Fargo Weather in 1978

Historical record of Fargo, North Dakota weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Fargo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	September 6
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	January 17
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	-12 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	June 15
Most daily snow	5.3 inches	December 28
Total annual precipitation	17.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fargo in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on September 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fargo in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Sep 6
2	98 °F	Sep 5
3	97 °F	Sep 8
4	96 °F	Sep 4
4	96 °F	Aug 12
6	95 °F	Aug 13
7	94 °F	Sep 3
7	94 °F	Aug 7
7	94 °F	Jul 25
10	92 °F	Aug 14

What was the coldest temperature in Fargo in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1978 was -24 °F which happened on Jan 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fargo in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	January 17
2	-23 °F	December 31
3	-21 °F	February 5
3	-21 °F	January 10
3	-21 °F	January 9
6	-20 °F	February 2
6	-20 °F	January 16
8	-19 °F	February 6
8	-19 °F	January 29
8	-19 °F	January 20

January 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	15	-4	0.00	0.2
January 2	15	3	0.02	1.0
January 3	9	-1	0.00	0.0
January 4	6	-3	0.00	0.1
January 5	16	5	0.01	0.3
January 6	16	10	0.00	0.0
January 7	10	-8	0.00	0.0
January 8	-8	-14	0.00	0.0
January 9	-10	-21	0.00	0.0
January 10	-5	-21	0.00	0.0
January 11	3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 12	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	13	2	0.02	0.9
January 14	5	-9	0.04	0.6
January 15	7	-12	0.03	0.3
January 16	-12	-20	0.00	0.0
January 17	11	-24	0.00	0.0
January 18	11	-15	0.00	0.4
January 19	-3	-18	0.00	0.0
January 20	0	-19	0.00	0.0
January 21	4	-13	0.00	0.0
January 22	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	11	0.01	0.3
January 25	15	-8	0.03	0.4
January 26	-8	-17	0.00	0.1
January 27	-5	-18	0.00	0.0
January 28	-2	-16	0.00	0.0
January 29	-2	-19	0.00	0.0
January 30	3	-5	0.00	0.0
January 31	-1	-14	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
February 2	-1	-20	0.00	0.0
February 3	8	-15	0.05	0.4
February 4	10	-12	0.02	0.3
February 5	-8	-21	0.00	0.0
February 6	8	-19	0.00	0.0
February 7	11	-6	0.00	0.0
February 8	19	-2	0.00	0.0
February 9	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	8	-4	0.00	0.2
February 11	7	-6	0.00	0.0
February 12	14	-7	0.00	0.0
February 13	10	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	11	2	0.00	0.0
February 15	8	-5	0.00	0.0
February 16	9	-5	0.00	0.0
February 17	13	-3	0.00	0.0
February 18	8	-9	0.00	0.0
February 19	18	2	0.00	0.0
February 20	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 21	13	-4	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	12	0.09	1.7
February 23	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	8	0.01	0.3
February 25	11	-2	0.00	0.0
February 26	11	-9	0.00	0.0
February 27	15	2	0.01	1.0
February 28	6	-14	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	13	-16	0.00	0.0
March 2	15	-1	0.18	3.0
March 3	4	-11	0.00	0.0
March 4	8	-11	0.00	0.0
March 5	9	-4	0.00	0.0
March 6	15	-12	0.00	0.0
March 7	23	0	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	8	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	32	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	29	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	31	25	0.24	4.0
March 14	25	13	0.00	0.0
March 15	29	12	0.01	0.1
March 16	26	5	0.00	0.0
March 17	25	3	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	34	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	35	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 24	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	58	34	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	22	0.00	0.0
April 2	33	27	0.13	2.2
April 3	37	32	0.15	0.0
April 4	44	29	0.00	0.0
April 5	48	34	0.30	0.0
April 6	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 7	41	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	50	30	0.01	0.0
April 9	45	38	0.02	0.0
April 10	46	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	48	27	0.04	0.0
April 13	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	53	25	0.00	0.0
April 15	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 16	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 17	54	41	0.00	0.0
April 18	50	37	0.05	0.0
April 19	37	25	0.05	0.5
April 20	48	25	0.00	0.1
April 21	57	23	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	40	0.05	0.0
April 23	43	39	0.35	0.0
April 24	55	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	62	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	69	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	69	47	0.00	0.0
April 28	69	50	0.00	0.0
April 29	71	49	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	37	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	33	0.00
May 2	68	37	0.00
May 3	68	43	0.00
May 4	71	47	0.00
May 5	70	42	0.00
May 6	71	41	0.00
May 7	56	45	0.44
May 8	47	43	0.11
May 9	63	43	0.01
May 10	82	47	0.00
May 11	65	49	0.00
May 12	61	42	0.23
May 13	67	33	0.00
May 14	74	34	0.00
May 15	74	48	0.00
May 16	77	55	0.00
May 17	78	55	0.00
May 18	80	50	0.04
May 19	64	46	0.33
May 20	67	39	0.00
May 21	75	45	0.00
May 22	80	56	0.23
May 23	80	57	0.00
May 24	84	62	0.04
May 25	86	60	0.17
May 26	80	60	0.00
May 27	72	52	0.00
May 28	71	49	0.00
May 29	70	53	0.00
May 30	73	47	0.00
May 31	66	49	0.18

