Dawson Weather in 1978

Historical record of Dawson, Yukon weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Dawson Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	32.3 °C	August 1
Lowest temperature	-47.6 °C	January 7
Highest daily low	13.3 °C	July 12
Lowest daily high	-42.6 °C	January 7
Most daily precipitation	1.6 cm	September 7
Most daily snow	12.6 cm	November 6
Total annual precipitation	28.9 cm	-
Total annual snow	148.0 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dawson in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Dawson, Yukon in 1978 was 32.3 °C which happened on August 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dawson in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	32.3 °C	Aug 1
2	31.6 °C	Jul 9
3	30.6 °C	Jul 31
4	30.2 °C	Jul 8
5	29.0 °C	Jul 5
6	28.8 °C	Aug 4
7	28.3 °C	Jul 10
8	28.1 °C	Jul 29
9	27.6 °C	Jul 11
10	27.5 °C	Aug 5

What was the coldest temperature in Dawson in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dawson, Yukon in 1978 was -47.6 °C which happened on Jan 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dawson in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-47.6 °C	January 7
2	-47.2 °C	January 8
3	-45.3 °C	February 4
4	-44.1 °C	January 6
5	-43.6 °C	December 22
6	-43.1 °C	February 3
7	-42.4 °C	February 1
8	-42.0 °C	January 31
9	-41.3 °C	December 26
9	-41.3 °C	December 17

