Gainesville Weather in 1978

Historical record of Gainesville, Florida weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Gainesville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	24 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	46 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	August 2
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	49.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Gainesville in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Gainesville, Florida in 1978 was 98 °F which happened on July 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Gainesville in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 2
2	97 °F	Jun 30
2	97 °F	Jun 28
4	96 °F	Jul 3
4	96 °F	Jul 1
4	96 °F	Jun 29
4	96 °F	Jun 27
8	95 °F	Sep 14
8	95 °F	Sep 2
8	95 °F	Sep 1
8	95 °F	Aug 31
8	95 °F	Aug 30
8	95 °F	Aug 28
8	95 °F	Aug 27
8	95 °F	Aug 22
8	95 °F	Aug 21
8	95 °F	Aug 19
8	95 °F	Aug 18
8	95 °F	Jul 24
8	95 °F	Jul 4
8	95 °F	Jun 26
8	95 °F	Jun 2

What was the coldest temperature in Gainesville in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Gainesville, Florida in 1978 was 24 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Gainesville in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	24 °F	February 23
1	24 °F	January 29
3	25 °F	January 16
3	25 °F	January 10
5	26 °F	January 30
5	26 °F	January 15
7	27 °F	February 7
7	27 °F	January 11
9	29 °F	February 22
9	29 °F	February 11

January 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	65	56	0.19
January 2	65	47	0.00
January 3	57	38	0.00
January 4	67	32	0.00
January 5	75	44	0.00
January 6	78	52	0.00
January 7	77	49	0.00
January 8	75	60	0.41
January 9	65	34	0.99
January 10	48	25	0.00
January 11	53	27	0.00
January 12	67	35	0.00
January 13	68	56	1.10
January 14	58	38	0.00
January 15	46	26	0.00
January 16	61	25	0.00
January 17	71	49	0.19
January 18	71	44	0.00
January 19	67	48	2.83
January 20	62	45	0.27
January 21	50	34	0.00
January 22	62	34	0.00
January 23	62	46	0.00
January 24	74	42	0.00
January 25	79	62	0.00
January 26	78	43	0.22
January 27	54	32	0.00
January 28	50	30	0.00
January 29	51	24	0.00
January 30	54	26	0.00
January 31	54	40	0.00

February 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	49	40	0.34
February 2	61	48	0.38
February 3	61	43	0.11
February 4	53	38	0.00
February 5	63	34	0.00
February 6	62	31	0.00
February 7	50	27	0.00
February 8	48	31	0.17
February 9	49	40	1.11
February 10	59	35	0.00
February 11	64	29	0.00
February 12	71	32	0.00
February 13	73	44	0.00
February 14	70	49	0.00
February 15	68	35	0.00
February 16	67	47	1.23
February 17	66	52	0.00
February 18	66	51	1.53
February 19	66	53	0.00
February 20	57	42	0.00
February 21	59	40	0.00
February 22	55	29	0.00
February 23	61	24	0.00
February 24	64	30	0.00
February 25	69	32	0.00
February 26	74	44	0.00
February 27	72	50	0.00
February 28	72	49	0.11

March 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	72	57	0.34
March 2	70	49	0.00
March 3	70	59	2.88
March 4	66	39	0.00
March 5	60	33	0.00
March 6	71	33	0.00
March 7	79	43	0.00
March 8	77	60	0.71
March 9	66	57	0.14
March 10	57	44	0.08
March 11	70	37	0.00
March 12	76	44	0.00
March 13	82	51	0.00
March 14	82	62	0.00
March 15	80	56	0.15
March 16	79	67	0.22
March 17	69	41	0.00
March 18	62	38	0.00
March 19	71	33	0.00
March 20	77	44	0.00
March 21	79	57	0.00
March 22	80	51	0.00
March 23	83	52	0.00
March 24	84	58	0.00
March 25	85	62	0.00
March 26	83	61	0.00
March 27	73	50	0.00
March 28	72	43	0.00
March 29	79	43	0.00
March 30	84	45	0.00
March 31	82	45	0.00

