Halifax Weather in 1979

Historical record of Halifax, Nova Scotia weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Halifax Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	31.6 °C	June 16
Lowest temperature	-23.9 °C	February 18
Highest daily low	19.8 °C	August 3
Lowest daily high	-18.0 °C	February 14
Most daily precipitation	7.1 cm	December 17
Most daily snow	6.4 cm	April 20
Total annual precipitation	188.3 cm	-
Total annual snow	105.5 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Halifax in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1979 was 31.6 °C which happened on June 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Halifax in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	31.6 °C	Jun 16
2	29.7 °C	Jul 10
3	29.6 °C	Jun 17
4	29.3 °C	Jul 13
5	28.6 °C	Aug 3
6	28.2 °C	Sep 2
6	28.2 °C	Aug 5
8	27.9 °C	Jun 8
9	27.8 °C	Aug 1
10	27.4 °C	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in Halifax in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1979 was -23.9 °C which happened on Feb 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Halifax in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-23.9 °C	February 18
2	-23.1 °C	February 17
3	-22.2 °C	February 15
4	-21.9 °C	February 12
5	-21.3 °C	February 16
5	-21.3 °C	February 13
7	-20.4 °C	February 11
8	-19.8 °C	February 14
9	-19.5 °C	January 13
10	-19.4 °C	February 10

January 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
January 1	6.5	-2.7	0.88	1.2
January 2	13.1	5.3	0.04	0.0
January 3	13.0	-6.0	1.26	0.4
January 4	-3.0	-9.0	0.27	3.7
January 5	-5.7	-11.3	0.00	0.0
January 6	-4.7	-12.6	0.20	2.4
January 7	2.2	-12.4	0.49	0.0
January 8	13.5	1.9	2.68	0.0
January 9	8.2	-8.0	0.04	0.0
January 10	-1.2	-8.2	0.19	1.9
January 11	-8.0	-18.0	0.00	0.0
January 12	-13.7	-18.4	0.00	0.0
January 13	-9.2	-19.5	0.53	5.6
January 14	10.1	-9.4	2.28	3.5
January 15	5.2	-13.2	0.00	0.0
January 16	-6.5	-13.1	0.13	3.1
January 17	-11.9	-17.9	0.07	1.2
January 18	-8.9	-16.3	0.53	5.5
January 19	-12.0	-17.0	0.03	0.3
January 20	-4.1	-15.9	0.00	0.0
January 21	0.7	-10.1	2.14	0.0
January 22	6.2	-2.2	0.78	0.0
January 23	-1.8	-5.6	0.00	0.0
January 24	1.2	-6.5	0.00	0.0
January 25	2.4	-3.5	3.10	1.4
January 26	4.7	1.9	2.60	0.0
January 27	6.2	3.4	1.64	0.0
January 28	4.0	1.3	0.74	0.0
January 29	5.5	2.0	2.34	0.0
January 30	5.0	0.2	0.41	0.0
January 31	1.1	-1.5	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
February 1	1.8	-1.5	0.23	2.8
February 2	1.4	-1.0	0.21	1.4
February 3	0.4	-2.1	0.00	0.0
February 4	-1.4	-5.3	0.02	0.0
February 5	-4.3	-11.1	0.05	0.5
February 6	-8.0	-12.2	0.10	1.3
February 7	-6.2	-12.0	0.00	0.0
February 8	-6.3	-12.8	0.00	0.0
February 9	-8.2	-14.8	0.02	0.5
February 10	-12.9	-19.4	0.00	0.3
February 11	-15.2	-20.4	0.00	0.0
February 12	-14.0	-21.9	0.00	0.0
February 13	-13.7	-21.3	0.00	0.0
February 14	-18.0	-19.8	0.07	1.0
February 15	-17.0	-22.2	0.03	0.3
February 16	-11.8	-21.3	0.00	0.0
February 17	-15.0	-23.1	0.00	0.0
February 18	-12.6	-23.9	0.00	0.0
February 19	-3.0	-15.5	0.00	0.0
February 20	0.0	-12.2	0.00	0.0
February 21	6.1	-6.5	0.09	1.2
February 22	3.2	-4.0	0.80	0.0
February 23	-0.6	-6.9	0.00	0.0
February 24	0.9	-5.8	0.91	4.0
February 25	2.7	-6.9	2.96	0.0
February 26	0.6	-7.3	3.94	3.7
February 27	9.0	0.5	3.66	0.0
February 28	2.9	-1.6	0.02	0.0