January 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
January 1	-26.2	-36.1	0.00	0.0
January 2	-29.2	-35.6	0.00	0.0
January 3	-27.0	-33.5	0.00	0.0
January 4	-32.6	-38.8	0.00	0.0
January 5	-31.5	-39.5	0.00	0.0
January 6	-37.0	-44.1	0.00	0.0
January 7	-42.6	-47.6	0.00	0.0
January 8	-31.2	-47.2	0.00	0.2
January 9	-22.2	-31.6	0.00	0.0
January 10	-16.7	-24.9	0.41	4.1
January 11	-16.8	-27.9	0.00	0.0
January 12	-14.8	-18.0	0.00	0.0
January 13	-13.5	-15.7	0.00	0.2
January 14	-13.5	-14.8	0.00	0.0
January 15	-14.0	-24.5	0.00	0.0
January 16	-24.2	-34.5	0.00	0.0
January 17	-28.5	-35.7	0.00	0.0
January 18	-20.3	-29.9	0.00	0.0
January 19	-12.9	-20.7	0.00	0.0
January 20	-10.0	-15.7	0.00	0.0
January 21	-7.2	-14.5	0.02	0.2
January 22	-7.2	-16.9	0.00	0.2
January 23	-16.4	-25.4	0.00	0.0
January 24	0.3	-21.0	0.02	0.2
January 25	-1.8	-14.0	0.71	8.4
January 26	-13.7	-28.3	0.00	0.0
January 27	-21.0	-31.3	0.00	0.0
January 28	-27.1	-31.2	0.00	0.0
January 29	-24.9	-35.5	0.00	0.0
January 30	-31.5	-38.6	0.00	0.0
January 31	-36.5	-42.0	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
February 1	-25.9	-42.4	0.00	0.0
February 2	-26.1	-37.5	0.00	0.0
February 3	-37.2	-43.1	0.00	0.0
February 4	-31.6	-45.3	0.04	0.8
February 5	-18.1	-32.1	0.15	1.5
February 6	5.2	-18.6	0.00	0.0
February 7	6.2	-5.0	0.00	0.0
February 8	2.6	-19.1	0.00	0.0
February 9	-17.6	-20.1	0.02	0.3
February 10	-17.0	-27.0	0.00	0.0
February 11	-18.7	-27.7	0.00	0.0
February 12	-9.4	-29.4	0.00	0.0
February 13	-3.7	-16.0	0.00	0.0
February 14	-13.1	-26.6	0.00	0.0
February 15	-17.5	-30.8	0.00	0.0
February 16	-18.7	-31.9	0.00	0.0
February 17	-16.0	-32.4	0.00	0.0
February 18	-10.6	-28.0	0.10	1.2
February 19	-4.7	-25.2	0.04	0.4
February 20	-4.9	-22.6	0.08	1.0
February 21	-10.6	-28.6	0.00	0.0
February 22	-0.9	-21.2	0.06	0.8
February 23	-10.0	-27.1	0.00	0.0
February 24	-5.7	-25.0	0.00	0.0
February 25	-6.4	-23.7	0.02	0.2
February 26	-9.5	-24.4	0.00	0.0
February 27	-9.3	-28.1	0.00	0.0
February 28	-11.5	-28.5	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
March 1	-10.5	-33.0	0.00	0.0
March 2	-12.8	-31.5	0.00	0.0
March 3	-10.1	-38.2	0.00	0.0
March 4	-15.6	-37.3	0.00	0.0
March 5	-15.0	-37.9	0.00	0.0
March 6	-15.2	-38.5	0.04	0.4
March 7	-9.0	-20.3	0.00	0.0
March 8	-6.0	-24.4	0.00	0.0
March 9	4.9	-14.8	0.00	0.0
March 10	1.5	-10.7	0.03	0.4
March 11	0.2	-21.5	0.00	0.0
March 12	0.7	-18.7	0.00	0.0
March 13	-1.0	-23.9	0.00	0.0
March 14	2.4	-20.5	0.00	0.0
March 15	3.4	-11.2	0.00	0.0
March 16	3.5	-12.8	0.07	1.0
March 17	3.6	-7.5	0.16	1.6
March 18	3.2	-8.1	0.00	0.0
March 19	-1.9	-14.6	0.08	0.8
March 20	-2.6	-11.1	0.02	0.2
March 21	-3.2	-9.6	0.04	0.4
March 22	-3.2	-25.0	0.00	0.0
March 23	-5.2	-29.4	0.00	0.0
March 24	-5.0	-26.1	0.00	0.0
March 25	-3.2	-18.3	0.00	0.0
March 26	1.2	-10.0	0.02	0.5
March 27	5.0	-9.4	0.00	0.0
March 28	5.5	-16.1	0.00	0.0
March 29	5.9	-13.9	0.00	0.0
March 30	6.3	-12.4	0.00	0.0
March 31	-5.3	-15.0	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
April 1	-6.4	-29.2	0.00	0.0
April 2	-7.1	-29.1	0.00	0.0
April 3	-2.7	-17.8	0.02	0.4
April 4	-1.1	-24.0	0.00	0.0
April 5	1.0	-21.7	0.00	0.0
April 6	3.1	-13.5	0.00	0.0
April 7	5.2	-5.4	0.00	0.0
April 8	9.4	-3.7	0.00	0.0
April 9	7.4	-7.5	0.00	0.0
April 10	6.4	-5.1	0.00	0.0
April 11	7.5	-10.0	0.00	0.0
April 12	9.6	-6.1	0.00	0.0
April 13	8.9	-9.1	0.00	0.0
April 14	7.6	-6.7	0.00	0.0
April 15	7.9	0.0	0.00	0.0
April 16	9.9	-3.5	0.00	0.0
April 17	6.9	-8.3	0.00	0.0
April 18	9.9	-1.0	0.00	0.0
April 19	12.2	-4.5	0.00	0.0
April 20	15.2	-5.0	0.00	0.0
April 21	14.9	-5.7	0.00	0.0
April 22	12.4	-6.7	0.00	0.0
April 23	6.5	-1.7	0.00	0.0
April 24	12.1	-6.0	0.00	0.0
April 25	13.8	-3.1	0.00	0.0
April 26	14.8	-1.8	0.00	0.0
April 27	9.8	-2.1	0.00	0.0
April 28	10.8	-2.8	0.00	0.0
April 29	13.5	-5.7	0.00	0.0
April 30	14.9	-3.8	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	14.9	4.9	0.00
May 2	11.1	1.0	0.27
May 3	14.1	-3.9	0.00
May 4	11.2	-1.2	0.00
May 5	12.4	-0.6	0.00
May 6	15.0	-5.0	0.00
May 7	14.8	-2.4	0.00
May 8	15.8	0.5	0.00
May 9	15.5	-4.6	0.00
May 10	17.8	-2.0	0.00
May 11	18.2	-1.5	0.00
May 12	19.0	2.2	0.00
May 13	15.8	-3.3	0.00
May 14	13.9	-5.0	0.00
May 15	19.1	-2.5	0.00
May 16	14.5	5.0	0.02
May 17	9.4	4.0	0.52
May 18	13.3	3.0	0.16
May 19	14.2	0.0	0.00
May 20	15.7	1.4	0.17
May 21	14.8	1.4	0.00
May 22	18.6	-2.0	0.00
May 23	15.7	5.5	0.02
May 24	19.4	2.5	0.00
May 25	20.7	4.9	0.00
May 26	19.2	5.4	0.00
May 27	15.1	3.2	0.00
May 28	16.2	3.6	0.00
May 29	15.9	0.3	0.00
May 30	18.5	0.8	0.03
May 31	15.9	6.3	0.28

