Cape Girardeau Weather in 1979

Historical record of Cape Girardeau, Missouri weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Cape Girardeau Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 8
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	February 25
Most daily snow	24.0 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	58.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1979 was 96 °F which happened on August 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 8
2	95 °F	Aug 7
2	95 °F	Aug 6
2	95 °F	Aug 5
2	95 °F	Jul 15
2	95 °F	Jun 21
2	95 °F	Jun 19
2	95 °F	Jun 18
9	94 °F	Aug 19
9	94 °F	Aug 9
9	94 °F	Jul 14
9	94 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1979 was -2 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	February 9
1	-2 °F	January 15
3	-1 °F	February 1
4	0 °F	January 8
5	1 °F	January 9
6	2 °F	January 2
7	3 °F	February 5
7	3 °F	January 14
7	3 °F	January 10
10	5 °F	February 2

January 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	11	0.03	0.3
January 2	13	2	0.00	0.0
January 3	27	7	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	15	0.26	3.0
January 6	20	14	0.11	1.0
January 7	22	14	0.39	1.0
January 8	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	18	0.12	0.0
January 14	18	3	0.00	0.0
January 15	27	-2	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	21	0.02	0.0
January 17	46	29	0.01	0.0
January 18	36	24	0.02	0.0
January 19	41	32	0.48	0.0
January 20	43	32	0.40	2.5
January 21	32	18	0.01	0.0
January 22	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	27	0.92	0.0
January 24	27	14	0.06	3.0
January 25	34	8	0.00	0.0
January 26	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	34	27	0.23	2.3
January 28	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	6	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	18	0.04	0.0
January 31	23	8	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 2	34	5	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	3	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	15	0.08	1.0
February 7	30	10	0.18	2.0
February 8	27	8	0.11	1.2
February 9	21	-2	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 16	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	25	14	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	17	0.04	1.0
February 19	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	25	0.24	0.0
February 21	58	35	0.00	0.0
February 22	56	37	1.42	0.0
February 23	63	39	0.96	0.0
February 24	40	32	1.12	0.0
February 25	34	27	3.23	24.0
February 26	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	41	27	0.23	0.0

March 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	35	0.00	0.0
March 2	53	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	60	40	1.35	0.0
March 4	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	49	0.00	0.0
March 14	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	66	37	0.00	0.0
March 18	75	55	0.00	0.0
March 19	69	59	0.03	0.0
March 20	61	49	0.26	0.0
March 21	59	47	0.00	0.0
March 22	68	50	0.28	0.0
March 23	63	42	1.24	0.0
March 24	42	27	0.06	1.2
March 25	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 27	48	37	0.17	0.0
March 28	68	45	0.00	0.0
March 29	64	59	0.99	0.0
March 30	66	59	1.74	0.0
March 31	62	47	0.49	0.0

April 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	47	1.28
April 2	58	42	0.00
April 3	56	38	0.00
April 4	51	44	0.15
April 5	62	37	0.00
April 6	47	31	0.00
April 7	71	37	0.00
April 8	62	44	0.82
April 9	44	39	0.00
April 10	54	38	0.11
April 11	76	49	1.56
April 12	77	56	0.12
April 13	63	50	0.33
April 14	74	45	0.00
April 15	72	46	0.00
April 16	62	47	0.04
April 17	71	50	0.00
April 18	71	54	0.00
April 19	73	55	0.00
April 20	82	58	0.00
April 21	67	60	0.09
April 22	64	57	0.04
April 23	64	60	1.68
April 24	66	62	0.55
April 25	75	64	0.32
April 26	65	47	0.29
April 27	65	43	0.01
April 28	60	40	0.00
April 29	67	45	0.00
April 30	68	43	0.00

May 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	49	0.00
May 2	72	57	0.13
May 3	71	55	1.93
May 4	55	47	0.36
May 5	68	40	0.00
May 6	65	48	0.00
May 7	80	58	0.00
May 8	82	70	0.00
May 9	80	68	0.00
May 10	85	70	0.00
May 11	76	54	0.60
May 12	58	48	0.56
May 13	71	44	0.37
May 14	80	52	0.00
May 15	75	56	0.00
May 16	75	50	0.00
May 17	80	56	0.00
May 18	87	55	0.00
May 19	86	65	0.12
May 20	70	63	0.38
May 21	68	60	0.00
May 22	64	55	0.16
May 23	78	60	0.34
May 24	67	50	0.00
May 25	70	45	0.00
May 26	77	43	0.00
May 27	73	56	0.11
May 28	80	60	0.00
May 29	83	60	0.00
May 30	79	65	0.02
May 31	84	67	0.00

June 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	65	0.00
June 2	74	58	0.11
June 3	79	61	0.00
June 4	84	58	0.00
June 5	88	65	0.00
June 6	86	69	0.00
June 7	86	71	1.65
June 8	93	76	0.00
June 9	93	75	0.00
June 10	80	59	0.01
June 11	81	53	0.00
June 12	85	57	0.00
June 13	88	60	0.00
June 14	90	69	0.00
June 15	88	65	0.00
June 16	91	66	0.00
June 17	93	68	0.00
June 18	95	74	0.00
June 19	95	70	0.00
June 20	92	75	0.00
June 21	95	69	0.00
June 22	93	71	0.41
June 23	89	69	0.27
June 24	74	59	0.00
June 25	79	55	0.00
June 26	83	55	0.00
June 27	88	57	0.00
June 28	89	70	0.00
June 29	94	70	0.00
June 30	88	66	0.00

