Grand Forks Weather in 1978

Historical record of Grand Forks, North Dakota weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Grand Forks Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	September 5
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	-12 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	September 12
Most daily snow	4.2 inches	November 13
Total annual precipitation	18.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Grand Forks in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1978 was 102 °F which happened on September 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Grand Forks in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Sep 5
2	96 °F	Sep 8
2	96 °F	Aug 13
2	96 °F	Aug 12
5	95 °F	Sep 6
5	95 °F	Sep 4
5	95 °F	Aug 7
8	94 °F	Sep 3
8	94 °F	Aug 8
10	93 °F	Aug 14

What was the coldest temperature in Grand Forks in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1978 was -24 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Grand Forks in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	December 31
1	-24 °F	February 6
3	-23 °F	February 5
3	-23 °F	January 17
5	-22 °F	January 18
5	-22 °F	January 11
5	-22 °F	January 10
8	-21 °F	December 27
9	-20 °F	December 28
9	-20 °F	February 3
9	-20 °F	February 2
9	-20 °F	January 27
9	-20 °F	January 16

January 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	1	-19	0.00	0.0
January 2	17	-5	0.02	1.0
January 3	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 4	10	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	5	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	8	3	0.00	0.0
January 7	9	3	0.00	0.0
January 8	5	-12	0.00	0.0
January 9	-2	-18	0.00	0.0
January 10	-12	-22	0.00	0.0
January 11	-5	-22	0.00	0.0
January 12	2	-14	0.00	0.0
January 13	11	-6	0.01	1.0
January 14	2	-5	0.04	1.0
January 15	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 16	3	-20	0.00	0.0
January 17	-12	-23	0.00	0.0
January 18	7	-22	0.00	0.7
January 19	-4	-17	0.00	0.0
January 20	1	-17	0.00	0.0
January 21	-3	-16	0.00	0.0
January 22	2	-14	0.00	0.0
January 23	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 24	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	-1	0.01	0.1
January 26	11	-19	0.01	0.2
January 27	-12	-20	0.00	0.0
January 28	-9	-19	0.00	0.0
January 29	-2	-17	0.00	0.0
January 30	-4	-17	0.00	0.0
January 31	5	-12	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	-2	-19	0.00	0.0
February 2	-6	-20	0.00	0.0
February 3	-1	-20	0.00	0.0
February 4	10	-15	0.04	1.0
February 5	6	-23	0.00	0.0
February 6	-8	-24	0.00	0.0
February 7	6	-12	0.00	0.0
February 8	11	-6	0.00	0.0
February 9	19	4	0.00	0.5
February 10	19	-9	0.00	0.0
February 11	12	-12	0.00	0.0
February 12	6	-13	0.00	0.0
February 13	13	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	10	-3	0.00	0.0
February 15	12	-3	0.00	0.0
February 16	10	-3	0.00	0.0
February 17	11	-4	0.00	0.0
February 18	17	-10	0.00	0.0
February 19	11	-9	0.00	0.0
February 20	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 21	16	-3	0.00	0.0
February 22	30	n/a	0.04	1.0
February 23	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 24	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	-1	0.00	0.0
February 26	12	-8	0.00	0.0
February 27	12	-7	0.00	0.3
February 28	14	-9	0.01	0.2