June 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	19.0	6.7	0.00
June 2	17.4	-0.7	0.00
June 3	18.2	2.1	0.00
June 4	20.6	2.2	0.00
June 5	23.1	2.8	0.00
June 6	20.5	8.3	0.00
June 7	16.6	8.7	0.24
June 8	18.5	6.8	0.00
June 9	22.4	-0.3	0.00
June 10	22.6	2.3	0.00
June 11	24.1	6.8	0.00
June 12	22.0	3.3	0.00
June 13	19.6	8.9	0.47
June 14	21.7	3.9	0.00
June 15	23.5	11.0	0.76
June 16	22.0	5.0	0.02
June 17	15.0	6.1	1.28
June 18	14.4	5.2	0.06
June 19	16.1	4.6	0.13
June 20	16.2	6.7	0.00
June 21	19.7	2.0	0.00
June 22	17.9	4.8	0.08
June 23	n/a	0.7	0.21
June 24	18.4	8.9	0.00
June 25	19.0	8.3	0.14
June 26	13.4	8.2	0.84
June 27	16.4	7.8	0.07
June 28	19.9	8.7	0.00
June 29	20.3	3.0	0.00
June 30	23.0	7.0	0.00

July 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	21.5	9.1	0.00
July 2	19.6	7.2	0.74
July 3	22.2	6.7	0.00
July 4	25.8	7.0	0.00
July 5	29.0	8.7	0.00
July 6	24.4	11.5	0.00
July 7	27.4	9.9	0.07
July 8	30.2	9.7	0.00
July 9	31.6	10.4	0.00
July 10	28.3	9.1	0.00
July 11	27.6	8.0	0.00
July 12	21.1	13.3	0.54
July 13	22.7	12.1	0.39
July 14	20.5	11.9	0.06
July 15	19.0	9.0	0.14
July 16	20.2	7.5	0.04
July 17	23.2	2.6	0.00
July 18	25.9	3.8	0.00
July 19	24.5	5.3	0.06
July 20	24.3	9.8	0.00
July 21	22.7	6.0	0.00
July 22	20.9	10.5	0.04
July 23	21.8	7.3	0.04
July 24	23.9	2.8	0.00
July 25	23.2	3.1	0.00
July 26	24.7	5.9	0.00
July 27	21.9	5.0	0.20
July 28	26.6	3.6	0.00
July 29	28.1	5.1	0.00
July 30	27.4	6.3	0.00
July 31	30.6	3.8	0.00

