Dayton Weather in 1978

Historical record of Dayton, Ohio weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Dayton Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 27
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 27
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	August 3
Most daily snow	12.2 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	39.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dayton in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1978 was 96 °F which happened on June 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dayton in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 27
2	94 °F	Jun 29
3	93 °F	Sep 20
3	93 °F	Jul 22
5	92 °F	Sep 19
5	92 °F	Jul 21
7	91 °F	Sep 9
7	91 °F	Jul 20
7	91 °F	Jul 7
7	91 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Dayton in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1978 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dayton in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 7
1	-4 °F	January 10
3	-3 °F	January 22
4	-2 °F	February 6
4	-2 °F	January 11
4	-2 °F	January 9
7	-1 °F	March 5
8	0 °F	February 10
8	0 °F	February 8
8	0 °F	January 23

January 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	23	0.05	0.6
January 2	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 3	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	43	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	32	0.16	1.3
January 6	36	32	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	34	0.46	0.0
January 8	50	12	0.42	1.7
January 9	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	6	-4	0.00	0.0
January 11	18	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	6	0.13	2.2
January 13	25	20	0.12	2.4
January 14	26	17	0.12	1.7
January 15	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 16	23	6	0.22	2.9
January 17	24	21	0.43	4.9
January 18	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	11	0.19	3.2
January 20	26	18	0.52	6.1
January 21	24	5	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	15	0.14	0.0
January 25	39	34	0.95	0.0
January 26	34	1	0.71	12.2
January 27	12	7	0.07	0.7
January 28	15	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	13	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 31	19	4	0.03	0.3

February 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	3	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	9	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	25	5	0.00	0.0
February 5	24	13	0.06	0.8
February 6	16	-2	0.02	0.3
February 7	16	-4	0.00	0.0
February 8	21	0	0.00	0.0
February 9	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	26	17	0.06	1.1
February 14	25	6	0.01	0.1
February 15	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	20	0.04	0.4
February 17	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 18	23	5	0.00	0.0
February 19	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 22	22	10	0.01	0.3
February 23	32	8	0.02	0.3
February 24	33	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	28	12	0.01	0.1
February 27	29	8	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	19	0.01	0.2

March 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	29	12	0.03	0.4
March 2	25	7	0.04	1.0
March 3	26	19	0.12	2.1
March 4	23	6	0.00	0.0
March 5	26	-1	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	24	0.11	1.9
March 8	29	27	0.21	2.6
March 9	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	27	0.06	0.0
March 12	38	35	0.01	0.0
March 13	44	31	0.24	0.0
March 14	46	35	0.45	0.0
March 15	39	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	57	36	0.25	0.0
March 22	60	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	41	0.23	0.0
March 24	41	30	0.12	0.0
March 25	46	32	0.52	0.0
March 26	47	36	0.05	0.0
March 27	39	34	0.01	0.0
March 28	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	51	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	79	39	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	75	47	0.00
April 2	n/a	33	0.05
April 3	78	40	0.08
April 4	71	47	0.07
April 5	62	40	0.00
April 6	73	46	0.62
April 7	72	40	0.00
April 8	63	41	0.00
April 9	62	37	0.21
April 10	81	50	0.00
April 11	70	46	0.28
April 12	70	43	0.00
April 13	58	38	0.00
April 14	60	34	0.00
April 15	58	35	0.00
April 16	54	30	0.00
April 17	62	33	0.00
April 18	71	44	0.84
April 19	61	44	0.27
April 20	46	41	0.30
April 21	43	33	0.01
April 22	58	30	0.00
April 23	50	44	0.42
April 24	68	41	0.17
April 25	51	46	0.57
April 26	63	42	0.00
April 27	67	37	0.00
April 28	67	40	0.00
April 29	71	45	0.00
April 30	61	38	0.00

May 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	34	0.00
May 2	59	33	0.00
May 3	65	34	0.00
May 4	53	43	0.30
May 5	53	46	0.02
May 6	57	46	0.00
May 7	55	45	0.01
May 8	74	53	0.01
May 9	65	51	0.00
May 10	68	45	0.00
May 11	78	47	0.00
May 12	68	60	0.41
May 13	62	48	0.70
May 14	52	44	0.24
May 15	58	47	0.00
May 16	61	52	0.19
May 17	71	47	0.00
May 18	79	51	0.00
May 19	84	53	0.00
May 20	82	58	0.10
May 21	64	46	0.00
May 22	72	43	0.00
May 23	75	59	0.87
May 24	69	58	0.00
May 25	80	54	0.00
May 26	85	59	0.00
May 27	88	60	0.00
May 28	88	62	0.00
May 29	86	64	0.00
May 30	82	64	0.00
May 31	85	62	0.00

June 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	65	0.00
June 2	79	64	0.00
June 3	74	55	0.00
June 4	80	54	0.01
June 5	80	60	0.00
June 6	82	54	0.00
June 7	80	66	1.14
June 8	81	61	0.00
June 9	75	55	0.00
June 10	81	51	0.00
June 11	87	59	0.00
June 12	87	60	0.57
June 13	64	50	0.00
June 14	73	46	0.00
June 15	73	55	0.00
June 16	87	56	0.00
June 17	86	71	0.00
June 18	88	66	1.82
June 19	81	63	0.00
June 20	86	60	0.00
June 21	82	59	0.29
June 22	76	51	0.00
June 23	81	55	0.00
June 24	85	61	0.00
June 25	86	66	0.29
June 26	90	69	0.00
June 27	96	74	0.54
June 28	90	67	0.00
June 29	94	70	0.00
June 30	91	68	0.00