June 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	55	42	0.01
June 2	67	39	0.00
June 3	72	42	0.00
June 4	77	47	0.00
June 5	86	37	0.00
June 6	86	52	0.26
June 7	67	47	0.26
June 8	75	42	0.00
June 9	82	43	0.00
June 10	87	59	0.00
June 11	65	52	0.00
June 12	78	42	0.00
June 13	80	50	0.00
June 14	86	62	0.00
June 15	80	62	2.41
June 16	76	61	0.31
June 17	69	51	0.00
June 18	77	45	0.00
June 19	83	51	0.24
June 20	68	48	0.00
June 21	76	44	0.00
June 22	78	60	0.00
June 23	80	62	0.21
June 24	83	65	0.00
June 25	73	64	0.31
June 26	75	56	0.00
June 27	83	54	0.00
June 28	85	65	0.00
June 29	87	65	0.22
June 30	71	67	0.17

July 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	73	65	0.00
July 2	80	65	0.00
July 3	87	66	0.00
July 4	84	70	0.01
July 5	86	63	0.29
July 6	85	64	0.00
July 7	71	56	0.42
July 8	70	53	0.09
July 9	71	51	0.00
July 10	73	48	0.00
July 11	78	57	0.00
July 12	84	59	0.64
July 13	78	53	0.00
July 14	83	60	0.00
July 15	87	61	0.00
July 16	88	61	0.00
July 17	87	70	0.01
July 18	83	61	0.00
July 19	71	58	1.45
July 20	74	54	0.00
July 21	78	62	0.01
July 22	72	56	0.00
July 23	83	56	0.00
July 24	86	59	0.00
July 25	94	63	0.00
July 26	82	57	0.00
July 27	76	53	0.00
July 28	90	61	0.00
July 29	71	57	0.00
July 30	78	55	0.00
July 31	78	53	0.00

August 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	57	0.52
August 2	69	48	0.00
August 3	70	42	0.00
August 4	81	44	0.00
August 5	83	54	0.00
August 6	87	54	0.00
August 7	94	65	0.00
August 8	83	54	0.00
August 9	80	47	0.00
August 10	88	61	0.00
August 11	90	64	0.00
August 12	96	69	0.00
August 13	95	74	0.01
August 14	92	69	0.00
August 15	69	54	0.38
August 16	82	49	0.00
August 17	83	58	0.40
August 18	72	55	0.00
August 19	77	43	0.00
August 20	87	59	0.18
August 21	90	55	0.00
August 22	70	50	1.94
August 23	81	63	0.35
August 24	81	59	0.00
August 25	86	68	0.00
August 26	84	65	0.01
August 27	79	63	0.00
August 28	76	53	0.00
August 29	79	48	0.00
August 30	75	43	0.00
August 31	80	57	0.00

