Davenport Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Davenport Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	December 10
Highest daily low	77 °F	June 25
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	September 17
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	December 31
Total annual precipitation	31.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	48.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Davenport in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Davenport, Iowa in 1978 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Davenport in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Sep 8
1	95 °F	Sep 7
3	94 °F	Sep 9
4	93 °F	Sep 10
4	93 °F	May 27
6	92 °F	Sep 11
6	92 °F	Aug 23
6	92 °F	Aug 14
6	92 °F	Aug 8
6	92 °F	Jul 6
6	92 °F	May 26

What was the coldest temperature in Davenport in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Davenport, Iowa in 1978 was -13 °F which happened on Dec 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Davenport in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	December 10
2	-12 °F	December 9
2	-12 °F	February 19
4	-10 °F	January 22
4	-10 °F	January 10
6	-9 °F	February 22
6	-9 °F	February 16
6	-9 °F	January 21
6	-9 °F	January 15
6	-9 °F	January 9

January 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	-2	0.06	0.6
January 2	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 3	26	-8	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	31	0.00	0.0
January 8	31	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	0	-9	0.00	0.0
January 10	7	-10	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	18	13	0.18	1.7
January 13	22	13	0.09	1.2
January 14	22	-3	0.03	0.3
January 15	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 16	11	2	0.00	0.0
January 17	23	-2	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	-5	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	17	0.01	0.1
January 20	22	6	0.04	0.4
January 21	15	-9	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	-10	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	13	0.02	0.2
January 25	26	0	0.03	0.3
January 26	14	0	0.08	0.8
January 27	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 28	14	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	11	-3	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	-5	0.05	0.5
January 31	14	-2	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	8	0.09	1.2
February 2	12	-2	0.01	0.1
February 3	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 4	25	0	0.09	0.9
February 5	21	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	14	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 8	23	-5	0.00	0.0
February 9	26	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	29	24	0.44	4.2
February 14	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	3	0.00	0.0
February 16	16	-9	0.00	0.0
February 17	16	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	17	-8	0.00	0.0
February 19	20	-12	0.00	0.0
February 20	23	5	0.00	0.0
February 21	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 22	24	-9	0.03	0.3
February 23	31	21	0.01	0.1
February 24	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	24	7	0.00	0.0
February 27	32	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	31	22	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	28	12	0.00	0.0
March 2	23	18	0.23	2.5
March 3	22	2	0.02	0.2
March 4	16	-5	0.00	0.0
March 5	25	-7	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	7	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	31	0.03	0.0
March 14	40	34	0.03	0.2
March 15	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	21	0.00	0.0
March 19	49	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	28	0.01	0.0
March 21	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 22	64	37	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	38	27	0.21	1.9
March 25	31	27	0.25	1.7
March 26	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	52	21	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	64	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	81	51	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	64	45	0.00
April 2	45	33	0.13
April 3	80	36	0.00
April 4	68	38	0.00
April 5	55	31	0.40
April 6	62	40	0.04
April 7	77	39	0.00
April 8	54	44	0.19
April 9	81	43	0.46
April 10	61	47	0.73
April 11	63	41	0.00
April 12	69	48	0.00
April 13	59	38	0.00
April 14	55	39	0.00
April 15	61	33	0.00
April 16	57	37	0.00
April 17	55	33	0.41
April 18	63	45	0.31
April 19	50	43	0.03
April 20	44	37	0.04
April 21	55	37	0.00
April 22	57	31	0.02
April 23	68	46	0.10
April 24	55	45	0.00
April 25	63	43	0.16
April 26	66	36	0.00
April 27	69	35	0.00
April 28	71	42	0.00
April 29	67	48	0.00
April 30	60	40	0.00

May 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	32	0.00
May 2	61	31	0.00
May 3	66	32	0.00
May 4	52	42	0.13
May 5	45	38	0.10
May 6	56	34	0.30
May 7	52	47	0.50
May 8	69	52	0.08
May 9	59	43	0.00
May 10	79	37	0.00
May 11	73	60	0.66
May 12	78	56	0.89
May 13	56	48	1.37
May 14	51	48	0.07
May 15	63	48	0.00
May 16	61	49	0.00
May 17	72	43	0.00
May 18	78	47	0.00
May 19	80	50	0.00
May 20	71	55	0.00
May 21	66	50	0.00
May 22	68	46	0.01
May 23	70	60	0.00
May 24	75	60	0.00
May 25	90	65	0.00
May 26	92	68	0.00
May 27	93	68	0.09
May 28	84	65	0.45
May 29	85	63	0.00
May 30	80	63	0.00
May 31	87	62	0.00

June 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	60	0.00
June 2	72	51	0.00
June 3	78	47	0.00
June 4	83	50	0.00
June 5	82	57	0.00
June 6	86	55	0.49
June 7	84	59	0.32
June 8	66	49	0.00
June 9	82	47	0.00
June 10	84	62	0.00
June 11	91	63	0.06
June 12	81	61	0.00
June 13	77	51	0.00
June 14	78	56	0.30
June 15	78	61	0.27
June 16	85	69	0.22
June 17	89	69	0.02
June 18	80	57	0.00
June 19	83	52	0.00
June 20	79	63	0.16
June 21	77	52	0.00
June 22	81	54	0.02
June 23	82	60	0.00
June 24	90	69	0.00
June 25	91	77	0.00
June 26	89	68	1.14
June 27	85	67	0.03
June 28	89	64	0.23
June 29	86	66	0.23
June 30	86	71	0.01