April 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	48	0.00
April 2	85	51	0.00
April 3	88	50	0.00
April 4	87	53	0.00
April 5	87	52	0.00
April 6	87	54	0.00
April 7	88	58	0.00
April 8	90	60	0.00
April 9	90	60	0.00
April 10	88	52	0.00
April 11	90	58	0.00
April 12	88	65	0.00
April 13	84	62	0.54
April 14	81	61	0.00
April 15	83	58	0.00
April 16	87	55	0.00
April 17	87	60	0.00
April 18	87	63	0.00
April 19	85	62	0.10
April 20	81	55	0.00
April 21	78	52	0.00
April 22	81	48	0.00
April 23	81	56	0.00
April 24	85	63	0.00
April 25	85	56	0.00
April 26	84	52	0.00
April 27	72	47	0.00
April 28	80	41	0.00
April 29	83	49	0.00
April 30	83	51	0.00

May 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	86	55	0.00
May 2	87	59	0.15
May 3	85	67	0.00
May 4	84	66	2.61
May 5	84	57	0.00
May 6	85	60	0.00
May 7	88	66	0.06
May 8	88	70	0.28
May 9	86	70	0.00
May 10	88	72	0.00
May 11	87	56	0.00
May 12	87	64	0.00
May 13	86	63	0.00
May 14	85	60	0.00
May 15	84	66	0.00
May 16	85	66	0.10
May 17	88	62	0.00
May 18	93	63	0.00
May 19	93	65	0.02
May 20	87	67	0.17
May 21	90	58	0.00
May 22	92	64	0.00
May 23	93	70	0.00
May 24	90	68	0.00
May 25	91	69	0.06
May 26	91	67	0.00
May 27	92	70	0.00
May 28	92	61	0.00
May 29	91	64	0.00
May 30	91	65	0.00
May 31	92	68	0.00

June 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	93	66	0.13
June 2	95	67	0.19
June 3	82	70	0.12
June 4	84	69	2.10
June 5	85	68	0.02
June 6	90	69	0.00
June 7	93	71	0.00
June 8	91	72	0.19
June 9	91	74	0.03
June 10	90	71	0.71
June 11	92	74	0.00
June 12	91	73	0.00
June 13	91	72	0.00
June 14	91	73	0.00
June 15	89	74	0.00
June 16	88	67	0.08
June 17	87	68	0.00
June 18	88	66	0.00
June 19	87	67	0.00
June 20	88	72	0.00
June 21	91	72	0.00
June 22	87	70	0.10
June 23	93	71	0.00
June 24	93	71	0.00
June 25	93	68	0.23
June 26	95	73	0.00
June 27	96	72	0.00
June 28	97	73	0.00
June 29	96	71	0.00
June 30	97	74	0.00

July 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	96	74	0.00
July 2	98	73	0.00
July 3	96	73	0.00
July 4	95	73	0.11
July 5	90	73	0.03
July 6	90	73	0.44
July 7	88	70	1.16
July 8	91	70	0.70
July 9	91	71	0.47
July 10	92	70	0.00
July 11	93	73	0.05
July 12	90	71	0.51
July 13	89	74	1.11
July 14	88	71	0.00
July 15	91	73	0.00
July 16	89	73	0.47
July 17	87	73	0.08
July 18	87	71	0.42
July 19	90	72	0.19
July 20	87	72	0.04
July 21	92	73	0.42
July 22	92	75	0.00
July 23	93	74	0.08
July 24	95	74	0.00
July 25	94	72	0.65
July 26	93	70	0.69
July 27	89	69	0.24
July 28	82	71	2.05
July 29	87	71	0.33
July 30	87	71	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.12

