Galesburg Weather in 1979

Historical record of Galesburg, Illinois weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Galesburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 31
Lowest daily high	-1 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	April 26
Most daily snow	8.1 inches	January 14
Total annual precipitation	32.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Galesburg in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1979 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 7
1	93 °F	Aug 6
3	92 °F	Aug 8
3	92 °F	Aug 5
5	91 °F	Jun 20
6	90 °F	Aug 9
6	90 °F	Jul 13
6	90 °F	Jun 21
6	90 °F	Jun 19
6	90 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Galesburg in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1979 was -20 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	January 15
2	-19 °F	February 9
2	-19 °F	January 2
4	-17 °F	February 5
4	-17 °F	January 14
6	-13 °F	January 8
6	-13 °F	January 3
8	-10 °F	February 8
8	-10 °F	February 4
8	-10 °F	February 1
8	-10 °F	January 11

January 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	15	-9	0.51	7.3
January 2	-1	-19	0.03	1.0
January 3	5	-13	0.00	0.0
January 4	4	-7	0.00	0.0
January 5	6	-8	0.08	0.8
January 6	11	-9	0.00	0.0
January 7	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 8	6	-13	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	8	-9	0.00	0.0
January 11	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	8	0.07	0.9
January 13	21	10	0.37	5.0
January 14	10	-17	0.60	8.1
January 15	11	-20	0.00	0.0
January 16	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	29	0	0.00	0.0
January 18	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	20	0.31	0.2
January 20	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 21	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 24	18	0	0.12	1.5
January 25	19	-7	0.00	0.0
January 26	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	18	0.08	0.2
January 28	23	3	0.04	0.4
January 29	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 31	10	-7	0.10	1.6

February 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	13	-10	0.00	0.0
February 2	19	5	0.00	0.0
February 3	19	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	6	-10	0.00	0.0
February 5	5	-17	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	-2	0.00	0.0
February 7	13	-6	0.00	0.0
February 8	8	-10	0.14	1.8
February 9	4	-19	0.02	0.3
February 10	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	24	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	13	-2	0.00	0.0
February 17	9	-8	0.00	0.0
February 18	12	-7	0.07	0.7
February 19	21	-8	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	36	27	0.50	0.5
February 22	39	27	0.09	0.0
February 23	41	21	0.39	0.0
February 24	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	27	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	9	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	26	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	32	0.04	0.0
March 2	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	34	0.07	0.0
March 4	38	29	0.56	0.0
March 5	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	29	0.12	0.0
March 8	34	30	0.05	0.4
March 9	37	22	0.09	0.7
March 10	22	5	0.19	1.9
March 11	39	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	17	0.00	0.0
March 13	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 15	30	9	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 18	68	42	0.22	0.0
March 19	70	45	0.61	0.0
March 20	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	63	37	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	35	0.04	0.0
March 24	35	21	0.03	0.0
March 25	29	18	0.20	2.0
March 26	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	48	0.08	0.0
March 30	65	38	1.49	0.0
March 31	42	37	0.30	0.0

April 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	40	30	0.00
April 2	38	31	0.20
April 3	49	26	0.00
April 4	44	35	0.00
April 5	57	21	0.06
April 6	38	18	0.00
April 7	54	29	0.00
April 8	53	35	0.00
April 9	38	32	0.05
April 10	48	31	0.00
April 11	51	35	0.43
April 12	72	44	1.39
April 13	58	38	0.00
April 14	59	42	0.00
April 15	61	40	0.00
April 16	65	35	0.00
April 17	66	43	0.00
April 18	65	45	0.00
April 19	56	51	0.00
April 20	76	49	0.16
April 21	55	46	0.60
April 22	65	40	0.00
April 23	69	49	0.00
April 24	66	52	0.07
April 25	75	45	0.26
April 26	58	37	1.56
April 27	47	36	0.02
April 28	52	36	0.10
April 29	55	35	0.13
April 30	53	42	0.05

May 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	36	0.00
May 2	70	52	0.00
May 3	58	47	0.66
May 4	61	44	0.00
May 5	67	42	0.00
May 6	76	50	0.00
May 7	85	49	0.00
May 8	89	52	0.00
May 9	86	68	0.00
May 10	86	62	0.00
May 11	65	45	0.49
May 12	61	42	0.08
May 13	70	45	0.00
May 14	71	48	0.03
May 15	68	44	0.12
May 16	74	44	0.00
May 17	83	55	0.00
May 18	84	60	0.01
May 19	75	57	0.00
May 20	79	54	0.00
May 21	68	44	0.00
May 22	75	44	0.00
May 23	65	49	0.00
May 24	66	46	0.00
May 25	69	39	0.00
May 26	62	42	0.00
May 27	74	40	0.35
May 28	80	46	0.00
May 29	83	52	0.00
May 30	86	62	0.00
May 31	73	60	0.59

June 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	49	0.00
June 2	78	55	0.00
June 3	86	50	0.00
June 4	84	52	0.00
June 5	84	60	0.08
June 6	90	58	0.00
June 7	84	68	0.00
June 8	84	69	0.08
June 9	85	66	0.00
June 10	73	55	1.19
June 11	82	51	0.00
June 12	83	62	0.00
June 13	78	60	0.24
June 14	84	63	0.00
June 15	88	66	0.00
June 16	89	67	0.00
June 17	84	63	0.00
June 18	74	55	0.00
June 19	90	62	0.08
June 20	91	71	0.00
June 21	90	64	0.00
June 22	86	68	0.00
June 23	70	56	0.00
June 24	76	50	0.00
June 25	79	53	0.00
June 26	83	56	0.00
June 27	77	65	0.00
June 28	81	60	0.03
June 29	76	61	0.02
June 30	85	55	0.01