August 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	32.3	5.5	0.00
August 2	21.5	8.8	0.04
August 3	25.9	3.7	0.00
August 4	28.8	3.0	0.00
August 5	27.5	6.2	0.00
August 6	23.1	10.6	0.02
August 7	24.9	6.2	0.00
August 8	26.5	3.9	0.00
August 9	25.3	11.5	0.10
August 10	22.1	6.8	0.10
August 11	23.5	8.4	0.00
August 12	22.4	1.0	0.00
August 13	18.2	9.4	0.16
August 14	19.0	9.7	0.26
August 15	19.8	9.4	0.00
August 16	20.6	8.1	0.00
August 17	21.7	1.1	0.00
August 18	20.3	-3.7	0.00
August 19	22.6	-4.3	0.00
August 20	16.0	4.3	0.02
August 21	17.1	7.4	0.10
August 22	18.0	3.7	0.00
August 23	16.7	9.4	0.32
August 24	17.5	0.8	0.00
August 25	18.8	-5.1	0.00
August 26	20.3	-1.7	0.00
August 27	21.8	5.8	0.00
August 28	24.3	-1.6	0.00
August 29	23.1	1.6	0.00
August 30	23.0	4.3	0.00
August 31	22.3	3.5	0.00

September 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
September 1	23.3	-0.4	0.00	0.0
September 2	25.3	0.2	0.00	0.0
September 3	23.2	1.5	0.00	0.0
September 4	23.6	-1.0	0.00	0.0
September 5	20.5	0.2	0.05	0.0
September 6	12.7	9.2	1.37	0.0
September 7	13.2	8.5	1.61	0.0
September 8	20.3	7.0	0.00	0.0
September 9	18.3	6.8	0.33	0.0
September 10	19.2	2.6	0.17	0.0
September 11	19.4	3.4	0.00	0.0
September 12	20.0	3.7	0.00	0.0
September 13	18.0	6.8	0.00	0.0
September 14	15.5	4.3	0.00	0.0
September 15	17.0	-1.4	0.00	0.0
September 16	14.1	-2.0	0.06	0.0
September 17	14.6	1.6	0.00	0.0
September 18	13.3	-3.6	0.00	0.0
September 19	10.0	-0.3	0.94	0.0
September 20	7.6	1.4	1.00	0.0
September 21	8.5	-1.0	0.00	0.0
September 22	8.3	-1.3	0.00	0.0
September 23	6.4	-1.6	0.06	0.0
September 24	5.9	-8.0	0.02	0.0
September 25	6.9	-0.8	0.14	1.0
September 26	12.0	1.7	0.00	0.0
September 27	9.4	3.3	0.10	0.0
September 28	9.2	1.7	0.00	0.0
September 29	7.7	1.0	0.22	0.0
September 30	5.2	-2.8	0.00	0.0

October 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
October 1	2.0	-2.0	0.15	1.5
October 2	0.0	-3.8	0.86	9.3
October 3	-2.0	-4.9	0.21	2.3
October 4	0.9	-4.8	0.00	0.0
October 5	6.4	-1.8	0.00	0.0
October 6	5.4	-3.4	0.46	0.0
October 7	4.4	0.0	0.04	0.0
October 8	14.2	-0.8	0.12	0.0
October 9	4.7	-7.6	0.00	0.0
October 10	1.2	-8.3	0.15	1.5
October 11	-0.8	-5.5	0.27	3.7
October 12	-1.4	-6.2	0.00	0.0
October 13	-2.5	-8.7	0.17	1.7
October 14	-1.0	-5.5	0.02	0.2
October 15	0.2	-10.4	0.13	1.3
October 16	-0.5	-17.5	0.00	0.0
October 17	2.1	-14.1	0.06	0.6
October 18	-1.4	-12.6	0.00	0.0
October 19	-0.9	-11.2	0.00	0.0
October 20	-4.4	-17.0	0.00	0.0
October 21	-5.2	-14.1	0.00	0.0
October 22	-2.5	-8.2	0.63	6.7
October 23	-6.5	-16.2	0.00	0.0
October 24	-4.2	-14.8	0.00	0.0
October 25	-4.4	-17.4	0.14	2.2
October 26	-7.4	-18.0	0.00	0.0
October 27	-3.9	-17.6	0.00	0.0
October 28	-7.6	-15.5	0.15	2.1
October 29	-2.8	-9.2	0.00	0.0
October 30	-3.2	-13.2	0.00	0.0
October 31	-4.5	-17.3	0.00	0.0

