Fredericksburg Weather in 1978

Historical record of Fredericksburg, Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Fredericksburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	5 °F	February 21
Highest daily low	78 °F	September 19
Lowest daily high	29 °F	February 7
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	May 4
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	37.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fredericksburg in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fredericksburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 23
2	98 °F	Jul 22
3	97 °F	Jul 24
4	96 °F	Jul 21
5	95 °F	Sep 7
5	95 °F	Aug 30
5	95 °F	Jul 10
5	95 °F	Jun 28
5	95 °F	Jun 27
5	95 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Fredericksburg in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1978 was 5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fredericksburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	February 21
1	5 °F	February 6
3	7 °F	January 12
4	8 °F	February 1
4	8 °F	January 16
6	10 °F	February 13
6	10 °F	January 4
8	11 °F	February 23
8	11 °F	January 23
8	11 °F	January 22

January 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	35	0.00	n/a
January 2	44	35	0.00	n/a
January 3	40	22	0.00	n/a
January 4	39	10	0.00	n/a
January 5	49	13	0.00	n/a
January 6	45	29	0.04	n/a
January 7	43	35	0.15	n/a
January 8	50	39	0.78	n/a
January 9	62	21	0.83	n/a
January 10	30	13	0.00	n/a
January 11	33	13	0.00	n/a
January 12	38	7	0.02	n/a
January 13	35	25	0.18	n/a
January 14	39	31	0.98	n/a
January 15	35	27	0.00	n/a
January 16	37	8	0.00	n/a
January 17	35	n/a	1.00	n/a
January 18	42	n/a	0.29	n/a
January 19	35	22	0.00	n/a
January 20	33	21	0.68	n/a
January 21	39	22	0.00	n/a
January 22	37	11	0.00	n/a
January 23	38	11	0.10	n/a
January 24	48	20	0.00	n/a
January 25	62	33	1.27	n/a
January 26	59	28	1.22	n/a
January 27	37	22	0.00	n/a
January 28	36	12	0.00	n/a
January 29	32	17	0.00	n/a
January 30	n/a	12	0.00	n/a
January 31	34	15	0.00	n/a

February 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	8	0.00	n/a
February 2	34	17	0.10	n/a
February 3	31	13	0.00	n/a
February 4	30	14	0.00	n/a
February 5	32	28	0.00	n/a
February 6	29	5	0.00	n/a
February 7	29	15	0.01	n/a
February 8	36	16	0.00	n/a
February 9	38	18	0.00	n/a
February 10	37	17	0.00	n/a
February 11	42	21	0.00	n/a
February 12	47	15	0.00	n/a
February 13	44	10	0.00	n/a
February 14	41	13	0.08	n/a
February 15	44	17	0.00	n/a
February 16	41	22	0.01	n/a
February 17	42	12	0.01	n/a
February 18	44	19	0.00	n/a
February 19	41	13	0.00	n/a
February 20	39	15	0.00	n/a
February 21	47	5	0.00	n/a
February 22	41	21	0.00	n/a
February 23	44	11	0.00	n/a
February 24	48	19	0.00	n/a
February 25	63	21	0.00	n/a
February 26	52	25	0.00	n/a
February 27	41	21	0.00	n/a
February 28	37	16	0.07	n/a

March 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 3	33	26	0.52	6.0
March 4	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	13	0.00	0.0
March 6	44	15	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	26	0.09	0.0
March 9	34	28	0.50	0.0
March 10	40	31	0.80	0.0
March 11	69	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	72	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	70	41	0.37	0.0
March 15	70	34	0.01	0.0
March 16	46	n/a	0.07	0.0
March 17	50	35	0.02	0.0
March 18	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	78	44	0.00	0.0
March 20	70	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	79	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	75	37	0.01	0.0
March 23	78	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	65	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	36	0.06	0.0
March 26	43	34	1.13	0.0
March 27	59	39	0.16	0.0
March 28	68	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	70	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	29	0.02	0.0