August 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	71	0.99
August 2	90	68	2.99
August 3	89	70	0.84
August 4	90	71	0.06
August 5	90	72	0.13
August 6	89	72	0.80
August 7	92	71	0.63
August 8	92	73	0.29
August 9	92	74	0.00
August 10	92	70	0.02
August 11	88	69	2.21
August 12	88	71	0.07
August 13	88	73	0.06
August 14	90	71	0.01
August 15	93	72	0.00
August 16	93	74	0.06
August 17	94	73	0.02
August 18	95	71	0.00
August 19	95	68	0.46
August 20	93	67	0.00
August 21	95	73	0.00
August 22	95	71	0.00
August 23	90	72	0.00
August 24	91	72	0.00
August 25	90	70	0.00
August 26	93	67	0.00
August 27	95	70	0.00
August 28	95	72	0.00
August 29	93	71	0.00
August 30	95	71	0.00
August 31	95	73	0.00

September 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	95	71	0.00
September 2	95	73	0.00
September 3	94	70	0.02
September 4	94	71	0.00
September 5	93	67	0.00
September 6	90	67	0.00
September 7	93	67	0.00
September 8	94	68	0.00
September 9	91	73	0.01
September 10	91	73	0.00
September 11	90	69	0.00
September 12	91	67	0.00
September 13	94	69	0.00
September 14	95	68	0.00
September 15	92	70	0.03
September 16	92	69	0.00
September 17	93	69	0.00
September 18	92	70	0.00
September 19	93	70	0.00
September 20	92	63	0.00
September 21	93	71	0.00
September 22	93	69	0.00
September 23	92	70	0.15
September 24	89	71	0.00
September 25	91	69	0.01
September 26	88	69	0.00
September 27	85	68	0.00
September 28	84	65	0.00
September 29	83	65	0.00
September 30	83	70	0.03

October 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	86	71	0.36
October 2	86	64	0.00
October 3	87	61	0.00
October 4	87	67	0.00
October 5	89	62	0.00
October 6	91	63	0.00
October 7	89	55	0.00
October 8	78	45	0.00
October 9	80	57	0.00
October 10	85	65	0.00
October 11	83	66	0.00
October 12	85	67	0.00
October 13	86	67	0.01
October 14	87	67	0.00
October 15	82	48	0.00
October 16	78	40	0.00
October 17	78	42	0.00
October 18	76	54	0.00
October 19	83	59	0.00
October 20	84	56	0.00
October 21	84	52	0.00
October 22	84	60	0.00
October 23	84	60	0.00
October 24	86	53	0.00
October 25	84	65	0.00
October 26	88	64	0.00
October 27	87	66	0.00
October 28	88	67	0.00
October 29	86	72	0.10
October 30	79	67	0.00
October 31	76	65	0.00

November 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
November 1	80	56
November 2	79	50
November 3	77	46
November 4	78	44
November 5	81	40
November 6	82	44
November 7	82	56
November 8	78	67
November 9	79	58
November 10	81	57
November 11	80	56
November 12	77	47
November 13	83	52
November 14	85	63
November 15	84	62
November 16	85	63
November 17	85	63
November 18	87	58
November 19	85	62
November 20	83	66
November 21	72	57
November 22	77	52
November 23	83	61
November 24	79	56
November 25	78	53
November 26	79	44
November 27	84	58
November 28	82	59
November 29	88	66
November 30	86	68

December 1978 Gainesville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	72	58	2.84
December 2	74	52	0.00
December 3	86	61	0.00
December 4	84	66	0.00
December 5	82	59	0.03
December 6	80	41	0.00
December 7	86	59	0.00
December 8	86	69	0.00
December 9	83	61	0.18
December 10	61	32	0.04
December 11	53	37	0.02
December 12	57	40	0.34
December 13	67	36	0.00
December 14	68	38	0.00
December 15	74	43	0.00
December 16	79	53	0.00
December 17	76	53	0.00
December 18	72	35	0.00
December 19	75	43	0.00
December 20	78	53	0.00
December 21	80	64	0.04
December 22	73	44	0.00
December 23	73	46	0.00
December 24	78	52	0.31
December 25	69	50	0.00
December 26	68	40	0.00
December 27	66	40	0.00
December 28	56	42	0.97
December 29	57	50	0.02
December 30	76	55	0.00
December 31	77	56	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1984–2024	Gainesville Regional Airport	location
1954–1983	Gainesville 3 WSW	location
1890–1953	Gainesville University of Florida	location