March 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
March 1	0.4	-8.7	0.00	0.0
March 2	-1.2	-9.0	0.00	0.0
March 3	1.6	-5.1	0.00	0.0
March 4	9.5	-3.4	0.00	0.0
March 5	10.5	3.0	0.00	0.0
March 6	12.5	4.7	0.14	0.0
March 7	10.0	6.5	3.35	0.0
March 8	11.3	-1.6	0.84	0.0
March 9	-1.6	-4.0	0.00	0.0
March 10	2.5	-4.5	0.36	2.2
March 11	8.4	-0.7	6.94	0.2
March 12	1.2	-11.2	0.04	0.4
March 13	-1.8	-14.9	0.00	0.0
March 14	8.3	-2.2	0.94	0.0
March 15	7.2	-9.1	3.58	0.5
March 16	-7.3	-13.2	0.00	0.0
March 17	-8.1	-13.9	0.04	0.4
March 18	1.0	-12.5	0.29	2.9
March 19	1.0	-2.3	0.21	2.6
March 20	4.2	-1.6	0.50	2.2
March 21	10.5	-1.3	0.00	0.0
March 22	11.1	-2.3	0.00	0.0
March 23	10.0	-5.2	0.00	0.0
March 24	15.3	-1.4	0.00	0.0
March 25	10.8	0.2	0.00	0.0
March 26	9.5	2.2	1.67	0.0
March 27	3.6	-4.8	0.00	0.0
March 28	0.5	-5.9	0.00	0.0
March 29	4.6	-6.5	0.08	0.0
March 30	2.0	-0.4	0.19	0.0
March 31	2.2	-1.3	0.57	0.0

April 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
April 1	2.2	-0.8	0.08	0.0
April 2	7.3	-2.6	0.00	0.0
April 3	2.2	-1.3	1.10	1.0
April 4	4.1	-1.2	0.00	0.0
April 5	2.7	-1.4	1.27	0.3
April 6	8.3	-0.8	0.64	4.0
April 7	1.2	-2.0	0.18	2.4
April 8	1.6	-2.7	0.04	0.4
April 9	8.1	-0.7	2.21	1.2
April 10	11.0	1.3	2.82	0.2
April 11	6.2	1.0	0.00	0.0
April 12	3.4	-0.8	0.48	1.7
April 13	7.2	-1.8	0.00	0.0
April 14	10.1	-3.2	0.00	0.0
April 15	10.2	-2.0	0.00	0.0
April 16	7.5	-2.5	0.00	0.0
April 17	10.0	-1.0	0.42	0.4
April 18	4.8	-1.1	0.00	0.0
April 19	2.0	-2.7	0.63	5.3
April 20	2.1	-0.9	0.79	6.4
April 21	9.2	-2.0	0.00	0.0
April 22	12.3	-3.8	0.00	0.0
April 23	13.0	1.0	0.31	0.0
April 24	14.4	2.3	0.00	0.0
April 25	12.0	0.0	0.00	0.0
April 26	13.4	-0.5	0.00	0.0
April 27	18.8	5.7	0.00	0.0
April 28	14.2	7.1	0.00	0.0
April 29	12.1	6.5	1.48	0.0
April 30	7.3	4.0	1.34	0.0

May 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	12.6	4.0	0.00
May 2	10.0	5.5	0.64
May 3	11.2	4.9	0.00
May 4	13.1	4.2	0.18
May 5	7.7	2.1	0.26
May 6	10.3	0.2	0.00
May 7	16.2	3.8	0.00
May 8	15.1	5.0	0.00
May 9	15.1	5.3	0.00
May 10	20.2	2.8	0.50
May 11	12.7	1.5	0.00
May 12	17.2	2.8	0.00
May 13	15.8	7.0	0.59
May 14	15.3	10.7	0.26
May 15	15.9	10.2	0.00
May 16	18.3	10.0	0.08
May 17	14.1	8.6	0.43
May 18	15.0	7.9	0.08
May 19	17.4	7.0	0.00
May 20	17.9	9.4	0.02
May 21	16.4	11.2	0.50
May 22	22.0	8.6	0.00
May 23	17.7	7.5	0.11
May 24	14.7	8.5	2.83
May 25	13.0	8.2	0.42
May 26	12.1	8.0	2.49
May 27	19.5	6.7	0.00
May 28	19.8	6.8	0.36
May 29	12.3	8.4	0.23
May 30	16.3	8.9	2.84
May 31	20.3	10.0	0.57

