Grand Island Weather in 1979

Historical record of Grand Island, Nebraska weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Grand Island Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	-19 °F	February 1
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 8
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	March 21
Most daily snow	10.2 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	28.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Grand Island in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1979 was 102 °F which happened on June 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Grand Island in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Jun 14
2	101 °F	Aug 8
2	101 °F	Aug 7
2	101 °F	Aug 6
2	101 °F	Jul 13
6	100 °F	Aug 5
6	100 °F	Aug 4
8	97 °F	Jul 29
9	96 °F	Aug 3
10	95 °F	Jun 21
10	95 °F	Jun 13
10	95 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in Grand Island in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1979 was -19 °F which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Grand Island in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-19 °F	February 1
2	-18 °F	January 31
3	-16 °F	February 16
4	-14 °F	February 4
5	-13 °F	February 5
5	-13 °F	February 3
7	-12 °F	February 17
7	-12 °F	January 1
9	-11 °F	January 14
10	-10 °F	February 8
10	-10 °F	February 7
10	-10 °F	January 29
10	-10 °F	January 16
10	-10 °F	January 8

January 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	1	-12	0.00	0.0
January 2	11	-6	0.00	0.0
January 3	17	-6	0.00	0.0
January 4	7	1	0.04	1.3
January 5	4	-9	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	-4	0.00	0.0
January 7	8	-7	0.00	0.0
January 8	18	-10	0.00	0.0
January 9	16	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	13	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	9	0.00	0.2
January 12	19	4	0.20	3.0
January 13	4	-7	0.01	0.2
January 14	1	-11	0.00	0.0
January 15	10	-1	0.00	0.1
January 16	13	-10	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	3	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	11	0.20	0.0
January 19	32	14	0.02	0.2
January 20	28	12	0.03	0.5
January 21	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	14	0.01	0.2
January 23	14	-2	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	-7	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	11	0.15	2.4
January 26	20	8	0.07	0.6
January 27	13	1	0.00	0.1
January 28	8	-5	0.00	0.0
January 29	6	-10	0.03	0.6
January 30	8	-7	0.06	1.6
January 31	6	-18	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	-19	0.00	0.1
February 2	5	-7	0.00	0.0
February 3	20	-13	0.00	0.0
February 4	0	-14	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	-13	0.00	0.0
February 6	29	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	15	-10	0.00	0.0
February 8	10	-10	0.06	0.9
February 9	24	-7	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	20	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	-8	0.00	0.0
February 16	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
February 17	5	-12	0.06	1.1
February 18	34	-4	0.00	0.0
February 19	41	13	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	25	0.09	0.0
February 21	33	15	0.02	0.0
February 22	40	22	0.02	0.0
February 23	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 24	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	5	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	32	24	0.18	1.8

March 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	51	25	0.75	0.2
March 3	25	15	0.71	10.2
March 4	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	11	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	33	0.04	0.0
March 7	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 11	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	26	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	46	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	65	42	0.01	0.0
March 18	51	32	0.71	0.0
March 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	40	1.98	0.0
March 22	41	34	1.35	0.0
March 23	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	51	22	0.00	0.0
March 26	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	70	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	71	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	47	24	0.01	0.0

April 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	32	0.25	2.1
April 2	39	28	0.01	0.1
April 3	37	24	0.00	0.0
April 4	58	31	0.00	0.0
April 5	53	21	0.00	0.0
April 6	45	19	0.00	0.0
April 7	71	29	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	56	21	0.00	0.0
April 10	42	35	0.71	0.0
April 11	52	40	0.80	0.0
April 12	46	33	0.02	0.0
April 13	65	33	0.00	0.0
April 14	67	35	0.01	0.0
April 15	76	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	76	45	0.00	0.0
April 17	79	50	0.00	0.0
April 18	73	56	0.00	0.0
April 19	74	55	0.38	0.0
April 20	62	45	0.45	0.0
April 21	67	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	74	42	0.00	0.0
April 23	75	50	0.00	0.0
April 24	73	52	0.00	0.0
April 25	61	37	0.40	0.0
April 26	67	34	0.00	0.0
April 27	54	33	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	29	0.24	0.0
April 29	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 30	57	39	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	42	1.42
May 2	55	41	0.34
May 3	51	34	0.00
May 4	66	31	0.00
May 5	78	48	0.00
May 6	83	55	0.00
May 7	74	55	0.00
May 8	60	47	0.54
May 9	47	35	1.38
May 10	45	33	0.09
May 11	63	30	0.00
May 12	67	39	0.00
May 13	73	40	0.03
May 14	70	43	0.00
May 15	72	43	0.00
May 16	85	53	0.00
May 17	83	58	0.00
May 18	66	49	0.01
May 19	71	46	0.00
May 20	62	44	0.00
May 21	72	40	0.00
May 22	80	51	0.00
May 23	64	44	0.00
May 24	71	40	0.00
May 25	79	44	0.00
May 26	82	54	0.00
May 27	82	42	0.00
May 28	89	58	0.00
May 29	87	60	0.03
May 30	62	47	0.15
May 31	68	47	0.00

June 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	45	0.00
June 2	83	44	0.00
June 3	87	57	0.00
June 4	89	57	0.00
June 5	94	48	0.00
June 6	90	64	0.00
June 7	80	58	0.00
June 8	58	51	0.16
June 9	55	50	1.09
June 10	77	45	0.00
June 11	84	51	0.03
June 12	95	63	0.00
June 13	95	58	0.00
June 14	102	66	0.00
June 15	90	63	0.00
June 16	88	63	0.00
June 17	63	55	0.29
June 18	85	58	0.00
June 19	88	68	0.00
June 20	85	61	0.00
June 21	95	55	0.04
June 22	81	60	0.00
June 23	69	56	0.11
June 24	76	54	0.00
June 25	81	62	0.01
June 26	92	65	0.00
June 27	83	65	0.38
June 28	88	64	0.50
June 29	83	61	0.00
June 30	86	65	0.04

