Lynchburg Weather in 1978

Historical record of Lynchburg, Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Lynchburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	September 19
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	23 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	April 26
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	44.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lynchburg in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1978 was 95 °F which happened on September 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Sep 19
2	94 °F	Jul 23
2	94 °F	Jul 22
2	94 °F	Jun 27
5	93 °F	Sep 18
5	93 °F	Sep 9
5	93 °F	Jun 28
8	92 °F	Aug 29
8	92 °F	Aug 25
8	92 °F	Aug 17

What was the coldest temperature in Lynchburg in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1978 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 11
2	5 °F	January 10
3	8 °F	March 5
4	9 °F	January 9
5	10 °F	February 7
6	11 °F	February 23
6	11 °F	January 23
6	11 °F	January 12
9	13 °F	February 6
9	13 °F	February 4
9	13 °F	February 1
9	13 °F	January 30
9	13 °F	January 22
9	13 °F	January 4

January 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	40	34	0.01	0.0
January 2	39	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	53	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	33	0.25	0.0
January 7	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	58	39	1.96	0.0
January 9	55	9	0.05	0.0
January 10	23	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	11	0.04	0.4
January 13	34	27	1.23	5.6
January 14	35	28	0.12	1.2
January 15	29	20	0.02	0.2
January 16	31	14	0.02	0.2
January 17	34	25	0.85	0.0
January 18	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	24	0.59	2.8
January 20	35	27	0.41	0.4
January 21	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	15	0.00	0.0
January 25	57	34	2.28	0.0
January 26	51	17	0.14	0.0
January 27	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	17	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	24	0.18	2.7
February 3	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 5	31	17	0.01	0.1
February 6	24	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	28	0.03	0.0
February 14	44	27	0.01	0.0
February 15	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	29	0.04	0.4
February 17	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 21	44	21	0.05	0.5
February 22	29	19	0.10	1.0
February 23	39	11	0.00	0.0
February 24	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	33	25	0.12	1.2

March 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	28	0.13	1.3
March 2	33	15	0.22	2.2
March 3	38	25	0.41	3.8
March 4	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	49	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	30	0.02	0.2
March 8	31	28	0.45	0.6
March 9	35	29	0.02	0.0
March 10	46	35	0.92	0.0
March 11	63	36	0.00	0.0
March 12	59	40	0.03	0.0
March 13	54	41	0.00	0.0
March 14	70	45	0.28	0.0
March 15	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	38	0.02	0.0
March 17	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	76	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	68	45	0.00	0.0
March 21	77	40	0.00	0.0
March 22	65	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	78	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	49	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	34	0.31	0.0
March 26	44	34	1.00	0.0
March 27	54	40	0.01	0.0
March 28	66	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	73	42	0.00	0.0
March 30	62	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	74	42	0.02	0.0

April 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	85	49	0.00
April 2	79	50	0.00
April 3	61	47	0.00
April 4	83	42	0.00
April 5	77	57	0.00
April 6	68	47	0.01
April 7	78	49	0.00
April 8	81	50	0.00
April 9	74	48	0.00
April 10	80	46	0.00
April 11	83	55	0.13
April 12	72	44	0.00
April 13	78	50	0.00
April 14	71	46	0.00
April 15	71	43	0.00
April 16	61	35	0.00
April 17	59	42	0.00
April 18	52	47	0.31
April 19	52	46	0.14
April 20	59	41	0.00
April 21	52	43	0.00
April 22	67	38	0.00
April 23	69	41	0.00
April 24	77	47	0.00
April 25	59	45	1.02
April 26	45	42	3.67
April 27	63	42	0.02
April 28	72	41	0.00
April 29	74	39	0.00
April 30	64	51	0.03

May 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	43	0.00
May 2	67	38	0.00
May 3	69	43	0.00
May 4	56	45	2.21
May 5	66	45	0.01
May 6	74	47	0.00
May 7	66	52	0.14
May 8	54	50	1.14
May 9	82	54	0.03
May 10	71	51	0.00
May 11	76	40	0.00
May 12	77	52	0.06
May 13	67	55	1.81
May 14	62	52	0.08
May 15	59	44	0.31
May 16	62	50	0.11
May 17	74	50	0.00
May 18	80	47	0.00
May 19	84	57	0.00
May 20	87	55	0.00
May 21	87	63	0.00
May 22	77	58	0.00
May 23	78	55	0.24
May 24	82	64	0.00
May 25	86	58	0.00
May 26	88	61	0.00
May 27	80	61	0.00
May 28	79	60	0.00
May 29	85	56	0.27
May 30	85	58	0.28
May 31	85	63	0.00

June 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	58	0.00
June 2	87	60	0.00
June 3	83	65	0.66
June 4	76	59	0.00
June 5	83	50	0.00
June 6	84	56	0.00
June 7	81	64	0.01
June 8	77	66	0.33
June 9	84	62	0.01
June 10	80	55	0.00
June 11	83	55	0.00
June 12	86	60	0.00
June 13	80	60	0.37
June 14	74	46	0.00
June 15	78	49	0.00
June 16	80	56	0.00
June 17	87	64	0.00
June 18	90	65	0.00
June 19	89	68	0.15
June 20	84	65	0.08
June 21	84	64	0.16
June 22	84	60	0.50
June 23	82	61	0.00
June 24	81	62	0.00
June 25	83	65	0.37
June 26	86	67	0.57
June 27	94	69	0.15
June 28	93	71	0.00
June 29	87	63	0.00
June 30	90	63	0.00

