Dubuque Weather in 1979

Historical record of Dubuque, Iowa weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Dubuque Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	87 °F	September 2
Lowest temperature	-27 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	-9 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	July 22
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	35.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	48.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dubuque in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Dubuque, Iowa in 1979 was 87 °F which happened 5 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dubuque in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	87 °F	Sep 2
1	87 °F	Aug 7
1	87 °F	Jul 15
1	87 °F	Jul 14
1	87 °F	Jun 6
6	86 °F	Aug 31
6	86 °F	Aug 30
6	86 °F	Aug 9
6	86 °F	Aug 4
6	86 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Dubuque in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dubuque, Iowa in 1979 was -27 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dubuque in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-27 °F	February 5
2	-23 °F	January 15
3	-21 °F	January 2
4	-20 °F	February 9
4	-20 °F	January 14
6	-18 °F	January 6
6	-18 °F	January 5
6	-18 °F	January 3
9	-17 °F	January 11
9	-17 °F	January 8

January 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	10	-10	0.02	0.3
January 2	-9	-21	0.00	0.0
January 3	-1	-18	0.00	0.0
January 4	-1	-10	0.00	0.0
January 5	-3	-18	0.00	0.0
January 6	7	-18	0.00	0.0
January 7	11	-7	0.00	0.0
January 8	2	-17	0.00	0.0
January 9	8	-8	0.00	0.0
January 10	1	-12	0.00	0.0
January 11	3	-17	0.12	2.0
January 12	14	3	0.11	1.5
January 13	18	7	1.11	11.0
January 14	7	-20	0.00	0.0
January 15	-2	-23	0.13	1.9
January 16	15	-13	0.00	0.0
January 17	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 18	16	-7	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	16	0.44	4.1
January 20	26	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	12	0.47	5.2
January 24	12	2	0.00	0.0
January 25	17	-5	0.00	0.0
January 26	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	17	0.13	2.3
January 28	26	13	0.02	0.3
January 29	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	12	3	0.06	0.7
January 31	12	-6	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	13	-6	0.00	0.0
February 2	12	1	0.05	0.7
February 3	12	-3	0.00	0.0
February 4	-1	-15	0.00	0.0
February 5	-2	-27	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	-2	0.00	0.0
February 7	5	-9	0.00	0.0
February 8	5	-4	0.04	0.5
February 9	2	-20	0.00	0.0
February 10	8	2	0.00	0.0
February 11	18	5	0.21	2.9
February 12	21	12	0.08	1.1
February 13	21	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	25	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 16	13	-4	0.00	0.0
February 17	9	-9	0.00	0.0
February 18	12	-1	0.05	0.8
February 19	17	-13	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	18	0.15	2.0
February 22	35	15	0.19	0.0
February 23	36	17	0.29	0.0
February 24	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	20	0.06	0.7

March 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	32	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	32	0.39	0.0
March 4	34	27	0.07	0.5
March 5	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	12	0.03	0.0
March 7	33	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 10	11	4	0.00	0.0
March 11	35	2	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	12	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 14	29	10	0.00	0.0
March 15	22	2	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	32	0.28	0.0
March 18	48	35	0.09	0.0
March 19	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	30	0.38	0.6
March 24	30	19	0.17	2.2
March 25	27	16	0.00	0.0
March 26	31	14	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 28	52	32	0.01	0.0
March 29	57	35	0.94	0.0
March 30	60	37	0.18	0.0
March 31	38	31	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	35	28	0.38	2.5
April 2	37	29	0.19	1.5
April 3	41	22	0.00	0.0
April 4	48	31	0.05	0.0
April 5	43	16	0.10	0.1
April 6	34	13	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 8	42	30	0.02	0.0
April 9	36	28	0.00	0.0
April 10	47	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	43	35	0.08	0.0
April 12	70	41	0.00	0.0
April 13	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	60	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	65	36	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 19	55	42	0.14	0.0
April 20	60	47	0.38	0.0
April 21	65	44	0.00	0.0
April 22	71	39	0.00	0.0
April 23	70	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	63	53	0.08	0.0
April 25	66	44	0.53	0.0
April 26	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	49	36	0.10	0.0
April 28	52	37	0.03	0.0
April 29	44	37	0.29	0.0
April 30	47	33	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	33	0.00
May 2	58	48	0.82
May 3	57	43	0.01
May 4	59	38	0.00
May 5	67	37	0.00
May 6	75	47	0.00
May 7	78	55	0.00
May 8	85	62	0.00
May 9	85	56	0.00
May 10	85	60	0.29
May 11	60	43	0.00
May 12	62	39	0.00
May 13	67	46	0.27
May 14	65	44	0.03
May 15	65	43	0.00
May 16	71	44	0.00
May 17	79	57	0.00
May 18	78	59	0.42
May 19	72	53	0.15
May 20	68	46	0.00
May 21	62	39	0.00
May 22	68	39	0.05
May 23	57	45	0.00
May 24	65	40	0.00
May 25	66	39	0.00
May 26	60	38	0.00
May 27	75	40	0.00
May 28	77	40	0.00
May 29	80	50	0.04
May 30	83	55	0.00
May 31	73	53	0.10

