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Charleston Weather in 1979

Historical record of Charleston, Illinois weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.
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1979 Charleston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 92 °F August 8
Lowest temperature -14 °F February 9
Highest daily low 75 °F August 9
Lowest daily high 11 °F February 8
Most daily precipitation 2.5 inches July 28
Most daily snow 5.5 inches January 28
Total annual precipitation 40.1 inches -
Total annual snow 31.5 inches -
What was the hottest temperature in Charleston in 1979?
The highest temperature recorded in Charleston, Illinois in 1979 was 92 °F which happened 3 different times.
Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year
Highest Temperatures in Charleston in 1979
Rank Temperature Date
1 92 °F Aug 8
1 92 °F Aug 6
1 92 °F Aug 5
4 91 °F Aug 9
4 91 °F Aug 7
4 91 °F Jun 19
4 91 °F Jun 17
8 90 °F Jul 30
8 90 °F Jun 22
8 90 °F Jun 21
8 90 °F Jun 20
What was the coldest temperature in Charleston in 1979?
The lowest temperature recorded in Charleston, Illinois in 1979 was -14 °F which happened on Feb 9.
Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year
Lowest Temperatures in Charleston in 1979
Rank Temperature Date
1 -14 °F February 9
2 -13 °F January 15
3 -12 °F February 5
4 -8 °F February 19
5 -7 °F January 8
5 -7 °F January 2
7 -6 °F February 1
8 -5 °F February 8
8 -5 °F February 2
8 -5 °F January 6
8 -5 °F January 3
January 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
 34 14 0.69 0.0
January 2
 14 -7 0.23 2.0
January 3
 16 -5 0.00 0.0
January 4
 15 5 0.00 0.0
January 5
 15 7 0.20 2.0
January 6
 19 -5 0.00 0.0
January 7
 18 11 0.15 2.0
January 8
 12 -7 0.00 0.0
January 9
 19 -2 0.00 0.0
January 10
 12 1 0.00 0.0
January 11
 11 -4 0.00 0.0
January 12
 30 8 0.00 0.0
January 13
 35 27 n/a n/a
January 14
 32 -4 n/a n/a
January 15
 13 -13 0.00 0.0
January 16
 31 12 0.00 0.0
January 17
 38 25 0.00 0.0
January 18
 27 9 0.00 0.0
January 19
 34 22 0.00 0.0
January 20
 36 32 0.50 1.5
January 21
 33 18 n/a 0.8
January 22
 28 17 0.00 0.0
January 23
 36 22 0.00 0.0
January 24
 34 12 0.31 4.0
January 25
 18 0 0.00 0.0
January 26
 29 5 0.00 0.0
January 27
 29 20 0.00 0.0
January 28
 25 18 0.43 5.5
January 29
 19 5 0.00 0.0
January 30
 21 7 0.00 0.0
January 31
 17 4 0.11 2.0
February 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
 14 -6 0.00 0.0
February 2
 24 -5 0.00 0.0
February 3
 30 21 0.16 2.0
February 4
 24 2 n/a 0.3
February 5
 12 -12 0.00 0.0
February 6
 31 -1 0.00 0.0
February 7
 30 5 0.00 0.0
February 8
 11 -5 0.00 0.0
February 9
 13 -14 0.25 4.0
February 10
 23 -4 0.00 0.0
February 11
 33 14 0.00 0.0
February 12
 35 20 0.00 0.0
February 13
 27 12 0.00 0.0
February 14
 37 18 0.00 0.0
February 15
 38 28 0.02 0.0
February 16
 30 13 0.05 n/a
February 17
 20 0 0.00 0.0
February 18
