Los Angeles Weather in 1978

Historical record of Los Angeles, California weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Los Angeles Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	September 25
Lowest temperature	33 °F	December 8
Highest daily low	74 °F	September 25
Lowest daily high	53 °F	December 8
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	March 4
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	24.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Los Angeles in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1978 was 105 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Los Angeles in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Sep 25
1	105 °F	Sep 24
3	100 °F	Sep 23
4	97 °F	Sep 26
5	95 °F	May 29
6	93 °F	Sep 21
6	93 °F	Mar 16
8	92 °F	Sep 22
9	91 °F	Sep 20
9	91 °F	Mar 17

What was the coldest temperature in Los Angeles in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1978 was 33 °F which happened on Dec 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Los Angeles in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	33 °F	December 8
2	37 °F	December 7
3	39 °F	December 9
3	39 °F	January 24
5	40 °F	December 20
6	41 °F	December 31
6	41 °F	December 23
6	41 °F	December 21
9	42 °F	December 24
9	42 °F	December 22

January 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	67	49	0.00
January 2	66	52	0.00
January 3	56	54	0.21
January 4	63	54	0.76
January 5	64	50	0.00
January 6	62	56	1.02
January 7	70	54	0.00
January 8	74	54	0.00
January 9	58	55	1.45
January 10	63	53	1.09
January 11	67	51	0.00
January 12	64	53	0.00
January 13	70	54	0.00
January 14	62	56	1.51
January 15	61	55	0.13
January 16	60	54	1.09
January 17	64	52	0.02
January 18	63	52	0.00
January 19	62	54	0.20
January 20	71	50	0.00
January 21	67	49	0.00
January 22	63	51	0.00
January 23	69	48	0.00
January 24	63	39	0.00
January 25	64	44	0.00
January 26	66	46	0.00
January 27	76	51	0.00
January 28	75	53	0.00
January 29	71	52	0.00
January 30	62	57	0.00
January 31	61	54	0.00

February 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	63	50	0.00
February 2	63	49	0.00
February 3	76	49	0.00
February 4	75	58	0.00
February 5	67	56	1.42
February 6	64	58	0.05
February 7	63	55	0.89
February 8	66	51	0.70
February 9	63	54	0.92
February 10	60	51	0.82
February 11	58	44	0.00
February 12	56	45	0.75
February 13	60	49	0.23
February 14	62	44	0.00
February 15	61	46	0.00
February 16	68	52	0.00
February 17	66	48	0.00
February 18	67	49	0.00
February 19	70	48	0.00
February 20	73	49	0.00
February 21	75	50	0.00
February 22	78	54	0.00
February 23	65	52	0.00
February 24	60	53	0.00
February 25	61	53	0.00
February 26	62	55	0.20
February 27	61	54	0.07
February 28	66	57	1.61

March 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	63	57	1.48
March 2	63	56	0.42
March 3	64	56	0.19
March 4	63	54	2.27
March 5	67	57	0.02
March 6	63	51	0.00
March 7	67	52	0.00
March 8	64	57	0.00
March 9	61	54	0.13
March 10	64	52	0.00
March 11	61	51	0.04
March 12	62	48	0.00
March 13	66	49	0.00
March 14	66	49	0.00
March 15	81	51	0.00
March 16	93	57	0.00
March 17	91	63	0.00
March 18	73	61	0.00
March 19	69	60	0.00
March 20	66	60	0.00
March 21	68	59	0.06
March 22	67	58	0.58
March 23	65	55	0.00
March 24	67	54	0.00
March 25	80	58	0.00
March 26	79	57	0.00
March 27	66	59	0.00
March 28	67	59	0.00
March 29	64	60	0.00
March 30	65	59	0.28
March 31	66	56	0.28

April 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	53	0.00
April 2	65	54	0.00
April 3	66	51	0.00
April 4	62	55	0.23
April 5	66	50	0.00
April 6	63	53	0.27
April 7	60	49	0.00
April 8	62	46	0.00
April 9	66	48	0.00
April 10	66	54	0.00
April 11	66	55	0.00
April 12	63	57	0.00
April 13	63	57	0.00
April 14	67	57	0.00
April 15	63	53	0.69
April 16	61	48	0.00
April 17	66	47	0.00
April 18	70	53	0.00
April 19	67	52	0.00
April 20	66	54	0.00
April 21	67	53	0.00
April 22	66	52	0.00
April 23	69	52	0.00
April 24	68	56	0.00
April 25	65	56	0.04
April 26	64	53	0.00
April 27	66	53	0.00
April 28	67	54	0.00
April 29	67	58	0.00
April 30	66	57	0.00

May 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
May 1	66	52
May 2	68	55
May 3	62	56
May 4	65	58
May 5	66	58
May 6	70	56
May 7	76	54
May 8	81	57
May 9	77	58
May 10	68	57
May 11	68	57
May 12	85	56
May 13	82	64
May 14	80	61
May 15	72	60
May 16	75	60
May 17	84	57
May 18	86	60
May 19	74	59
May 20	68	58
May 21	68	58
May 22	69	58
May 23	68	57
May 24	67	53
May 25	69	52
May 26	70	53
May 27	73	56
May 28	78	58
May 29	95	62
May 30	79	60
May 31	71	60

