Fort Wayne Weather in 1979

Historical record of Fort Wayne, Indiana weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Fort Wayne Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	72 °F	June 9
Lowest daily high	6 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 24
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	January 24
Total annual precipitation	31.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fort Wayne in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1979 was 90 °F which happened on August 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fort Wayne in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Aug 7
2	89 °F	Jun 17
3	88 °F	Aug 9
3	88 °F	Jul 16
3	88 °F	Jun 15
3	88 °F	Jun 4
3	88 °F	May 10
3	88 °F	May 8
9	87 °F	Jul 27
9	87 °F	Jul 23
9	87 °F	Jul 15
9	87 °F	Jun 16
9	87 °F	May 9

What was the coldest temperature in Fort Wayne in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1979 was -14 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fort Wayne in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	February 5
2	-13 °F	February 9
3	-12 °F	February 6
4	-11 °F	January 11
5	-9 °F	January 15
6	-7 °F	February 17
6	-7 °F	February 4
6	-7 °F	January 14
9	-5 °F	February 19
9	-5 °F	February 10
9	-5 °F	January 2

January 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	25	0.14	0.3
January 2	25	-5	0.00	0.1
January 3	13	-4	0.00	0.0
January 4	13	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	15	6	0.02	0.7
January 6	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 7	20	9	0.09	1.8
January 8	14	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	8	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	-11	0.00	0.0
January 12	24	9	0.00	0.2
January 13	34	23	0.35	0.1
January 14	33	-7	0.02	0.2
January 15	15	-9	0.00	0.0
January 16	23	8	0.00	0.1
January 17	36	13	0.05	0.0
January 18	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	16	0.04	0.5
January 20	34	31	0.02	0.0
January 21	33	26	0.08	0.2
January 22	26	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	29	0.53	5.4
January 25	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 26	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	30	23	0.22	2.8
January 28	34	28	0.07	1.1
January 29	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	11	0.00	0.1
January 31	24	12	0.01	0.5

February 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	15	1	0.00	0.2
February 2	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	18	0.02	0.6
February 4	21	-7	0.00	0.0
February 5	6	-14	0.00	0.0
February 6	21	-12	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 8	14	-4	0.01	0.1
February 9	8	-13	0.00	0.0
February 10	11	-5	0.00	0.0
February 11	16	5	0.01	0.9
February 12	20	2	0.21	4.6
February 13	21	0	0.00	0.0
February 14	20	9	0.00	0.0
February 15	20	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	19	1	0.00	0.0
February 17	6	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	13	0	0.10	2.5
February 19	15	-5	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	-1	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	29	0.23	0.0
February 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	49	33	0.08	0.0
February 24	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	30	23	0.38	2.4
February 26	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	39	17	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	35	0.19	0.0
March 2	37	34	0.00	0.0
March 3	50	33	0.20	0.0
March 4	56	35	0.10	0.0
March 5	36	33	0.00	0.0
March 6	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	30	0.30	0.3
March 10	35	15	0.00	0.1
March 11	27	10	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 13	57	33	0.26	0.0
March 14	39	21	0.02	0.4
March 15	30	14	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	72	45	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 20	59	42	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	43	0.00	0.0
March 22	75	40	0.00	0.0
March 23	62	53	0.20	0.0
March 24	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	26	0.00	0.1
March 26	34	25	0.00	0.2
March 27	39	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	59	28	0.87	0.0
March 29	68	56	0.70	0.0
March 30	68	59	0.28	0.0
March 31	62	42	0.01	0.0

April 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	43	40	0.08
April 2	55	39	0.06
April 3	51	33	0.00
April 4	42	38	0.15
April 5	56	24	0.09
April 6	35	20	0.00
April 7	34	19	0.04
April 8	53	32	0.26
April 9	38	29	0.00
April 10	47	24	0.00
April 11	47	32	0.38
April 12	75	47	0.09
April 13	61	43	0.29
April 14	61	39	0.02
April 15	49	34	0.00
April 16	55	33	0.00
April 17	60	35	0.00
April 18	60	34	0.00
April 19	62	37	0.00
April 20	70	42	0.00
April 21	70	51	0.00
April 22	67	46	0.00
April 23	73	47	0.00
April 24	74	59	0.12
April 25	71	62	0.02
April 26	67	42	0.07
April 27	61	35	0.29
April 28	44	34	0.11
April 29	54	31	0.09
April 30	57	35	0.01

May 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	30	0.00
May 2	79	41	0.23
May 3	62	47	0.09
May 4	54	41	0.00
May 5	62	33	0.00
May 6	74	48	0.00
May 7	84	55	0.00
May 8	88	64	0.00
May 9	87	64	0.00
May 10	88	65	0.00
May 11	84	60	0.01
May 12	60	44	0.47
May 13	66	38	0.00
May 14	73	49	0.45
May 15	67	47	0.00
May 16	68	40	0.00
May 17	75	46	0.00
May 18	83	57	0.00
May 19	82	55	0.03
May 20	75	47	0.00
May 21	68	50	0.00
May 22	71	47	0.00
May 23	77	48	0.00
May 24	58	45	1.03
May 25	54	45	0.25
May 26	66	44	0.00
May 27	69	48	0.00
May 28	66	49	0.00
May 29	80	44	0.00
May 30	76	56	0.00
May 31	75	58	0.08

