Dubuque Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Dubuque Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 18
Lowest daily high	-6 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	May 13
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	December 31
Total annual precipitation	31.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	58.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dubuque in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Dubuque, Iowa in 1978 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dubuque in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 8
1	94 °F	Sep 7
3	92 °F	Sep 9
4	91 °F	Sep 10
4	91 °F	Aug 18
4	91 °F	Aug 14
7	90 °F	Sep 11
7	90 °F	Aug 13
9	89 °F	Aug 24
9	89 °F	Aug 23
9	89 °F	Aug 15
9	89 °F	Jul 6

What was the coldest temperature in Dubuque in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dubuque, Iowa in 1978 was -15 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dubuque in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	January 11
1	-15 °F	January 10
3	-13 °F	January 9
4	-12 °F	December 10
4	-12 °F	January 1
6	-11 °F	January 30
7	-10 °F	December 9
7	-10 °F	February 17
7	-10 °F	January 15
10	-9 °F	March 5
10	-9 °F	February 22
10	-9 °F	February 19
10	-9 °F	February 18
10	-9 °F	January 29
10	-9 °F	January 3

January 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	26	-12	0.21	3.1
January 2	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 3	15	-9	0.00	0.0
January 4	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	-6	-13	0.00	0.0
January 10	1	-15	0.00	0.0
January 11	9	-15	0.00	0.0
January 12	14	1	0.15	1.4
January 13	21	10	0.13	1.7
January 14	19	-3	0.02	0.3
January 15	11	-10	0.00	0.0
January 16	4	-8	0.00	0.0
January 17	16	-8	0.00	0.0
January 18	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 19	18	13	0.02	0.4
January 20	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	16	-6	0.00	0.0
January 22	21	-6	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	4	0.05	0.6
January 25	18	-1	0.08	1.0
January 26	16	0	0.13	1.8
January 27	4	-6	0.00	0.0
January 28	8	-3	0.00	0.0
January 29	5	-9	0.00	0.0
January 30	11	-11	0.02	0.3
January 31	9	-8	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	13	4	0.26	4.2
February 2	7	-5	0.00	0.0
February 3	13	4	0.07	1.4
February 4	20	5	0.10	1.0
February 5	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 6	9	-6	0.00	0.0
February 7	14	-5	0.00	0.0
February 8	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	22	9	0.01	0.2
February 10	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 11	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	16	0.04	0.4
February 14	23	8	0.00	0.0
February 15	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 16	11	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	11	-10	0.00	0.0
February 18	22	-9	0.00	0.0
February 19	16	-9	0.00	0.0
February 20	20	7	0.01	0.2
February 21	21	1	0.00	0.0
February 22	20	-9	0.13	1.6
February 23	28	14	0.01	0.2
February 24	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 27	24	4	0.03	0.5
February 28	24	15	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	22	7	0.00	0.0
March 2	22	10	0.16	2.1
March 3	17	1	0.02	0.3
March 4	14	-6	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	-9	0.00	0.0
March 6	27	16	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	11	0.00	0.0
March 8	28	10	0.00	0.0
March 9	33	-2	0.00	0.0
March 10	37	20	0.03	0.2
March 11	37	28	0.40	4.0
March 12	33	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	33	29	0.06	0.3
March 14	35	30	0.08	0.6
March 15	34	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	30	19	0.01	0.1
March 17	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	12	0.00	0.0
March 19	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	31	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	29	24	0.54	5.4
March 26	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 28	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	78	45	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	57	38	0.00
April 2	38	30	0.19
April 3	68	36	0.00
April 4	57	41	0.02
April 5	51	33	0.85
April 6	60	43	0.25
April 7	72	38	0.02
April 8	49	39	0.21
April 9	66	41	0.42
April 10	58	43	0.24
April 11	57	37	0.00
April 12	62	38	0.00
April 13	54	32	0.00
April 14	55	37	0.00
April 15	56	36	0.00
April 16	55	31	0.00
April 17	52	30	0.51
April 18	59	42	0.88
April 19	46	39	0.16
April 20	40	35	0.15
April 21	53	31	0.00
April 22	56	33	0.03
April 23	59	44	0.19
April 24	51	40	0.02
April 25	62	40	0.00
April 26	64	38	0.00
April 27	67	40	0.00
April 28	69	41	0.00
April 29	68	47	0.00
April 30	57	35	0.00

May 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	28	0.00
May 2	58	29	0.00
May 3	64	35	0.00
May 4	53	41	0.00
May 5	48	34	0.05
May 6	60	34	0.00
May 7	49	42	0.18
May 8	66	47	0.25
May 9	55	40	0.00
May 10	75	36	0.00
May 11	72	58	0.42
May 12	74	54	1.91
May 13	54	46	2.28
May 14	49	45	0.09
May 15	61	46	0.00
May 16	61	53	0.00
May 17	69	47	0.00
May 18	74	50	0.00
May 19	76	54	0.00
May 20	66	54	0.00
May 21	64	45	0.00
May 22	63	44	0.05
May 23	63	54	0.00
May 24	73	60	0.00
May 25	84	62	0.00
May 26	87	67	0.00
May 27	85	65	0.11
May 28	82	65	0.16
May 29	80	62	0.00
May 30	74	58	0.00
May 31	82	56	0.00

June 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	53	0.00
June 2	67	48	0.00
June 3	74	43	0.00
June 4	79	46	0.00
June 5	78	47	0.00
June 6	81	53	0.00
June 7	82	52	0.16
June 8	68	48	0.00
June 9	80	42	0.00
June 10	83	55	0.00
June 11	88	61	0.00
June 12	76	59	0.00
June 13	76	48	0.00
June 14	70	53	0.04
June 15	77	60	0.08
June 16	77	64	1.00
June 17	82	65	0.41
June 18	76	57	0.00
June 19	80	50	0.00
June 20	74	58	0.00
June 21	73	49	0.00
June 22	76	51	0.00
June 23	78	61	0.00
June 24	86	60	0.00
June 25	79	68	0.53
June 26	87	69	0.05
June 27	82	66	0.00
June 28	86	58	0.00
June 29	88	62	0.00
June 30	88	68	0.23

