Indianapolis Weather in 1979

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 8
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 28
Most daily snow	7.1 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	44.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on August 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 8
2	91 °F	Aug 6
3	90 °F	Aug 9
3	90 °F	Aug 7
5	89 °F	Aug 5
5	89 °F	Jul 30
5	89 °F	Jun 6
8	88 °F	Jul 23
8	88 °F	Jul 16
8	88 °F	Jun 17
8	88 °F	Jun 9
8	88 °F	May 10
8	88 °F	May 8

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1979 was -16 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	February 5
2	-13 °F	February 9
3	-9 °F	February 8
4	-8 °F	February 19
5	-7 °F	February 4
6	-6 °F	January 15
6	-6 °F	January 8
8	-4 °F	February 6
8	-4 °F	February 1
8	-4 °F	January 14
8	-4 °F	January 11
8	-4 °F	January 9

January 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	18	0.32	0.2
January 2	18	-1	0.06	0.8
January 3	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 4	16	8	0.02	0.2
January 5	18	10	0.13	1.8
January 6	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 7	20	12	0.21	2.1
January 8	12	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	-4	0.00	0.0
January 10	9	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-4	0.02	0.2
January 12	30	13	0.03	0.3
January 13	38	29	0.24	0.0
January 14	34	-4	0.02	0.2
January 15	17	-6	0.00	0.0
January 16	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	21	0.02	0.0
January 18	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	22	0.05	0.0
January 20	39	34	0.10	0.0
January 21	35	26	0.27	0.6
January 22	26	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	24	0.17	0.0
January 24	36	16	0.81	5.0
January 25	18	5	0.00	0.0
January 26	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	28	24	0.56	5.6
January 28	29	21	0.07	0.7
January 29	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	11	0.03	0.3
January 31	20	5	0.11	1.1

February 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	15	-4	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	0	0.16	1.9
February 3	31	23	0.05	0.6
February 4	23	-7	0.00	0.0
February 5	10	-16	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	-4	0.00	0.0
February 7	25	-1	0.00	0.0
February 8	15	-9	0.12	1.7
February 9	11	-13	0.00	0.0
February 10	16	-1	0.01	0.3
February 11	28	13	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	15	0.08	0.8
February 13	21	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	37	25	0.03	0.0
February 16	25	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	13	-1	0.00	0.0
February 18	20	2	0.36	4.4
February 19	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 20	39	5	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	36	0.22	0.0
February 22	40	34	0.44	0.0
February 23	51	33	0.28	0.0
February 24	37	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	33	24	1.00	7.1
February 26	33	20	0.08	1.2
February 27	39	13	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	27	0.03	0.0

March 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	36	0.05	0.0
March 2	42	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	55	39	0.15	0.0
March 4	56	35	0.28	0.0
March 5	35	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	28	0.01	0.2
March 7	47	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	51	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	32	0.13	0.0
March 10	36	17	0.00	0.0
March 11	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	64	30	0.05	0.0
March 14	41	25	0.01	0.0
March 15	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 16	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	65	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	74	50	0.00	0.0
March 19	66	52	0.11	0.0
March 20	70	53	0.01	0.0
March 21	63	46	0.00	0.0
March 22	75	50	0.07	0.0
March 23	61	51	0.59	0.0
March 24	51	29	0.09	0.0
March 25	29	23	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	31	0.29	0.0
March 29	65	58	0.15	0.0
March 30	66	59	0.41	0.0
March 31	62	42	0.03	0.0

April 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	41	0.21	0.0
April 2	56	37	0.01	0.0
April 3	48	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	39	0.15	0.0
April 5	59	27	0.02	0.0
April 6	39	22	0.00	0.0
April 7	43	27	0.02	0.1
April 8	58	38	0.63	0.0
April 9	42	32	0.03	0.3
April 10	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	62	41	1.11	0.0
April 12	79	58	0.12	0.0
April 13	63	42	0.23	0.0
April 14	63	39	0.02	0.0
April 15	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 16	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 17	62	37	0.00	0.0
April 18	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 19	66	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	73	52	0.00	0.0
April 21	75	54	0.00	0.0
April 22	62	51	0.00	0.0
April 23	69	56	0.01	0.0
April 24	75	60	0.11	0.0
April 25	68	61	0.17	0.0
April 26	63	43	0.02	0.0
April 27	62	39	0.23	0.0
April 28	49	39	0.00	0.0
April 29	60	34	0.05	0.0
April 30	58	40	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	33	0.00
May 2	80	43	0.16
May 3	65	48	0.06
May 4	51	39	0.00
May 5	62	37	0.00
May 6	77	43	0.00
May 7	84	54	0.00
May 8	88	62	0.00
May 9	85	63	0.00
May 10	88	64	0.00
May 11	81	55	0.08
May 12	55	49	0.53
May 13	68	40	0.00
May 14	76	47	0.07
May 15	71	50	0.00
May 16	71	43	0.00
May 17	76	44	0.00
May 18	83	52	0.00
May 19	80	55	0.00
May 20	73	53	0.00
May 21	69	48	0.00
May 22	74	43	0.00
May 23	77	47	0.06
May 24	60	44	0.24
May 25	63	43	0.03
May 26	72	39	0.25
May 27	71	52	0.28
May 28	76	49	0.00
May 29	82	44	0.00
May 30	85	56	0.00
May 31	77	68	0.47

