Chattanooga Weather in 1978

Historical record of Chattanooga, Tennessee weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Chattanooga Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 30
Lowest temperature	8 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	April 18
Most daily snow	1.4 inches	January 12
Total annual precipitation	40.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Chattanooga in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1978 was 98 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Chattanooga in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 30
1	98 °F	Jul 9
1	98 °F	Jun 28
4	97 °F	Jul 31
4	97 °F	Jul 23
4	97 °F	Jul 22
4	97 °F	Jul 1
4	97 °F	Jun 29
9	96 °F	Jul 24
9	96 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Chattanooga in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1978 was 8 °F which happened on Jan 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Chattanooga in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	January 30
2	10 °F	January 11
2	10 °F	January 10
2	10 °F	January 9
5	11 °F	February 7
5	11 °F	January 29
7	13 °F	January 28
7	13 °F	January 26
9	15 °F	February 6
10	17 °F	February 11

January 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	32	0.08	0.0
January 2	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	50	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	26	0.10	0.0
January 6	53	42	0.22	0.0
January 7	59	47	0.00	0.0
January 8	58	22	1.32	0.0
January 9	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	21	0.24	1.4
January 13	32	26	0.03	0.0
January 14	26	22	0.01	0.4
January 15	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	31	20	0.01	0.0
January 17	39	29	1.04	0.0
January 18	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	32	0.79	0.3
January 20	33	27	0.02	0.2
January 21	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	39	28	0.77	0.0
January 25	47	35	1.14	0.0
January 26	35	13	0.02	0.2
January 27	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	30	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	31	0.04	0.0
February 3	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	55	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	59	35	0.33	0.0
February 14	40	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	35	0.00	0.0
February 16	57	38	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	35	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	25	0.08	0.7
February 22	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	67	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	35	0.27	0.0

March 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	33	0.76	0.4
March 3	41	30	0.14	0.0
March 4	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	49	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	62	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 8	54	49	0.62	0.0
March 9	49	47	1.38	0.0
March 10	51	38	0.10	0.0
March 11	63	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	63	44	0.00	0.0
March 13	73	41	0.00	0.0
March 14	73	55	1.09	0.0
March 15	67	42	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	30	0.04	0.0
March 18	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	76	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	76	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	71	48	0.19	0.0
March 22	69	40	0.00	0.0
March 23	79	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	80	42	0.09	0.0
March 25	72	50	0.28	0.0
March 26	50	39	0.02	0.0
March 27	45	39	0.00	0.0
March 28	69	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	81	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	73	45	0.00	0.0
March 31	85	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	84	48	0.00
April 2	85	49	0.00
April 3	84	51	0.00
April 4	83	57	0.00
April 5	85	61	0.00
April 6	80	58	0.00
April 7	84	55	0.00
April 8	88	46	0.00
April 9	89	54	0.00
April 10	86	57	0.00
April 11	74	52	0.67
April 12	70	45	0.00
April 13	76	52	0.00
April 14	75	43	0.00
April 15	80	44	0.00
April 16	81	49	0.00
April 17	79	55	0.00
April 18	70	61	2.46
April 19	69	50	0.00
April 20	57	46	0.00
April 21	60	38	0.00
April 22	68	35	0.00
April 23	73	43	0.00
April 24	80	51	0.11
April 25	66	51	0.39
April 26	57	50	0.03
April 27	71	41	0.00
April 28	75	39	0.00
April 29	78	48	0.00
April 30	65	55	1.12

May 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	56	0.08
May 2	68	47	0.00
May 3	58	46	0.13
May 4	71	53	1.07
May 5	69	52	0.00
May 6	82	49	0.00
May 7	71	62	0.69
May 8	73	64	0.55
May 9	80	61	0.00
May 10	78	51	0.00
May 11	80	49	0.00
May 12	80	61	0.05
May 13	74	60	0.24
May 14	67	54	0.00
May 15	58	52	0.01
May 16	63	49	0.00
May 17	75	45	0.00
May 18	82	55	0.00
May 19	84	56	0.00
May 20	89	57	0.00
May 21	88	62	0.00
May 22	87	60	0.00
May 23	87	67	0.48
May 24	89	64	0.00
May 25	90	63	0.20
May 26	89	67	0.00
May 27	91	67	0.00
May 28	83	71	0.67
May 29	86	69	0.00
May 30	82	66	0.00
May 31	89	61	0.00

June 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	62	0.00
June 2	88	64	0.40
June 3	80	67	0.01
June 4	83	64	0.00
June 5	86	61	0.00
June 6	88	67	0.00
June 7	82	71	0.27
June 8	78	72	0.48
June 9	82	66	0.06
June 10	87	60	0.00
June 11	88	70	0.00
June 12	84	70	0.96
June 13	81	61	0.00
June 14	77	56	0.00
June 15	83	55	0.00
June 16	86	64	0.00
June 17	85	61	0.00
June 18	87	63	0.00
June 19	85	69	0.00
June 20	85	67	0.00
June 21	85	69	0.00
June 22	89	66	0.13
June 23	87	65	0.00
June 24	88	66	0.00
June 25	92	69	0.00
June 26	95	72	0.25
June 27	95	69	0.00
June 28	98	72	0.00
June 29	97	73	0.03
June 30	96	71	0.00