September 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	65	0.00
September 2	89	60	0.00
September 3	94	60	0.00
September 4	96	69	0.00
September 5	98	69	0.00
September 6	99	68	0.00
September 7	87	60	0.00
September 8	97	64	0.00
September 9	86	59	0.00
September 10	91	64	0.21
September 11	84	63	0.25
September 12	63	51	0.17
September 13	58	50	0.06
September 14	61	49	0.00
September 15	67	48	0.00
September 16	70	49	0.10
September 17	58	42	0.10
September 18	62	51	0.03
September 19	62	41	0.00
September 20	60	40	0.00
September 21	64	34	0.00
September 22	79	44	0.00
September 23	76	49	0.00
September 24	68	45	0.00
September 25	78	48	0.00
September 26	69	41	0.00
September 27	64	34	0.00
September 28	73	47	0.00
September 29	57	46	0.00
September 30	69	36	0.00

October 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	48	0.00
October 2	67	42	0.00
October 3	50	37	0.08
October 4	58	43	0.04
October 5	51	41	0.00
October 6	48	41	0.00
October 7	56	29	0.00
October 8	69	39	0.00
October 9	68	41	0.00
October 10	72	35	0.00
October 11	66	44	0.00
October 12	54	32	0.00
October 13	50	32	0.01
October 14	52	27	0.00
October 15	46	29	0.00
October 16	54	21	0.00
October 17	54	35	0.00
October 18	52	24	0.00
October 19	70	38	0.00
October 20	79	45	0.00
October 21	70	42	0.00
October 22	49	27	0.00
October 23	55	21	0.00
October 24	76	40	0.00
October 25	47	38	0.00
October 26	52	34	0.00
October 27	53	29	0.00
October 28	53	25	0.00
October 29	57	39	0.00
October 30	55	25	0.00
October 31	57	21	0.00

November 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	73	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	69	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	52	28	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	17	0.00	0.0
November 7	62	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	40	0.00	0.0
November 9	41	35	0.01	0.0
November 10	36	24	0.66	3.7
November 11	24	13	0.00	0.0
November 12	31	20	0.16	1.0
November 13	33	25	0.08	1.3
November 14	25	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	11	0.00	0.0
November 16	30	5	0.00	0.0
November 17	31	16	0.00	0.0
November 18	23	2	0.05	0.7
November 19	3	0	0.00	0.1
November 20	2	-8	0.00	0.0
November 21	8	-9	0.00	0.0
November 22	19	8	0.00	0.2
November 23	22	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	26	6	0.00	0.0
November 25	27	4	0.00	0.0
November 26	15	2	0.00	0.0
November 27	19	-3	0.12	1.2
November 28	22	-11	0.03	0.3
November 29	29	-11	0.00	0.0
November 30	-1	-14	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	3	-16	0.00	0.0
December 2	-2	-15	0.00	0.0
December 3	5	-3	0.00	0.0
December 4	30	0	0.02	0.2
December 5	26	-5	0.00	0.0
December 6	1	-13	0.00	0.0
December 7	3	-10	0.00	0.0
December 8	6	-12	0.00	0.0
December 9	-4	-18	0.00	0.0
December 10	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	9	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 13	25	7	0.00	0.2
December 14	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	26	10	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	8	0.00	0.0
December 18	25	6	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	22	0.23	3.1
December 20	23	3	0.00	0.1
December 21	34	9	0.01	0.2
December 22	29	9	0.00	0.4
December 23	17	-15	0.07	1.4
December 24	7	-17	0.00	0.0
December 25	15	-1	0.00	0.4
December 26	14	-1	0.00	0.0
December 27	10	-2	0.00	0.4
December 28	26	2	0.14	5.3
December 29	2	-10	0.00	0.0
December 30	-6	-17	0.00	0.0
December 31	-10	-23	0.00	0.0

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