June 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	57	0.00
June 2	76	50	0.00
June 3	83	61	0.00
June 4	85	56	0.00
June 5	85	60	0.00
June 6	89	66	0.00
June 7	75	69	1.04
June 8	83	68	0.13
June 9	88	69	0.00
June 10	84	56	0.04
June 11	81	51	0.00
June 12	82	54	0.20
June 13	77	60	0.06
June 14	85	59	0.00
June 15	85	64	0.00
June 16	85	62	0.00
June 17	88	62	0.64
June 18	82	63	0.00
June 19	86	65	0.00
June 20	87	70	0.21
June 21	87	69	0.00
June 22	87	62	0.00
June 23	76	59	0.00
June 24	74	53	0.13
June 25	77	49	0.00
June 26	80	49	0.00
June 27	83	53	0.00
June 28	86	63	0.00
June 29	81	61	1.45
June 30	77	60	0.03

July 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	56	0.00
July 2	83	55	0.00
July 3	84	59	0.00
July 4	75	55	1.21
July 5	76	50	0.00
July 6	76	52	0.00
July 7	79	57	0.00
July 8	77	63	0.01
July 9	82	66	0.01
July 10	85	65	0.00
July 11	84	62	0.00
July 12	80	69	1.58
July 13	77	68	2.78
July 14	80	65	0.28
July 15	87	69	0.00
July 16	88	66	0.00
July 17	83	59	0.00
July 18	81	58	0.00
July 19	83	56	0.00
July 20	83	57	0.00
July 21	85	64	0.00
July 22	87	65	0.00
July 23	88	69	0.00
July 24	84	71	1.09
July 25	83	72	0.43
July 26	87	73	0.32
July 27	83	71	0.02
July 28	74	67	2.95
July 29	87	63	0.29
July 30	89	72	0.01
July 31	86	72	0.08

August 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	67	2.21
August 2	80	66	0.00
August 3	84	60	0.00
August 4	87	66	0.00
August 5	89	67	0.03
August 6	91	68	0.05
August 7	90	71	0.00
August 8	92	74	0.00
August 9	90	74	0.00
August 10	84	71	0.08
August 11	71	54	0.02
August 12	76	49	0.00
August 13	78	51	0.00
August 14	74	55	0.00
August 15	70	45	0.00
August 16	75	50	0.00
August 17	79	54	0.00
August 18	83	66	0.78
August 19	86	68	1.08
August 20	85	69	0.85
August 21	81	68	0.00
August 22	82	71	0.02
August 23	82	69	0.03
August 24	76	60	0.00
August 25	76	57	0.00
August 26	70	65	0.43
August 27	82	66	0.00
August 28	73	69	0.51
August 29	84	69	0.00
August 30	86	63	0.00
August 31	85	62	0.00

September 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	67	0.00
September 2	80	69	0.00
September 3	86	66	0.00
September 4	85	65	0.00
September 5	86	68	0.00
September 6	85	63	0.00
September 7	75	56	0.00
September 8	65	47	0.00
September 9	73	43	0.00
September 10	81	50	0.00
September 11	84	53	0.00
September 12	86	60	0.00
September 13	77	60	0.11
September 14	70	45	0.10
September 15	69	43	0.00
September 16	74	41	0.00
September 17	77	45	0.00
September 18	80	55	0.00
September 19	71	48	0.00
September 20	74	40	0.00
September 21	68	57	0.15
September 22	68	49	0.00
September 23	70	41	0.00
September 24	74	40	0.00
September 25	79	44	0.00
September 26	80	46	0.00
September 27	78	50	0.00
September 28	78	56	0.00
September 29	81	52	0.00
September 30	81	57	0.00

October 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	56	0.59
October 2	66	51	0.00
October 3	68	55	0.13
October 4	61	40	0.01
October 5	56	39	0.00
October 6	61	42	0.02
October 7	62	38	0.00
October 8	65	42	0.05
October 9	56	42	0.09
October 10	53	30	0.00
October 11	64	40	0.08
October 12	59	36	0.06
October 13	49	28	0.00
October 14	57	24	0.00
October 15	62	39	0.00
October 16	57	49	0.34
October 17	71	48	0.02
October 18	76	55	0.00
October 19	77	56	0.00
October 20	79	62	0.00
October 21	82	70	0.00
October 22	78	45	0.77
October 23	45	39	0.05
October 24	48	31	0.00
October 25	51	29	0.00
October 26	46	25	0.00
October 27	71	32	0.09
October 28	63	39	0.00
October 29	69	35	0.00
October 30	69	44	0.00
October 31	74	52	0.02

November 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	38	1.05	0.0
November 2	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	27	0.00	0.0
November 4	52	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	51	37	0.06	0.0
November 7	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	36	0.01	0.0
November 9	47	41	0.63	0.0
November 10	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 16	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	29	0.00	0.0
November 18	67	37	0.00	0.0
November 19	65	42	0.02	0.0
November 20	67	36	0.00	0.0
November 21	65	54	0.03	0.0
November 22	60	50	0.51	0.0
November 23	50	36	0.83	0.0
November 24	47	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	56	32	0.77	0.0
November 26	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 27	57	31	0.39	0.0
November 28	35	22	0.02	0.2
November 29	26	18	0.05	0.6
November 30	26	21	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	17	0.02	0.2
December 2	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	58	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	31	0.02	0.0
December 8	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	58	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	63	45	0.06	0.0
December 12	59	31	0.04	0.0
December 13	40	26	0.01	0.0
December 14	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	11	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	45	28	0.60	0.0
December 22	47	43	0.67	0.0
December 23	56	47	0.31	0.0
December 24	59	36	0.80	0.0
December 25	39	35	0.04	0.0
December 26	35	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 30	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	27	0.00	0.0

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