June 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	45	0.00
June 2	81	54	0.00
June 3	85	49	0.00
June 4	79	59	0.01
June 5	74	57	0.00
June 6	87	51	0.00
June 7	80	64	0.49
June 8	72	64	0.03
June 9	77	64	0.01
June 10	68	54	0.20
June 11	79	53	0.00
June 12	82	56	0.45
June 13	77	52	0.00
June 14	81	61	0.00
June 15	84	66	0.00
June 16	84	65	0.00
June 17	74	58	0.47
June 18	68	54	1.49
June 19	82	56	0.00
June 20	82	58	0.57
June 21	82	61	0.00
June 22	77	57	0.00
June 23	62	53	0.00
June 24	73	51	0.00
June 25	78	49	0.00
June 26	83	52	0.00
June 27	81	64	0.03
June 28	85	61	0.32
June 29	74	60	0.26
June 30	82	58	0.00

July 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	55	0.00
July 2	82	59	0.00
July 3	82	64	0.97
July 4	76	61	0.00
July 5	74	53	0.00
July 6	73	49	0.00
July 7	75	55	0.00
July 8	81	55	0.00
July 9	82	59	0.00
July 10	85	62	0.00
July 11	82	67	1.40
July 12	86	68	0.00
July 13	78	67	0.80
July 14	87	65	0.29
July 15	87	63	0.00
July 16	78	63	0.00
July 17	75	60	0.00
July 18	77	51	0.00
July 19	79	56	0.00
July 20	81	57	0.00
July 21	83	59	0.00
July 22	82	66	1.80
July 23	84	66	0.00
July 24	80	68	0.30
July 25	81	64	0.04
July 26	83	64	0.00
July 27	83	66	0.14
July 28	82	64	0.00
July 29	81	66	0.37
July 30	83	68	0.61
July 31	78	63	0.00

August 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	76	62	0.00
August 2	80	58	0.30
August 3	84	62	0.07
August 4	86	66	0.47
August 5	85	68	0.00
August 6	84	65	0.00
August 7	87	73	0.00
August 8	82	66	0.02
August 9	86	66	0.08
August 10	79	60	0.00
August 11	73	53	0.00
August 12	71	48	0.00
August 13	68	59	0.09
August 14	66	51	0.00
August 15	68	45	0.00
August 16	69	53	0.00
August 17	84	61	0.96
August 18	81	67	0.85
August 19	78	67	0.91
August 20	81	65	0.65
August 21	74	63	0.60
August 22	80	63	0.16
August 23	75	54	0.00
August 24	74	53	0.00
August 25	77	56	0.00
August 26	79	64	0.10
August 27	76	61	0.39
August 28	80	63	1.64
August 29	82	64	0.18
August 30	86	60	0.00
August 31	86	68	0.00

September 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	67	0.00
September 2	87	65	0.00
September 3	76	59	0.00
September 4	80	59	0.00
September 5	84	58	0.00
September 6	81	56	0.00
September 7	65	49	0.00
September 8	65	47	0.00
September 9	78	53	0.00
September 10	84	62	0.00
September 11	84	61	0.00
September 12	82	58	0.00
September 13	68	50	0.03
September 14	62	46	0.00
September 15	71	39	0.00
September 16	75	44	0.00
September 17	75	45	0.00
September 18	74	51	0.00
September 19	67	44	0.00
September 20	78	45	0.00
September 21	66	48	0.00
September 22	67	40	0.00
September 23	68	42	0.00
September 24	66	48	0.04
September 25	75	46	0.00
September 26	79	49	0.00
September 27	79	55	0.00
September 28	80	54	0.00
September 29	77	57	0.00
September 30	77	52	0.00

October 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	50	0.60
October 2	63	47	0.00
October 3	65	43	0.04
October 4	50	40	0.00
October 5	59	42	0.00
October 6	55	40	0.00
October 7	68	31	0.00
October 8	65	47	0.01
October 9	51	37	0.00
October 10	52	32	0.04
October 11	55	42	0.06
October 12	47	34	0.00
October 13	53	29	0.00
October 14	58	28	0.00
October 15	66	45	0.00
October 16	66	51	0.01
October 17	69	48	0.00
October 18	65	50	0.20
October 19	67	57	0.51
October 20	77	61	0.00
October 21	79	58	0.00
October 22	59	35	0.92
October 23	40	33	0.00
October 24	52	30	0.00
October 25	44	29	0.00
October 26	49	24	0.00
October 27	63	41	0.00
October 28	69	33	0.00
October 29	68	36	0.00
October 30	66	48	0.00
October 31	65	44	0.41

November 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	35	0.03	0.0
November 2	49	24	0.00	0.0
November 3	44	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	56	40	0.26	0.0
November 6	42	30	0.05	0.0
November 7	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 8	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	34	24	0.04	0.4
November 10	31	15	0.00	0.0
November 11	34	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	36	25	0.10	0.7
November 13	34	18	0.00	0.0
November 14	44	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	67	43	0.00	0.0
November 19	64	41	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	33	0.40	0.0
November 21	47	41	0.60	0.0
November 22	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 23	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	30	0.40	0.0
November 27	40	29	0.01	0.1
November 28	29	21	0.00	0.0
November 29	26	19	0.01	0.1
November 30	29	17	0.02	0.6

December 1979 Dubuque Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	24	11	0.03	0.9
December 2	26	3	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	18	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	20	0.05	0.0
December 7	41	25	0.04	0.0
December 8	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 9	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	56	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	50	17	0.02	0.0
December 12	20	10	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	31	2	0.06	0.6
December 17	19	-5	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	44	32	0.95	0.0
December 23	51	36	0.02	0.0
December 24	39	31	0.17	0.0
December 25	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	24	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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