.0
February 12	-21.5	-24.1	0.24	2.4
February 13	-23.5	-25.7	0.00	0.0
February 14	-25.2	-33.7	0.05	0.5
February 15	-23.3	-33.8	0.00	0.0
February 16	-19.9	-27.8	0.00	0.0
February 17	-12.3	-22.7	0.00	0.0
February 18	6.5	-17.7	0.00	0.0
February 19	-0.3	-9.3	0.00	0.0
February 20	-5.3	-12.4	0.08	1.0
February 21	-8.7	-17.9	0.12	2.0
February 22	-17.3	-24.3	0.04	0.4
February 23	-21.6	-24.6	0.00	0.0
February 24	-12.5	-27.7	0.00	0.0
February 25	5.8	-15.5	0.00	0.0
February 26	1.9	-11.6	0.02	0.2
February 27	-9.7	-13.6	0.02	0.7
February 28	-12.7	-18.2	0.12	1.4

March 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
March 1	-6.5	-23.1	0.00	0.0
March 2	-2.9	-15.1	0.00	0.0
March 3	8.2	-11.7	0.00	0.0
March 4	10.7	2.7	0.00	0.0
March 5	11.7	2.2	0.00	0.0
March 6	15.6	1.5	0.00	0.0
March 7	10.3	0.6	0.02	0.0
March 8	5.8	-3.4	0.00	0.0
March 9	6.6	-7.1	0.00	0.0
March 10	17.7	-2.0	0.00	0.0
March 11	15.3	-3.7	0.00	0.0
March 12	8.4	-3.5	0.00	0.0
March 13	10.0	-7.7	0.00	0.0
March 14	8.7	-4.2	0.00	0.0
March 15	17.3	1.2	0.00	0.0
March 16	7.8	-1.0	0.32	3.4
March 17	7.3	-3.5	0.00	0.0
March 18	7.9	-6.6	0.00	0.0
March 19	6.6	-4.3	0.00	0.0
March 20	5.8	-7.8	0.00	0.0
March 21	6.7	-9.4	0.00	0.0
March 22	9.1	-3.3	0.00	0.0
March 23	14.8	1.3	0.00	0.0
March 24	14.6	-9.6	0.00	0.0
March 25	-5.8	-13.8	0.00	0.0
March 26	-5.6	-10.7	0.22	2.8
March 27	-4.9	-11.7	0.06	0.8
March 28	-1.6	-15.0	0.00	0.0
March 29	1.8	-11.0	0.00	0.0
March 30	-4.3	-9.7	0.04	0.4
March 31	-6.6	-13.8	0.36	4.6

April 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
April 1	-1.9	-14.0	0.00	0.0
April 2	-5.1	-9.8	0.10	1.4
April 3	2.7	-10.2	0.16	2.2
April 4	-4.7	-11.3	0.36	5.4
April 5	-5.2	-14.5	0.02	0.4
April 6	16.4	-7.2	0.00	0.0
April 7	11.0	-2.3	0.00	0.0
April 8	16.7	2.4	0.00	0.0
April 9	8.2	0.7	0.14	0.4
April 10	1.6	-2.4	0.34	3.6
April 11	3.6	-4.5	0.00	0.0
April 12	2.2	-6.5	0.02	0.2
April 13	-1.3	-5.5	0.16	2.2
April 14	3.4	-3.2	0.02	0.0
April 15	7.4	-3.1	0.20	2.2
April 16	2.8	-4.5	0.08	0.8
April 17	4.8	-2.6	1.40	8.6
April 18	6.2	-5.0	0.00	0.0
April 19	4.6	-2.5	0.42	4.2
April 20	7.0	-5.7	0.06	0.6
April 21	6.9	-2.4	0.00	0.0
April 22	5.3	-3.0	0.04	0.4
April 23	7.1	-2.4	0.00	0.0
April 24	9.7	-3.2	0.00	0.0
April 25	17.7	-0.6	0.00	0.0
April 26	14.3	-1.6	0.00	0.0
April 27	19.6	-2.3	0.00	0.0
April 28	17.5	-2.4	0.00	0.0
April 29	14.2	-2.0	0.00	0.0
April 30	13.5	-0.2	0.18	0.6