July 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	63	0.00
July 2	82	68	1.09
July 3	93	74	0.00
July 4	92	74	0.55
July 5	81	67	0.00
July 6	80	66	0.00
July 7	80	65	0.17
July 8	87	69	0.00
July 9	82	66	1.55
July 10	89	68	0.00
July 11	86	68	0.00
July 12	82	71	0.25
July 13	92	70	0.00
July 14	94	76	0.00
July 15	95	75	0.00
July 16	90	70	0.00
July 17	83	72	0.00
July 18	84	64	0.00
July 19	84	67	0.00
July 20	86	66	0.00
July 21	86	68	0.00
July 22	90	69	0.00
July 23	88	70	1.18
July 24	85	75	0.29
July 25	85	75	1.60
July 26	82	75	0.00
July 27	80	72	0.25
July 28	85	74	0.41
July 29	90	71	0.00
July 30	92	78	0.00
July 31	91	74	0.00

August 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	72	0.02
August 2	87	67	0.00
August 3	87	67	0.00
August 4	89	70	0.00
August 5	95	70	0.00
August 6	95	73	0.00
August 7	95	72	0.00
August 8	96	72	0.00
August 9	94	72	0.00
August 10	93	72	0.32
August 11	72	66	0.12
August 12	77	60	0.00
August 13	82	56	0.00
August 14	87	57	0.00
August 15	67	59	0.40
August 16	77	55	0.00
August 17	85	59	0.00
August 18	91	65	0.00
August 19	94	72	0.00
August 20	92	71	1.12
August 21	87	71	0.00
August 22	89	69	0.00
August 23	88	68	1.42
August 24	82	64	0.00
August 25	76	67	0.16
August 26	84	68	0.03
August 27	90	70	0.21
August 28	82	71	0.11
August 29	86	73	0.07
August 30	85	70	0.70
August 31	86	68	0.00

September 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	71	0.00
September 2	89	70	0.00
September 3	88	68	0.00
September 4	89	67	0.00
September 5	88	67	0.00
September 6	90	65	0.00
September 7	80	62	0.00
September 8	75	56	0.00
September 9	78	51	0.00
September 10	85	54	0.00
September 11	84	59	0.00
September 12	85	60	0.00
September 13	75	64	0.00
September 14	72	50	0.00
September 15	70	44	0.00
September 16	75	46	0.00
September 17	80	57	0.00
September 18	81	62	0.00
September 19	80	52	0.00
September 20	71	58	0.64
September 21	66	58	1.24
September 22	73	50	0.00
September 23	72	44	0.00
September 24	77	44	0.00
September 25	79	47	0.00
September 26	80	51	0.00
September 27	82	52	0.00
September 28	83	58	0.00
September 29	86	62	0.00
September 30	85	62	0.00

October 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	86	59	0.00
October 2	74	52	0.00
October 3	80	43	0.05
October 4	66	42	0.00
October 5	68	37	0.00
October 6	72	43	0.00
October 7	81	35	0.00
October 8	86	50	0.00
October 9	64	40	0.15
October 10	57	33	0.00
October 11	76	48	0.00
October 12	74	49	0.05
October 13	56	35	0.00
October 14	63	30	0.00
October 15	70	53	0.00
October 16	79	54	0.00
October 17	77	53	0.00
October 18	79	53	0.00
October 19	81	65	0.00
October 20	80	70	0.00
October 21	86	73	0.00
October 22	74	47	1.05
October 23	61	37	0.00
October 24	56	32	0.00
October 25	68	31	0.00
October 26	64	38	0.00
October 27	76	50	0.00
October 28	65	49	0.00
October 29	68	49	0.00
October 30	73	50	0.00
October 31	70	51	0.45

November 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	38	0.00
November 2	61	36	0.00
November 3	63	30	0.00
November 4	62	30	0.00
November 5	64	43	0.00
November 6	57	40	0.00
November 7	52	29	0.06
November 8	46	41	1.17
November 9	52	40	1.30
November 10	44	29	0.00
November 11	46	27	0.00
November 12	48	24	0.00
November 13	46	29	0.00
November 14	52	23	0.00
November 15	62	33	0.00
November 16	61	33	0.00
November 17	69	34	0.00
November 18	68	39	0.00
November 19	72	55	0.00
November 20	73	55	0.00
November 21	63	57	1.48
November 22	62	42	0.64
November 23	43	33	0.03
November 24	50	32	0.00
November 25	46	34	1.42
November 26	53	37	0.00
November 27	60	37	0.53
November 28	42	27	0.00
November 29	32	26	0.00
November 30	38	23	0.00

December 1979 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	42	23	0.00
December 2	37	17	0.00
December 3	41	19	0.00
December 4	55	26	0.00
December 5	59	39	0.00
December 6	54	37	0.00
December 7	62	37	0.00
December 8	41	29	0.00
December 9	50	25	0.00
December 10	59	33	0.00
December 11	63	48	0.02
December 12	60	29	1.30
December 13	34	28	0.06
December 14	39	26	0.00
December 15	44	22	0.00
December 16	34	14	0.00
December 17	29	9	0.00
December 18	38	18	0.00
December 19	54	28	0.00
December 20	54	25	0.00
December 21	53	49	0.00
December 22	55	47	0.90
December 23	62	53	0.93
December 24	53	37	0.26
December 25	40	35	0.00
December 26	42	33	0.00
December 27	39	32	0.00
December 28	44	32	0.00
December 29	45	33	0.09
December 30	41	37	0.02
December 31	42	36	0.05

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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