Edmonton Weather in 1978

Historical record of Edmonton, Alberta weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Edmonton Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	32.8 °C	June 4
Lowest temperature	-32.4 °C	December 30
Highest daily low	16.4 °C	August 8
Lowest daily high	-24.8 °C	December 30
Most daily precipitation	6.7 cm	July 11
Most daily snow	8.2 cm	November 4
Total annual precipitation	60.4 cm	-
Total annual snow	88.9 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Edmonton in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978 was 32.8 °C which happened on June 4.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Edmonton in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	32.8 °C	Jun 4
2	32.3 °C	Aug 9
3	31.4 °C	Aug 10
4	31.3 °C	Jul 26
5	31.0 °C	Jun 28
6	30.5 °C	Aug 4
7	29.9 °C	Jul 4
8	29.8 °C	Jun 3
9	29.0 °C	Jun 29
10	28.9 °C	Jul 23

What was the coldest temperature in Edmonton in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978 was -32.4 °C which happened on Dec 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Edmonton in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-32.4 °C	December 30
2	-31.5 °C	February 1
3	-28.9 °C	January 31
4	-28.5 °C	January 29
5	-27.6 °C	December 29
6	-26.8 °C	December 28
7	-26.3 °C	January 7
8	-26.2 °C	December 1
9	-25.7 °C	December 31
10	-25.6 °C	January 8