July 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	69	0.10
July 2	80	63	0.03
July 3	71	63	0.00
July 4	83	64	0.00
July 5	87	66	0.00
July 6	89	68	0.53
July 7	81	65	0.04
July 8	82	61	0.07
July 9	82	61	0.38
July 10	75	55	0.00
July 11	75	54	0.00
July 12	69	60	0.48
July 13	80	62	0.00
July 14	77	56	0.00
July 15	88	64	0.00
July 16	85	65	0.02
July 17	84	71	0.00
July 18	83	72	0.08
July 19	86	69	0.11
July 20	84	68	0.60
July 21	82	68	0.64
July 22	82	62	0.00
July 23	77	60	0.00
July 24	79	56	0.00
July 25	85	58	0.00
July 26	82	64	0.43
July 27	76	61	0.00
July 28	78	56	0.00
July 29	77	64	0.00
July 30	68	55	0.00
July 31	78	51	0.00

August 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	53	0.00
August 2	78	64	0.00
August 3	72	54	0.00
August 4	76	43	0.00
August 5	78	47	0.00
August 6	85	53	0.00
August 7	81	58	0.00
August 8	87	62	0.00
August 9	83	64	0.00
August 10	77	53	0.00
August 11	83	59	0.00
August 12	88	63	0.00
August 13	90	64	0.00
August 14	91	67	0.00
August 15	89	65	0.08
August 16	84	62	0.00
August 17	88	63	0.01
August 18	91	65	0.51
August 19	79	57	0.13
August 20	80	51	0.00
August 21	72	52	0.00
August 22	86	62	0.00
August 23	89	65	0.00
August 24	89	71	0.00
August 25	80	66	0.00
August 26	80	67	0.19
August 27	76	66	0.18
August 28	80	62	0.00
August 29	79	54	0.00
August 30	82	53	0.00
August 31	83	57	0.00

September 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	57	0.00
September 2	86	61	0.00
September 3	87	65	0.00
September 4	84	58	0.00
September 5	84	52	0.00
September 6	88	54	0.00
September 7	94	59	0.00
September 8	94	64	0.00
September 9	92	64	0.00
September 10	91	63	0.00
September 11	90	64	0.00
September 12	83	60	0.92
September 13	68	60	0.48
September 14	75	57	0.12
September 15	81	52	0.00
September 16	73	61	0.47
September 17	73	59	1.14
September 18	79	59	0.31
September 19	84	68	0.23
September 20	68	53	0.70
September 21	65	48	0.00
September 22	68	42	0.00
September 23	70	42	0.00
September 24	77	47	0.00
September 25	69	45	0.00
September 26	73	46	0.00
September 27	64	48	0.00
September 28	64	41	0.00
September 29	69	44	0.14
September 30	58	45	0.00

October 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	38	0.00
October 2	64	50	0.51
October 3	61	47	0.00
October 4	61	47	0.07
October 5	53	43	0.03
October 6	55	43	0.00
October 7	51	33	0.00
October 8	58	27	0.10
October 9	57	45	0.85
October 10	57	51	0.02
October 11	57	51	0.00
October 12	55	38	0.00
October 13	53	35	0.00
October 14	51	33	0.00
October 15	58	38	0.00
October 16	51	35	0.00
October 17	55	32	0.00
October 18	60	36	0.00
October 19	64	30	0.00
October 20	73	36	0.00
October 21	80	51	0.00
October 22	58	44	0.02
October 23	49	33	0.00
October 24	58	31	0.00
October 25	56	39	0.08
October 26	55	29	0.00
October 27	61	29	0.00
October 28	55	32	0.00
October 29	59	37	0.00
October 30	68	43	0.00
October 31	56	39	0.00

November 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 2	70	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	73	41	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	46	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	46	0.08	0.0
November 6	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	36	0.00	0.0
November 10	61	42	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	32	0.22	0.0
November 13	60	31	0.67	0.0
November 14	36	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	38	22	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	22	0.33	0.0
November 17	40	33	0.84	0.2
November 18	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	31	17	0.00	0.0
November 20	24	20	0.03	0.3
November 21	24	20	0.00	0.0
November 22	31	23	0.30	3.0
November 23	34	25	0.10	0.5
November 24	31	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	17	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	25	0.06	0.7
November 27	31	20	0.22	2.5
November 28	31	6	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	12	0.04	0.4
November 30	21	6	0.04	0.4

December 1978 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	23	17	0.18	1.8
December 2	30	14	0.88	3.0
December 3	32	5	0.08	0.0
December 4	28	4	0.00	0.0
December 5	31	17	0.01	0.3
December 6	17	10	0.00	0.0
December 7	13	7	0.07	0.6
December 8	12	-2	0.00	0.0
December 9	6	-10	0.00	0.0
December 10	16	-12	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	33	29	0.01	0.0
December 20	32	16	0.02	0.0
December 21	28	10	0.00	0.0
December 22	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 23	36	18	0.02	0.0
December 24	32	8	0.00	0.0
December 25	21	2	0.12	1.7
December 26	21	-1	0.01	0.3
December 27	19	-1	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	19	0.02	0.0
December 29	33	21	0.32	2.8
December 30	21	9	0.05	0.6
December 31	12	8	0.57	5.9

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1951–2024	Dubuque Regional Airport	location
1938–1950	Dubuque L&D 11	location