June 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	69	58
June 2	71	58
June 3	70	58
June 4	70	58
June 5	71	62
June 6	71	61
June 7	72	61
June 8	73	61
June 9	78	61
June 10	72	61
June 11	75	61
June 12	79	61
June 13	80	62
June 14	75	61
June 15	76	58
June 16	74	60
June 17	79	59
June 18	76	61
June 19	77	59
June 20	78	62
June 21	77	61
June 22	83	60
June 23	90	60
June 24	76	60
June 25	76	60
June 26	75	60
June 27	72	59
June 28	72	60
June 29	71	59
June 30	74	61

July 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	73	60
July 2	73	57
July 3	73	58
July 4	74	59
July 5	73	59
July 6	76	60
July 7	72	60
July 8	73	60
July 9	69	59
July 10	72	59
July 11	71	60
July 12	74	60
July 13	83	61
July 14	83	64
July 15	85	67
July 16	82	65
July 17	75	64
July 18	72	61
July 19	70	60
July 20	70	59
July 21	72	58
July 22	73	60
July 23	70	60
July 24	73	62
July 25	74	62
July 26	77	63
July 27	78	64
July 28	76	62
July 29	74	62
July 30	75	61
July 31	75	63

August 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	77	63
August 2	75	64
August 3	75	64
August 4	76	63
August 5	81	65
August 6	80	66
August 7	76	66
August 8	79	66
August 9	81	67
August 10	81	67
August 11	75	67
August 12	75	67
August 13	75	65
August 14	77	64
August 15	74	61
August 16	72	61
August 17	72	62
August 18	74	61
August 19	73	62
August 20	74	63
August 21	74	61
August 22	72	60
August 23	77	60
August 24	75	58
August 25	75	59
August 26	75	62
August 27	76	63
August 28	82	65
August 29	77	66
August 30	79	66
August 31	76	65

September 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	64	0.00
September 2	74	64	0.00
September 3	79	66	0.00
September 4	88	68	0.03
September 5	77	69	0.36
September 6	73	64	0.00
September 7	75	61	0.00
September 8	77	59	0.00
September 9	75	63	0.00
September 10	75	61	0.00
September 11	77	62	0.00
September 12	77	64	0.00
September 13	71	67	0.00
September 14	72	64	0.00
September 15	73	60	0.00
September 16	73	65	0.00
September 17	72	64	0.00
September 18	75	59	0.00
September 19	88	58	0.00
September 20	91	60	0.00
September 21	93	60	0.00
September 22	92	61	0.00
September 23	100	68	0.00
September 24	105	74	0.00
September 25	105	74	0.00
September 26	97	70	0.00
September 27	87	70	0.00
September 28	87	68	0.00
September 29	84	69	0.00
September 30	84	68	0.00

October 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	68	0.00
October 2	76	67	0.00
October 3	74	66	0.00
October 4	73	65	0.00
October 5	74	65	0.00
October 6	74	66	0.00
October 7	76	67	0.00
October 8	78	64	0.00
October 9	77	64	0.00
October 10	78	63	0.00
October 11	80	62	0.00
October 12	78	60	0.00
October 13	74	63	0.00
October 14	74	63	0.00
October 15	72	62	0.00
October 16	75	60	0.00
October 17	75	64	0.00
October 18	72	62	0.00
October 19	76	58	0.00
October 20	74	66	0.04
October 21	72	60	0.00
October 22	73	62	0.00
October 23	89	57	0.00
October 24	77	61	0.00
October 25	72	61	0.00
October 26	71	59	0.00
October 27	69	62	0.00
October 28	69	62	0.00
October 29	69	60	0.00
October 30	67	60	0.00
October 31	67	55	0.00

November 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	56	0.00
November 2	69	51	0.00
November 3	75	52	0.00
November 4	81	54	0.00
November 5	71	60	0.00
November 6	72	55	0.00
November 7	73	57	0.00
November 8	71	54	0.00
November 9	71	59	0.00
November 10	65	55	0.10
November 11	57	45	0.26
November 12	59	43	0.00
November 13	54	50	0.32
November 14	63	47	0.00
November 15	67	45	0.00
November 16	67	47	0.00
November 17	69	48	0.00
November 18	72	48	0.00
November 19	67	48	0.00
November 20	62	55	0.00
November 21	59	55	0.40
November 22	59	51	0.12
November 23	69	47	0.00
November 24	70	52	0.00
November 25	65	51	0.00
November 26	64	50	0.00
November 27	68	47	0.00
November 28	71	44	0.00
November 29	67	49	0.00
November 30	70	50	0.00

December 1978 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	63	54	0.01
December 2	67	51	0.00
December 3	67	43	0.00
December 4	66	45	0.00
December 5	61	47	0.00
December 6	55	43	0.00
December 7	54	37	0.00
December 8	53	33	0.00
December 9	61	39	0.00
December 10	74	43	0.00
December 11	80	49	0.00
December 12	71	49	0.00
December 13	76	49	0.00
December 14	74	52	0.00
December 15	68	47	0.00
December 16	66	46	0.06
December 17	58	51	0.10
December 18	55	47	0.61
December 19	56	43	0.05
December 20	62	40	0.00
December 21	65	41	0.00
December 22	67	42	0.00
December 23	63	41	0.00
December 24	60	42	0.00
December 25	57	44	0.00
December 26	58	48	0.00
December 27	58	48	0.00
December 28	59	48	0.00
December 29	65	49	0.00
December 30	64	45	0.00
December 31	64	41	0.00

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