 18 6 0.02 0.5
February 19
 23 -8 0.10 2.5
February 20
 40 12 0.00 0.0
February 21
 39 33 0.28 0.0
February 22
 41 30 0.00 0.0
February 23
 49 32 0.75 0.0
February 24
 37 27 0.00 0.0
February 25
 34 24 0.00 0.0
February 26
 34 17 0.00 0.0
February 27
 42 15 0.00 0.0
February 28
 38 30 0.00 0.0
March 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
 38 33 0.29 0.0
March 2
 46 32 0.00 0.0
March 3
 57 36 0.25 0.0
March 4
 57 33 1.55 0.0
March 5
 35 31 0.00 0.0
March 6
 52 27 0.00 0.0
March 7
 51 34 0.00 0.0
March 8
 44 31 0.04 0.0
March 9
 41 29 0.00 0.0
March 10
 38 19 0.25 0.0
March 11
 35 10 0.00 0.0
March 12
 48 18 0.00 0.0
March 13
 66 30 0.00 0.0
March 14
 46 22 0.21 0.0
March 15
 43 16 0.00 0.0
March 16
 51 19 0.00 0.0
March 17
 58 35 0.00 0.0
March 18
 74 49 0.00 0.0
March 19
 68 54 0.57 0.0
March 20
 60 48 0.06 0.0
March 21
 59 38 0.00 0.0
March 22
 69 45 0.00 0.0
March 23
 65 52 0.78 0.0
March 24
 59 28 0.52 0.2
March 25
 30 19 0.05 1.0
March 26
 42 25 0.00 0.0
March 27
 47 31 0.00 0.0
March 28
 67 32 0.08 0.0
March 29
 67 56 0.32 0.0
March 30
 65 n/a 0.45 0.0
March 31
 63 41 0.07 0.0
April 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
 51 35 0.14 0.0
April 2
 53 39 0.09 0.0
April 3
 54 30 0.00 0.0
April 4
 49 39 0.10 0.0
April 5
 62 28 0.21 0.0
April 6
 60 23 0.04 0.0
April 7
 57 27 0.00 0.0
April 8
 65 50 0.00 0.0
April 9
 58 33 0.73 0.0
April 10
 48 27 0.00 0.0
April 11
 55 40 0.54 0.0
April 12
 72 49 1.74 0.0
April 13
 71 42 0.25 0.0
April 14
 63 42 0.01 0.0
April 15
 61 41 0.00 0.0
April 16
 63 39 0.00 0.0
April 17
 65 37 0.00 0.0
April 18
 69 40 0.00 0.0
April 19
 65 49 0.00 0.0
April 20
 76 55 0.00 0.0
April 21
 70 56 0.00 0.0
April 22
 67 51 0.00 0.0
April 23
 68 56 0.00 0.0
April 24
 66 58 0.28 0.0
April 25
 73 59 0.84 0.0
April 26
 71 47 0.56 0.0
April 27
 57 38 0.22 0.0
April 28
 53 37 0.00 0.0
April 29
 62 33 0.00 0.0
April 30
 53 38 0.00 0.0
May 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
 64 39 0.00 0.0
May 2
 76 50 0.00 0.0
May 3
 66 51 0.45 0.0
May 4
 52 46 0.00 0.0
May 5
 63 35 0.00 0.0
May 6
 73 50 0.00 0.0
May 7
 81 n/a 0.00 0.0
May 8
 85 67 0.00 0.0
May 9
 84 65 0.00 0.0
May 10
 85 67 0.00 0.0
May 11
 n/a 50 0.00 0.0
May 12
 64 45 0.33 0.0
May 13
 69 38 0.37 0.0
May 14
 77 49 0.28 0.0
May 15
 72 45 0.09 0.0
May 16
 72 44 0.00 0.0
May 17
 76 51 0.00 0.0
May 18
 81 57 0.00 0.0
May 19
 82 59 0.00 0.0
May 20
 81 58 0.00 0.0
May 21
 71 49 0.00 0.0
May 22
 74 41 0.00 0.0
May 23
 78 51 0.00 0.0
May 24
 73 41 0.00 0.0
May 25
 69 39 0.00 0.0
May 26
 68 36 0.00 0.0
May 27
 71 50 0.65 0.0
May 28
 80 48 0.00 0.0
May 29
 82 52 0.00 0.0
May 30
 84 58 0.00 0.0
May 31
 83 67 0.00 0.0
June 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
 80 51 0.00 0.0
June 2
 79 57 0.00 0.0
June 3
 82 59 0.00 0.0
June 4
 84 57 0.00 0.0
June 5
 89 62 0.00 0.0
June 6
 88 60 0.00 0.0
June 7
 86 67 0.00 0.0
June 8
 84 69 0.23 0.0
