Charlotte Weather in 1979

Historical record of Charlotte, North Carolina weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Charlotte Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 20
Lowest temperature	12 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	25 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	September 30
Most daily snow	10.0 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	57.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Charlotte in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1979 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 20
1	96 °F	Aug 9
3	95 °F	Aug 10
4	94 °F	Aug 8
5	93 °F	Aug 21
5	93 °F	Aug 19
5	93 °F	Aug 7
5	93 °F	Aug 2
5	93 °F	Jul 31
5	93 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Charlotte in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1979 was 12 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Charlotte in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	February 18
1	12 °F	February 2
1	12 °F	January 3
4	13 °F	February 10
4	13 °F	February 1
4	13 °F	January 4
7	14 °F	February 19
8	15 °F	January 9
9	17 °F	January 10
10	19 °F	January 30
10	19 °F	January 26
10	19 °F	January 15

January 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	70	46	0.02	0.0
January 2	63	20	0.58	0.0
January 3	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	28	0.01	0.0
January 6	45	34	0.01	0.0
January 7	57	40	0.20	0.0
January 8	56	24	0.06	0.0
January 9	39	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	26	0.85	0.0
January 13	36	32	0.41	0.0
January 14	49	27	0.02	0.0
January 15	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 16	53	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	65	31	0.00	0.0
January 18	58	34	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	27	0.10	0.0
January 20	59	30	1.90	0.0
January 21	50	33	0.47	0.4
January 22	47	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	27	0.10	0.0
January 24	51	27	0.52	0.0
January 25	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	51	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	43	25	0.06	0.0
January 28	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 29	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	51	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	44	24	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	50	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	56	39	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	26	0.95	4.8
February 7	31	26	0.48	0.1
February 8	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 14	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	69	39	0.00	0.0
February 16	71	39	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	25	12	1.30	10.0
February 19	50	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	51	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	36	0.22	0.0
February 22	66	39	0.03	0.0
February 23	53	44	1.11	0.0
February 24	49	43	1.90	0.0
February 25	53	42	1.60	0.0
February 26	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	59	30	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	55	41	0.10
March 2	69	35	0.00
March 3	67	48	0.00
March 4	70	55	0.15
March 5	74	54	0.44
March 6	61	42	0.00
March 7	63	35	0.00
March 8	55	39	0.44
March 9	64	33	0.00
March 10	68	42	0.17
March 11	51	36	0.23
March 12	63	27	0.00
March 13	71	38	0.00
March 14	66	44	0.21
March 15	54	36	0.00
March 16	53	27	0.00
March 17	66	29	0.00
March 18	75	35	0.00
March 19	75	47	0.00
March 20	75	55	0.00
March 21	75	55	0.00
March 22	72	47	0.00
March 23	60	52	2.00
March 24	60	44	0.05
March 25	50	33	0.00
March 26	58	28	0.00
March 27	63	33	0.00
March 28	66	42	0.00
March 29	77	52	0.00
March 30	77	55	0.00
March 31	79	56	0.00

April 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	81	58	0.00
April 2	74	61	0.00
April 3	64	54	0.70
April 4	56	50	0.86
April 5	67	47	0.00
April 6	71	40	0.00
April 7	71	36	0.00
April 8	76	45	0.03
April 9	71	45	0.52
April 10	63	37	0.00
April 11	66	49	0.01
April 12	77	59	0.28
April 13	65	57	1.21
April 14	72	50	0.00
April 15	74	43	0.00
April 16	70	38	0.00
April 17	68	39	0.00
April 18	69	42	0.00
April 19	72	44	0.00
April 20	75	44	0.00
April 21	80	49	0.00
April 22	81	56	0.00
April 23	77	58	0.00
April 24	79	61	0.00
April 25	68	56	0.52
April 26	75	60	2.34
April 27	77	56	0.00
April 28	71	49	0.00
April 29	65	41	0.00
April 30	74	41	0.00

May 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	50	0.00
May 2	78	51	0.00
May 3	78	56	0.00
May 4	84	64	0.18
May 5	69	57	0.15
May 6	68	57	0.00
May 7	80	59	0.00
May 8	82	63	0.00
May 9	73	67	0.14
May 10	81	67	0.13
May 11	87	66	0.16
May 12	84	63	1.02
May 13	82	65	0.98
May 14	75	58	0.00
May 15	79	54	0.00
May 16	76	60	0.00
May 17	73	52	0.00
May 18	74	48	0.00
May 19	80	50	0.00
May 20	79	58	0.05
May 21	73	62	0.06
May 22	78	63	0.07
May 23	82	65	0.11
May 24	74	57	0.57
May 25	68	47	0.14
May 26	69	45	0.00
May 27	77	45	0.04
May 28	80	58	0.09
May 29	77	58	0.00
May 30	83	60	0.16
May 31	82	67	0.49

June 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	67	0.00
June 2	87	68	0.00
June 3	82	68	0.62
June 4	79	64	0.00
June 5	82	60	0.00
June 6	82	64	0.05
June 7	82	66	0.11
June 8	84	68	0.00
June 9	85	65	0.00
June 10	85	68	0.04
June 11	80	58	0.06
June 12	82	53	0.00
June 13	81	55	0.00
June 14	79	60	0.00
June 15	77	55	0.00
June 16	66	55	3.32
June 17	76	56	0.00
June 18	90	63	0.00
June 19	87	69	0.00
June 20	75	65	0.00
June 21	72	64	0.00
June 22	87	64	0.28
June 23	87	64	0.12
June 24	82	65	0.08
June 25	74	60	0.00
June 26	76	55	0.00
June 27	79	59	0.00
June 28	83	57	0.00
June 29	83	64	0.00
June 30	84	66	0.04