July 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	71	0.32
July 2	84	71	0.04
July 3	74	67	0.00
July 4	84	68	0.00
July 5	88	66	0.00
July 6	92	70	0.43
July 7	84	70	0.28
July 8	82	66	0.00
July 9	84	65	0.83
July 10	76	59	0.00
July 11	77	55	0.00
July 12	74	60	0.39
July 13	82	63	0.00
July 14	82	59	0.00
July 15	88	62	0.00
July 16	88	67	0.00
July 17	87	70	0.00
July 18	87	74	0.00
July 19	89	71	0.32
July 20	88	72	0.02
July 21	89	72	0.47
July 22	87	70	0.00
July 23	75	60	0.00
July 24	80	56	0.00
July 25	90	60	0.00
July 26	86	65	0.06
July 27	81	61	0.00
July 28	83	56	0.00
July 29	79	67	0.02
July 30	72	55	0.00
July 31	85	53	0.06

August 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	63	0.00
August 2	84	65	0.00
August 3	78	51	0.00
August 4	77	46	0.00
August 5	79	48	0.00
August 6	84	52	0.00
August 7	86	57	0.00
August 8	92	65	0.00
August 9	89	63	0.00
August 10	81	59	0.00
August 11	86	60	0.00
August 12	88	64	0.00
August 13	91	63	0.00
August 14	92	68	0.00
August 15	90	69	0.19
August 16	88	66	0.00
August 17	84	64	0.15
August 18	91	73	0.31
August 19	80	57	0.00
August 20	82	51	0.00
August 21	82	54	0.00
August 22	89	64	0.00
August 23	92	67	0.00
August 24	87	71	0.66
August 25	80	69	0.38
August 26	83	68	0.05
August 27	80	68	0.73
August 28	82	67	0.00
August 29	81	59	0.00
August 30	84	59	0.00
August 31	86	57	0.00

September 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	62	0.00
September 2	88	63	0.00
September 3	89	61	0.00
September 4	83	55	0.00
September 5	87	55	0.00
September 6	90	54	0.00
September 7	95	58	0.00
September 8	95	63	0.00
September 9	94	64	0.00
September 10	93	62	0.00
September 11	92	68	0.00
September 12	87	72	0.01
September 13	86	65	0.21
September 14	80	61	0.35
September 15	85	56	0.00
September 16	86	64	0.42
September 17	74	63	2.40
September 18	85	64	0.48
September 19	90	74	0.00
September 20	77	57	0.04
September 21	68	47	0.00
September 22	70	42	0.00
September 23	73	44	0.00
September 24	81	48	0.00
September 25	73	48	0.00
September 26	77	46	0.00
September 27	71	46	0.00
September 28	69	40	0.00
September 29	78	46	0.00
September 30	62	45	0.00

October 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	40	0.00
October 2	70	50	0.47
October 3	64	52	0.03
October 4	66	47	0.47
October 5	57	50	0.00
October 6	57	47	0.00
October 7	54	37	0.00
October 8	60	31	0.00
October 9	71	48	0.13
October 10	60	54	0.16
October 11	62	51	0.00
October 12	58	43	0.01
October 13	58	35	0.00
October 14	53	34	0.00
October 15	62	38	0.00
October 16	55	33	0.00
October 17	56	33	0.00
October 18	57	39	0.22
October 19	65	34	0.00
October 20	77	37	0.00
October 21	82	57	0.00
October 22	68	48	0.10
October 23	55	33	0.00
October 24	60	33	0.00
October 25	61	43	0.36
October 26	56	33	0.00
October 27	63	35	0.00
October 28	57	30	0.00
October 29	61	38	0.00
October 30	72	42	0.00
October 31	60	38	0.00

November 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	73	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	38	0.00	0.0
November 4	77	45	0.00	0.0
November 5	71	47	0.12	0.0
November 6	49	32	0.13	0.0
November 7	52	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	59	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	66	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	39	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	38	0.45	0.0
November 13	65	35	0.28	0.0
November 14	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	36	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	39	29	0.37	0.0
November 17	43	35	0.88	0.0
November 18	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	34	23	0.00	0.0
November 20	28	25	0.03	0.3
November 21	27	24	0.03	0.3
November 22	35	26	0.36	0.2
November 23	40	29	0.04	0.0
November 24	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	38	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	31	0.31	3.1
November 27	33	25	0.13	1.3
November 28	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	18	0.05	0.3
November 30	24	14	0.14	1.6

December 1978 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	29	24	0.49	4.2
December 2	31	18	0.60	0.3
December 3	32	9	0.04	0.0
December 4	33	9	0.00	0.0
December 5	33	25	0.07	0.7
December 6	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 7	17	13	0.28	3.3
December 8	14	-2	0.03	0.5
December 9	10	-12	0.00	0.0
December 10	25	-13	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	31	0.02	0.0
December 20	34	20	0.03	0.0
December 21	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 23	39	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 25	26	9	0.00	0.0
December 26	26	10	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	23	0.29	1.5
December 29	36	26	0.44	0.9
December 30	26	13	0.09	1.4
December 31	17	12	0.79	8.9

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1943–2024	Moline Quad City International Airport	location
1901–1943	Davenport L&D 15	location