June 9
 89 69 1.26 0.0
June 10
 87 55 0.00 0.0
June 11
 82 51 0.00 0.0
June 12
 81 58 0.00 0.0
June 13
 80 61 0.00 0.0
June 14
 84 62 0.12 0.0
June 15
 86 67 0.00 0.0
June 16
 85 63 0.00 0.0
June 17
 91 67 0.00 0.0
June 18
 88 63 0.00 0.0
June 19
 91 67 0.00 0.0
June 20
 90 65 0.00 0.0
June 21
 90 69 0.41 0.0
June 22
 90 64 0.00 0.0
June 23
 85 59 0.00 0.0
June 24
 75 49 0.07 0.0
June 25
 79 52 0.00 0.0
June 26
 83 49 0.00 0.0
June 27
 84 56 0.00 0.0
June 28
 86 64 0.00 0.0
June 29
 85 63 0.05 0.0
June 30
 86 60 0.00 0.0
July 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
 86 60 0.00 0.0
July 2
 85 59 0.00 0.0
July 3
 80 60 0.00 0.0
July 4
 77 69 0.00 0.0
July 5
 78 52 0.00 0.0
July 6
 79 53 0.00 0.0
July 7
 82 59 0.00 0.0
July 8
 80 62 0.18 0.0
July 9
 83 64 0.00 0.0
July 10
 85 64 0.00 0.0
July 11
 86 61 0.00 0.0
July 12
 85 67 0.00 0.0
July 13
 89 68 0.43 0.0
July 14
 86 68 1.50 0.0
July 15
 88 69 1.32 0.0
July 16
 86 67 0.00 0.0
July 17
 85 57 0.00 0.0
July 18
 79 55 0.00 0.0
July 19
 81 58 0.00 0.0
July 20
 82 60 0.00 0.0
July 21
 84 61 0.00 0.0
July 22
 85 61 0.00 0.0
July 23
 85 67 0.00 0.0
July 24
 83 70 1.18 0.0
July 25
 82 72 0.33 0.0
July 26
 83 72 0.32 0.0
July 27
 82 69 0.52 0.0
July 28
 82 66 2.51 0.0
July 29
 86 70 0.05 0.0
July 30
 90 74 0.00 0.0
July 31
 89 69 1.50 0.0
August 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
 79 65 0.72 0.0
August 2
 80 62 0.32 0.0
August 3
 85 66 0.00 0.0
August 4
 87 67 0.00 0.0
August 5
 92 69 0.00 0.0
August 6
 92 74 0.00 0.0
August 7
 91 73 0.00 0.0
August 8
 92 74 0.00 0.0
August 9
 91 75 0.00 0.0
August 10
 89 74 0.00 0.0
August 11
 82 60 0.03 0.0
August 12
 75 52 0.00 0.0
August 13
 79 55 0.00 0.0
August 14
 69 61 0.00 0.0
August 15
 70 50 0.00 0.0
August 16
 73 52 0.00 0.0
August 17
 82 56 0.00 0.0
August 18
 88 68 0.00 0.0
August 19
 89 69 0.17 0.0
August 20
 88 69 0.00 0.0
August 21
 78 67 0.27 0.0
August 22
 84 68 0.00 0.0
August 23
 82 67 0.23 0.0
August 24
 78 61 0.00 0.0
August 25
 78 58 0.12 0.0
August 26
 74 61 0.00 0.0
August 27
 83 63 0.00 0.0
August 28
 83 67 0.00 0.0
August 29
 84 68 1.18 0.0
August 30
 85 62 0.00 0.0
August 31
 84 65 0.00 0.0
September 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
 85 68 0.00 0.0
September 2
 84 68 0.12 0.0
September 3
 87 66 0.00 0.0
September 4
 87 61 0.00 0.0
September 5
 87 65 0.00 0.0
September 6
 86 64 0.00 0.0
September 7
 84 55 0.00 0.0
September 8
 74 49 0.00 0.0
September 9
 75 47 0.00 0.0
September 10
 84 56 0.00 0.0
September 11
 86 57 0.00 0.0
September 12
 85 61 0.00 0.0
September 13
 82 64 0.00 0.0
September 14
 74 51 0.00 0.0
September 15
 72 43 0.00 0.0
September 16
 75 44 0.00 0.0
September 17
 79 47 0.00 0.0
September 18
 84 63 0.00 0.0
September 19
 82 58 0.00 0.0
September 20
 75 50 0.00 0.0
September 21
 72 60 0.00 0.0
September 22
 72 49 0.00 0.0
September 23
 71 41 0.00 0.0
September 24
 78 41 0.00 0.0
September 25
