Louisville Weather in 1978

Historical record of Louisville, Kentucky weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Louisville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 25
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	December 3
Most daily snow	8.3 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	46.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Louisville in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1978 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Louisville in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 25
1	98 °F	Jun 27
3	97 °F	Jul 1
4	96 °F	Jun 29
4	96 °F	Jun 26
6	95 °F	Aug 24
6	95 °F	Jul 23
6	95 °F	Jun 28
9	94 °F	Sep 19
9	94 °F	Jul 22
9	94 °F	Jul 21
9	94 °F	Jul 20
9	94 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Louisville in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1978 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Louisville in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 30
2	0 °F	February 7
3	1 °F	January 26
3	1 °F	January 10
5	2 °F	March 5
6	3 °F	January 23
6	3 °F	January 11
8	4 °F	January 9
9	5 °F	January 29
10	6 °F	February 19
10	6 °F	February 6

January 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	23	0.07	0.0
January 2	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	42	36	0.15	0.0
January 6	45	39	0.00	0.0
January 7	60	37	0.42	0.0
January 8	56	9	1.54	2.2
January 9	11	4	0.00	0.0
January 10	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	15	0.17	1.7
January 13	28	24	0.05	0.5
January 14	28	22	0.04	0.4
January 15	23	11	0.02	0.2
January 16	28	13	0.80	8.3
January 17	29	24	0.74	7.4
January 18	26	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	22	0.32	3.2
January 20	27	22	0.06	0.7
January 21	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	36	3	0.00	0.0
January 24	41	18	0.41	0.0
January 25	41	30	1.04	2.9
January 26	30	1	0.05	0.5
January 27	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 28	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	18	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	15	0.02	0.4

February 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	11	0.04	0.8
February 2	32	15	0.05	1.0
February 3	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	19	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 9	32	9	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	31	0.33	0.0
February 14	35	26	0.05	0.3
February 15	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	29	0.02	0.2
February 17	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	28	15	0.16	1.9
February 19	27	6	0.00	0.0
February 20	34	7	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	33	23	0.06	0.6
February 24	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	28	0.05	0.5

March 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	34	23	0.12	1.7
March 2	27	20	0.58	5.5
March 3	29	23	0.10	0.9
March 4	29	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	32	2	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	33	0.49	1.2
March 8	35	33	0.34	0.0
March 9	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	51	34	0.00	0.0
March 11	56	30	0.08	0.0
March 12	47	41	0.05	0.0
March 13	62	38	0.44	0.0
March 14	58	41	0.50	0.0
March 15	50	36	0.14	0.0
March 16	47	33	0.02	0.1
March 17	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	51	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	65	43	0.00	0.0
March 20	74	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	63	37	0.36	0.0
March 22	65	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	68	43	0.00	0.0
March 24	50	39	0.10	0.0
March 25	51	39	0.36	0.0
March 26	42	36	0.08	0.0
March 27	44	36	0.00	0.0
March 28	69	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	64	43	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	83	45	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	79	62	0.01
April 2	74	51	0.00
April 3	82	54	0.00
April 4	74	56	0.04
April 5	69	47	0.00
April 6	76	58	0.16
April 7	77	47	0.00
April 8	81	45	0.00
April 9	86	52	0.00
April 10	81	58	0.00
April 11	71	49	0.28
April 12	71	41	0.00
April 13	65	47	0.00
April 14	66	39	0.00
April 15	67	51	0.00
April 16	52	43	0.27
April 17	66	39	0.00
April 18	73	52	0.94
April 19	61	46	0.17
April 20	50	43	0.00
April 21	47	39	0.00
April 22	60	35	0.00
April 23	62	47	0.44
April 24	72	42	0.68
April 25	58	47	0.11
April 26	68	49	0.01
April 27	67	43	0.00
April 28	71	40	0.00
April 29	65	50	0.03
April 30	68	51	0.19

May 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	42	0.00
May 2	64	39	0.00
May 3	64	40	0.13
May 4	58	47	0.71
May 5	60	46	0.00
May 6	67	43	0.00
May 7	56	51	0.44
May 8	78	56	0.50
May 9	71	53	0.26
May 10	74	50	0.00
May 11	79	49	0.00
May 12	73	60	1.02
May 13	66	49	0.80
May 14	50	46	0.15
May 15	59	48	0.01
May 16	61	50	0.00
May 17	71	49	0.00
May 18	79	50	0.00
May 19	84	54	0.00
May 20	81	57	0.00
May 21	78	59	0.00
May 22	77	52	0.00
May 23	85	65	0.05
May 24	82	65	0.69
May 25	86	68	0.00
May 26	86	63	0.00
May 27	88	61	0.00
May 28	89	64	0.00
May 29	84	68	0.00
May 30	84	68	0.00
May 31	86	61	0.00

June 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	63	0.00
June 2	78	66	0.00
June 3	80	62	0.00
June 4	81	53	0.00
June 5	85	62	0.00
June 6	81	66	0.00
June 7	82	68	0.31
June 8	86	68	0.03
June 9	77	57	0.00
June 10	84	54	0.00
June 11	90	60	0.00
June 12	90	69	0.62
June 13	74	60	0.00
June 14	75	53	0.00
June 15	80	58	0.00
June 16	90	66	0.00
June 17	91	75	0.00
June 18	92	70	0.88
June 19	81	69	0.02
June 20	86	68	0.00
June 21	83	67	0.70
June 22	80	60	0.00
June 23	81	63	0.00
June 24	87	64	0.00
June 25	93	70	0.11
June 26	96	72	0.00
June 27	98	76	0.00
June 28	95	77	0.00
June 29	96	74	0.00
June 30	94	72	0.00

