Grand Island Weather in 1978

Historical record of Grand Island, Nebraska weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Grand Island Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	106 °F	July 5
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	January 17
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 4
Lowest daily high	5 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	April 7
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	February 12
Total annual precipitation	20.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	49.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Grand Island in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1978 was 106 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Grand Island in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	106 °F	Jul 5
1	106 °F	Jul 4
1	106 °F	Jun 15
4	101 °F	Jul 17
4	101 °F	Jun 30
6	100 °F	Aug 13
6	100 °F	Jul 3
6	100 °F	Jun 29
6	100 °F	Jun 28
10	99 °F	Jul 28

What was the coldest temperature in Grand Island in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1978 was -15 °F which happened on Jan 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Grand Island in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	January 17
2	-14 °F	February 18
2	-14 °F	February 17
4	-13 °F	December 8
4	-13 °F	February 2
4	-13 °F	January 20
4	-13 °F	January 16
8	-12 °F	December 9
8	-12 °F	March 4
8	-12 °F	February 16
8	-12 °F	January 19

January 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 2	28	2	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	5	0.00	0.0
January 4	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	10	0.00	0.0
January 8	10	-1	0.00	0.0
January 9	10	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	9	-5	0.00	0.2
January 11	19	8	0.01	0.4
January 12	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 13	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 15	22	10	0.08	1.1
January 16	10	-13	0.11	1.2
January 17	10	-15	0.00	0.0
January 18	16	2	0.03	1.0
January 19	10	-12	0.00	0.1
January 20	10	-13	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	22	0.01	0.0
January 24	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	22	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	14	-1	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	-5	0.00	0.0
January 28	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	1	0.02	0.4
January 31	26	-5	0.01	0.2

February 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	22	-7	0.06	0.7
February 2	13	-13	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	-6	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	13	6	0.00	0.0
February 6	10	6	0.10	1.2
February 7	14	7	0.12	2.3
February 8	14	10	0.05	1.1
February 9	21	12	0.01	0.2
February 10	21	14	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	21	0.02	0.1
February 12	26	19	0.43	6.0
February 13	19	13	0.20	3.5
February 14	19	11	0.00	0.0
February 15	17	-2	0.00	0.1
February 16	12	-12	0.00	0.0
February 17	12	-14	0.00	0.0
February 18	20	-14	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	0	0.01	0.3
February 20	28	-1	0.01	0.1
February 21	24	-9	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	16	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	27	20	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	24	1	0.17	2.3

March 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	23	-2	0.03	0.9
March 2	23	8	0.14	1.7
March 3	11	-5	0.00	0.0
March 4	15	-12	0.00	0.0
March 5	31	9	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	19	0.12	3.6
March 7	27	11	0.19	1.8
March 8	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	20	0.01	0.0
March 11	43	27	0.04	0.3
March 12	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	33	0.30	0.0
March 14	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	71	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	69	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 23	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	51	21	0.00	0.0
March 26	64	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	77	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	67	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	66	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	84	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	90	49	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	41	0.00
April 2	71	42	0.20
April 3	76	44	0.00
April 4	69	38	0.00
April 5	80	48	0.33
April 6	71	48	0.00
April 7	80	49	2.05
April 8	81	59	0.23
April 9	60	42	0.66
April 10	54	36	0.00
April 11	71	34	0.00
April 12	62	36	0.01
April 13	61	31	0.01
April 14	48	44	0.87
April 15	49	41	0.52
April 16	44	41	0.03
April 17	46	39	0.49
April 18	44	38	0.03
April 19	49	33	0.00
April 20	48	29	0.00
April 21	54	25	0.00
April 22	56	41	0.23
April 23	66	37	0.00
April 24	55	41	0.00
April 25	60	42	0.00
April 26	66	43	0.00
April 27	61	46	0.05
April 28	75	49	0.08
April 29	74	46	0.20
April 30	54	51	0.13

May 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	39	0.00
May 2	59	32	0.00
May 3	55	35	0.00
May 4	52	42	0.03
May 5	62	40	0.00
May 6	47	43	0.48
May 7	63	44	0.06
May 8	57	43	0.00
May 9	72	40	0.00
May 10	83	49	0.00
May 11	77	59	0.03
May 12	65	49	0.11
May 13	70	45	0.00
May 14	75	41	0.00
May 15	76	40	0.00
May 16	70	48	0.00
May 17	70	55	0.00
May 18	68	56	0.04
May 19	80	57	0.02
May 20	71	51	0.00
May 21	76	46	0.00
May 22	69	59	0.00
May 23	82	59	0.00
May 24	91	62	0.15
May 25	87	62	0.01
May 26	82	63	0.00
May 27	71	57	0.35
May 28	79	57	0.00
May 29	67	52	0.10
May 30	83	45	0.00
May 31	64	52	0.49

June 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	50	0.00
June 2	72	45	0.00
June 3	79	51	0.00
June 4	80	52	0.00
June 5	77	52	0.01
June 6	76	59	0.01
June 7	67	47	0.00
June 8	80	41	0.00
June 9	92	51	0.00
June 10	95	68	0.00
June 11	88	55	0.00
June 12	81	52	0.00
June 13	90	52	0.00
June 14	98	69	0.00
June 15	106	74	0.00
June 16	95	68	0.00
June 17	84	60	0.00
June 18	88	56	0.00
June 19	90	63	0.00
June 20	78	58	0.02
June 21	86	55	0.42
June 22	82	64	0.00
June 23	92	69	0.00
June 24	97	71	0.00
June 25	96	72	0.01
June 26	88	67	0.03
June 27	90	65	0.00
June 28	100	73	0.00
June 29	100	72	0.00
June 30	101	75	0.00