July 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	56	0.00
July 2	88	60	0.00
July 3	81	69	0.00
July 4	76	60	0.79
July 5	72	59	0.00
July 6	74	52	0.00
July 7	79	59	0.00
July 8	82	59	0.00
July 9	83	60	0.00
July 10	87	60	0.00
July 11	89	66	0.00
July 12	87	69	0.00
July 13	90	69	0.00
July 14	83	67	0.57
July 15	85	65	0.02
July 16	82	64	0.05
July 17	77	57	0.00
July 18	78	52	0.00
July 19	80	54	0.00
July 20	83	60	0.00
July 21	86	61	0.00
July 22	88	65	0.00
July 23	88	68	0.00
July 24	85	69	0.00
July 25	81	69	1.31
July 26	84	66	0.07
July 27	89	70	0.00
July 28	85	70	0.00
July 29	85	68	0.00
July 30	86	67	0.97
July 31	83	60	0.25

August 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	62	0.00
August 2	83	60	0.00
August 3	85	64	0.20
August 4	89	69	0.00
August 5	92	70	0.00
August 6	93	72	0.00
August 7	93	62	0.00
August 8	92	72	0.00
August 9	90	70	0.00
August 10	82	65	0.46
August 11	72	45	0.00
August 12	75	47	0.00
August 13	80	58	0.00
August 14	67	51	0.00
August 15	70	48	0.00
August 16	75	58	0.00
August 17	89	64	0.00
August 18	88	68	0.11
August 19	86	67	0.76
August 20	85	66	0.54
August 21	82	68	0.85
August 22	85	65	0.21
August 23	79	60	0.31
August 24	78	54	0.00
August 25	82	60	0.00
August 26	78	60	0.00
August 27	76	65	0.02
August 28	82	64	0.00
August 29	84	60	0.00
August 30	85	63	0.00
August 31	87	72	0.33

September 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	67	0.15
September 2	88	66	0.07
September 3	82	65	0.00
September 4	82	58	0.00
September 5	85	60	0.00
September 6	83	61	0.00
September 7	70	49	0.00
September 8	71	49	0.00
September 9	79	51	0.00
September 10	88	58	0.00
September 11	88	60	0.00
September 12	85	63	0.00
September 13	72	55	0.00
September 14	66	44	0.00
September 15	71	40	0.00
September 16	77	45	0.00
September 17	79	45	0.00
September 18	80	43	0.00
September 19	74	50	0.00
September 20	79	48	0.00
September 21	70	50	0.00
September 22	70	41	0.00
September 23	72	40	0.00
September 24	77	47	0.00
September 25	80	52	0.00
September 26	84	49	0.00
September 27	80	57	0.00
September 28	84	55	0.00
September 29	81	60	0.60
September 30	77	56	0.00

October 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	52	0.00
October 2	65	49	0.45
October 3	66	47	0.00
October 4	56	37	0.05
October 5	63	36	0.00
October 6	58	33	0.00
October 7	71	35	0.00
October 8	76	45	0.00
October 9	55	35	0.00
October 10	57	34	0.00
October 11	63	46	0.00
October 12	51	33	0.06
October 13	53	25	0.00
October 14	61	n/a	0.00
October 15	70	51	0.00
October 16	71	52	0.00
October 17	73	54	0.00
October 18	74	48	0.00
October 19	72	54	0.10
October 20	85	64	0.00
October 21	85	69	0.00
October 22	74	37	0.07
October 23	40	34	0.85
October 24	54	31	0.00
October 25	48	31	0.00
October 26	52	29	0.00
October 27	64	41	0.00
October 28	67	33	0.00
October 29	68	36	0.00
October 30	66	38	0.00
October 31	67	38	0.00

November 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	32	0.32	0.0
November 2	49	25	0.00	0.0
November 3	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	31	0.07	0.0
November 7	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	44	33	0.01	0.0
November 9	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	32	19	0.00	0.0
November 11	38	17	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 13	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	49	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	68	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	69	44	0.00	0.0
November 19	70	42	0.00	0.0
November 20	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	47	1.24	0.0
November 22	52	37	0.03	0.0
November 23	38	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	36	0.00	0.0
November 26	42	34	0.55	0.0
November 27	36	29	0.00	0.0
November 28	30	21	0.26	0.8
November 29	27	19	0.02	0.4
November 30	30	21	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	27	14	0.00
December 2	30	8	0.00
December 3	40	22	0.00
December 4	49	22	0.00
December 5	56	43	0.00
December 6	45	27	0.00
December 7	44	29	0.08
December 8	30	19	0.00
December 9	51	26	0.00
December 10	60	33	0.00
December 11	54	16	0.00
December 12	32	12	0.17
December 13	33	15	0.00
December 14	37	15	0.00
December 15	46	26	0.00
December 16	38	4	0.00
December 17	22	0	0.00
December 18	39	15	0.00
December 19	49	28	0.00
December 20	47	27	0.00
December 21	49	32	0.00
December 22	50	45	0.21
December 23	58	40	1.10
December 24	41	35	0.17
December 25	37	29	1.18
December 26	34	27	0.00
December 27	38	25	0.00
December 28	28	22	0.00
December 29	40	21	0.00
December 30	36	30	0.00
December 31	41	28	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1895–2024	Galesburg	location