May 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
May 1	3.4	-1.3	0.00	0.0
May 2	6.0	-0.4	0.16	1.6
May 3	2.5	-1.5	0.28	2.6
May 4	2.7	-1.5	0.18	1.0
May 5	2.2	-2.3	0.20	2.0
May 6	1.1	-2.5	0.78	7.8
May 7	3.6	-2.2	0.16	1.6
May 8	8.6	0.2	0.00	0.0
May 9	13.3	-2.4	0.00	0.0
May 10	15.0	0.2	0.00	0.0
May 11	14.6	-0.1	0.00	0.0
May 12	15.0	-0.6	0.04	0.0
May 13	13.0	2.5	0.34	0.0
May 14	17.3	-1.0	0.00	0.0
May 15	22.3	2.0	0.02	0.0
May 16	12.5	2.4	0.74	0.0
May 17	14.0	2.0	0.00	0.0
May 18	14.0	-0.3	1.24	3.0
May 19	13.1	0.0	0.00	0.0
May 20	18.0	-2.4	0.00	0.0
May 21	15.6	5.8	0.00	0.0
May 22	20.0	0.0	0.00	0.0
May 23	26.8	6.0	0.00	0.0
May 24	21.5	8.8	0.00	0.0
May 25	23.2	6.4	0.00	0.0
May 26	25.6	9.2	0.00	0.0
May 27	19.2	5.7	0.00	0.0
May 28	13.8	1.5	0.00	0.0
May 29	14.8	1.4	0.00	0.0
May 30	13.0	1.1	0.00	0.0
May 31	18.7	1.2	0.00	0.0

June 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	22.0	7.9	0.00
June 2	25.7	9.3	0.00
June 3	22.6	9.1	0.08
June 4	21.5	11.2	0.00
June 5	21.4	3.9	0.04
June 6	13.1	2.2	0.00
June 7	15.7	4.0	0.00
June 8	16.7	-0.3	0.00
June 9	22.8	2.5	0.00
June 10	23.9	6.7	0.00
June 11	25.6	5.4	0.00
June 12	27.7	8.5	0.00
June 13	19.5	7.2	0.00
June 14	12.6	3.5	0.20
June 15	15.7	6.2	0.60
June 16	18.5	-0.3	0.00
June 17	18.4	5.7	0.18
June 18	21.5	7.0	0.39
June 19	17.4	5.8	0.32
June 20	14.4	7.5	2.60
June 21	18.2	4.6	0.00
June 22	20.1	7.6	0.10
June 23	21.8	6.6	0.00
June 24	17.6	7.0	0.00
June 25	22.5	3.0	0.00
June 26	24.7	5.3	0.00
June 27	23.0	8.4	0.08
June 28	27.0	9.7	0.00
June 29	29.9	6.5	0.16
June 30	26.7	13.4	0.00

July 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	19.2	7.0	0.00
July 2	18.2	4.2	0.00
July 3	23.5	6.5	0.00
July 4	26.3	6.4	0.46
July 5	27.9	12.3	0.00
July 6	27.3	11.7	1.32
July 7	26.8	11.0	0.00
July 8	26.8	9.6	0.00
July 9	25.1	8.6	0.00
July 10	25.7	12.5	0.10
July 11	23.7	10.9	0.00
July 12	23.2	2.9	0.00
July 13	22.8	7.2	0.00
July 14	20.6	7.4	0.11
July 15	22.0	6.7	0.00
July 16	27.0	9.0	0.00
July 17	30.1	7.0	0.00
July 18	31.8	8.7	0.04
July 19	31.3	13.9	0.00
July 20	32.1	11.5	0.08
July 21	34.3	13.0	0.00
July 22	26.7	11.4	0.06
July 23	16.6	9.0	0.24
July 24	18.1	9.0	0.92
July 25	19.5	4.8	0.00
July 26	21.3	6.6	0.22
July 27	26.3	5.8	0.00
July 28	27.4	8.1	0.06
July 29	23.2	9.0	1.02
July 30	22.8	6.9	0.00
July 31	30.5	10.2	0.00