July 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	70	0.00
July 2	96	64	0.00
July 3	100	68	0.00
July 4	106	75	0.00
July 5	106	69	1.23
July 6	82	65	0.53
July 7	84	59	0.00
July 8	85	62	0.04
July 9	76	58	0.01
July 10	76	56	0.00
July 11	82	62	0.06
July 12	95	66	0.03
July 13	81	64	0.09
July 14	88	67	0.00
July 15	91	61	0.00
July 16	96	71	0.00
July 17	101	73	0.00
July 18	85	67	0.00
July 19	90	65	0.00
July 20	85	65	0.06
July 21	75	67	0.67
July 22	75	59	0.06
July 23	79	54	0.00
July 24	88	60	0.00
July 25	98	70	0.00
July 26	89	63	0.00
July 27	88	61	0.00
July 28	99	65	0.00
July 29	81	64	0.01
July 30	85	58	0.00
July 31	84	58	0.09

August 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	61	0.00
August 2	83	59	0.05
August 3	74	53	0.12
August 4	78	50	0.00
August 5	83	53	0.00
August 6	91	61	0.00
August 7	94	63	0.00
August 8	93	66	0.00
August 9	90	62	0.16
August 10	87	58	0.00
August 11	86	64	1.56
August 12	91	61	0.00
August 13	100	71	0.00
August 14	93	65	0.59
August 15	76	58	0.23
August 16	87	57	0.00
August 17	91	69	0.00
August 18	75	52	0.00
August 19	79	50	0.00
August 20	85	59	0.00
August 21	95	67	0.00
August 22	91	72	0.00
August 23	97	71	0.00
August 24	96	67	0.07
August 25	92	67	0.21
August 26	84	67	0.02
August 27	88	67	0.00
August 28	79	57	0.04
August 29	78	52	0.00
August 30	81	54	0.00
August 31	85	56	0.00

September 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	64	0.99
September 2	87	61	0.00
September 3	87	61	0.00
September 4	91	68	0.00
September 5	93	64	0.00
September 6	97	62	0.00
September 7	95	63	0.00
September 8	91	61	0.00
September 9	89	60	0.00
September 10	92	63	0.00
September 11	93	69	0.08
September 12	83	59	0.07
September 13	70	51	0.25
September 14	78	49	0.00
September 15	80	60	0.00
September 16	80	54	0.00
September 17	62	45	0.16
September 18	90	57	0.00
September 19	78	54	0.00
September 20	59	43	0.07
September 21	72	37	0.00
September 22	71	45	0.00
September 23	81	42	0.00
September 24	84	49	0.00
September 25	82	49	0.00
September 26	81	50	0.00
September 27	76	46	0.00
September 28	83	51	0.00
September 29	73	51	0.00
September 30	74	41	0.00

October 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	84	48	0.00
October 2	74	43	0.00
October 3	67	39	0.00
October 4	71	35	0.00
October 5	60	33	0.00
October 6	62	29	0.00
October 7	67	29	0.00
October 8	78	44	0.00
October 9	76	45	0.00
October 10	74	35	0.00
October 11	81	47	0.00
October 12	62	42	0.00
October 13	59	34	0.00
October 14	57	32	0.00
October 15	66	33	0.00
October 16	57	25	0.00
October 17	72	40	0.00
October 18	62	34	0.00
October 19	77	34	0.00
October 20	90	41	0.00
October 21	79	49	0.01
October 22	56	35	0.53
October 23	51	27	0.00
October 24	69	39	0.00
October 25	60	31	0.00
October 26	62	30	0.00
October 27	63	34	0.00
October 28	68	34	0.00
October 29	75	33	0.00
October 30	61	41	0.00
October 31	52	33	0.02

November 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	68	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	75	39	0.00	0.0
November 3	79	38	0.00	0.0
November 4	76	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	61	42	0.00	0.0
November 6	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	76	43	0.00	0.0
November 9	75	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	33	27	0.10	0.0
November 12	45	29	0.03	0.0
November 13	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	38	28	0.00	0.1
November 16	32	30	0.16	2.4
November 17	48	31	0.00	0.0
November 18	38	19	0.00	0.0
November 19	23	10	0.00	0.0
November 20	16	12	0.00	0.0
November 21	18	14	0.00	0.0
November 22	32	18	0.01	0.0
November 23	43	20	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	27	0.70	3.0
November 26	32	22	0.34	4.9
November 27	32	5	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	-1	0.01	0.0
November 29	37	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	28	15	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	28	18	0.01	0.0
December 2	18	5	0.45	5.2
December 3	12	1	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	3	0.00	0.0
December 5	31	22	0.01	0.1
December 6	22	3	0.00	0.0
December 7	7	-5	0.10	2.2
December 8	7	-13	0.00	0.0
December 9	12	-12	0.00	0.0
December 10	32	8	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	13	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	24	0.03	0.1
December 20	26	20	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	8	0.04	0.3
December 24	29	-3	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	24	4	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	18	6	0.00	0.0
December 30	7	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	5	-1	0.00	0.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1938–2024	Grand Island Airport	location
1921–1938	Grand Island 2W	location
1895–1921	Grand Island #1	location