Indianapolis Weather in 1978

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 27
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	78 °F	June 27
Lowest daily high	8 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	June 25
Most daily snow	10.3 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	42.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1978 was 96 °F which happened on June 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 27
2	95 °F	Jul 21
2	95 °F	Jun 29
4	94 °F	Jun 26
5	93 °F	Jul 22
5	93 °F	Jul 20
5	93 °F	Jul 7
5	93 °F	Jul 1
5	93 °F	Jun 30
5	93 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1978 was -6 °F which happened on Feb 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	February 7
2	-5 °F	February 6
2	-5 °F	January 30
4	-4 °F	January 22
5	-2 °F	February 19
5	-2 °F	February 8
5	-2 °F	January 10
8	-1 °F	March 5
8	-1 °F	January 29
10	0 °F	February 10
10	0 °F	January 26

January 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	15	0.12	1.1
January 2	23	3	0.00	0.0
January 3	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	34	0.25	0.9
January 6	40	35	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	38	0.35	0.0
January 8	42	7	0.08	1.1
January 9	8	1	0.01	0.2
January 10	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	21	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	24	15	0.16	2.1
January 13	25	21	0.02	0.3
January 14	26	16	0.03	0.3
January 15	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 16	25	8	0.30	2.6
January 17	24	15	0.52	4.4
January 18	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	19	0.01	0.1
January 20	27	18	0.09	1.5
January 21	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 22	22	-4	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	2	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	19	0.19	0.0
January 25	35	18	0.59	4.9
January 26	18	0	1.03	10.3
January 27	13	4	0.03	0.3
January 28	14	3	0.00	0.1
January 29	12	-1	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	-5	0.01	0.2
January 31	19	5	0.01	0.2

February 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	22	1	0.01	0.1
February 2	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 3	22	6	0.03	0.5
February 4	28	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	8	0.02	0.2
February 6	16	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 8	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 9	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	29	27	0.20	1.7
February 14	29	10	0.01	0.1
February 15	30	7	0.01	0.1
February 16	27	20	0.01	0.1
February 17	22	5	0.00	0.0
February 18	22	5	0.00	0.0
February 19	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 20	27	2	0.03	0.5
February 21	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 23	29	19	0.01	0.1
February 24	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	25	0.03	0.5

March 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	18	0.01	0.1
March 2	25	17	0.11	1.3
March 3	26	16	0.06	0.6
March 4	23	3	0.00	0.0
March 5	27	-1	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	27	0.29	2.8
March 8	29	26	0.07	0.5
March 9	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	29	0.05	0.0
March 12	41	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	37	1.51	0.0
March 14	45	37	0.14	0.0
March 15	40	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	31	0.01	0.1
March 17	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	63	33	0.01	0.0
March 21	61	37	0.26	0.0
March 22	65	31	0.02	0.0
March 23	55	43	0.25	0.0
March 24	43	33	0.35	0.0
March 25	42	34	0.38	0.0
March 26	41	36	0.02	0.0
March 27	41	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	65	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	80	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	73	51	0.03
April 2	52	42	0.04
April 3	82	46	0.05
April 4	68	53	0.11
April 5	65	43	0.00
April 6	73	53	1.09
April 7	76	45	0.00
April 8	68	52	0.00
April 9	78	47	0.02
April 10	81	57	0.20
April 11	60	49	0.04
April 12	73	42	0.00
April 13	62	43	0.00
April 14	61	39	0.00
April 15	63	43	0.00
April 16	54	39	0.00
April 17	66	41	0.01
April 18	73	49	0.40
April 19	57	46	0.13
April 20	47	41	0.01
April 21	47	36	0.00
April 22	59	30	0.00
April 23	65	47	0.34
April 24	61	45	0.48
April 25	56	48	0.64
April 26	68	46	0.00
April 27	70	40	0.00
April 28	72	40	0.00
April 29	70	47	0.00
April 30	66	46	0.00

May 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	38	0.00
May 2	63	35	0.00
May 3	67	38	0.00
May 4	59	45	1.13
May 5	53	47	0.00
May 6	65	47	0.00
May 7	56	51	0.19
May 8	78	55	0.13
May 9	63	52	0.00
May 10	75	47	0.00
May 11	75	57	0.25
May 12	73	63	0.87
May 13	66	47	0.15
May 14	51	47	0.17
May 15	58	47	0.01
May 16	68	56	0.03
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	82	52	0.00
May 19	86	56	0.00
May 20	83	62	0.29
May 21	68	55	0.00
May 22	71	52	0.03
May 23	75	61	0.96
May 24	78	63	0.00
May 25	84	61	0.00
May 26	87	66	0.00
May 27	90	62	0.00
May 28	90	65	0.00
May 29	89	69	0.00
May 30	83	68	0.00
May 31	89	61	0.00

June 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	91	68	0.00
June 2	78	63	0.00
June 3	79	60	0.00
June 4	84	59	0.00
June 5	84	60	0.00
June 6	78	63	0.00
June 7	78	68	0.78
June 8	77	56	0.00
June 9	79	49	0.00
June 10	82	55	0.00
June 11	87	60	0.00
June 12	86	63	0.43
June 13	74	53	0.00
June 14	78	47	0.00
June 15	73	59	0.00
June 16	88	63	0.00
June 17	93	77	0.00
June 18	88	68	0.34
June 19	84	61	0.00
June 20	88	65	0.13
June 21	79	61	0.00
June 22	82	55	0.00
June 23	83	60	0.00
June 24	88	62	0.00
June 25	89	72	2.75
June 26	94	71	0.00
June 27	96	78	0.00
June 28	92	72	0.00
June 29	95	76	0.00
June 30	93	73	0.00