July 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	65	0.30
July 2	77	68	0.00
July 3	92	68	0.00
July 4	78	65	0.76
July 5	65	59	0.21
July 6	61	57	0.09
July 7	73	60	0.00
July 8	82	64	0.00
July 9	83	63	0.00
July 10	89	67	0.00
July 11	91	68	0.00
July 12	94	70	0.00
July 13	101	70	0.00
July 14	86	61	0.13
July 15	82	66	0.38
July 16	78	60	0.29
July 17	75	62	0.11
July 18	78	60	0.00
July 19	81	61	0.00
July 20	86	62	0.00
July 21	90	66	0.00
July 22	86	68	0.00
July 23	84	70	0.00
July 24	83	68	0.00
July 25	85	64	0.00
July 26	88	60	0.08
July 27	90	63	0.00
July 28	84	69	0.00
July 29	97	69	0.00
July 30	86	67	0.31
July 31	79	60	0.00

August 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	56	0.00
August 2	91	64	0.00
August 3	96	59	0.00
August 4	100	71	0.00
August 5	100	66	0.00
August 6	101	72	0.00
August 7	101	68	0.00
August 8	101	72	0.00
August 9	91	68	0.05
August 10	78	57	0.00
August 11	84	50	0.00
August 12	90	59	0.00
August 13	80	58	0.00
August 14	65	56	0.11
August 15	64	55	0.00
August 16	73	54	0.00
August 17	92	69	0.00
August 18	91	67	0.00
August 19	86	63	0.38
August 20	85	63	0.00
August 21	82	62	0.46
August 22	85	62	0.00
August 23	81	59	0.00
August 24	82	54	0.00
August 25	78	58	0.11
August 26	81	60	0.28
August 27	76	57	0.00
August 28	85	62	0.00
August 29	87	61	0.00
August 30	94	66	0.00
August 31	94	69	0.00

September 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	65	0.63
September 2	89	58	0.00
September 3	90	65	0.00
September 4	92	66	0.00
September 5	93	65	1.01
September 6	82	60	0.00
September 7	81	55	0.00
September 8	85	59	0.44
September 9	90	65	0.00
September 10	91	66	0.00
September 11	72	58	0.00
September 12	66	50	0.46
September 13	70	44	0.00
September 14	67	45	0.00
September 15	79	43	0.00
September 16	81	47	0.00
September 17	85	54	0.00
September 18	79	49	0.00
September 19	79	42	0.00
September 20	75	49	0.00
September 21	71	42	0.00
September 22	78	46	0.00
September 23	87	53	0.00
September 24	82	52	0.00
September 25	82	46	0.00
September 26	86	52	0.00
September 27	84	56	0.00
September 28	80	49	0.00
September 29	87	49	0.00
September 30	86	49	0.00

October 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	74	46	0.00	0.0
October 2	82	41	0.00	0.0
October 3	68	43	0.00	0.0
October 4	66	32	0.00	0.0
October 5	77	39	0.00	0.0
October 6	77	42	0.00	0.0
October 7	80	41	0.00	0.0
October 8	80	44	0.00	0.0
October 9	58	34	0.00	0.0
October 10	79	34	0.00	0.0
October 11	82	52	0.00	0.0
October 12	58	34	0.00	0.0
October 13	52	24	0.00	0.0
October 14	72	38	0.00	0.0
October 15	77	43	0.00	0.0
October 16	77	44	0.00	0.0
October 17	68	42	0.00	0.0
October 18	70	45	0.01	0.0
October 19	77	34	0.00	0.0
October 20	72	49	0.00	0.0
October 21	52	35	0.00	0.0
October 22	46	29	0.13	0.6
October 23	55	26	0.00	0.0
October 24	68	31	0.00	0.0
October 25	65	33	0.00	0.0
October 26	74	43	0.00	0.0
October 27	69	38	0.00	0.0
October 28	71	31	0.00	0.0
October 29	65	43	1.00	0.0
October 30	49	40	1.48	0.0
October 31	40	35	0.40	0.0

November 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 2	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	54	22	0.00	0.0
November 4	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	47	27	0.37	0.0
November 6	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 7	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 9	33	17	0.00	0.0
November 10	37	15	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	24	0.00	0.0
November 14	56	22	0.00	0.0
November 15	64	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	69	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	32	0.00	0.0
November 18	61	39	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 20	39	34	0.95	0.0
November 21	37	28	0.38	0.5
November 22	29	13	0.08	1.4
November 23	31	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	42	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 27	38	22	0.00	0.0
November 28	24	16	0.00	0.0
November 29	27	13	0.00	0.0
November 30	36	12	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Grand Island Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	27	15	0.00	0.0
December 2	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	59	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	59	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	65	36	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	13	0.00	0.0
December 12	33	6	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	57	8	0.00	0.0
December 16	10	0	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	5	0.00	0.0
December 18	66	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	58	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	57	21	0.00	0.0
December 21	55	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	20	0.01	0.0
December 23	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	52	19	0.00	0.0
December 26	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	29	0.26	3.8
December 29	31	28	0.21	2.4
December 30	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	10	0.00	0.0

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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