June 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	14.4	9.5	0.02
June 2	22.7	9.0	0.00
June 3	17.4	7.3	0.00
June 4	19.7	11.4	0.26
June 5	15.8	12.6	3.07
June 6	21.9	9.6	0.00
June 7	22.3	9.2	0.00
June 8	27.9	9.1	0.00
June 9	22.6	10.4	0.40
June 10	18.9	9.9	0.08
June 11	21.4	11.5	0.20
June 12	18.4	9.3	0.58
June 13	16.5	8.0	0.00
June 14	19.2	7.3	0.00
June 15	24.8	10.2	0.00
June 16	31.6	16.8	0.00
June 17	29.6	13.5	0.20
June 18	22.3	11.5	0.18
June 19	21.5	7.1	0.43
June 20	23.2	5.7	0.00
June 21	21.5	10.6	0.52
June 22	17.1	13.0	0.46
June 23	18.2	11.5	0.10
June 24	20.5	11.0	0.00
June 25	13.5	4.8	0.07
June 26	20.3	4.5	0.00
June 27	20.4	9.0	0.00
June 28	21.5	11.2	0.00
June 29	22.7	11.0	0.00
June 30	23.7	11.8	0.00

July 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	20.2	13.5	1.34
July 2	22.2	14.1	0.48
July 3	25.2	13.4	0.00
July 4	26.2	11.3	0.00
July 5	11.9	8.6	3.48
July 6	18.7	8.2	0.00
July 7	22.2	7.0	0.00
July 8	25.8	11.7	0.00
July 9	27.0	13.4	0.00
July 10	29.7	14.0	0.13
July 11	25.4	13.5	0.00
July 12	20.4	14.5	0.08
July 13	29.3	15.5	0.00
July 14	27.4	13.3	0.00
July 15	23.5	11.0	0.00
July 16	17.6	11.0	0.70
July 17	19.8	16.0	5.32
July 18	19.5	14.5	0.02
July 19	25.2	13.6	0.00
July 20	26.0	12.5	0.00
July 21	25.9	12.6	0.00
July 22	27.2	14.9	0.00
July 23	26.1	13.0	0.00
July 24	23.7	10.8	0.00
July 25	26.2	14.7	0.00
July 26	25.0	15.8	0.00
July 27	26.0	19.6	0.80
July 28	24.4	18.5	4.78
July 29	25.6	18.2	0.00
July 30	27.2	16.0	0.00
July 31	24.6	15.4	0.00

August 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	27.8	16.9	0.00
August 2	23.6	19.6	0.77
August 3	28.6	19.8	0.00
August 4	25.6	19.7	2.24
August 5	28.2	19.1	1.65
August 6	26.2	15.3	0.00
August 7	19.8	10.6	0.04
August 8	19.0	10.8	0.78
August 9	18.4	10.4	0.00
August 10	16.8	8.5	0.48
August 11	15.5	11.6	0.26
August 12	15.5	11.6	1.62
August 13	22.1	12.6	3.56
August 14	18.7	12.1	0.00
August 15	20.1	10.0	0.42
August 16	17.9	9.2	0.16
August 17	20.4	9.8	0.00
August 18	21.5	9.0	0.00
August 19	18.4	13.9	0.14
August 20	14.5	11.7	1.71
August 21	19.8	10.9	0.00
August 22	19.8	10.1	0.00
August 23	22.5	8.5	0.00
August 24	23.0	12.2	0.00
August 25	23.9	15.0	0.00
August 26	26.0	16.6	0.00
August 27	25.4	15.0	1.28
August 28	19.7	13.7	0.00
August 29	22.3	12.8	0.00
August 30	22.9	16.7	1.10
August 31	20.9	9.4	0.00

September 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	21.2	6.6	0.00
September 2	28.2	14.7	0.00
September 3	22.4	16.2	0.04
September 4	23.6	11.7	0.00
September 5	22.7	11.8	0.00
September 6	23.4	13.5	1.19
September 7	23.1	11.8	0.04
September 8	20.4	10.4	0.02
September 9	18.0	9.5	0.04
September 10	19.2	8.0	0.00
September 11	19.1	8.7	0.44
September 12	17.5	7.3	0.00
September 13	19.2	8.8	0.00
September 14	21.3	9.6	0.28
September 15	21.4	11.2	2.14
September 16	18.2	9.3	0.00
September 17	21.2	9.4	0.00
September 18	21.1	10.5	0.00
September 19	19.8	3.6	0.25
September 20	11.6	1.9	0.00
September 21	15.3	3.8	0.00
September 22	17.3	8.3	3.31
September 23	13.8	4.3	0.00
September 24	16.9	3.6	0.00
September 25	16.5	3.0	0.00
September 26	21.5	8.3	0.04
September 27	14.7	5.3	0.00
September 28	21.0	5.8	0.00
September 29	15.8	5.9	0.41
September 30	13.9	4.0	0.00