January 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
January 1	-4.3	-13.1	0.00	0.0
January 2	-5.4	-15.0	0.00	0.0
January 3	-11.1	-17.4	0.20	2.0
January 4	-16.5	-20.9	0.22	2.2
January 5	-18.0	-22.3	0.57	5.9
January 6	-19.7	-24.3	0.07	0.7
January 7	-22.0	-26.3	0.00	0.0
January 8	-19.5	-25.6	0.26	2.8
January 9	-13.2	-19.8	0.02	0.2
January 10	-11.5	-16.2	0.00	0.0
January 11	-14.7	-20.6	0.00	0.0
January 12	-13.2	-17.5	0.08	1.0
January 13	-4.2	-16.3	0.00	0.0
January 14	-11.0	-17.6	0.04	0.4
January 15	-12.7	-17.9	0.07	1.3
January 16	-16.2	-25.4	0.00	0.0
January 17	-18.6	-25.4	0.11	1.6
January 18	-20.1	-25.1	0.00	0.0
January 19	-17.0	-25.2	0.00	0.0
January 20	-9.0	-20.2	0.00	0.0
January 21	-0.9	-10.5	0.00	0.0
January 22	1.5	-8.2	0.02	0.3
January 23	-1.0	-6.7	0.00	0.0
January 24	-0.7	-16.5	0.00	0.0
January 25	-11.7	-16.3	0.66	6.3
January 26	-8.5	-18.7	0.14	1.4
January 27	-14.5	-23.1	0.02	0.2
January 28	-14.5	-22.3	0.10	1.0
January 29	-14.9	-28.5	0.00	0.0
January 30	-15.8	-24.6	0.03	0.3
January 31	-20.4	-28.9	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
February 1	-19.7	-31.5	0.00	0.0
February 2	-14.9	-25.2	0.00	0.0
February 3	-20.2	-23.5	0.08	0.8
February 4	-15.7	-22.7	0.00	0.0
February 5	-6.6	-17.6	0.00	0.0
February 6	-5.4	-10.3	0.00	0.0
February 7	-9.6	-14.0	0.28	2.8
February 8	-9.7	-13.4	0.33	3.3
February 9	-10.2	-13.3	0.00	0.0
February 10	-9.5	-15.9	0.04	0.6
February 11	-13.7	-22.3	0.00	0.0
February 12	-13.5	-20.2	0.00	0.0
February 13	-11.8	-18.7	0.00	0.0
February 14	-11.4	-19.6	0.00	0.0
February 15	-10.8	-21.5	0.00	0.0
February 16	-5.2	-20.0	0.00	0.0
February 17	0.6	-14.8	0.00	0.0
February 18	4.6	-6.2	0.00	0.0
February 19	7.4	-0.4	0.00	0.0
February 20	10.0	-1.7	0.00	0.0
February 21	8.5	-1.2	0.00	0.0
February 22	7.8	-2.9	0.00	0.0
February 23	3.9	-5.4	0.08	0.8
February 24	-1.6	-15.7	0.31	3.9
February 25	-9.9	-17.6	0.00	0.0
February 26	0.8	-16.4	0.00	0.0
February 27	-6.4	-17.8	0.00	0.0
February 28	-12.2	-21.3	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
March 1	-10.6	-23.5	0.00	0.0
March 2	-10.0	-17.3	0.04	0.4
March 3	-12.8	-20.1	0.00	0.0
March 4	-10.5	-23.2	0.00	0.0
March 5	-9.1	-19.3	0.00	0.0
March 6	-4.8	-14.9	0.00	0.0
March 7	3.8	-11.7	0.00	0.0
March 8	11.2	-6.7	0.00	0.0
March 9	9.6	-1.8	0.00	0.0
March 10	8.2	-3.1	0.00	0.0
March 11	3.4	-3.9	0.00	0.0
March 12	-1.0	-7.1	0.00	0.0
March 13	2.2	-8.7	0.00	0.0
March 14	2.6	-3.7	0.23	3.5
March 15	-0.4	-6.1	0.00	0.0
March 16	3.9	-6.6	0.00	0.0
March 17	7.3	-3.2	0.00	0.0
March 18	6.4	-1.7	0.00	0.0
March 19	7.0	-3.7	0.00	0.0
March 20	11.4	1.8	0.00	0.0
March 21	6.7	0.6	0.00	0.0
March 22	4.6	-2.8	0.00	0.0
March 23	4.6	-1.9	0.00	0.0
March 24	2.4	-0.1	0.04	0.4
March 25	6.5	-1.4	0.00	0.0
March 26	4.9	-0.3	0.00	0.0
March 27	9.6	-2.3	0.00	0.0
March 28	13.2	0.8	0.00	0.0
March 29	6.1	1.6	0.00	0.0
March 30	4.5	0.8	0.26	0.5
March 31	3.3	-0.2	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
April 1	0.2	-1.4	0.00	0.0
April 2	1.6	-2.1	0.00	0.0
April 3	5.7	-1.2	0.00	0.0
April 4	12.6	-0.1	0.00	0.0
April 5	6.2	-1.9	0.00	0.0
April 6	3.1	-6.0	0.00	0.0
April 7	13.6	-1.6	0.00	0.0
April 8	10.6	1.3	0.04	0.0
April 9	11.3	1.2	0.00	0.0
April 10	17.1	-1.6	0.00	0.0
April 11	10.9	2.1	0.12	0.0
April 12	5.8	-0.8	0.10	1.0
April 13	4.2	-4.6	0.00	0.0
April 14	2.3	-5.2	0.06	0.6
April 15	0.8	-2.1	0.10	1.0
April 16	7.5	0.1	0.00	0.0
April 17	5.3	2.3	0.10	0.0
April 18	11.3	0.7	0.00	0.0
April 19	10.7	0.1	0.00	0.0
April 20	13.4	3.9	0.00	0.0
April 21	13.9	1.8	0.00	0.0
April 22	11.4	1.9	0.00	0.0
April 23	11.9	2.2	0.00	0.0
April 24	14.3	3.8	0.06	0.0
April 25	18.6	0.1	0.00	0.0
April 26	21.4	7.0	0.00	0.0
April 27	23.5	11.4	0.00	0.0
April 28	15.7	7.4	1.46	0.0
April 29	17.5	7.4	0.04	0.0
April 30	16.8	6.4	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	20.1	8.4	0.00
May 2	16.4	6.2	0.44
May 3	13.4	3.7	0.00
May 4	13.9	1.0	0.00
May 5	15.2	0.8	0.00
May 6	16.4	2.1	0.00
May 7	17.1	3.5	0.00
May 8	21.3	2.5	0.10
May 9	14.4	7.5	0.47
May 10	9.9	2.0	0.28
May 11	8.4	0.3	0.23
May 12	18.4	3.8	0.00
May 13	17.3	5.2	0.00
May 14	21.6	6.7	0.00
May 15	16.4	6.8	0.96
May 16	12.9	8.3	0.44
May 17	19.8	6.0	0.00
May 18	20.1	7.7	0.00
May 19	25.1	7.1	0.00
May 20	26.9	11.2	0.00
May 21	26.8	9.6	0.00
May 22	20.6	8.4	0.02
May 23	15.2	4.5	0.00
May 24	11.3	5.7	0.04
May 25	7.9	3.8	2.13
May 26	15.6	5.0	0.41
May 27	21.8	7.3	0.00
May 28	17.2	10.1	0.00
May 29	10.7	4.1	0.50
May 30	13.1	5.4	0.92
May 31	19.2	4.1	0.00