August 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	25.8	10.3	0.00
August 2	24.5	11.0	0.22
August 3	15.3	10.0	1.39
August 4	17.6	6.3	0.00
August 5	24.9	8.2	0.00
August 6	23.8	6.5	0.00
August 7	23.8	9.3	0.00
August 8	19.7	7.2	0.16
August 9	22.2	4.3	0.00
August 10	26.4	6.5	0.00
August 11	20.8	7.1	0.00
August 12	21.7	6.8	0.00
August 13	21.3	6.7	0.00
August 14	18.2	6.7	0.00
August 15	26.4	8.2	0.02
August 16	25.8	10.4	0.04
August 17	27.8	7.9	0.00
August 18	28.4	10.7	0.00
August 19	19.6	10.6	0.70
August 20	23.5	9.1	0.00
August 21	24.3	9.3	0.00
August 22	24.8	6.5	0.00
August 23	26.6	8.0	0.00
August 24	18.5	7.7	0.04
August 25	16.9	9.0	0.06
August 26	22.2	6.1	0.00
August 27	25.7	8.2	0.00
August 28	26.0	12.0	0.00
August 29	25.2	8.8	0.00
August 30	28.3	6.0	0.10
August 31	22.9	12.7	0.12

September 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	23.2	6.2	0.00
September 2	25.6	6.0	0.00
September 3	24.3	7.5	0.00
September 4	20.9	5.7	0.00
September 5	21.3	4.0	0.00
September 6	24.3	5.6	0.00
September 7	21.8	6.5	0.00
September 8	26.6	6.2	0.00
September 9	17.4	7.8	1.04
September 10	17.7	7.4	0.52
September 11	12.4	5.0	0.04
September 12	15.7	1.3	0.00
September 13	21.2	6.5	0.00
September 14	27.5	10.2	0.00
September 15	30.6	14.3	0.00
September 16	24.0	8.0	0.00
September 17	22.4	4.4	0.00
September 18	26.9	4.9	0.00
September 19	14.7	9.5	0.03
September 20	19.8	4.6	0.00
September 21	15.5	5.3	0.36
September 22	18.3	6.5	0.00
September 23	18.4	7.4	0.00
September 24	21.8	2.8	0.00
September 25	25.4	1.5	0.00
September 26	21.3	10.2	0.00
September 27	19.8	5.3	0.00
September 28	16.8	7.0	0.00
September 29	20.5	-0.5	0.00
September 30	17.2	1.7	0.00

