Cedar Rapids Weather in 1978

Historical record of Cedar Rapids, Iowa weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Cedar Rapids Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 7
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 25
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	January 1
Total annual precipitation	31.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	45.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1978 was 93 °F which happened on September 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 7
2	92 °F	Sep 9
2	92 °F	Sep 8
4	91 °F	Aug 14
4	91 °F	May 26
6	90 °F	Aug 18
6	90 °F	May 27
8	89 °F	Sep 11
8	89 °F	Sep 10
8	89 °F	Aug 24
8	89 °F	Aug 23
8	89 °F	Aug 8
8	89 °F	Jul 25
8	89 °F	Jul 19
8	89 °F	Jul 16
8	89 °F	Jul 15
8	89 °F	Jul 5
8	89 °F	Jun 30
8	89 °F	Jun 26
8	89 °F	Jun 11
8	89 °F	May 25

What was the coldest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1978 was -14 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 9
2	-13 °F	January 10
3	-12 °F	February 19
4	-11 °F	February 2
4	-11 °F	January 17
6	-10 °F	February 6
7	-9 °F	December 10
7	-9 °F	January 21
7	-9 °F	January 11
10	-8 °F	March 4
10	-8 °F	February 22
10	-8 °F	January 29
10	-8 °F	January 15
10	-8 °F	January 3

January 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	-1	0.51	4.5
January 2	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 3	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	18	0.01	0.1
January 6	34	27	0.01	0.0
January 7	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	-4	0.00	0.0
January 9	0	-14	0.00	0.0
January 10	0	-13	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 12	19	3	0.11	1.0
January 13	20	9	0.04	0.5
January 14	21	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	15	-8	0.00	0.0
January 16	6	-4	0.00	0.0
January 17	21	-11	0.00	0.0
January 18	23	-2	0.00	0.0
January 19	21	10	0.01	0.1
January 20	20	9	0.00	0.0
January 21	13	-9	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	-4	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	-3	0.00	0.1
January 26	12	-3	0.08	1.0
January 27	12	-6	0.00	0.0
January 28	13	-5	0.00	0.0
January 29	10	-8	0.00	0.0
January 30	16	-6	0.02	0.3
January 31	16	-4	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	2	0.09	1.0
February 2	18	-11	0.02	1.0
February 3	14	2	0.03	1.0
February 4	24	4	0.10	1.0
February 5	23	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	15	-10	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	-7	0.00	0.0
February 8	26	-5	0.00	0.0
February 9	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	2	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	21	0.07	1.0
February 14	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	3	0.02	0.3
February 16	16	-4	0.00	0.0
February 17	18	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	22	-7	0.00	0.0
February 19	21	-12	0.00	0.0
February 20	25	11	0.02	0.5
February 21	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 22	22	-8	0.03	0.4
February 23	33	13	0.01	0.0
February 24	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	25	2	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	11	0.02	1.0
February 28	31	22	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	1	0.00	0.0
March 2	26	15	0.04	0.5
March 3	22	7	0.04	0.5
March 4	16	-8	0.00	0.0
March 5	25	-5	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	16	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	10	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	2	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	31	0.35	2.0
March 12	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	34	29	0.01	0.0
March 14	38	32	0.10	0.5
March 15	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 16	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	19	0.00	0.3
March 18	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	57	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	31	23	0.27	4.0
March 26	48	28	0.06	1.0
March 27	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	58	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	66	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	80	60	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	75	38	0.00
April 2	50	32	0.00
April 3	75	33	0.00
April 4	74	44	0.00
April 5	53	31	0.41
April 6	62	44	0.80
April 7	74	38	0.00
April 8	66	41	0.10
April 9	74	39	0.39
April 10	62	41	0.68
April 11	60	38	0.04
April 12	63	53	0.00
April 13	55	32	0.00
April 14	56	32	0.00
April 15	60	30	0.00
April 16	57	34	0.00
April 17	52	31	0.43
April 18	54	42	0.86
April 19	47	42	0.15
April 20	42	35	0.04
April 21	57	31	0.02
April 22	58	33	0.00
April 23	58	46	0.33
April 24	55	42	0.01
April 25	64	42	0.00
April 26	69	33	0.00
April 27	72	35	0.00
April 28	69	43	0.00
April 29	64	51	0.00
April 30	64	38	0.00

May 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	29	0.00
May 2	64	32	0.00
May 3	67	33	0.00
May 4	63	45	0.00
May 5	51	38	0.29
May 6	57	34	0.01
May 7	52	45	0.37
May 8	63	48	0.34
May 9	59	45	0.02
May 10	78	39	0.00
May 11	77	61	0.00
May 12	75	56	0.14
May 13	63	45	1.63
May 14	63	46	0.00
May 15	65	46	0.00
May 16	66	54	0.00
May 17	73	54	0.00
May 18	80	49	0.00
May 19	77	54	0.00
May 20	76	57	0.00
May 21	70	48	0.00
May 22	67	46	0.00
May 23	65	54	0.10
May 24	78	59	0.00
May 25	89	66	0.00
May 26	91	67	0.00
May 27	90	68	0.00
May 28	84	66	0.11
May 29	80	62	0.31
May 30	81	60	0.00
May 31	81	61	0.00

