Cape Girardeau Weather in 1978

Historical record of Cape Girardeau, Missouri weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Cape Girardeau Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 25
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	17 °F	February 6
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	August 29
Most daily snow	12.0 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	41.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1978 was 101 °F which happened on August 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 25
2	100 °F	Aug 24
2	100 °F	Jun 28
4	98 °F	Aug 17
4	98 °F	Jul 1
4	98 °F	Jun 30
4	98 °F	Jun 29
8	97 °F	Jul 29
8	97 °F	Jul 26
8	97 °F	Jul 21
8	97 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1978 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 23
2	-2 °F	February 6
2	-2 °F	January 26
4	0 °F	January 29
4	0 °F	January 28
6	2 °F	January 27
7	3 °F	January 21
7	3 °F	January 10
9	4 °F	March 5
9	4 °F	February 19
9	4 °F	February 8

January 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	51	38	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	41	0.00	0.0
January 7	61	44	0.09	0.0
January 8	47	10	0.00	0.0
January 9	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 10	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	11	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	17	0.20	2.0
January 13	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	27	13	0.01	0.0
January 15	27	9	0.04	0.4
January 16	32	19	1.10	12.0
January 17	22	16	0.14	1.5
January 18	25	8	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	18	0.04	0.4
January 20	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	27	3	0.00	0.0
January 22	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	24	0.32	0.0
January 25	34	5	0.41	3.0
January 26	22	-2	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	2	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	17	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	15	0.01	0.0
February 2	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	8	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	5	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	17	-2	0.00	0.0
February 7	22	8	0.00	0.0
February 8	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	11	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	20	0.18	0.0
February 13	40	31	0.44	0.0
February 14	35	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	29	0.02	0.0
February 16	32	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	26	19	0.05	1.0
February 18	24	8	0.02	0.2
February 19	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	30	11	0.01	0.0
February 23	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	23	0.23	1.0
February 28	38	28	0.23	2.0

March 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	32	27	0.32	4.1
March 3	28	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	25	6	0.00	0.0
March 5	34	4	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	22	0.17	0.0
March 7	38	34	1.61	0.0
March 8	34	29	0.08	0.0
March 9	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	54	39	0.11	0.0
March 12	45	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	54	39	1.71	0.0
March 14	51	40	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	33	0.30	0.0
March 16	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	55	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	43	0.00	0.0
March 20	66	45	0.00	0.0
March 21	61	42	0.59	0.0
March 22	68	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	64	51	0.11	0.0
March 24	51	45	0.55	0.0
March 25	45	33	0.09	0.2
March 26	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	65	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	71	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	81	52	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	59	0.01
April 2	78	58	0.00
April 3	77	63	0.00
April 4	81	58	0.43
April 5	77	54	0.00
April 6	83	61	0.12
April 7	76	49	0.00
April 8	84	54	0.00
April 9	85	63	0.00
April 10	73	50	1.78
April 11	65	44	0.00
April 12	70	44	0.00
April 13	65	49	0.00
April 14	65	40	0.00
April 15	64	53	0.00
April 16	61	48	0.00
April 17	75	47	0.21
April 18	73	54	0.23
April 19	59	46	0.00
April 20	51	38	0.00
April 21	53	34	0.00
April 22	63	34	0.13
April 23	75	53	0.02
April 24	73	48	0.03
April 25	58	45	0.10
April 26	68	44	0.00
April 27	70	38	0.00
April 28	72	52	0.00
April 29	70	55	0.00
April 30	65	55	0.25

May 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	46	0.00
May 2	63	37	0.00
May 3	59	49	0.11
May 4	55	50	0.18
May 5	64	46	0.00
May 6	70	47	0.00
May 7	69	60	0.31
May 8	78	56	0.01
May 9	76	49	0.00
May 10	78	46	0.00
May 11	81	58	0.00
May 12	76	57	0.30
May 13	68	54	0.00
May 14	74	54	0.00
May 15	62	50	0.00
May 16	67	54	0.00
May 17	75	46	0.00
May 18	80	52	0.00
May 19	82	56	0.00
May 20	86	63	0.24
May 21	76	61	0.00
May 22	79	64	0.23
May 23	87	70	0.00
May 24	91	67	0.00
May 25	93	64	0.03
May 26	94	66	0.00
May 27	90	70	0.00
May 28	92	66	0.58
May 29	86	68	0.42
May 30	86	67	0.00
May 31	91	65	0.00

June 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	91	67	0.23
June 2	77	65	0.30
June 3	78	59	0.00
June 4	83	55	0.00
June 5	80	60	0.00
June 6	83	67	0.30
June 7	82	66	0.00
June 8	72	55	0.00
June 9	76	49	0.00
June 10	83	53	0.00
June 11	90	61	0.00
June 12	87	67	0.15
June 13	81	56	0.00
June 14	81	54	0.00
June 15	87	56	0.00
June 16	94	67	0.00
June 17	93	76	0.00
June 18	89	70	0.00
June 19	86	65	0.00
June 20	87	69	0.35
June 21	83	67	0.00
June 22	82	66	0.00
June 23	76	66	0.95
June 24	90	66	0.00
June 25	94	75	0.00
June 26	96	76	0.00
June 27	97	73	0.00
June 28	100	76	0.00
June 29	98	76	0.00
June 30	98	74	0.00

