Charlotte Weather in 1978

Historical record of Charlotte, North Carolina weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Charlotte Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	13 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 28
Lowest daily high	30 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	4.5 inches	August 3
Most daily snow	4.7 inches	March 2
Total annual precipitation	44.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Charlotte in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1978 was 98 °F which happened on June 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jun 28
2	96 °F	Jun 27
3	95 °F	Jul 23
4	94 °F	Sep 9
4	94 °F	Jul 24
4	94 °F	Jul 10
4	94 °F	Jul 9
4	94 °F	Jun 30
9	93 °F	Sep 19
9	93 °F	Sep 18
9	93 °F	Aug 29
9	93 °F	Aug 28
9	93 °F	Aug 8
9	93 °F	Jul 31
9	93 °F	Jul 30
9	93 °F	Jul 22

What was the coldest temperature in Charlotte in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1978 was 13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	13 °F	February 7
1	13 °F	January 11
3	15 °F	January 29
3	15 °F	January 10
5	18 °F	February 6
6	19 °F	March 5
6	19 °F	February 23
8	20 °F	February 22
8	20 °F	January 30
10	21 °F	December 29
10	21 °F	February 11
10	21 °F	February 1
10	21 °F	January 31
10	21 °F	January 9

January 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	46	40	0.00
January 2	43	32	0.00
January 3	47	22	0.00
January 4	50	24	0.00
January 5	56	29	0.00
January 6	53	47	0.38
January 7	52	48	0.00
January 8	66	49	1.04
January 9	59	21	0.09
January 10	30	15	0.00
January 11	37	13	0.00
January 12	42	22	0.12
January 13	36	33	0.93
January 14	36	33	0.01
January 15	40	27	0.00
January 16	39	24	0.00
January 17	40	37	0.43
January 18	52	36	0.00
January 19	40	33	0.82
January 20	41	32	0.28
January 21	43	28	0.00
January 22	38	27	0.00
January 23	47	22	0.00
January 24	47	25	0.39
January 25	63	39	2.27
January 26	56	25	0.04
January 27	45	23	0.00
January 28	40	22	0.00
January 29	40	15	0.00
January 30	38	20	0.00
January 31	42	21	0.00

February 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	21	0.00	0.0
February 2	47	31	0.06	0.3
February 3	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	43	13	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	51	21	0.00	0.0
February 12	57	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	42	33	0.12	0.0
February 14	54	35	0.00	0.0
February 15	51	37	0.00	0.0
February 16	43	36	0.05	0.0
February 17	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	33	0.04	0.0
February 19	40	33	0.03	0.0
February 20	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	49	22	0.01	0.0
February 22	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	71	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	53	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	36	0.43	0.4

March 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	28	0.47	4.7
March 3	36	31	0.43	0.0
March 4	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 6	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	58	40	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	33	0.11	0.0
March 9	39	34	0.68	0.0
March 10	57	36	0.44	0.0
March 11	67	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	69	44	0.24	0.0
March 13	65	42	0.00	0.0
March 14	75	54	0.13	0.0
March 15	76	46	0.00	0.0
March 16	64	42	0.00	0.0
March 17	50	30	0.02	0.1
March 18	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	75	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	78	41	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	50	0.02	0.0
March 22	68	45	0.00	0.0
March 23	77	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	79	50	0.00	0.0
March 25	66	42	1.23	0.0
March 26	47	38	1.17	0.0
March 27	53	40	0.03	0.0
March 28	67	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	80	42	0.00	0.0
March 30	68	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	79	40	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	85	52	0.00
April 2	86	52	0.00
April 3	69	51	0.00
April 4	82	55	0.00
April 5	85	55	0.00
April 6	80	60	0.00
April 7	82	57	0.00
April 8	84	46	0.00
April 9	83	56	0.00
April 10	86	55	0.00
April 11	78	58	0.07
April 12	74	48	0.00
April 13	72	55	0.10
April 14	77	42	0.00
April 15	80	45	0.00
April 16	68	54	0.00
April 17	57	50	0.13
April 18	65	51	0.06
April 19	73	53	0.16
April 20	67	41	0.00
April 21	60	37	0.00
April 22	66	33	0.00
April 23	72	40	0.00
April 24	79	51	0.00
April 25	63	51	1.78
April 26	51	42	0.37
April 27	69	42	0.02
April 28	73	42	0.00
April 29	75	44	0.00
April 30	72	55	0.00