June 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	63	0.03
June 2	70	50	0.00
June 3	76	50	0.00
June 4	82	49	0.00
June 5	81	51	0.00
June 6	83	56	0.00
June 7	84	62	0.47
June 8	73	49	0.00
June 9	83	50	0.00
June 10	86	63	0.00
June 11	89	64	0.00
June 12	85	61	0.00
June 13	79	50	0.00
June 14	77	58	0.09
June 15	77	60	0.99
June 16	85	68	0.06
June 17	86	70	0.00
June 18	84	58	0.05
June 19	83	54	0.00
June 20	80	62	0.76
June 21	75	51	0.00
June 22	79	51	0.08
June 23	78	52	0.03
June 24	87	66	0.00
June 25	88	75	0.00
June 26	89	70	0.27
June 27	87	70	0.00
June 28	87	67	0.00
June 29	87	66	0.69
June 30	89	70	0.03

July 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	73	0.08
July 2	84	67	0.17
July 3	80	66	0.00
July 4	82	65	0.00
July 5	89	67	0.00
July 6	86	67	0.04
July 7	81	64	0.19
July 8	82	60	0.00
July 9	83	64	0.39
July 10	75	54	0.00
July 11	77	54	0.00
July 12	75	62	0.19
July 13	80	68	0.00
July 14	81	59	0.00
July 15	89	64	0.00
July 16	89	66	0.00
July 17	87	72	0.74
July 18	84	70	0.29
July 19	89	68	0.00
July 20	87	68	1.01
July 21	83	68	0.31
July 22	81	70	0.21
July 23	80	58	0.00
July 24	79	57	0.00
July 25	89	61	0.00
July 26	87	70	0.12
July 27	81	60	0.00
July 28	81	57	0.00
July 29	80	70	0.00
July 30	74	59	0.00
July 31	80	57	0.07

August 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	58	0.00
August 2	81	63	0.00
August 3	80	57	0.00
August 4	75	47	0.00
August 5	79	51	0.00
August 6	82	55	0.00
August 7	82	55	0.00
August 8	89	66	0.00
August 9	85	64	0.00
August 10	81	61	0.05
August 11	84	57	0.01
August 12	86	62	0.00
August 13	88	62	0.00
August 14	91	68	0.00
August 15	86	72	0.00
August 16	86	62	0.00
August 17	85	64	0.03
August 18	90	71	0.00
August 19	86	51	0.25
August 20	83	52	0.00
August 21	73	56	0.32
August 22	88	52	0.03
August 23	89	61	0.00
August 24	89	68	0.00
August 25	86	73	0.02
August 26	82	66	0.34
August 27	79	66	0.65
August 28	80	63	0.00
August 29	79	56	0.00
August 30	81	54	0.00
August 31	83	57	0.00

September 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	58	0.00
September 2	86	63	0.00
September 3	87	67	0.00
September 4	85	56	0.00
September 5	84	55	0.00
September 6	88	60	0.00
September 7	93	62	0.00
September 8	92	65	0.00
September 9	92	65	0.00
September 10	89	64	0.00
September 11	89	68	0.00
September 12	87	70	0.00
September 13	83	59	2.76
September 14	78	61	0.20
September 15	85	57	0.00
September 16	82	60	0.00
September 17	77	63	0.01
September 18	83	60	0.78
September 19	85	71	0.00
September 20	82	54	1.41
September 21	65	50	0.00
September 22	71	40	0.00
September 23	71	43	0.00
September 24	79	49	0.00
September 25	76	46	0.00
September 26	76	48	0.00
September 27	78	55	0.00
September 28	67	39	0.00
September 29	66	47	0.21
September 30	60	51	0.01

October 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	39	0.00
October 2	67	51	0.66
October 3	59	48	0.16
October 4	62	44	0.00
October 5	59	45	0.00
October 6	56	44	0.00
October 7	52	40	0.00
October 8	60	30	0.00
October 9	58	46	0.61
October 10	63	53	0.82
October 11	59	45	0.00
October 12	59	48	0.07
October 13	53	40	0.00
October 14	53	33	0.00
October 15	57	40	0.00
October 16	55	36	0.00
October 17	57	31	0.00
October 18	63	38	0.00
October 19	67	33	0.00
October 20	75	38	0.00
October 21	80	52	0.00
October 22	73	48	0.03
October 23	55	33	0.00
October 24	61	32	0.00
October 25	56	47	0.09
October 26	59	30	0.00
October 27	61	32	0.00
October 28	61	29	0.00
October 29	63	36	0.00
October 30	73	46	0.00
October 31	63	43	0.00

November 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	73	43	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	74	44	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	48	0.13	0.0
November 6	49	39	0.01	0.0
November 7	53	23	0.00	0.0
November 8	61	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	40	33	0.05	0.0
November 13	60	39	0.98	0.0
November 14	42	26	0.00	0.0
November 15	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 16	35	26	0.31	0.0
November 17	38	32	0.92	0.0
November 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 20	25	19	0.02	0.3
November 21	25	19	0.00	0.0
November 22	29	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	28	0.32	3.0
November 24	38	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	37	21	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	27	0.05	0.5
November 27	32	27	0.11	1.5
November 28	29	5	0.05	0.5
November 29	42	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	23	8	0.00	0.2

December 1978 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	25	19	0.30	3.5
December 2	23	15	0.19	1.5
December 3	32	11	0.57	1.0
December 4	31	4	0.00	0.0
December 5	34	27	0.12	1.5
December 6	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 7	14	7	0.04	0.5
December 8	16	4	0.00	0.0
December 9	9	-5	0.00	0.0
December 10	15	-9	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 20	32	21	0.05	0.4
December 21	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	12	0.04	0.5
December 25	25	3	0.00	0.0
December 26	26	2	0.04	0.5
December 27	20	1	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	20	0.26	1.0
December 30	20	9	0.15	1.5
December 31	12	7	0.35	3.5

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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