Grand Junction Weather in 1979

Historical record of Grand Junction, Colorado weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Grand Junction Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	0.7 inches	May 8
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	May 8
Total annual precipitation	8.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	49.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Grand Junction in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1979 was 102 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Grand Junction in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Aug 5
1	102 °F	Aug 4
3	101 °F	Jul 16
4	100 °F	Jul 28
4	100 °F	Jul 14
4	100 °F	Jun 29
7	99 °F	Aug 6
7	99 °F	Jul 30
7	99 °F	Jul 27
7	99 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Grand Junction in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1979 was -10 °F which happened on Jan 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Grand Junction in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	January 31
2	-8 °F	January 2
3	-7 °F	February 5
3	-7 °F	January 8
5	-5 °F	January 30
5	-5 °F	January 9
7	-4 °F	January 7
7	-4 °F	January 1
9	-2 °F	January 23
10	0 °F	January 27

January 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	13	-4	0.00	0.0
January 2	10	-8	0.00	0.0
January 3	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 4	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	23	10	0.09	2.0
January 6	25	19	0.17	2.4
January 7	25	-4	0.07	0.7
January 8	18	-7	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	-5	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	19	0.03	0.3
January 12	28	19	0.29	4.4
January 13	32	2	0.00	0.0
January 14	23	4	0.03	0.3
January 15	31	17	0.01	0.1
January 16	35	23	0.06	1.4
January 17	37	24	0.13	1.1
January 18	40	30	0.12	0.0
January 19	35	24	0.00	0.1
January 20	32	11	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	5	0.06	1.1
January 23	22	-2	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 25	25	15	0.11	1.7
January 26	26	14	0.11	2.0
January 27	30	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	21	2	0.07	1.0
January 30	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 31	15	-10	0.01	0.1

February 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	6	0.08	0.8
February 2	22	9	0.03	0.5
February 3	26	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	1	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	-7	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 8	30	5	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	8	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	19	0.09	1.7
February 20	32	23	0.01	0.2
February 21	40	26	0.06	0.0
February 22	40	26	0.07	1.5
February 23	39	26	0.24	4.2
February 24	32	12	0.04	0.5
February 25	37	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	15	0.01	0.2
February 27	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	18	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	33	0.07	0.1
March 3	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 5	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 7	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 15	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 17	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 19	52	30	0.03	0.0
March 20	47	34	0.50	0.0
March 21	45	36	0.33	0.0
March 22	49	34	0.13	0.0
March 23	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	36	0.00	0.0
March 27	60	43	0.01	0.0
March 28	64	41	0.17	0.0
March 29	46	37	0.22	0.0
March 30	51	37	0.12	0.0
March 31	41	32	0.44	3.3

April 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	28	0.09	0.9
April 2	41	27	0.02	0.2
April 3	45	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	65	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 7	69	44	0.00	0.0
April 8	67	43	0.00	0.0
April 9	63	40	0.03	0.0
April 10	47	35	0.28	0.0
April 11	42	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	49	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 14	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	75	45	0.00	0.0
April 16	81	45	0.00	0.0
April 17	80	54	0.00	0.0
April 18	78	60	0.00	0.0
April 19	62	41	0.00	0.0
April 20	64	35	0.00	0.0
April 21	73	40	0.00	0.0
April 22	76	46	0.00	0.0
April 23	78	49	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	53	0.00	0.0
April 25	63	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	67	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	71	42	0.00	0.0
April 28	71	42	0.00	0.0
April 29	73	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	73	42	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	69	54	0.00	0.0
May 2	61	47	0.02	0.0
May 3	54	40	0.14	0.0
May 4	69	35	0.00	0.0
May 5	78	47	0.00	0.0
May 6	79	50	0.00	0.0
May 7	50	41	0.11	0.0
May 8	46	33	0.65	5.0
May 9	50	36	0.32	0.0
May 10	54	38	0.00	0.0
May 11	57	32	0.15	0.0
May 12	64	35	0.00	0.0
May 13	73	42	0.00	0.0
May 14	79	47	0.00	0.0
May 15	80	49	0.00	0.0
May 16	76	56	0.00	0.0
May 17	78	50	0.00	0.0
May 18	84	55	0.00	0.0
May 19	86	52	0.00	0.0
May 20	85	54	0.00	0.0
May 21	82	56	0.00	0.0
May 22	85	55	0.00	0.0
May 23	87	55	0.00	0.0
May 24	73	58	0.06	0.0
May 25	76	54	0.00	0.0
May 26	83	54	0.00	0.0
May 27	82	57	0.00	0.0
May 28	84	61	0.00	0.0
May 29	78	59	0.00	0.0
May 30	69	51	0.00	0.0
May 31	69	41	0.00	0.0

June 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	47	0.00
June 2	79	51	0.00
June 3	81	50	0.00
June 4	86	55	0.00
June 5	91	56	0.00
June 6	92	57	0.00
June 7	68	51	0.22
June 8	55	46	0.28
June 9	66	46	0.00
June 10	82	48	0.00
June 11	86	52	0.00
June 12	91	56	0.00
June 13	94	60	0.00
June 14	93	69	0.00
June 15	93	62	0.00
June 16	90	57	0.00
June 17	87	63	0.00
June 18	73	54	0.00
June 19	76	46	0.00
June 20	84	50	0.00
June 21	90	55	0.00
June 22	91	56	0.00
June 23	91	59	0.00
June 24	94	59	0.00
June 25	97	62	0.00
June 26	94	63	0.00
June 27	96	62	0.00
June 28	98	60	0.00
June 29	100	62	0.00
June 30	91	63	0.28

