Fort Wayne Weather in 1978

Historical record of Fort Wayne, Indiana weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Fort Wayne Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	December 31
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	29.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fort Wayne in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1978 was 95 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fort Wayne in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 22
1	95 °F	Jul 21
1	95 °F	Jul 20
4	94 °F	Jul 26
5	93 °F	Sep 8
5	93 °F	Jun 27
7	92 °F	Sep 9
7	92 °F	Jul 19
9	91 °F	Sep 10
9	91 °F	Aug 24
9	91 °F	Jul 7

What was the coldest temperature in Fort Wayne in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1978 was -12 °F which happened on Feb 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fort Wayne in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	February 10
2	-8 °F	February 21
2	-8 °F	February 7
4	-7 °F	February 19
4	-7 °F	February 3
6	-6 °F	February 6
6	-6 °F	January 22
8	-5 °F	March 5
8	-5 °F	February 17
8	-5 °F	February 9
8	-5 °F	February 8

January 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	21	0.25	2.9
January 2	21	-2	0.00	0.0
January 3	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	-1	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	33	0.00	0.0
January 7	41	34	0.55	0.0
January 8	38	15	0.04	0.8
January 9	15	-1	0.00	0.2
January 10	10	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	7	0.09	1.1
January 13	24	18	0.03	0.7
January 14	25	10	0.10	2.0
January 15	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 16	20	-2	0.08	1.5
January 17	21	15	0.09	2.3
January 18	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	20	0.16	3.1
January 21	20	2	0.01	0.2
January 22	11	-6	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	13	0.10	0.2
January 25	34	27	0.55	5.4
January 26	28	4	0.30	4.7
January 27	10	4	0.00	0.0
January 28	11	5	0.00	0.0
January 29	13	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	11	-1	0.00	0.0
January 31	14	3	0.00	0.2

February 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	16	-4	0.00	0.2
February 2	21	-4	0.00	0.2
February 3	20	-7	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	-4	0.02	0.4
February 5	23	8	0.09	1.3
February 6	11	-6	0.00	0.0
February 7	14	-8	0.00	0.0
February 8	20	-5	0.00	0.0
February 9	25	-5	0.00	0.0
February 10	21	-12	0.00	0.0
February 11	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	9	0.17	2.5
February 14	23	2	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	2	0.00	0.1
February 16	22	2	0.00	0.1
February 17	14	-5	0.00	0.0
February 18	19	-4	0.00	0.0
February 19	20	-7	0.00	0.0
February 20	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 21	24	-8	0.00	0.0
February 22	24	0	0.00	0.0
February 23	26	0	0.01	0.5
February 24	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	25	0.00	0.4
February 26	27	7	0.01	0.4
February 27	24	-2	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	15	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	28	3	0.00	0.0
March 2	22	-1	0.02	1.0
March 3	26	16	0.04	1.3
March 4	22	0	0.00	0.0
March 5	17	-5	0.00	0.0
March 6	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 7	25	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	30	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	10	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	12	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	23	0.16	0.0
March 12	40	26	0.03	0.0
March 13	40	22	0.62	0.0
March 14	42	34	0.35	0.2
March 15	37	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	27	0.00	0.2
March 17	33	19	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	27	0.25	0.0
March 21	50	34	0.47	0.0
March 22	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	34	28	0.26	0.0
March 26	36	33	0.11	0.0
March 27	38	34	0.01	0.0
March 28	56	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	51	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	75	38	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	67	41	0.02	0.0
April 2	41	31	0.47	0.1
April 3	73	34	0.05	0.0
April 4	64	43	0.21	0.0
April 5	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	67	46	1.15	0.0
April 7	71	40	0.00	0.0
April 8	53	40	0.00	0.0
April 9	51	35	0.04	0.0
April 10	75	39	1.06	0.0
April 11	60	45	0.08	0.0
April 12	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 13	53	39	0.00	0.0
April 14	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	53	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	60	30	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	42	0.97	0.0
April 19	55	41	0.48	0.0
April 20	42	36	0.20	0.0
April 21	47	33	0.12	0.9
April 22	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 23	49	43	0.23	0.0
April 24	61	41	0.01	0.0
April 25	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	68	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	69	41	0.00	0.0
April 30	56	40	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	30	0.00
May 2	60	34	0.00
May 3	64	32	0.00
May 4	52	43	0.07
May 5	49	43	0.08
May 6	58	40	0.00
May 7	56	44	0.02
May 8	73	51	0.05
May 9	60	48	0.01
May 10	68	44	0.00
May 11	70	52	0.03
May 12	72	59	0.30
May 13	63	52	0.87
May 14	55	48	0.49
May 15	56	50	0.23
May 16	63	50	0.01
May 17	71	45	0.00
May 18	79	55	0.00
May 19	82	51	0.00
May 20	80	59	0.79
May 21	60	46	0.00
May 22	66	45	0.00
May 23	63	57	0.29
May 24	71	59	0.00
May 25	80	53	0.00
May 26	83	58	0.00
May 27	86	59	0.00
May 28	87	61	0.00
May 29	87	64	0.00
May 30	81	65	0.00
May 31	84	58	0.00