July 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	71	0.83
July 2	84	71	0.49
July 3	81	68	0.00
July 4	85	67	0.00
July 5	84	66	0.00
July 6	87	65	0.00
July 7	93	70	0.69
July 8	88	72	0.00
July 9	89	70	0.00
July 10	80	60	0.00
July 11	78	53	0.00
July 12	81	59	0.00
July 13	86	68	1.16
July 14	88	72	0.00
July 15	81	69	0.00
July 16	86	66	0.00
July 17	86	64	0.00
July 18	88	67	0.00
July 19	91	70	0.00
July 20	93	74	0.00
July 21	95	77	0.00
July 22	93	77	0.00
July 23	88	71	0.74
July 24	79	70	0.48
July 25	87	71	0.00
July 26	91	70	0.01
July 27	87	67	0.00
July 28	84	66	0.00
July 29	91	67	0.01
July 30	76	68	0.63
July 31	81	63	0.00

August 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	65	0.00
August 2	85	71	1.16
August 3	86	69	0.00
August 4	78	61	0.00
August 5	81	58	0.00
August 6	83	64	0.00
August 7	82	67	0.65
August 8	84	60	0.00
August 9	88	69	0.00
August 10	87	69	0.00
August 11	82	70	0.01
August 12	82	69	0.63
August 13	87	66	0.00
August 14	87	68	0.00
August 15	91	70	0.00
August 16	85	67	0.43
August 17	86	63	0.34
August 18	92	71	0.00
August 19	86	64	0.08
August 20	79	56	0.00
August 21	81	54	0.00
August 22	84	57	0.00
August 23	87	60	0.00
August 24	90	68	0.00
August 25	88	73	0.00
August 26	86	71	0.09
August 27	89	70	2.60
August 28	87	69	0.08
August 29	80	69	0.00
August 30	70	60	0.82
August 31	82	58	0.00

September 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	55	0.00
September 2	83	56	0.00
September 3	87	58	0.00
September 4	82	55	0.00
September 5	85	55	0.00
September 6	86	58	0.00
September 7	87	60	0.00
September 8	88	62	0.00
September 9	89	62	0.00
September 10	88	65	0.00
September 11	86	67	0.00
September 12	79	71	0.00
September 13	89	72	0.08
September 14	83	64	0.43
September 15	83	56	0.00
September 16	86	67	0.01
September 17	88	70	0.13
September 18	89	73	0.00
September 19	91	69	0.00
September 20	89	71	0.00
September 21	80	60	0.03
September 22	71	55	0.00
September 23	74	46	0.00
September 24	79	47	0.00
September 25	75	49	0.00
September 26	76	43	0.00
September 27	81	43	0.00
September 28	69	46	0.00
September 29	74	43	0.00
September 30	71	53	0.17

October 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	45	0.00
October 2	72	41	0.00
October 3	65	50	0.39
October 4	67	45	0.00
October 5	67	50	0.05
October 6	54	44	0.01
October 7	59	41	0.00
October 8	59	33	0.00
October 9	70	36	0.00
October 10	74	47	0.00
October 11	63	55	0.92
October 12	65	51	1.37
October 13	59	44	0.71
October 14	54	36	0.09
October 15	54	31	0.01
October 16	47	40	0.00
October 17	59	36	0.00
October 18	65	39	0.01
October 19	60	42	0.00
October 20	73	39	0.00
October 21	79	44	0.00
October 22	80	52	0.00
October 23	63	38	0.06
October 24	58	29	0.00
October 25	65	38	0.11
October 26	65	38	0.09
October 27	62	32	0.00
October 28	63	35	0.00
October 29	60	36	0.00
October 30	73	37	0.00
October 31	74	43	0.00

November 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	42	0.00
November 2	72	37	0.00
November 3	75	43	0.00
November 4	74	42	0.00
November 5	76	49	0.00
November 6	58	41	0.11
November 7	51	31	0.13
November 8	56	27	0.00
November 9	64	33	0.00
November 10	65	38	0.00
November 11	69	44	0.00
November 12	57	47	0.00
November 13	73	48	0.00
November 14	69	37	0.75
November 15	41	35	0.08
November 16	47	38	0.03
November 17	67	42	1.05
November 18	43	34	0.00
November 19	45	31	0.00
November 20	43	37	0.00
November 21	44	37	0.00
November 22	45	37	0.00
November 23	53	41	0.08
November 24	41	28	0.00
November 25	47	27	0.00
November 26	42	35	0.11
November 27	44	35	0.04
November 28	36	25	0.00
November 29	46	24	0.00
November 30	41	26	0.00

December 1978 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	34	0.16	0.0
December 3	59	33	0.74	0.0
December 4	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	39	0.44	0.0
December 8	42	25	0.46	0.0
December 9	26	14	0.01	0.1
December 10	24	10	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 12	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	37	0.04	0.0
December 20	61	33	0.40	0.0
December 21	33	27	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	30	0.09	0.6
December 25	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	31	0.01	0.0
December 30	45	40	0.45	0.0
December 31	53	38	1.23	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location