Ithaca Weather in 1978

Historical record of Ithaca, New York weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Ithaca Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	12 °F	February 5
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	January 9
Most daily snow	15.0 inches	January 18
Total annual precipitation	32.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	100.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Ithaca in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Ithaca, New York in 1978 was 91 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Ithaca in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jul 22
1	91 °F	Jul 8
1	91 °F	Jun 28
4	90 °F	Jul 21
5	89 °F	Jul 24
6	88 °F	Sep 7
6	88 °F	Jul 23
6	88 °F	Jun 3
6	88 °F	May 31
10	87 °F	Aug 20
10	87 °F	Aug 17
10	87 °F	Jul 20
10	87 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Ithaca in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Ithaca, New York in 1978 was -16 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Ithaca in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	February 5
2	-14 °F	February 4
3	-11 °F	February 15
3	-11 °F	February 6
5	-9 °F	February 20
5	-9 °F	January 23
7	-6 °F	December 29
8	-5 °F	February 19
8	-5 °F	February 16
8	-5 °F	February 10

January 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 2	28	12	0.05	1.5
January 3	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	26	0.04	0.5
January 8	38	32	0.19	0.0
January 9	53	23	1.52	5.0
January 10	24	6	0.29	3.5
January 11	18	8	0.16	2.4
January 12	21	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	27	12	0.39	4.0
January 15	13	9	0.36	6.0
January 16	17	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	24	7	0.06	0.7
January 18	23	15	1.06	15.0
January 19	23	16	0.06	0.5
January 20	25	17	0.14	2.0
January 21	20	7	0.85	10.0
January 22	18	14	0.05	1.0
January 23	25	-9	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	14	0.06	0.0
January 26	51	33	0.91	0.0
January 27	49	10	0.03	0.2
January 28	20	12	0.04	0.5
January 29	19	8	0.09	1.0
January 30	19	8	0.02	0.2
January 31	20	15	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	7	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	9	0.03	1.4
February 4	19	-14	0.05	0.8
February 5	12	-16	0.00	0.0
February 6	16	-11	0.04	0.5
February 7	17	8	0.40	5.5
February 8	23	14	0.01	0.3
February 9	25	9	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	-5	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	6	0.02	1.5
February 12	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	21	0.03	0.2
February 14	30	11	0.08	1.5
February 15	20	-11	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	-5	0.00	0.0
February 17	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	37	-1	0.00	0.0
February 19	26	-5	0.05	0.1
February 20	19	-9	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	-4	0.00	0.0
February 22	22	6	0.08	1.5
February 23	20	12	0.02	0.2
February 24	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	17	0.09	1.0
February 27	27	15	0.01	0.2
February 28	23	5	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	5	0.00	0.0
March 2	23	13	0.02	0.3
March 3	22	0	0.00	0.0
March 4	20	12	0.19	5.5
March 5	21	6	0.03	0.5
March 6	21	8	0.00	0.0
March 7	24	6	0.00	0.0
March 8	25	-2	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	0	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	9	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	10	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	34	0.01	0.0
March 15	52	35	0.18	0.0
March 16	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 18	28	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	60	32	0.17	0.0
March 23	44	31	0.04	0.0
March 24	49	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	35	24	0.13	1.0
March 27	39	32	0.57	0.0
March 28	40	33	0.41	0.0
March 29	46	31	0.02	0.0
March 30	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	41	25	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	35	0.01
April 2	67	25	0.10
April 3	36	18	0.00
April 4	37	28	0.01
April 5	56	35	0.55
April 6	42	29	0.00
April 7	48	34	0.31
April 8	54	33	0.00
April 9	33	25	0.00
April 10	42	25	0.00
April 11	59	41	0.03
April 12	68	40	0.19
April 13	62	43	0.00
April 14	66	32	0.09
April 15	40	32	0.01
April 16	40	31	0.04
April 17	45	27	0.00
April 18	51	22	0.00
April 19	57	34	0.01
April 20	49	42	0.27
April 21	48	34	0.31
April 22	38	30	0.03
April 23	46	23	0.00
April 24	53	27	0.00
April 25	58	26	0.00
April 26	60	31	0.00
April 27	62	34	0.00
April 28	60	27	0.00
April 29	59	29	0.00
April 30	62	29	0.00

May 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	41	27	0.00
May 2	39	31	0.00
May 3	51	27	0.00
May 4	52	22	0.00
May 5	58	37	0.24
May 6	45	40	0.43
May 7	55	41	0.08
May 8	59	38	0.00
May 9	59	48	0.29
May 10	70	46	0.13
May 11	53	34	0.00
May 12	72	47	0.00
May 13	71	56	0.00
May 14	65	57	0.02
May 15	62	51	0.00
May 16	63	49	0.13
May 17	59	50	0.37
May 18	60	49	0.01
May 19	65	41	0.00
May 20	78	50	0.00
May 21	82	56	0.20
May 22	59	35	0.00
May 23	70	42	0.00
May 24	77	56	0.01
May 25	71	45	0.00
May 26	78	46	0.00
May 27	84	52	0.00
May 28	84	58	0.00
May 29	84	59	0.00
May 30	82	58	0.00
May 31	88	61	0.00