October 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
October 1	19.7	7.0	0.40
October 2	18.5	12.5	0.46
October 3	18.0	9.4	0.00
October 4	20.2	11.8	1.70
October 5	17.4	11.7	0.70
October 6	20.2	10.2	1.84
October 7	16.7	8.8	1.47
October 8	14.0	7.7	0.05
October 9	14.1	5.0	1.36
October 10	5.0	2.0	1.82
October 11	6.5	3.0	0.00
October 12	8.2	3.0	0.45
October 13	14.5	5.0	1.75
October 14	9.3	3.0	0.02
October 15	8.8	2.0	0.00
October 16	6.9	-0.5	0.00
October 17	9.6	-1.0	0.00
October 18	10.0	2.5	0.03
October 19	10.3	0.1	0.00
October 20	11.7	0.5	0.00
October 21	17.0	10.5	0.00
October 22	22.0	12.0	0.00
October 23	15.4	8.8	0.00
October 24	16.0	12.2	3.30
October 25	14.0	5.5	0.00
October 26	9.5	3.0	0.15
October 27	7.8	-0.2	0.00
October 28	5.5	-0.9	0.00
October 29	6.6	2.0	1.39
October 30	5.5	0.5	0.05
October 31	6.1	-1.1	0.00

November 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
November 1	11.7	-1.1	0.00	0.0
November 2	15.4	3.4	0.00	0.0
November 3	17.4	12.0	3.08	0.0
November 4	16.3	2.5	2.73	0.0
November 5	7.7	0.1	0.00	0.0
November 6	9.3	-0.5	0.00	0.0
November 7	11.0	4.9	1.50	0.0
November 8	10.2	5.5	0.00	0.0
November 9	11.3	5.3	0.00	0.0
November 10	15.6	6.0	0.38	0.0
November 11	14.3	3.3	0.57	0.0
November 12	3.6	1.5	2.05	0.0
November 13	5.9	-0.3	1.88	0.0
November 14	11.0	4.4	4.94	0.0
November 15	6.8	-0.3	0.04	0.0
November 16	9.3	-0.3	1.24	0.6
November 17	2.2	-4.0	0.10	1.0
November 18	0.4	-6.0	0.00	0.0
November 19	1.5	-6.6	0.00	0.0
November 20	5.4	-6.0	0.00	0.0
November 21	7.6	1.6	0.89	0.0
November 22	8.7	2.8	0.18	0.0
November 23	9.2	3.0	0.00	0.0
November 24	9.0	2.9	0.02	0.0
November 25	14.9	4.2	0.00	0.0
November 26	10.1	2.9	0.12	0.0
November 27	14.3	4.6	1.88	0.0
November 28	12.8	2.9	0.00	0.0
November 29	10.5	-0.8	0.00	0.0
November 30	4.9	-2.4	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Halifax Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)	Snow (cm)
December 1	2.8	-2.0	0.00	0.0
December 2	1.2	-7.4	0.00	0.0
December 3	1.9	-8.4	0.00	0.0
December 4	5.5	-0.8	0.00	0.0
December 5	5.4	-1.9	0.00	0.4
December 6	14.6	5.2	0.00	0.0
December 7	14.2	2.8	2.86	0.0
December 8	7.3	-3.8	0.36	0.0
December 9	-3.8	-9.4	0.02	0.2
December 10	-0.2	-15.4	0.32	5.2
December 11	4.6	-15.2	0.20	1.6
December 12	12.4	2.9	0.14	0.0
December 13	8.3	-6.5	0.57	2.9
December 14	-3.0	-11.3	0.43	4.3
December 15	-7.2	-13.7	0.00	0.0
December 16	8.1	-7.9	0.46	0.0
December 17	11.4	-10.6	7.12	0.0
December 18	-10.6	-18.1	0.03	0.3
December 19	-12.5	-19.1	0.00	0.0
December 20	-5.6	-15.8	0.00	0.0
December 21	-1.0	-13.3	0.00	0.0
December 22	-0.9	-5.2	0.00	0.0
December 23	0.7	-2.7	0.06	0.0
December 24	3.2	-0.7	0.00	0.0
December 25	4.8	1.0	1.28	0.0
December 26	7.5	1.1	2.26	0.0
December 27	1.2	-3.3	1.92	3.0
December 28	-3.1	-5.2	0.10	2.3
December 29	-3.2	-5.5	0.06	1.2
December 30	-3.6	-5.8	0.04	0.6
December 31	-4.3	-8.4	0.00	0.0

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