June 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	65	0.00
June 2	70	58	0.22
June 3	71	53	0.00
June 4	78	54	0.00
June 5	75	56	0.00
June 6	84	54	0.00
June 7	75	66	0.77
June 8	72	56	0.00
June 9	74	47	0.00
June 10	81	54	0.00
June 11	87	59	0.00
June 12	79	56	0.50
June 13	67	47	0.00
June 14	71	45	0.00
June 15	73	58	0.00
June 16	85	59	0.00
June 17	90	72	0.00
June 18	80	62	0.00
June 19	82	54	0.00
June 20	85	55	0.04
June 21	75	57	0.00
June 22	78	48	0.00
June 23	84	52	0.00
June 24	87	63	0.00
June 25	84	68	0.13
June 26	90	67	0.01
June 27	93	71	0.00
June 28	88	64	0.00
June 29	90	67	0.00
June 30	89	65	0.00

July 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	66	0.17
July 2	68	65	0.52
July 3	71	62	0.00
July 4	80	56	0.00
July 5	79	58	0.00
July 6	86	59	0.00
July 7	91	65	0.06
July 8	83	61	0.00
July 9	87	55	0.00
July 10	75	56	0.00
July 11	75	52	0.00
July 12	82	50	0.02
July 13	83	64	0.38
July 14	85	63	0.00
July 15	88	65	0.00
July 16	83	58	0.00
July 17	86	54	0.00
July 18	89	62	0.00
July 19	92	68	0.00
July 20	95	72	0.00
July 21	95	72	0.00
July 22	95	74	0.00
July 23	80	63	0.16
July 24	73	63	0.02
July 25	88	66	0.00
July 26	94	69	0.05
July 27	88	64	0.00
July 28	82	56	0.00
July 29	87	63	0.01
July 30	74	60	0.00
July 31	83	59	0.00

August 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	63	0.09
August 2	78	64	0.02
August 3	88	61	0.00
August 4	80	51	0.00
August 5	82	53	0.00
August 6	85	63	0.00
August 7	71	61	1.08
August 8	83	61	0.00
August 9	85	65	0.06
August 10	82	60	0.00
August 11	81	65	0.02
August 12	82	65	0.00
August 13	87	62	0.00
August 14	87	63	0.00
August 15	90	65	0.00
August 16	85	66	0.02
August 17	85	62	0.00
August 18	90	66	0.05
August 19	84	59	0.03
August 20	77	51	0.00
August 21	80	50	0.00
August 22	87	53	0.00
August 23	89	57	0.00
August 24	91	65	0.00
August 25	82	65	0.00
August 26	85	61	0.00
August 27	87	64	1.19
August 28	86	65	0.05
August 29	81	61	0.00
August 30	67	55	0.02
August 31	80	53	0.00

September 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	53	0.00
September 2	82	53	0.00
September 3	87	62	0.00
September 4	81	56	0.00
September 5	87	53	0.00
September 6	88	59	0.00
September 7	90	63	0.00
September 8	93	62	0.00
September 9	92	64	0.00
September 10	91	63	0.00
September 11	88	67	0.00
September 12	82	67	0.03
September 13	76	63	0.45
September 14	81	63	0.63
September 15	80	55	0.00
September 16	81	65	0.00
September 17	87	69	0.29
September 18	87	72	0.66
September 19	89	68	0.00
September 20	90	71	0.00
September 21	80	59	0.00
September 22	68	50	0.00
September 23	72	45	0.00
September 24	76	45	0.00
September 25	69	48	0.00
September 26	73	40	0.00
September 27	81	46	0.00
September 28	65	43	0.00
September 29	72	40	0.00
September 30	71	51	0.20

October 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	47	0.00
October 2	70	40	0.00
October 3	65	51	0.09
October 4	63	47	0.00
October 5	62	49	0.22
October 6	58	44	0.01
October 7	54	36	0.02
October 8	56	36	0.00
October 9	66	32	0.00
October 10	72	45	0.00
October 11	65	51	0.04
October 12	67	50	0.11
October 13	60	47	0.01
October 14	49	39	0.06
October 15	51	33	0.15
October 16	47	37	0.00
October 17	56	29	0.00
October 18	60	41	0.12
October 19	56	40	0.00
October 20	69	33	0.00
October 21	77	46	0.00
October 22	78	53	0.00
October 23	63	34	0.07
October 24	55	27	0.00
October 25	63	39	0.13
October 26	61	34	0.10
October 27	61	35	0.00
October 28	58	36	0.00
October 29	55	32	0.00
October 30	71	32	0.00
October 31	70	38	0.00

November 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	34	0.00	0.0
November 3	72	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	73	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	60	39	0.07	0.0
November 7	51	31	0.03	0.0
November 8	56	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	37	0.00	0.0
November 10	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	39	0.04	0.0
November 13	65	40	0.62	0.0
November 14	61	31	0.78	0.0
November 15	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	66	40	0.72	0.0
November 18	43	34	0.00	0.0
November 19	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	32	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	38	0.32	0.0
November 24	38	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	39	31	0.17	1.8
November 27	36	30	0.28	2.8
November 28	34	17	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	17	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	25	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	28	0.04	0.3
December 3	56	30	0.99	0.0
December 4	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	32	0.77	0.0
December 8	40	25	0.14	0.0
December 9	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 10	20	5	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	27	0.02	0.0
December 20	58	27	0.17	0.0
December 21	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	41	29	0.08	0.9
December 25	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	30	15	0.01	0.2
December 27	24	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	23	0.04	0.4
December 30	41	37	0.24	0.0
December 31	41	35	1.25	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Fort Wayne International Airport	location
1897–1939	Fort Wayne City	location