June 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	58	0.00
June 2	77	61	0.00
June 3	88	56	0.50
June 4	63	40	0.05
June 5	65	47	0.05
June 6	65	37	0.00
June 7	72	53	0.00
June 8	70	60	0.28
June 9	76	56	0.46
June 10	69	41	0.01
June 11	74	51	0.00
June 12	83	61	0.00
June 13	85	51	0.74
June 14	53	43	0.14
June 15	59	36	0.00
June 16	67	38	0.00
June 17	72	55	0.03
June 18	69	60	0.00
June 19	84	63	0.00
June 20	71	50	0.03
June 21	80	56	0.00
June 22	80	49	0.25
June 23	70	45	0.00
June 24	68	44	0.00
June 25	72	43	0.00
June 26	80	54	0.00
June 27	75	66	0.00
June 28	91	65	0.10
June 29	77	55	0.00
June 30	82	53	0.00

July 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	42	0.00
July 2	71	43	0.00
July 3	74	48	0.00
July 4	69	50	0.96
July 5	70	51	0.00
July 6	78	52	0.00
July 7	83	60	0.00
July 8	91	67	0.00
July 9	87	59	0.00
July 10	77	61	0.00
July 11	79	44	0.00
July 12	67	40	0.00
July 13	77	49	0.00
July 14	82	63	0.00
July 15	81	63	0.12
July 16	84	60	0.00
July 17	84	62	0.00
July 18	76	40	0.00
July 19	83	53	0.00
July 20	87	67	0.00
July 21	90	70	0.00
July 22	91	69	0.35
July 23	88	71	0.00
July 24	89	60	0.02
July 25	77	51	0.00
July 26	75	61	0.07
July 27	83	65	0.30
July 28	85	62	0.36
July 29	69	47	0.00
July 30	74	57	0.15
July 31	68	47	0.00

August 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	65	58	0.02
August 2	81	61	0.00
August 3	84	67	0.00
August 4	85	61	1.24
August 5	74	49	0.00
August 6	78	53	0.25
August 7	76	66	0.60
August 8	79	66	0.36
August 9	79	61	0.00
August 10	83	61	0.86
August 11	76	52	0.00
August 12	77	57	0.10
August 13	79	60	0.00
August 14	81	58	0.00
August 15	86	61	0.00
August 16	84	69	0.00
August 17	87	69	0.00
August 18	81	61	0.00
August 19	79	56	0.00
August 20	87	57	0.18
August 21	72	46	0.00
August 22	74	46	0.00
August 23	80	47	0.00
August 24	80	58	0.00
August 25	84	60	0.03
August 26	65	51	0.00
August 27	74	49	0.00
August 28	79	50	0.00
August 29	79	66	0.15
August 30	77	54	0.00
August 31	78	57	0.46

September 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	62	55	0.07
September 2	72	46	0.00
September 3	78	52	0.00
September 4	72	56	0.06
September 5	70	47	0.00
September 6	75	52	0.00
September 7	88	61	0.00
September 8	73	45	0.00
September 9	59	51	0.15
September 10	64	38	0.00
September 11	67	47	0.05
September 12	81	64	0.11
September 13	67	41	0.00
September 14	66	45	0.00
September 15	67	51	0.07
September 16	76	51	0.07
September 17	67	42	0.43
September 18	65	46	0.18
September 19	70	55	0.64
September 20	58	54	0.01
September 21	74	58	0.00
September 22	86	54	0.08
September 23	60	36	0.00
September 24	65	39	0.00
September 25	67	43	0.00
September 26	60	30	0.00
September 27	62	35	0.00
September 28	67	47	0.01
September 29	55	30	0.01
September 30	63	33	0.00

October 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	49	0.00
October 2	65	43	0.00
October 3	53	32	0.00
October 4	63	35	0.08
October 5	61	39	0.42
October 6	65	39	0.09
October 7	61	46	0.00
October 8	54	38	0.23
October 9	43	32	0.06
October 10	55	36	0.01
October 11	69	36	0.00
October 12	72	41	0.01
October 13	71	51	0.16
October 14	53	42	1.05
October 15	43	35	0.32
October 16	45	32	0.00
October 17	50	21	0.00
October 18	46	22	0.00
October 19	49	27	0.01
October 20	50	41	0.28
October 21	52	31	0.00
October 22	70	31	0.00
October 23	72	49	0.00
October 24	60	32	0.15
October 25	47	32	0.00
October 26	60	37	0.00
October 27	62	38	0.75
October 28	51	37	0.00
October 29	58	30	0.00
October 30	48	21	0.00
October 31	54	36	0.00

November 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 3	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	68	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	70	39	0.00	0.0
November 7	72	42	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	28	0.13	0.0
November 9	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	62	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	36	0.00	0.0
November 12	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 13	38	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 15	57	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 18	59	38	0.25	0.0
November 19	48	39	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	23	0.06	1.0
November 22	27	17	0.05	0.7
November 23	35	18	0.00	0.0
November 24	44	33	0.15	0.0
November 25	42	29	0.10	1.0
November 26	30	16	0.10	1.0
November 27	22	11	0.01	0.1
November 28	37	18	0.08	1.0
November 29	39	24	0.02	0.2
November 30	40	29	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Ithaca Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	30	0.05	0.0
December 3	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	25	0.22	0.5
December 5	60	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	49	28	0.55	2.0
December 10	28	17	0.08	1.5
December 11	22	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	27	15	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	44	24	0.62	0.0
December 18	35	21	0.01	0.2
December 19	28	11	0.07	0.5
December 20	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 21	39	20	0.40	1.0
December 22	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	34	25	1.21	12.0
December 26	32	22	0.16	1.5
December 27	29	23	0.00	0.0
December 28	25	18	0.01	0.2
December 29	20	-6	0.01	0.2
December 30	24	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	21	0.00	0.0

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