April 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	88	34	0.00
April 2	77	52	0.00
April 3	59	40	0.04
April 4	79	39	0.01
April 5	77	45	0.00
April 6	69	33	0.00
April 7	77	44	0.05
April 8	77	44	0.00
April 9	n/a	36	0.00
April 10	69	36	0.00
April 11	84	45	0.00
April 12	82	40	0.16
April 13	78	49	0.00
April 14	78	45	0.00
April 15	69	34	0.00
April 16	67	34	0.00
April 17	65	38	0.00
April 18	59	36	0.00
April 19	65	45	0.80
April 20	65	48	0.29
April 21	59	33	0.02
April 22	63	39	0.01
April 23	65	29	0.00
April 24	75	37	0.00
April 25	74	39	0.00
April 26	57	44	1.57
April 27	58	42	0.43
April 28	72	50	0.02
April 29	72	34	0.00
April 30	73	53	0.00

May 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	38	0.00
May 2	71	34	0.00
May 3	72	38	0.00
May 4	69	44	1.70
May 5	55	45	0.39
May 6	69	48	0.09
May 7	69	49	0.00
May 8	65	50	0.32
May 9	84	55	1.04
May 10	73	44	0.00
May 11	79	40	0.00
May 12	80	50	0.00
May 13	78	62	0.01
May 14	71	65	0.51
May 15	69	53	0.81
May 16	63	52	0.71
May 17	77	50	0.00
May 18	84	56	0.00
May 19	80	52	0.09
May 20	90	56	0.00
May 21	88	62	0.00
May 22	85	45	0.00
May 23	79	48	0.00
May 24	81	53	0.00
May 25	86	59	0.00
May 26	84	56	0.00
May 27	86	57	0.00
May 28	80	59	0.00
May 29	81	58	0.00
May 30	87	57	0.00
May 31	85	62	0.17

June 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	58	0.15
June 2	90	57	0.00
June 3	90	65	0.10
June 4	77	57	0.09
June 5	86	52	0.00
June 6	86	54	0.00
June 7	83	57	0.07
June 8	81	74	0.11
June 9	85	67	0.04
June 10	84	55	0.01
June 11	86	51	0.00
June 12	89	55	0.00
June 13	88	55	0.17
June 14	78	n/a	0.00
June 15	78	43	0.00
June 16	84	n/a	0.00
June 17	86	64	0.00
June 18	95	64	0.00
June 19	n/a	n/a	0.00
June 20	n/a	n/a	0.00
June 21	n/a	n/a	0.00
June 22	n/a	n/a	n/a
June 23	88	68	n/a
June 24	90	54	0.00
June 25	87	67	0.00
June 26	89	65	0.00
June 27	95	67	1.08
June 28	95	66	0.75
June 29	90	60	0.00
June 30	90	68	0.34

July 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	62	0.00
July 2	82	63	0.10
July 3	70	63	1.29
July 4	76	62	0.05
July 5	86	57	0.00
July 6	84	52	0.00
July 7	86	55	0.00
July 8	91	63	0.00
July 9	92	65	0.00
July 10	95	66	0.00
July 11	90	63	0.08
July 12	79	52	0.00
July 13	83	48	0.00
July 14	85	67	0.08
July 15	88	63	0.00
July 16	85	68	0.25
July 17	87	61	0.00
July 18	89	60	0.00
July 19	92	62	0.00
July 20	90	75	0.00
July 21	96	61	0.00
July 22	98	70	0.00
July 23	99	70	0.00
July 24	97	70	0.02
July 25	88	68	0.29
July 26	87	68	0.00
July 27	94	68	0.00
July 28	90	68	0.07
July 29	89	65	0.00
July 30	88	71	0.00
July 31	91	66	0.45

August 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	69	0.12
August 2	86	70	0.21
August 3	88	69	0.04
August 4	85	69	0.06
August 5	87	60	1.02
August 6	84	68	1.38
August 7	89	70	0.01
August 8	90	70	0.00
August 9	90	68	0.00
August 10	90	68	0.01
August 11	90	63	0.04
August 12	89	69	0.08
August 13	88	68	0.11
August 14	89	66	0.00
August 15	91	68	0.00
August 16	94	67	0.00
August 17	94	70	0.00
August 18	91	67	0.00
August 19	94	62	0.00
August 20	93	68	0.00
August 21	84	56	0.00
August 22	88	51	0.00
August 23	91	54	0.00
August 24	93	58	0.00
August 25	92	64	0.00
August 26	90	65	0.01
August 27	85	68	0.00
August 28	93	71	0.00
August 29	94	71	0.00
August 30	95	68	0.03
August 31	85	68	0.20