July 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	73	0.18
July 2	89	72	0.00
July 3	90	74	0.00
July 4	84	67	0.00
July 5	84	64	0.00
July 6	91	65	0.00
July 7	92	74	0.00
July 8	93	72	0.00
July 9	88	70	0.24
July 10	87	69	0.02
July 11	81	64	0.00
July 12	82	60	0.00
July 13	85	70	0.42
July 14	89	72	0.00
July 15	74	67	0.67
July 16	85	63	0.00
July 17	86	64	0.00
July 18	88	64	0.00
July 19	93	65	0.00
July 20	94	73	0.00
July 21	94	76	0.00
July 22	94	74	0.00
July 23	95	74	0.30
July 24	80	71	0.56
July 25	87	72	0.05
July 26	92	67	0.00
July 27	87	69	0.00
July 28	86	68	0.00
July 29	93	65	0.00
July 30	88	70	1.21
July 31	82	69	0.12

August 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	64	0.00
August 2	92	68	0.41
August 3	86	71	0.04
August 4	80	64	0.00
August 5	76	66	0.00
August 6	76	69	0.00
August 7	82	67	0.00
August 8	85	62	0.00
August 9	88	68	0.00
August 10	89	70	0.04
August 11	84	68	0.02
August 12	80	68	0.86
August 13	86	68	0.00
August 14	87	70	0.00
August 15	92	71	0.00
August 16	90	77	0.00
August 17	89	70	0.00
August 18	90	68	1.25
August 19	91	73	0.00
August 20	82	61	0.00
August 21	81	59	0.00
August 22	85	61	0.00
August 23	90	64	0.00
August 24	95	74	0.00
August 25	98	74	0.02
August 26	90	71	0.00
August 27	93	72	0.02
August 28	93	70	0.25
August 29	77	70	0.15
August 30	77	68	2.35
August 31	77	64	0.09

September 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	59	0.00
September 2	82	59	0.00
September 3	85	60	0.00
September 4	82	64	0.00
September 5	83	59	0.00
September 6	88	61	0.00
September 7	90	65	0.00
September 8	90	67	0.00
September 9	90	66	0.00
September 10	88	67	0.00
September 11	88	66	0.00
September 12	81	69	0.15
September 13	87	70	0.05
September 14	81	72	0.23
September 15	87	65	0.00
September 16	85	71	0.00
September 17	92	70	0.00
September 18	93	75	0.00
September 19	94	71	0.00
September 20	93	70	0.00
September 21	92	70	0.01
September 22	73	56	0.00
September 23	75	51	0.00
September 24	80	60	0.00
September 25	79	56	0.00
September 26	79	51	0.00
September 27	83	57	0.00
September 28	73	55	0.00
September 29	79	49	0.00
September 30	74	59	0.52

October 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	54	0.00
October 2	73	49	0.00
October 3	65	54	0.15
October 4	71	53	0.00
October 5	72	49	0.00
October 6	59	48	0.00
October 7	57	44	0.00
October 8	61	37	0.00
October 9	68	38	0.00
October 10	74	44	0.00
October 11	70	56	0.56
October 12	81	60	0.00
October 13	73	52	0.42
October 14	55	40	0.00
October 15	55	35	0.02
October 16	53	42	0.00
October 17	59	36	0.00
October 18	67	38	0.00
October 19	67	49	0.00
October 20	72	40	0.00
October 21	77	42	0.00
October 22	80	48	0.00
October 23	69	42	0.05
October 24	60	36	0.00
October 25	74	35	0.10
October 26	64	43	0.96
October 27	61	35	0.00
October 28	67	36	0.00
October 29	63	40	0.00
October 30	72	38	0.00
October 31	74	44	0.00

November 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	49	0.00
November 2	71	42	0.00
November 3	72	43	0.00
November 4	73	44	0.00
November 5	74	43	0.00
November 6	72	46	0.00
November 7	49	42	0.22
November 8	55	34	0.00
November 9	60	33	0.00
November 10	66	41	0.00
November 11	72	41	0.00
November 12	68	55	0.00
November 13	77	56	0.00
November 14	68	47	0.05
November 15	47	43	1.15
November 16	50	44	0.47
November 17	69	48	1.03
November 18	48	44	0.00
November 19	50	38	0.00
November 20	52	34	0.00
November 21	49	41	0.00
November 22	49	41	0.01
November 23	59	47	0.21
November 24	54	33	0.00
November 25	51	27	0.01
November 26	46	42	1.79
November 27	55	40	0.20
November 28	44	32	0.00
November 29	51	30	0.00
November 30	49	34	0.00

December 1978 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	28	0.00
December 2	59	38	0.00
December 3	62	50	2.77
December 4	50	32	0.02
December 5	51	29	0.00
December 6	55	37	0.00
December 7	58	45	1.52
December 8	59	33	1.68
December 9	33	25	0.01
December 10	30	17	0.00
December 11	43	24	0.00
December 12	51	26	0.00
December 13	46	32	0.00
December 14	40	27	0.00
December 15	50	31	0.00
December 16	48	37	0.11
December 17	47	30	0.00
December 18	45	29	0.00
December 19	47	37	0.12
December 20	66	42	0.41
December 21	42	29	0.00
December 22	49	26	0.00
December 23	47	27	0.00
December 24	42	32	0.02
December 25	41	27	0.00
December 26	41	28	0.00
December 27	36	21	0.00
December 28	44	21	0.00
December 29	53	28	0.02
December 30	49	42	0.33
December 31	63	48	0.63

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Louisville International Airport	location
1893–1947	Jeffersonville	location