June 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	51	0.00
June 2	75	48	0.00
June 3	83	57	0.00
June 4	88	63	0.00
June 5	82	65	0.45
June 6	84	62	0.00
June 7	77	69	0.20
June 8	85	70	0.28
June 9	86	72	0.07
June 10	86	55	0.03
June 11	78	50	0.00
June 12	79	49	0.00
June 13	73	56	0.01
June 14	86	57	0.00
June 15	88	67	0.00
June 16	87	61	0.00
June 17	89	64	0.01
June 18	72	56	0.11
June 19	82	58	0.00
June 20	86	65	1.29
June 21	83	64	0.00
June 22	81	58	0.00
June 23	67	54	0.00
June 24	71	49	0.00
June 25	72	46	0.00
June 26	77	49	0.00
June 27	80	54	0.00
June 28	80	60	0.00
June 29	75	60	0.61
June 30	74	57	0.13

July 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	68	56	0.00
July 2	78	50	0.00
July 3	80	50	0.00
July 4	72	56	0.02
July 5	77	48	0.00
July 6	79	49	0.00
July 7	80	52	0.00
July 8	83	56	1.29
July 9	77	63	0.17
July 10	82	59	0.00
July 11	84	63	0.00
July 12	85	65	0.00
July 13	81	70	0.39
July 14	84	66	0.00
July 15	87	70	0.00
July 16	88	65	0.00
July 17	78	61	0.00
July 18	80	54	0.00
July 19	81	53	0.00
July 20	82	55	0.00
July 21	84	60	0.00
July 22	86	65	0.00
July 23	87	65	0.00
July 24	78	71	2.00
July 25	78	70	0.52
July 26	82	63	0.00
July 27	87	66	0.00
July 28	77	65	0.09
July 29	84	63	0.00
July 30	82	66	0.28
July 31	81	69	0.00

August 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	69	63	1.34
August 2	78	62	0.00
August 3	80	61	0.21
August 4	86	63	0.01
August 5	84	68	0.08
August 6	84	68	0.00
August 7	90	66	0.00
August 8	86	69	0.26
August 9	88	67	0.05
August 10	81	69	0.01
August 11	69	54	0.04
August 12	73	48	0.00
August 13	76	53	0.00
August 14	70	48	0.02
August 15	70	44	0.00
August 16	72	47	0.00
August 17	64	55	0.35
August 18	79	62	0.04
August 19	81	68	0.00
August 20	77	65	0.34
August 21	77	63	0.00
August 22	75	65	0.23
August 23	80	65	0.33
August 24	74	55	0.00
August 25	75	54	0.00
August 26	71	62	0.03
August 27	78	62	0.00
August 28	76	61	0.15
August 29	81	66	0.00
August 30	84	60	0.00
August 31	84	60	0.00

September 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	64	0.00
September 2	81	67	0.00
September 3	82	65	0.07
September 4	83	60	0.00
September 5	86	64	0.00
September 6	83	60	0.00
September 7	72	50	0.00
September 8	66	45	0.00
September 9	70	43	0.00
September 10	82	53	0.00
September 11	76	62	0.00
September 12	83	58	0.00
September 13	79	62	0.15
September 14	69	45	0.12
September 15	70	44	0.00
September 16	75	42	0.00
September 17	76	44	0.00
September 18	81	52	0.00
September 19	69	44	0.00
September 20	73	40	0.00
September 21	69	56	0.00
September 22	66	47	0.00
September 23	70	38	0.00
September 24	75	42	0.00
September 25	80	45	0.00
September 26	83	47	0.00
September 27	80	48	0.00
September 28	75	59	0.00
September 29	82	49	0.00
September 30	82	53	0.00

October 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	52	1.01
October 2	62	52	0.01
October 3	66	53	0.05
October 4	58	45	0.15
October 5	57	39	0.00
October 6	59	46	0.10
October 7	56	36	0.00
October 8	69	39	0.00
October 9	54	35	0.00
October 10	52	34	0.00
October 11	47	36	0.05
October 12	57	34	0.02
October 13	46	34	0.00
October 14	55	27	0.00
October 15	60	36	0.00
October 16	61	47	0.30
October 17	67	47	0.00
October 18	74	51	0.07
October 19	74	56	0.00
October 20	78	64	0.00
October 21	81	66	0.00
October 22	80	50	0.39
October 23	50	39	0.01
October 24	43	30	0.00
October 25	41	29	0.00
October 26	43	24	0.00
October 27	62	33	0.00
October 28	58	40	0.00
October 29	62	32	0.00
October 30	60	36	0.00
October 31	71	44	0.00

November 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	36	0.82	0.0
November 2	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 3	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 4	46	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	37	0.06	0.0
November 7	38	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	32	0.01	0.0
November 9	41	36	0.56	0.0
November 10	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 12	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 13	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 15	45	35	0.02	0.0
November 16	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	61	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	63	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	41	0.11	0.0
November 20	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 21	61	47	0.00	0.0
November 22	57	51	0.55	0.0
November 23	51	36	0.69	0.0
November 24	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 25	51	30	0.71	0.0
November 26	55	40	0.01	0.0
November 27	42	33	0.28	0.4
November 28	33	24	0.04	0.5
November 29	28	22	0.00	0.2
November 30	25	21	0.01	0.9

December 1979 Fort Wayne Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	28	8	0.06	1.8
December 2	24	1	0.00	0.0
December 3	31	10	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	31	0.11	0.0
December 8	35	21	0.01	0.2
December 9	39	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	59	42	0.00	0.0
December 12	56	30	0.23	0.0
December 13	33	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	17	10	0.00	0.0
December 18	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	22	0.32	0.0
December 22	44	40	0.85	0.0
December 23	50	44	0.02	0.0
December 24	57	39	0.86	0.0
December 25	39	30	0.09	0.0
December 26	32	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	26	23	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	27	26	0.00	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