June 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	24.2	8.0	0.00
June 2	28.4	9.5	0.00
June 3	29.8	12.3	0.00
June 4	32.8	13.2	0.00
June 5	28.1	9.8	0.96
June 6	18.4	8.9	0.08
June 7	25.0	7.4	0.00
June 8	25.2	12.1	0.16
June 9	16.7	10.1	0.30
June 10	18.4	7.1	0.00
June 11	17.4	5.7	0.00
June 12	21.6	9.2	0.00
June 13	21.9	11.7	0.31
June 14	14.2	7.0	0.77
June 15	21.0	8.9	0.24
June 16	18.4	11.2	0.22
June 17	26.1	8.8	0.00
June 18	16.8	8.5	0.02
June 19	20.4	4.9	0.00
June 20	24.8	12.7	0.00
June 21	24.4	11.5	2.02
June 22	21.4	10.0	0.14
June 23	19.0	8.0	0.00
June 24	24.8	10.4	0.00
June 25	23.9	14.5	0.00
June 26	24.6	12.4	0.00
June 27	26.5	12.9	0.00
June 28	31.0	13.6	0.00
June 29	29.0	15.6	1.76
June 30	26.4	15.6	0.80

July 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	24.3	13.8	0.00
July 2	26.9	13.2	0.00
July 3	28.0	12.2	0.00
July 4	29.9	13.9	0.00
July 5	23.9	13.2	0.06
July 6	16.9	10.4	0.00
July 7	15.2	10.5	0.16
July 8	21.8	9.1	0.00
July 9	23.7	8.1	0.00
July 10	22.4	13.4	2.12
July 11	15.6	10.8	6.68
July 12	25.4	10.6	0.00
July 13	23.2	14.1	0.20
July 14	25.9	13.4	0.00
July 15	28.4	14.9	0.00
July 16	25.3	14.9	0.36
July 17	18.1	11.6	0.00
July 18	17.0	8.7	0.02
July 19	21.2	10.1	0.22
July 20	23.4	10.5	0.02
July 21	24.3	12.2	0.00
July 22	27.0	12.1	0.00
July 23	28.9	12.8	0.46
July 24	26.0	13.3	0.16
July 25	27.0	13.1	0.00
July 26	31.3	13.2	0.00
July 27	24.4	13.8	0.67
July 28	21.4	13.6	0.00
July 29	22.4	13.5	1.23
July 30	22.9	13.0	0.00
July 31	25.0	11.0	0.10

August 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	14.4	6.8	0.08
August 2	19.6	6.6	0.00
August 3	27.3	7.7	0.00
August 4	30.5	11.8	0.07
August 5	23.6	14.8	0.40
August 6	27.6	11.9	0.00
August 7	24.9	15.8	0.00
August 8	27.4	16.4	0.05
August 9	32.3	13.3	0.00
August 10	31.4	15.3	0.02
August 11	22.6	13.6	0.10
August 12	19.4	11.8	0.42
August 13	19.3	11.4	0.05
August 14	21.4	8.5	0.12
August 15	19.5	9.4	0.18
August 16	14.2	10.8	3.89
August 17	13.2	7.5	0.17
August 18	16.1	6.0	0.18
August 19	9.7	6.9	1.10
August 20	11.9	6.4	0.56
August 21	17.1	6.0	0.00
August 22	22.8	8.1	0.08
August 23	16.3	10.5	1.26
August 24	16.5	7.6	0.00
August 25	20.5	9.7	0.52
August 26	21.3	6.0	0.00
August 27	21.0	7.6	0.00
August 28	22.6	8.4	0.00
August 29	23.6	8.3	0.00
August 30	25.1	9.2	0.00
August 31	25.6	11.8	0.00

September 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	22.3	13.3	0.14
September 2	26.8	8.4	0.00
September 3	21.1	11.8	0.00
September 4	17.3	10.2	0.00
September 5	14.7	8.8	0.00
September 6	15.5	10.6	0.30
September 7	16.6	13.1	1.65
September 8	14.9	8.0	3.67
September 9	19.3	6.7	0.00
September 10	19.6	8.9	0.10
September 11	12.1	7.8	1.12
September 12	9.6	5.2	0.00
September 13	11.4	5.2	0.00
September 14	17.1	7.6	0.00
September 15	14.8	7.7	1.69
September 16	8.4	5.7	0.70
September 17	7.0	3.1	1.07
September 18	9.1	2.9	0.44
September 19	13.4	3.0	0.00
September 20	18.3	4.2	0.00
September 21	15.3	5.6	0.00
September 22	15.3	3.9	0.00
September 23	15.3	3.5	0.00
September 24	16.0	3.7	0.00
September 25	11.9	4.8	0.10
September 26	15.9	2.0	0.00
September 27	15.6	2.0	0.06
September 28	17.8	4.8	0.18
September 29	21.1	5.8	0.00
September 30	18.3	5.7	0.03