October 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
October 1	20.6	1.8	0.00	0.0
October 2	16.5	1.5	0.00	0.0
October 3	20.6	-1.2	0.00	0.0
October 4	24.6	4.7	0.00	0.0
October 5	17.0	-1.2	0.00	0.0
October 6	19.3	3.6	0.00	0.0
October 7	10.2	3.4	0.48	0.0
October 8	9.7	0.8	0.00	0.0
October 9	22.4	-2.8	0.00	0.0
October 10	27.9	10.5	0.00	0.0
October 11	15.5	7.4	0.00	0.0
October 12	19.7	6.0	0.00	0.0
October 13	23.5	2.5	0.00	0.0
October 14	19.1	5.5	0.02	0.0
October 15	8.4	5.3	0.00	0.0
October 16	15.0	3.8	0.00	0.0
October 17	11.8	-1.6	0.16	0.0
October 18	7.4	-5.3	0.00	0.0
October 19	0.5	-4.3	0.76	7.6
October 20	0.1	-4.6	0.40	5.0
October 21	-1.3	-11.7	0.00	0.0
October 22	5.3	-10.5	0.00	0.0
October 23	11.6	-0.2	0.00	0.0
October 24	10.7	-2.7	0.04	0.0
October 25	16.3	1.0	0.00	0.0
October 26	15.7	3.3	0.00	0.0
October 27	16.0	-1.1	0.12	0.0
October 28	7.3	-2.5	0.00	0.0
October 29	9.1	-4.8	0.00	0.0
October 30	6.9	-4.0	0.00	0.0
October 31	6.3	-6.1	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
November 1	9.1	-7.3	0.00	0.0
November 2	4.0	-5.0	0.00	0.0
November 3	0.6	-8.3	0.00	0.0
November 4	-3.4	-7.5	0.00	0.0
November 5	0.6	-8.2	0.00	0.0
November 6	4.7	-13.1	0.00	0.0
November 7	7.1	-13.6	0.00	0.0
November 8	2.7	-5.9	0.00	0.0
November 9	1.7	-5.0	0.02	0.6
November 10	3.6	-4.0	0.02	0.2
November 11	8.3	-7.0	0.00	0.0
November 12	12.2	-6.4	0.00	0.0
November 13	13.6	-7.7	0.00	0.0
November 14	18.7	0.0	0.00	0.0
November 15	19.0	-2.3	0.00	0.0
November 16	15.6	3.0	0.00	0.0
November 17	11.2	-2.5	0.00	0.0
November 18	4.2	-4.5	0.00	0.0
November 19	3.6	-7.4	0.00	0.0
November 20	7.6	-10.7	0.00	0.0
November 21	13.0	-9.3	0.00	0.0
November 22	12.4	-7.1	0.00	0.0
November 23	9.7	-7.8	0.00	0.0
November 24	4.2	-2.0	0.18	3.2
November 25	-1.2	-4.0	0.04	1.8
November 26	-3.2	-10.3	0.15	2.5
November 27	-4.9	-16.0	0.02	0.8
November 28	-4.2	-18.6	0.00	0.0
November 29	1.3	-18.0	0.00	0.0
November 30	6.0	-6.0	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Calgary Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
December 1	2.7	-6.7	0.00	0.0
December 2	1.2	-7.9	0.00	0.0
December 3	2.7	-11.0	0.00	0.0
December 4	6.5	-5.7	0.00	0.0
December 5	9.5	-0.1	0.00	0.0
December 6	10.2	-6.8	0.02	0.4
December 7	-2.3	-13.9	0.00	0.0
December 8	12.7	-8.5	0.00	0.0
December 9	1.7	-7.5	0.20	2.2
December 10	-6.4	-17.0	0.54	7.1
December 11	-1.3	-17.6	0.00	0.0
December 12	-2.4	-21.1	0.02	0.4
December 13	-12.5	-23.3	0.00	0.0
December 14	-11.3	-26.8	0.62	9.4
December 15	-24.8	-33.1	0.10	1.8
December 16	-3.5	-29.7	0.00	0.0
December 17	3.1	-6.4	0.00	0.0
December 18	9.4	-1.2	0.00	0.0
December 19	11.2	-1.8	0.00	0.0
December 20	9.6	-5.0	0.00	0.0
December 21	7.5	-7.4	0.00	0.0
December 22	4.5	-7.0	0.00	0.0
December 23	-3.4	-14.4	0.00	0.0
December 24	4.3	-7.6	0.00	0.0
December 25	4.0	-12.1	0.00	0.0
December 26	5.8	-7.6	0.00	0.0
December 27	7.7	-9.1	0.00	0.0
December 28	4.4	-11.8	0.00	0.0
December 29	8.4	-10.6	0.00	0.0
December 30	-0.2	-11.9	0.00	0.0
December 31	5.7	-10.7	0.00	0.0

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