July 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	62	0.03
July 2	84	62	0.00
July 3	85	62	0.00
July 4	88	55	0.00
July 5	92	57	0.00
July 6	84	64	0.04
July 7	96	60	0.00
July 8	94	62	0.00
July 9	97	58	0.00
July 10	98	62	0.00
July 11	97	62	0.00
July 12	98	63	0.00
July 13	98	64	0.00
July 14	100	65	0.00
July 15	97	66	0.00
July 16	101	73	0.00
July 17	94	64	0.00
July 18	94	63	0.00
July 19	92	60	0.00
July 20	92	64	0.00
July 21	88	64	0.01
July 22	92	62	0.00
July 23	92	66	0.00
July 24	91	63	0.00
July 25	98	61	0.00
July 26	99	65	0.00
July 27	99	68	0.00
July 28	100	68	0.00
July 29	98	68	0.00
July 30	99	63	0.00
July 31	94	60	0.00

August 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	62	0.00
August 2	97	60	0.00
August 3	97	64	0.00
August 4	102	62	0.00
August 5	102	73	0.00
August 6	99	74	0.00
August 7	95	69	0.23
August 8	92	68	0.00
August 9	96	63	0.00
August 10	93	66	0.00
August 11	94	62	0.00
August 12	91	63	0.03
August 13	87	62	0.01
August 14	74	61	0.02
August 15	77	59	0.00
August 16	74	59	0.04
August 17	79	53	0.00
August 18	79	58	0.00
August 19	72	57	0.27
August 20	72	52	0.01
August 21	85	54	0.00
August 22	88	53	0.00
August 23	90	57	0.00
August 24	90	58	0.00
August 25	86	56	0.00
August 26	88	62	0.00
August 27	92	59	0.00
August 28	93	62	0.00
August 29	93	60	0.00
August 30	77	62	0.00
August 31	89	56	0.00

September 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	58	0.00
September 2	92	60	0.00
September 3	93	60	0.00
September 4	91	59	0.00
September 5	92	56	0.00
September 6	93	57	0.00
September 7	95	59	0.00
September 8	93	61	0.00
September 9	93	63	0.00
September 10	92	63	0.01
September 11	93	63	0.00
September 12	83	59	0.00
September 13	79	53	0.00
September 14	78	54	0.00
September 15	80	54	0.00
September 16	83	51	0.00
September 17	89	52	0.00
September 18	88	59	0.00
September 19	84	58	0.00
September 20	80	55	0.00
September 21	82	59	0.00
September 22	85	57	0.00
September 23	86	58	0.00
September 24	87	57	0.00
September 25	86	60	0.00
September 26	80	59	0.00
September 27	82	52	0.00
September 28	83	55	0.00
September 29	84	54	0.00
September 30	85	54	0.00

October 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	85	53	0.00
October 2	85	53	0.00
October 3	82	53	0.00
October 4	81	51	0.00
October 5	81	48	0.00
October 6	84	54	0.00
October 7	83	52	0.00
October 8	82	51	0.00
October 9	78	50	0.00
October 10	80	48	0.00
October 11	80	51	0.00
October 12	80	48	0.00
October 13	80	51	0.00
October 14	75	52	0.00
October 15	75	50	0.00
October 16	73	50	0.00
October 17	70	48	0.00
October 18	72	56	0.00
October 19	75	63	0.00
October 20	75	47	0.21
October 21	57	35	0.00
October 22	60	29	0.00
October 23	64	37	0.00
October 24	64	39	0.00
October 25	69	37	0.00
October 26	73	38	0.00
October 27	65	37	0.00
October 28	65	34	0.00
October 29	53	42	0.04
October 30	49	33	0.00
October 31	45	20	0.00

November 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	46	17	0.00	0.0
November 2	50	21	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	58	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 6	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	38	0.24	0.0
November 8	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	49	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	50	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	54	24	0.00	0.0
November 15	55	26	0.00	0.0
November 16	55	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	23	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	36	0.04	0.0
November 19	36	31	0.47	4.7
November 20	35	26	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 22	32	11	0.00	0.0
November 23	27	18	0.00	0.0
November 24	27	18	0.02	0.2
November 25	33	19	0.01	0.1
November 26	35	21	0.24	3.2
November 27	30	6	0.00	0.0
November 28	28	7	0.00	0.0
November 29	27	6	0.00	0.0
November 30	30	4	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Grand Junction Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	9	0.00	0.0
December 2	31	6	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 4	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	39	15	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	15	0.01	0.2
December 12	33	10	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	8	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	10	0.00	0.0
December 16	41	12	0.00	0.0
December 17	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 18	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	28	0.11	1.4
December 23	31	22	0.01	0.3
December 24	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	19	0.01	0.1
December 27	33	26	0.13	1.5
December 28	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	23	0.00	0.0
December 31	26	22	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1900–2024	Grand Junction Walker Field	location