October 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
October 1	13.0	5.4	0.03
October 2	15.1	2.6	0.00
October 3	13.7	7.2	0.39
October 4	11.8	1.9	0.00
October 5	13.7	-0.2	0.00
October 6	18.9	2.6	0.00
October 7	20.0	6.3	0.00
October 8	20.4	4.7	0.00
October 9	22.0	5.2	0.00
October 10	16.0	5.0	0.00
October 11	12.4	3.8	0.00
October 12	11.4	3.2	0.00
October 13	12.5	2.1	0.00
October 14	16.7	3.1	0.00
October 15	16.6	1.8	0.00
October 16	14.2	5.2	0.00
October 17	12.8	3.6	0.00
October 18	23.9	4.9	0.00
October 19	22.7	7.5	0.00
October 20	10.6	2.6	0.90
October 21	9.3	0.4	0.16
October 22	6.6	-2.6	0.00
October 23	15.6	2.2	0.00
October 24	9.2	3.0	0.00
October 25	8.8	1.2	0.00
October 26	10.6	-0.1	0.00
October 27	10.1	-3.2	0.00
October 28	6.8	-5.1	0.00
October 29	4.7	-2.2	0.00
October 30	9.8	-4.2	0.00
October 31	11.8	-0.1	0.00

November 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
November 1	19.1	1.9	0.00	0.0
November 2	14.8	5.6	0.00	0.0
November 3	7.7	2.3	0.00	0.0
November 4	4.5	-1.6	0.88	8.2
November 5	4.1	-5.4	0.00	0.0
November 6	9.8	0.1	0.00	0.0
November 7	12.5	1.5	0.72	0.0
November 8	2.6	-7.6	0.00	0.0
November 9	-7.3	-11.8	0.13	1.3
November 10	-6.7	-14.0	0.03	0.3
November 11	-0.9	-10.7	0.00	0.0
November 12	-4.2	-12.5	0.00	0.0
November 13	-2.6	-8.2	0.00	0.0
November 14	2.2	-7.8	0.00	0.0
November 15	-1.0	-6.7	0.00	0.0
November 16	-2.3	-14.6	0.20	2.0
November 17	-14.0	-19.4	0.14	1.4
November 18	-15.3	-23.4	0.00	0.0
November 19	-14.4	-21.0	0.00	0.0
November 20	-10.6	-22.1	0.00	0.0
November 21	-8.1	-17.3	0.00	0.0
November 22	-7.3	-14.9	0.00	0.0
November 23	3.6	-10.1	0.04	0.4
November 24	3.1	-5.6	0.00	0.0
November 25	3.2	-2.0	0.34	3.0
November 26	0.2	-9.4	0.04	0.4
November 27	4.2	-9.1	0.22	1.6
November 28	4.6	-13.3	0.42	4.4
November 29	-11.0	-15.0	0.44	5.1
November 30	-11.3	-22.2	0.06	0.6

December 1978 Edmonton Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
December 1	-15.1	-26.2	0.00	0.0
December 2	-8.1	-18.4	0.00	0.0
December 3	5.0	-9.6	0.07	0.7
December 4	-0.3	-9.2	0.09	0.9
December 5	-9.2	-16.7	0.00	0.0
December 6	-7.6	-18.6	0.04	0.4
December 7	-8.2	-12.8	0.04	0.4
December 8	-2.7	-15.0	0.05	0.9
December 9	3.6	-2.7	0.00	0.0
December 10	0.0	-7.6	0.00	0.0
December 11	-3.5	-6.3	0.16	1.6
December 12	-3.6	-7.9	0.14	1.7
December 13	1.0	-8.1	0.00	0.0
December 14	4.2	-3.6	0.00	0.0
December 15	-0.5	-6.5	0.00	0.0
December 16	-1.8	-11.8	0.00	0.0
December 17	-10.4	-16.7	0.02	0.2
December 18	-13.0	-17.7	0.02	0.2
December 19	-3.0	-20.1	0.00	0.0
December 20	-0.7	-5.2	0.00	0.0
December 21	2.1	-11.1	0.00	0.0
December 22	-9.3	-17.4	0.21	2.1
December 23	-8.2	-21.1	0.02	0.2
December 24	-0.5	-9.0	0.00	0.0
December 25	-2.6	-9.4	0.00	0.0
December 26	-7.0	-14.5	0.03	0.3
December 27	-13.9	-22.3	0.06	0.6
December 28	-19.2	-26.8	0.00	0.0
December 29	-23.0	-27.6	0.00	0.0
December 30	-24.8	-32.4	0.00	0.0
December 31	-18.6	-25.7	0.28	2.8

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