July 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	72	0.00
July 2	95	73	0.10
July 3	91	70	0.25
July 4	93	72	0.00
July 5	92	70	0.00
July 6	88	74	0.00
July 7	91	72	0.00
July 8	94	70	0.00
July 9	98	70	0.00
July 10	94	69	0.05
July 11	89	72	0.00
July 12	92	67	0.00
July 13	84	72	0.00
July 14	89	73	0.00
July 15	83	72	0.12
July 16	87	71	0.00
July 17	90	64	0.00
July 18	94	62	0.00
July 19	94	69	0.00
July 20	94	70	0.00
July 21	94	70	0.00
July 22	97	70	0.00
July 23	97	73	0.03
July 24	96	71	0.04
July 25	86	70	0.15
July 26	89	67	0.00
July 27	86	72	0.01
July 28	92	70	0.00
July 29	95	69	0.00
July 30	98	70	0.00
July 31	97	70	0.05

August 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	64	0.00
August 2	95	63	0.00
August 3	92	71	0.38
August 4	85	68	0.11
August 5	86	71	0.44
August 6	83	70	1.08
August 7	87	70	0.00
August 8	84	71	0.00
August 9	76	67	0.06
August 10	83	67	0.00
August 11	85	70	0.03
August 12	86	69	0.83
August 13	84	68	0.00
August 14	88	72	0.06
August 15	89	70	0.02
August 16	90	72	0.07
August 17	92	70	0.00
August 18	91	74	0.00
August 19	94	73	0.00
August 20	88	73	0.00
August 21	87	69	0.00
August 22	85	73	0.00
August 23	89	70	0.00
August 24	90	69	0.00
August 25	92	70	0.00
August 26	83	70	0.96
August 27	88	70	0.13
August 28	89	70	0.00
August 29	88	70	0.00
August 30	88	71	0.00
August 31	81	71	0.00

September 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	68	0.00
September 2	84	67	0.00
September 3	85	66	0.00
September 4	89	61	0.00
September 5	89	62	0.00
September 6	88	66	0.00
September 7	88	65	0.00
September 8	90	63	0.00
September 9	91	66	0.00
September 10	93	67	0.11
September 11	87	68	0.01
September 12	82	70	0.49
September 13	87	70	0.00
September 14	79	69	0.12
September 15	79	69	0.01
September 16	82	69	0.00
September 17	90	68	0.00
September 18	91	69	0.00
September 19	92	67	0.00
September 20	92	67	0.00
September 21	91	70	0.00
September 22	87	69	0.00
September 23	86	66	0.12
September 24	76	67	0.00
September 25	81	58	0.00
September 26	81	63	0.00
September 27	80	60	0.00
September 28	81	58	0.00
September 29	84	62	0.00
September 30	75	60	0.76

October 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	59	0.06
October 2	78	53	0.00
October 3	80	53	0.08
October 4	75	54	0.12
October 5	76	46	0.00
October 6	67	48	0.00
October 7	67	41	0.00
October 8	65	39	0.00
October 9	69	38	0.00
October 10	69	42	0.00
October 11	77	52	0.00
October 12	83	50	0.00
October 13	83	57	0.05
October 14	62	44	0.00
October 15	61	37	0.00
October 16	67	42	0.00
October 17	65	41	0.00
October 18	67	33	0.00
October 19	74	35	0.00
October 20	73	40	0.00
October 21	80	41	0.00
October 22	82	43	0.00
October 23	82	47	0.00
October 24	68	48	0.00
October 25	67	45	0.00
October 26	78	55	0.01
October 27	71	47	0.00
October 28	74	43	0.00
October 29	76	38	0.00
October 30	76	41	0.00
October 31	75	43	0.00

November 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	76	45	0.00
November 2	76	45	0.00
November 3	75	41	0.00
November 4	74	37	0.00
November 5	74	35	0.00
November 6	77	38	0.00
November 7	56	48	0.45
November 8	55	47	0.00
November 9	63	41	0.00
November 10	69	41	0.00
November 11	73	41	0.00
November 12	76	45	0.00
November 13	74	46	0.00
November 14	72	53	0.00
November 15	75	59	0.00
November 16	67	60	0.09
November 17	70	54	0.69
November 18	60	42	0.00
November 19	60	40	0.00
November 20	63	45	0.00
November 21	63	43	0.00
November 22	62	43	0.27
November 23	60	52	0.44
November 24	66	44	0.00
November 25	55	36	0.00
November 26	61	39	0.12
November 27	59	51	0.16
November 28	56	39	0.00
November 29	47	39	0.62
November 30	52	40	0.00

December 1978 Chattanooga Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	60	39	0.00
December 2	61	36	0.00
December 3	64	47	0.94
December 4	67	45	1.34
December 5	52	33	0.00
December 6	62	29	0.00
December 7	60	34	0.02
December 8	77	59	0.19
December 9	68	25	1.23
December 10	37	21	0.00
December 11	45	24	0.00
December 12	51	23	0.00
December 13	57	23	0.00
December 14	45	24	0.00
December 15	55	19	0.00
December 16	51	42	0.49
December 17	50	28	0.00
December 18	46	25	0.00
December 19	66	45	0.00
December 20	74	60	0.12
December 21	60	33	0.20
December 22	50	25	0.00
December 23	51	28	0.00
December 24	49	42	0.42
December 25	51	33	0.00
December 26	57	28	0.00
December 27	40	28	0.00
December 28	47	26	0.00
December 29	50	27	0.00
December 30	45	40	1.54
December 31	63	45	1.08

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Chattanooga Lovell Airport	location
1879–1939	Chattanooga	location