July 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	61	0.00
July 2	89	64	0.00
July 3	89	64	0.00
July 4	93	69	0.00
July 5	80	65	0.00
July 6	75	60	0.01
July 7	65	62	0.47
July 8	79	61	0.00
July 9	75	64	0.06
July 10	78	64	0.00
July 11	83	65	0.00
July 12	87	70	0.08
July 13	90	73	0.38
July 14	91	68	0.00
July 15	92	70	0.00
July 16	91	70	0.34
July 17	90	71	0.06
July 18	88	72	0.23
July 19	80	72	0.51
July 20	81	71	0.24
July 21	86	71	1.31
July 22	80	70	0.01
July 23	88	70	0.00
July 24	84	71	0.65
July 25	85	71	0.35
July 26	85	71	0.02
July 27	89	71	0.02
July 28	91	70	0.00
July 29	87	72	0.00
July 30	90	68	0.00
July 31	93	70	0.00

August 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	72	0.00
August 2	93	71	0.16
August 3	90	72	0.00
August 4	88	70	0.00
August 5	89	70	0.00
August 6	92	70	0.00
August 7	93	74	0.00
August 8	94	75	0.00
August 9	96	74	0.00
August 10	95	75	0.00
August 11	92	71	0.20
August 12	77	63	0.16
August 13	81	57	0.00
August 14	85	63	0.00
August 15	83	63	0.00
August 16	79	60	0.00
August 17	82	55	0.00
August 18	86	60	0.00
August 19	93	66	0.00
August 20	96	71	0.00
August 21	93	71	0.03
August 22	75	69	0.13
August 23	86	70	0.00
August 24	87	69	0.13
August 25	88	70	0.05
August 26	90	69	0.02
August 27	91	71	0.03
August 28	88	70	0.00
August 29	88	70	0.35
August 30	91	68	0.01
August 31	88	68	0.00

September 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	68	0.25
September 2	86	69	0.00
September 3	89	69	0.30
September 4	77	70	1.01
September 5	76	72	1.72
September 6	90	68	0.00
September 7	86	69	0.00
September 8	79	63	0.00
September 9	73	57	0.00
September 10	76	59	0.00
September 11	81	56	0.00
September 12	82	63	0.00
September 13	78	69	0.09
September 14	84	68	0.00
September 15	77	63	0.00
September 16	72	57	0.00
September 17	72	56	0.00
September 18	80	62	0.00
September 19	82	63	0.00
September 20	68	62	0.02
September 21	79	62	0.53
September 22	83	71	0.07
September 23	71	57	0.00
September 24	58	55	0.10
September 25	66	56	0.00
September 26	67	62	0.05
September 27	72	62	0.10
September 28	75	64	1.00
September 29	78	67	0.80
September 30	79	65	3.65

October 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	60	0.09
October 2	82	58	0.03
October 3	73	52	0.00
October 4	76	52	1.20
October 5	65	46	0.63
October 6	69	42	0.00
October 7	71	48	0.00
October 8	73	43	0.00
October 9	80	57	0.00
October 10	67	45	0.16
October 11	57	43	0.00
October 12	76	42	0.00
October 13	70	45	0.08
October 14	58	36	0.00
October 15	67	35	0.00
October 16	75	43	0.00
October 17	75	46	0.00
October 18	74	51	0.00
October 19	77	58	0.00
October 20	78	61	0.00
October 21	80	60	0.00
October 22	79	56	0.00
October 23	74	51	0.56
October 24	64	40	0.00
October 25	61	40	0.00
October 26	62	39	0.00
October 27	61	35	0.00
October 28	72	41	0.00
October 29	71	47	0.08
October 30	65	55	0.12
October 31	68	53	0.00

November 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	73	52	0.07
November 2	69	61	1.20
November 3	63	42	0.04
November 4	58	36	0.00
November 5	59	35	0.00
November 6	62	35	0.00
November 7	60	41	0.00
November 8	59	37	0.01
November 9	69	44	0.01
November 10	67	61	0.46
November 11	62	48	1.59
November 12	49	46	0.00
November 13	58	45	0.00
November 14	52	35	0.00
November 15	54	29	0.00
November 16	61	39	0.00
November 17	67	36	0.00
November 18	71	39	0.00
November 19	69	37	0.00
November 20	73	41	0.00
November 21	73	44	0.00
November 22	73	44	0.00
November 23	75	55	0.00
November 24	73	61	0.11
November 25	73	58	0.15
November 26	66	47	0.97
November 27	67	38	0.00
November 28	62	39	0.00
November 29	45	27	0.00
November 30	41	21	0.00

December 1979 Charlotte Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	51	23	0.00
December 2	40	27	0.00
December 3	43	21	0.00
December 4	56	24	0.00
December 5	59	26	0.00
December 6	51	41	0.26
December 7	56	41	0.00
December 8	57	34	0.00
December 9	48	28	0.00
December 10	60	28	0.00
December 11	65	33	0.00
December 12	69	44	0.00
December 13	65	53	0.12
December 14	57	38	0.00
December 15	50	29	0.00
December 16	49	37	0.16
December 17	44	29	0.00
December 18	47	26	0.00
December 19	56	27	0.00
December 20	51	29	0.00
December 21	43	35	0.00
December 22	51	34	0.00
December 23	59	45	0.00
December 24	67	47	0.63
December 25	50	38	0.00
December 26	57	32	0.00
December 27	63	30	0.00
December 28	55	33	0.00
December 29	59	28	0.00
December 30	46	34	0.19
December 31	46	41	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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