May 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	55	0.05
May 2	66	47	0.07
May 3	69	44	0.00
May 4	60	53	0.99
May 5	73	53	0.00
May 6	80	51	0.00
May 7	80	58	1.85
May 8	60	53	0.61
May 9	82	57	0.01
May 10	75	53	0.00
May 11	79	52	0.00
May 12	77	54	0.00
May 13	76	60	0.52
May 14	69	50	0.00
May 15	58	47	0.11
May 16	68	42	0.00
May 17	74	47	0.00
May 18	78	51	0.00
May 19	86	58	0.00
May 20	87	60	0.00
May 21	87	61	0.00
May 22	81	65	0.00
May 23	79	64	0.00
May 24	85	66	0.00
May 25	88	64	0.00
May 26	87	63	0.00
May 27	85	61	0.00
May 28	78	62	0.00
May 29	84	64	0.10
May 30	88	65	0.60
May 31	87	64	0.00

June 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	64	0.00
June 2	89	64	0.00
June 3	84	67	0.02
June 4	81	64	0.00
June 5	85	60	0.00
June 6	85	67	0.39
June 7	83	70	0.36
June 8	81	68	1.98
June 9	83	69	0.33
June 10	81	65	0.00
June 11	83	66	0.00
June 12	85	67	0.00
June 13	85	66	0.00
June 14	77	58	0.00
June 15	80	56	0.00
June 16	83	62	0.00
June 17	84	62	0.00
June 18	87	65	0.00
June 19	87	66	0.00
June 20	88	66	0.00
June 21	88	68	0.10
June 22	88	65	0.75
June 23	87	65	0.00
June 24	89	67	0.23
June 25	87	66	0.03
June 26	90	72	0.00
June 27	96	74	0.00
June 28	98	74	0.00
June 29	92	71	0.00
June 30	94	69	0.00

July 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	71	0.00
July 2	90	70	0.37
July 3	90	71	0.01
July 4	91	70	0.37
July 5	78	71	0.00
July 6	80	67	0.00
July 7	84	63	0.00
July 8	89	64	0.00
July 9	94	70	0.18
July 10	94	71	0.00
July 11	89	71	0.57
July 12	82	66	0.00
July 13	84	65	0.00
July 14	91	69	0.65
July 15	87	68	0.70
July 16	82	67	0.68
July 17	89	63	0.00
July 18	87	68	0.00
July 19	88	70	0.00
July 20	88	66	0.00
July 21	90	66	0.00
July 22	93	72	0.00
July 23	95	72	0.00
July 24	94	72	0.00
July 25	90	70	0.00
July 26	91	69	0.00
July 27	87	71	0.08
July 28	89	69	0.42
July 29	90	71	0.00
July 30	93	70	0.00
July 31	93	72	0.00

August 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	69	0.33
August 2	87	73	0.00
August 3	87	67	4.51
August 4	85	70	0.01
August 5	92	70	0.48
August 6	82	72	0.56
August 7	89	70	0.78
August 8	93	70	0.00
August 9	88	67	0.40
August 10	84	69	0.01
August 11	82	70	0.02
August 12	85	70	0.05
August 13	88	70	0.00
August 14	90	71	0.07
August 15	88	69	0.00
August 16	91	71	0.00
August 17	92	72	0.00
August 18	90	70	0.00
August 19	91	73	0.00
August 20	92	72	0.03
August 21	84	70	0.00
August 22	84	62	0.00
August 23	87	62	0.00
August 24	89	62	0.00
August 25	91	68	0.00
August 26	87	73	0.00
August 27	88	69	0.00
August 28	93	70	0.00
August 29	93	71	0.00
August 30	90	71	0.31
August 31	90	72	0.55