July 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	98	73	0.00
July 2	93	74	0.08
July 3	95	69	0.00
July 4	89	67	0.00
July 5	90	68	0.00
July 6	93	66	0.00
July 7	91	74	0.04
July 8	95	72	0.00
July 9	83	70	0.72
July 10	83	69	0.42
July 11	78	67	0.00
July 12	85	65	0.00
July 13	85	74	0.02
July 14	89	72	0.06
July 15	86	68	0.08
July 16	89	64	0.00
July 17	90	68	0.00
July 18	91	69	0.00
July 19	94	69	0.00
July 20	95	71	0.00
July 21	97	76	0.00
July 22	92	76	0.00
July 23	93	73	0.00
July 24	85	73	0.00
July 25	93	70	0.00
July 26	97	66	0.12
July 27	88	66	0.12
July 28	90	65	0.00
July 29	97	68	0.00
July 30	95	72	0.84
July 31	86	69	0.00

August 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	66	0.00
August 2	92	74	0.00
August 3	88	70	0.00
August 4	80	65	0.00
August 5	78	62	0.00
August 6	79	61	0.00
August 7	84	54	0.00
August 8	89	58	0.00
August 9	92	68	0.00
August 10	91	70	0.83
August 11	86	68	0.00
August 12	85	68	0.12
August 13	89	71	0.00
August 14	93	70	0.00
August 15	92	74	0.00
August 16	94	72	0.00
August 17	98	72	0.00
August 18	94	75	0.00
August 19	86	69	0.00
August 20	86	60	0.00
August 21	87	56	0.00
August 22	91	55	0.00
August 23	94	60	0.00
August 24	100	65	0.00
August 25	101	71	0.52
August 26	92	68	0.00
August 27	94	74	0.00
August 28	94	72	0.12
August 29	73	65	2.89
August 30	71	64	2.15
August 31	81	59	0.00

September 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	56	0.00
September 2	85	58	0.00
September 3	90	62	0.00
September 4	88	65	0.00
September 5	83	57	0.00
September 6	87	60	0.00
September 7	91	67	0.00
September 8	92	63	0.00
September 9	89	64	0.00
September 10	91	65	0.00
September 11	89	67	0.00
September 12	86	69	0.00
September 13	79	67	0.44
September 14	83	69	0.03
September 15	83	67	0.00
September 16	82	70	0.04
September 17	89	74	0.00
September 18	89	75	0.00
September 19	92	71	0.00
September 20	92	70	0.00
September 21	73	62	0.00
September 22	72	58	0.00
September 23	74	48	0.00
September 24	78	46	0.00
September 25	78	52	0.00
September 26	79	54	0.00
September 27	85	50	0.00
September 28	73	49	0.00
September 29	84	43	0.00
September 30	75	55	0.15

October 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	44	0.00
October 2	77	43	0.00
October 3	68	51	0.16
October 4	77	44	0.00
October 5	74	45	0.04
October 6	63	41	0.00
October 7	60	35	0.00
October 8	66	31	0.00
October 9	71	43	0.00
October 10	66	53	0.00
October 11	70	54	0.33
October 12	84	58	0.00
October 13	61	46	0.54
October 14	57	37	0.00
October 15	67	30	0.00
October 16	56	38	0.00
October 17	62	30	0.00
October 18	71	39	0.00
October 19	70	43	0.00
October 20	77	36	0.00
October 21	82	45	0.00
October 22	81	53	0.00
October 23	64	47	0.02
October 24	63	33	0.00
October 25	67	42	0.06
October 26	63	38	0.31
October 27	65	28	0.00
October 28	66	33	0.00
October 29	70	34	0.00
October 30	75	40	0.00
October 31	76	50	0.00

November 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	75	42	0.00
November 2	76	45	0.00
November 3	75	48	0.00
November 4	77	45	0.00
November 5	77	52	0.00
November 6	61	44	0.13
November 7	56	36	0.12
November 8	59	29	0.00
November 9	64	33	0.00
November 10	68	38	0.00
November 11	75	45	0.00
November 12	70	49	0.00
November 13	77	50	0.00
November 14	67	43	0.54
November 15	43	40	0.71
November 16	59	42	0.69
November 17	67	44	0.83
November 18	48	33	0.00
November 19	50	30	0.00
November 20	47	40	0.00
November 21	49	43	0.00
November 22	49	42	0.31
November 23	58	49	0.09
November 24	49	36	0.00
November 25	49	37	0.38
November 26	48	41	1.87
November 27	47	38	0.00
November 28	48	32	0.00
November 29	54	33	0.00
November 30	52	34	0.00

December 1978 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	33	0.00	0.0
December 2	61	35	0.12	0.0
December 3	62	30	1.85	0.0
December 4	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	41	30	1.12	0.0
December 8	30	20	1.34	1.3
December 9	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 16	50	34	0.02	0.0
December 17	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	62	37	0.00	0.0
December 20	63	33	0.17	0.0
December 21	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	52	28	0.00	0.0
December 23	51	27	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	25	0.48	0.0
December 25	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 29	47	38	0.05	0.0
December 30	46	33	0.70	0.0
December 31	35	29	1.53	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1960–2024	Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport	location
1945–1960	Cape Girardeau Missour State University	location