September 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	65	0.05
September 2	84	54	0.00
September 3	86	59	0.00
September 4	87	58	0.00
September 5	87	55	0.00
September 6	91	58	0.00
September 7	95	62	0.00
September 8	94	64	0.00
September 9	92	67	0.00
September 10	84	65	0.00
September 11	86	66	0.00
September 12	92	67	0.00
September 13	90	59	0.22
September 14	71	58	0.00
September 15	84	58	0.01
September 16	90	60	0.00
September 17	88	61	0.07
September 18	93	65	0.00
September 19	94	78	0.00
September 20	92	63	0.00
September 21	88	59	0.00
September 22	88	66	0.00
September 23	80	58	0.17
September 24	68	49	0.00
September 25	80	51	0.00
September 26	77	45	0.00
September 27	78	40	0.00
September 28	80	50	0.00
September 29	72	39	0.00
September 30	75	39	0.00

October 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	56	0.00
October 2	74	56	0.00
October 3	74	42	0.00
October 4	77	58	0.35
October 5	67	54	0.37
October 6	73	55	0.23
October 7	68	38	0.00
October 8	64	41	0.00
October 9	64	31	0.00
October 10	72	39	0.00
October 11	74	35	0.00
October 12	81	44	0.00
October 13	83	53	0.00
October 14	79	59	0.00
October 15	69	38	0.00
October 16	67	35	0.09
October 17	59	41	0.04
October 18	65	31	0.00
October 19	67	39	0.03
October 20	68	56	0.00
October 21	75	33	0.00
October 22	85	39	0.00
October 23	85	43	0.00
October 24	82	38	0.06
October 25	70	28	0.00
October 26	83	55	0.00
October 27	77	47	0.20
October 28	74	31	0.00
October 29	67	34	0.00
October 30	62	38	0.00
October 31	67	38	0.00

November 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	34	0.00
November 2	72	30	0.00
November 3	70	30	0.00
November 4	64	40	0.02
November 5	74	37	0.01
November 6	79	33	0.00
November 7	71	38	0.00
November 8	76	45	0.13
November 9	66	29	0.00
November 10	64	32	0.04
November 11	65	54	0.08
November 12	61	40	0.00
November 13	59	50	0.04
November 14	73	42	0.00
November 15	68	52	0.07
November 16	54	46	0.03
November 17	51	44	0.61
November 18	71	49	0.28
November 19	60	29	0.00
November 20	63	29	0.00
November 21	58	30	0.00
November 22	55	42	0.00
November 23	48	41	0.09
November 24	64	45	0.01
November 25	49	39	0.00
November 26	48	31	0.01
November 27	44	30	0.37
November 28	52	34	0.01
November 29	46	26	0.02
November 30	56	37	0.49

December 1978 Fredericksburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	28	0.01
December 2	63	26	0.00
December 3	54	32	0.04
December 4	70	36	0.25
December 5	69	47	0.90
December 6	67	30	0.00
December 7	58	32	0.02
December 8	75	51	0.01
December 9	73	39	1.00
December 10	45	20	0.02
December 11	42	19	0.00
December 12	50	32	0.00
December 13	62	20	0.00
December 14	51	31	0.00
December 15	59	20	0.00
December 16	60	24	0.00
December 17	56	40	0.02
December 18	52	33	0.00
December 19	48	35	0.00
December 20	50	34	0.11
December 21	58	n/a	0.16
December 22	50	20	0.00
December 23	52	21	0.00
December 24	48	24	0.64
December 25	n/a	n/a	0.55
December 26	54	21	0.00
December 27	42	21	0.00
December 28	35	21	0.01
December 29	43	18	0.00
December 30	44	19	0.00
December 31	54	29	0.27

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1995–2024	Fredericksburg Sewage	location
1893–1994	Fredericksburg NP	location