July 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	66	0.59
July 2	79	67	1.49
July 3	71	65	0.00
July 4	79	63	0.00
July 5	79	57	0.00
July 6	88	61	0.00
July 7	91	69	0.00
July 8	87	66	0.00
July 9	89	61	0.00
July 10	81	60	0.00
July 11	75	52	0.00
July 12	79	51	0.00
July 13	82	63	0.25
July 14	84	69	0.06
July 15	84	66	0.28
July 16	80	60	0.00
July 17	82	54	0.00
July 18	85	60	0.00
July 19	89	63	0.00
July 20	91	68	0.00
July 21	92	72	0.00
July 22	93	73	0.00
July 23	90	68	0.54
July 24	77	67	0.49
July 25	82	67	0.09
July 26	89	68	0.00
July 27	82	64	0.00
July 28	79	59	0.00
July 29	84	63	0.02
July 30	72	63	0.02
July 31	78	61	0.00

August 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	58	0.00
August 2	84	65	0.71
August 3	80	63	2.13
August 4	72	53	0.00
August 5	73	53	0.04
August 6	73	64	0.01
August 7	77	62	0.03
August 8	82	59	0.00
August 9	86	66	0.02
August 10	81	65	0.03
August 11	80	61	0.00
August 12	80	65	0.60
August 13	83	60	0.00
August 14	87	64	0.17
August 15	88	68	0.00
August 16	85	66	0.32
August 17	85	61	0.00
August 18	86	65	0.04
August 19	88	58	0.07
August 20	74	51	0.00
August 21	76	48	0.00
August 22	80	53	0.00
August 23	84	54	0.00
August 24	89	66	0.00
August 25	86	67	0.00
August 26	83	64	0.00
August 27	84	64	0.00
August 28	87	66	0.74
August 29	79	66	0.00
August 30	67	59	1.85
August 31	75	56	0.22

September 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	52	0.00
September 2	77	53	0.00
September 3	81	55	0.00
September 4	75	55	0.00
September 5	81	50	0.00
September 6	84	56	0.00
September 7	85	66	0.00
September 8	88	64	0.00
September 9	91	64	0.00
September 10	88	64	0.00
September 11	88	66	0.00
September 12	77	69	0.00
September 13	86	70	0.00
September 14	81	67	0.07
September 15	83	58	0.00
September 16	81	67	0.18
September 17	86	69	0.00
September 18	89	72	0.00
September 19	92	70	0.00
September 20	93	70	0.00
September 21	89	61	0.00
September 22	70	48	0.00
September 23	73	43	0.00
September 24	76	50	0.00
September 25	70	48	0.00
September 26	73	45	0.00
September 27	80	47	0.00
September 28	69	45	0.00
September 29	72	42	0.00
September 30	73	52	0.18

October 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	50	0.00
October 2	71	45	0.00
October 3	67	50	0.35
October 4	65	48	0.00
October 5	68	48	0.24
October 6	57	45	0.04
October 7	57	42	0.01
October 8	56	35	0.00
October 9	65	35	0.00
October 10	71	43	0.00
October 11	65	51	0.14
October 12	72	51	0.31
October 13	56	47	0.66
October 14	53	41	0.22
October 15	54	34	0.00
October 16	49	35	0.01
October 17	58	31	0.00
October 18	65	37	0.18
October 19	59	43	0.00
October 20	69	37	0.00
October 21	75	46	0.00
October 22	76	52	0.00
October 23	63	34	0.10
October 24	56	29	0.00
October 25	66	39	0.07
October 26	61	37	0.14
October 27	60	34	0.00
October 28	60	37	0.00
October 29	57	31	0.00
October 30	71	36	0.00
October 31	72	40	0.00

November 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	38	0.00
November 2	68	35	0.00
November 3	71	43	0.00
November 4	73	42	0.00
November 5	73	47	0.00
November 6	67	43	0.00
November 7	46	31	0.07
November 8	54	26	0.00
November 9	58	34	0.00
November 10	61	35	0.00
November 11	68	42	0.00
November 12	55	46	0.04
November 13	68	46	0.01
November 14	64	37	0.16
November 15	41	31	0.16
November 16	48	38	0.00
November 17	67	42	1.12
November 18	43	35	0.00
November 19	50	32	0.00
November 20	44	37	0.00
November 21	39	35	0.00
November 22	46	35	0.00
November 23	53	41	0.20
November 24	46	33	0.00
November 25	44	29	0.00
November 26	40	35	0.11
November 27	49	35	0.15
November 28	37	25	0.01
November 29	44	22	0.00
November 30	41	25	0.00

December 1978 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	30	0.12	0.0
December 3	59	39	1.41	0.0
December 4	58	27	0.02	0.0
December 5	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	38	0.11	0.0
December 8	52	28	0.93	0.0
December 9	28	19	0.01	0.4
December 10	22	10	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	30	0.01	0.0
December 20	61	33	0.35	0.0
December 21	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	26	0.17	0.7
December 25	33	24	0.01	0.0
December 26	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	46	39	0.27	0.0
December 31	57	44	1.04	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Dayton International Airport	location
1893–1947	Dayton	location