September 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	72	0.00
September 2	82	72	0.01
September 3	85	71	0.83
September 4	85	63	0.00
September 5	84	67	0.00
September 6	85	66	0.00
September 7	90	64	0.00
September 8	91	67	0.00
September 9	94	66	0.00
September 10	79	71	0.00
September 11	86	66	0.00
September 12	90	68	0.00
September 13	92	69	0.27
September 14	75	66	0.00
September 15	75	65	0.00
September 16	85	65	0.00
September 17	90	66	0.00
September 18	93	69	0.00
September 19	93	71	0.00
September 20	83	72	0.00
September 21	85	69	0.00
September 22	90	67	0.05
September 23	72	63	0.00
September 24	71	61	0.00
September 25	79	65	0.00
September 26	74	62	0.00
September 27	73	54	0.00
September 28	81	56	0.00
September 29	66	59	0.00
September 30	65	57	0.00

October 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	56	0.88
October 2	74	53	0.00
October 3	74	52	0.00
October 4	76	59	0.20
October 5	75	60	0.00
October 6	75	52	0.00
October 7	66	46	0.00
October 8	65	44	0.00
October 9	65	43	0.00
October 10	71	44	0.00
October 11	72	46	0.00
October 12	80	49	0.00
October 13	78	55	0.00
October 14	75	50	0.00
October 15	61	40	0.00
October 16	64	41	0.00
October 17	61	42	0.00
October 18	66	39	0.00
October 19	74	38	0.00
October 20	75	47	0.00
October 21	76	43	0.00
October 22	79	45	0.00
October 23	83	50	0.00
October 24	70	51	0.00
October 25	72	41	0.00
October 26	73	53	0.10
October 27	78	58	0.00
October 28	64	57	0.00
October 29	69	55	0.00
October 30	70	48	0.00
October 31	70	45	0.00

November 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	75	47	0.00
November 2	75	46	0.00
November 3	71	47	0.00
November 4	70	47	0.00
November 5	77	42	0.00
November 6	79	44	0.00
November 7	73	48	0.37
November 8	64	49	0.02
November 9	59	42	0.00
November 10	67	48	0.00
November 11	73	48	0.00
November 12	74	47	0.00
November 13	70	47	0.00
November 14	59	49	0.10
November 15	75	56	0.00
November 16	74	55	0.12
November 17	60	53	0.73
November 18	73	55	0.04
November 19	61	47	0.00
November 20	60	45	0.00
November 21	61	45	0.00
November 22	61	46	0.00
November 23	54	49	0.43
November 24	69	50	0.00
November 25	59	40	0.00
November 26	56	39	0.00
November 27	48	41	0.47
November 28	69	45	0.00
November 29	50	42	0.53
November 30	52	44	0.00

December 1978 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	39	0.00
December 2	60	34	0.00
December 3	62	40	0.33
December 4	73	53	1.24
December 5	61	45	0.38
December 6	64	34	0.00
December 7	63	34	0.00
December 8	74	57	0.01
December 9	75	34	0.17
December 10	43	26	0.00
December 11	42	28	0.00
December 12	53	25	0.00
December 13	61	28	0.00
December 14	48	27	0.00
December 15	56	24	0.00
December 16	54	34	0.17
December 17	54	33	0.00
December 18	54	27	0.00
December 19	53	47	0.00
December 20	63	43	0.00
December 21	64	36	0.28
December 22	51	27	0.00
December 23	54	25	0.00
December 24	44	38	0.55
December 25	53	36	0.00
December 26	62	29	0.00
December 27	43	28	0.00
December 28	42	27	0.00
December 29	42	21	0.00
December 30	45	33	0.00
December 31	58	37	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Charlotte Douglas Airport	location
1893–1939	Charlotte WB City	location