March 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	8	-15	0.00	0.0
March 2	13	-15	0.01	0.1
March 3	10	-12	0.05	0.9
March 4	7	-12	0.00	0.0
March 5	9	-10	0.00	0.0
March 6	13	-11	0.00	0.0
March 7	12	-10	0.00	0.0
March 8	23	3	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	6	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	33	17	0.00	0.0
March 13	25	16	0.03	0.5
March 14	27	10	0.01	0.2
March 15	28	9	0.00	0.0
March 16	29	9	0.00	0.0
March 17	28	8	0.00	0.0
March 18	30	8	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	34	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 24	22	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 26	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 30	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	32	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	19	0.00	0.0
April 2	32	19	0.00	0.0
April 3	33	28	0.29	2.0
April 4	38	31	0.05	0.0
April 5	43	33	0.01	0.0
April 6	51	33	0.23	0.0
April 7	56	25	0.00	0.0
April 8	36	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	47	34	0.02	0.0
April 10	47	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	45	31	0.03	0.0
April 12	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 13	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 16	51	27	0.00	0.0
April 17	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 18	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	57	27	0.00	0.0
April 20	31	24	0.01	0.2
April 21	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 22	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 23	59	39	0.16	0.0
April 24	47	40	0.07	0.0
April 25	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 26	61	39	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	71	49	0.00	0.0
April 29	74	45	0.00	0.0
April 30	66	40	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	36	0.00
May 2	64	37	0.00
May 3	70	41	0.00
May 4	70	43	0.00
May 5	71	46	0.00
May 6	72	45	0.00
May 7	74	49	0.00
May 8	60	42	1.00
May 9	47	40	0.17
May 10	63	39	0.00
May 11	82	47	0.00
May 12	62	45	0.00
May 13	63	36	0.00
May 14	67	38	0.00
May 15	74	42	0.00
May 16	77	49	0.00
May 17	79	54	0.00
May 18	79	54	0.00
May 19	83	47	0.12
May 20	50	37	0.00
May 21	69	38	0.00
May 22	76	47	0.08
May 23	83	58	0.02
May 24	83	60	0.00
May 25	84	60	0.22
May 26	87	60	0.50
May 27	79	52	0.02
May 28	75	50	0.00
May 29	77	56	0.00
May 30	71	48	0.00
May 31	73	50	0.05

June 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	50	0.40
June 2	54	45	0.03
June 3	65	45	0.00
June 4	69	47	0.00
June 5	75	42	0.00
June 6	86	51	0.00
June 7	78	44	0.00
June 8	68	44	0.00
June 9	73	42	0.00
June 10	79	43	0.00
June 11	84	50	0.00
June 12	60	40	0.00
June 13	77	46	0.00
June 14	79	52	0.08
June 15	80	58	0.00
June 16	78	59	1.18
June 17	79	54	0.00
June 18	69	47	0.00
June 19	80	52	0.00
June 20	84	49	0.02
June 21	68	47	0.00
June 22	78	51	0.00
June 23	80	57	0.00
June 24	81	63	0.00
June 25	84	64	0.00
June 26	71	59	0.22
June 27	75	55	0.60
June 28	85	58	0.00
June 29	87	63	0.00
June 30	88	68	0.00

July 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	66	0.00
July 2	71	65	0.00
July 3	80	66	0.00
July 4	89	67	0.32
July 5	86	62	0.67
July 6	83	62	0.00
July 7	83	58	0.00
July 8	70	53	0.00
July 9	68	51	0.62
July 10	67	47	0.00
July 11	74	51	0.00
July 12	78	58	0.00
July 13	85	52	0.00
July 14	80	54	0.00
July 15	78	60	0.00
July 16	90	61	0.01
July 17	85	64	0.05
July 18	86	62	0.18
July 19	79	59	0.81
July 20	71	55	0.00
July 21	73	58	0.00
July 22	77	52	0.00
July 23	75	52	0.00
July 24	81	57	0.00
July 25	83	60	0.00
July 26	90	61	0.00
July 27	80	51	0.00
July 28	70	52	0.00
July 29	78	57	0.00
July 30	70	50	0.00
July 31	78	54	0.03

August 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	57	0.00
August 2	72	51	0.27
August 3	70	43	0.00
August 4	85	48	0.00
August 5	83	54	0.00
August 6	91	53	0.00
August 7	95	64	0.00
August 8	94	58	0.00
August 9	81	47	0.00
August 10	91	58	0.00
August 11	90	61	0.65
August 12	96	63	0.00
August 13	96	73	0.00
August 14	93	69	0.00
August 15	81	60	0.83
August 16	76	51	0.54
August 17	81	63	0.00
August 18	80	55	0.00
August 19	76	43	0.00
August 20	85	55	0.00
August 21	83	55	0.00
August 22	70	47	0.00
August 23	76	58	0.56
August 24	80	61	0.00
August 25	84	60	0.00
August 26	81	63	0.90
August 27	78	66	0.00
August 28	75	56	0.07
August 29	72	53	0.00
August 30	72	42	0.00
August 31	79	52	0.00