November 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
November 1	-9.4	-18.5	0.00	0.0
November 2	-10.2	-20.7	0.06	0.6
November 3	-8.2	-15.2	0.12	1.2
November 4	-6.3	-18.5	0.02	0.2
November 5	-3.8	-20.2	0.30	3.0
November 6	-2.6	-14.2	0.95	12.6
November 7	-12.1	-25.6	0.00	0.0
November 8	-16.1	-27.8	0.00	0.0
November 9	-22.5	-28.5	0.00	0.0
November 10	-19.8	-31.8	0.00	0.0
November 11	-19.0	-23.5	0.02	0.2
November 12	-18.6	-23.3	0.00	0.0
November 13	-14.2	-20.2	0.06	0.9
November 14	-16.5	-31.1	0.00	0.0
November 15	-30.1	-37.5	0.00	0.0
November 16	-35.2	-38.7	0.00	0.0
November 17	-31.8	-37.7	0.00	0.0
November 18	-31.4	-38.8	0.00	0.0
November 19	-26.2	-36.2	0.00	0.0
November 20	-20.4	-30.2	0.42	4.8
November 21	-11.9	-22.0	0.34	3.8
November 22	-10.7	-13.7	0.38	4.1
November 23	-12.0	-24.9	0.03	0.3
November 24	-17.4	-28.0	0.04	0.4
November 25	-16.5	-29.4	0.00	0.0
November 26	-7.8	-17.1	0.04	0.4
November 27	-4.4	-10.1	0.33	4.1
November 28	-4.7	-9.1	0.00	0.0
November 29	-7.0	-10.6	0.00	0.0
November 30	-9.2	-18.5	0.04	0.4

December 1978 Dawson Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
December 1	-6.5	-14.8	0.00	0.0
December 2	-5.1	-15.5	0.51	5.3
December 3	-3.4	-6.4	0.81	8.6
December 4	-6.0	-23.8	0.00	0.0
December 5	-19.1	-29.3	0.00	0.0
December 6	-12.8	-28.7	0.43	4.8
December 7	-6.4	-9.2	0.76	8.4
December 8	-6.5	-9.4	0.00	0.0
December 9	-7.0	-10.3	0.42	4.2
December 10	-7.3	-10.7	0.00	0.0
December 11	-9.5	-19.0	0.00	0.0
December 12	-15.2	-31.5	0.00	0.0
December 13	-7.4	-26.1	0.16	1.8
December 14	-8.7	-13.2	0.00	0.0
December 15	-13.0	-20.7	0.23	2.9
December 16	-27.2	-40.4	0.00	0.0
December 17	-22.4	-41.3	0.06	0.6
December 18	-13.3	-26.6	1.01	10.6
December 19	-13.4	-30.4	0.11	1.5
December 20	-25.2	-37.2	0.00	0.0
December 21	-32.4	-39.4	0.03	0.4
December 22	-27.4	-43.6	0.03	0.3
December 23	-23.6	-33.9	0.06	0.8
December 24	-23.5	-36.5	0.00	0.0
December 25	-33.8	-39.0	0.00	0.0
December 26	-35.2	-41.3	0.00	0.0
December 27	-26.2	-36.5	0.09	0.9
December 28	-19.1	-28.6	0.02	0.4
December 29	-15.3	-19.4	0.00	0.0
December 30	-16.5	-24.5	0.00	0.0
December 31	-23.1	-33.1	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1977–2024	Dawson A	location
1897–1976	Dawson	location