 83 48 0.00 0.0
September 26
 84 50 0.00 0.0
September 27
 81 52 0.00 0.0
September 28
 82 58 0.00 0.0
September 29
 83 62 0.00 0.0
September 30
 81 60 0.00 0.0
October 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
 84 56 0.00 0.0
October 2
 80 n/a 0.44 0.0
October 3
 72 45 0.00 0.0
October 4
 59 44 0.16 0.0
October 5
 59 39 0.00 0.0
October 6
 63 48 0.00 0.0
October 7
 70 39 0.00 0.0
October 8
 78 47 0.00 0.0
October 9
 76 44 0.15 0.0
October 10
 59 30 0.00 0.0
October 11
 69 43 0.02 0.0
October 12
 65 45 0.00 0.0
October 13
 53 29 0.00 0.0
October 14
 62 26 0.00 0.0
October 15
 62 45 0.05 0.0
October 16
 60 51 0.56 0.0
October 17
 76 53 0.00 0.0
October 18
 77 58 0.00 0.0
October 19
 77 63 0.00 0.0
October 20
 76 66 0.00 0.0
October 21
 85 69 0.00 0.0
October 22
 80 52 0.00 0.0
October 23
 52 40 0.62 0.0
October 24
 53 38 0.00 0.0
October 25
 52 32 0.00 0.0
October 26
 52 27 0.00 0.0
October 27
 73 40 0.00 0.0
October 28
 70 42 0.00 0.0
October 29
 71 36 0.00 0.0
October 30
 68 51 0.00 0.0
October 31
 73 50 0.00 0.0
November 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
 67 46 0.32 0.0
November 2
 53 28 0.00 0.0
November 3
 54 28 0.00 0.0
November 4
 57 25 0.00 0.0
November 5
 62 40 0.00 0.0
November 6
 57 40 0.05 0.0
November 7
 47 33 0.00 0.0
November 8
 44 38 0.09 0.0
November 9
 45 41 0.35 0.0
November 10
 44 30 0.12 0.0
November 11
 40 20 0.00 0.0
November 12
 47 23 0.00 0.0
November 13
 41 27 0.00 0.0
November 14
 46 20 0.00 0.0
November 15
 56 35 0.00 0.0
November 16
 52 25 0.00 0.0
November 17
 62 38 0.00 0.0
November 18
 68 42 0.00 0.0
November 19
 71 50 0.00 0.0
November 20
 65 37 0.00 0.0
November 21
 59 55 0.05 0.0
November 22
 58 50 0.53 0.0
November 23
 51 36 n/a 0.0
November 24
 48 30 n/a 0.0
November 25
 44 35 0.00 0.0
November 26
 45 38 1.53 0.0
November 27
 47 33 0.00 0.0
November 28
 40 25 0.18 1.0
November 29
 28 21 0.03 0.2
November 30
 33 20 0.01 0.0
December 1979 Charleston Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
 30 20 0.00 0.0
December 2
 35 14 0.00 0.0
December 3
 37 19 0.00 0.0
December 4
 50 25 0.00 0.0
December 5
 59 37 0.00 0.0
December 6
 49 34 0.00 0.0
December 7
 52 33 0.00 0.0
December 8
 42 26 0.00 0.0
December 9
 48 27 0.00 0.0
December 10
 60 33 0.00 0.0
December 11
 64 46 0.00 0.0
December 12
 59 25 0.00 0.0
December 13
 41 27 0.00 0.0
December 14
 43 15 0.00 0.0
December 15
 45 18 0.00 0.0
December 16
 38 16 0.00 0.0
December 17
 23 4 0.00 0.0
December 18
 38 14 0.00 0.0
December 19
 52 28 0.00 0.0
December 20
 50 25 0.00 0.0
December 21
 50 37 0.00 0.0
December 22
 49 44 0.00 0.0
December 23
 57 46 0.45 0.0
December 24
 58 38 1.44 0.0
December 25
 40 33 0.18 0.0
December 26
 39 31 0.00 0.0
December 27
 37 31 0.00 0.0
December 28
 40 23 0.00 0.0
December 29
 42 26 0.00 0.0
December 30
 46 37 0.00 0.0
December 31
 39 30 0.00 0.0
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