September 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	89	59	0.08
September 2	85	59	0.00
September 3	94	58	0.00
September 4	95	65	0.00
September 5	102	66	0.00
September 6	95	63	0.00
September 7	85	59	0.00
September 8	96	60	0.00
September 9	91	63	0.00
September 10	86	57	0.08
September 11	82	61	1.62
September 12	63	51	1.94
September 13	57	47	0.46
September 14	64	48	0.00
September 15	66	50	0.00
September 16	68	53	0.06
September 17	64	45	0.00
September 18	58	51	0.02
September 19	61	47	0.02
September 20	60	37	0.00
September 21	65	39	0.00
September 22	78	40	0.00
September 23	79	49	0.00
September 24	69	45	0.00
September 25	75	45	0.00
September 26	71	48	0.00
September 27	64	35	0.00
September 28	69	45	0.00
September 29	63	48	0.00
September 30	72	39	0.00

October 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	47	0.00
October 2	65	40	0.00
October 3	59	45	0.03
October 4	53	42	0.06
October 5	50	40	0.00
October 6	48	41	0.00
October 7	57	29	0.00
October 8	67	31	0.00
October 9	65	30	0.00
October 10	71	36	0.00
October 11	66	30	0.00
October 12	57	34	0.00
October 13	49	35	0.05
October 14	50	30	0.01
October 15	46	31	0.02
October 16	52	25	0.00
October 17	56	27	0.00
October 18	55	25	0.00
October 19	71	21	0.00
October 20	72	43	0.00
October 21	65	43	0.00
October 22	52	36	0.00
October 23	52	25	0.00
October 24	73	38	0.00
October 25	68	39	0.00
October 26	51	30	0.00
October 27	51	30	0.00
October 28	49	27	0.00
October 29	54	30	0.00
October 30	52	34	0.00
October 31	60	25	0.00

November 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	68	27	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	30	0.00	0.0
November 3	68	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	58	20	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	20	0.00	0.0
November 7	64	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 9	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	25	7	0.00	0.0
November 12	30	20	0.00	0.0
November 13	31	22	0.42	4.2
November 14	27	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	9	0.00	0.0
November 16	18	3	0.00	0.0
November 17	26	11	0.00	0.0
November 18	22	3	0.06	2.3
November 19	4	-9	0.00	0.0
November 20	2	-10	0.00	0.0
November 21	5	-11	0.00	0.0
November 22	19	-5	0.00	0.5
November 23	22	9	0.08	1.3
November 24	24	5	0.00	0.0
November 25	29	1	0.00	0.0
November 26	16	-2	0.00	0.0
November 27	17	-4	0.08	1.1
November 28	14	-13	0.06	0.8
November 29	27	-7	0.05	0.3
November 30	2	-16	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Grand Forks Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	2	-15	0.00	0.0
December 2	-3	-19	0.00	0.0
December 3	5	-9	0.00	0.0
December 4	33	-6	0.02	0.4
December 5	26	-1	0.00	0.0
December 6	1	-13	0.00	0.0
December 7	1	-11	0.00	0.0
December 8	0	-14	0.00	0.0
December 9	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
December 10	10	-14	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 12	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 13	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	23	10	0.00	0.0
December 18	22	6	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	20	0.09	1.0
December 20	26	2	0.01	1.0
December 21	35	3	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	10	0.09	1.0
December 23	13	-12	0.00	0.3
December 24	-3	-18	0.00	0.0
December 25	11	-3	0.01	1.0
December 26	13	-3	0.00	0.3
December 27	24	-21	0.00	0.0
December 28	25	-20	0.49	2.9
December 29	24	-9	0.00	0.0
December 30	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
December 31	-10	-24	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Grand Forks	location