July 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	69	0.00
July 2	75	65	0.36
July 3	81	63	0.36
July 4	79	66	0.04
July 5	78	62	0.00
July 6	81	58	0.00
July 7	85	58	0.00
July 8	89	61	0.10
July 9	90	63	0.00
July 10	91	70	0.02
July 11	72	62	0.08
July 12	79	58	0.00
July 13	80	55	0.00
July 14	78	67	0.33
July 15	85	66	0.00
July 16	73	63	0.99
July 17	84	61	0.00
July 18	87	63	0.00
July 19	89	65	0.00
July 20	88	64	0.00
July 21	91	62	0.00
July 22	94	69	0.74
July 23	94	71	0.00
July 24	90	69	0.61
July 25	81	69	0.02
July 26	83	67	0.00
July 27	88	67	0.00
July 28	88	69	0.01
July 29	86	61	0.00
July 30	88	69	0.00
July 31	89	68	1.17

August 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	68	0.00
August 2	86	70	0.00
August 3	82	69	0.34
August 4	80	69	0.01
August 5	85	69	0.00
August 6	83	72	0.27
August 7	86	69	0.05
August 8	87	68	0.07
August 9	87	68	0.06
August 10	85	64	0.04
August 11	84	62	0.01
August 12	87	70	0.00
August 13	89	71	0.01
August 14	85	71	0.00
August 15	89	71	0.00
August 16	91	68	0.02
August 17	92	71	0.00
August 18	90	65	0.00
August 19	91	65	0.00
August 20	90	66	0.00
August 21	84	61	0.00
August 22	86	61	0.00
August 23	89	56	0.00
August 24	91	61	0.00
August 25	92	67	0.33
August 26	87	68	0.00
August 27	86	72	0.03
August 28	90	67	0.41
August 29	92	69	0.15
August 30	89	67	0.89
August 31	85	69	1.20

September 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	67	0.00
September 2	79	61	0.00
September 3	85	63	0.00
September 4	85	62	0.00
September 5	84	64	0.00
September 6	87	61	0.00
September 7	91	61	0.00
September 8	90	65	0.00
September 9	93	69	0.00
September 10	77	68	0.00
September 11	85	66	0.00
September 12	88	65	0.00
September 13	74	58	0.00
September 14	68	58	0.00
September 15	79	60	0.00
September 16	88	61	0.00
September 17	90	64	0.00
September 18	93	64	0.00
September 19	95	70	0.00
September 20	75	68	0.00
September 21	85	66	0.00
September 22	88	65	0.01
September 23	65	58	0.00
September 24	66	58	0.01
September 25	77	57	0.00
September 26	71	54	0.00
September 27	74	47	0.00
September 28	79	53	0.00
September 29	67	48	0.00
September 30	71	51	0.00

October 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	57	0.01
October 2	75	50	0.00
October 3	73	55	0.00
October 4	72	56	0.28
October 5	59	56	0.43
October 6	67	48	0.00
October 7	57	38	0.00
October 8	58	39	0.00
October 9	59	30	0.00
October 10	70	35	0.00
October 11	71	41	0.00
October 12	80	41	0.00
October 13	81	55	0.00
October 14	67	47	0.04
October 15	57	38	0.00
October 16	53	33	0.05
October 17	53	38	0.00
October 18	64	31	0.00
October 19	70	41	0.03
October 20	68	45	0.00
October 21	75	36	0.00
October 22	81	41	0.00
October 23	83	49	0.00
October 24	63	37	0.00
October 25	70	29	0.00
October 26	79	52	0.00
October 27	69	46	0.00
October 28	65	46	0.00
October 29	68	41	0.00
October 30	63	43	0.00
October 31	68	41	0.00

November 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	74	40	0.00
November 2	71	41	0.00
November 3	71	43	0.00
November 4	62	44	0.00
November 5	71	36	0.00
November 6	78	41	0.00
November 7	72	43	0.05
November 8	59	43	0.12
November 9	65	35	0.00
November 10	62	41	0.00
November 11	71	50	0.00
November 12	68	42	0.00
November 13	59	52	0.00
November 14	73	46	0.00
November 15	62	53	0.19
November 16	53	44	0.58
November 17	49	44	0.51
November 18	67	46	0.05
November 19	57	35	0.00
November 20	57	38	0.00
November 21	56	33	0.00
November 22	51	43	0.00
November 23	51	41	0.23
November 24	63	37	0.00
November 25	46	28	0.00
November 26	39	28	0.13
November 27	38	34	0.73
November 28	58	36	0.00
November 29	41	35	0.63
November 30	54	38	0.00

December 1978 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	31	0.00
December 2	60	29	0.00
December 3	55	35	0.30
December 4	66	46	0.62
December 5	56	35	0.31
December 6	64	30	0.00
December 7	60	33	0.00
December 8	72	53	0.00
December 9	71	29	1.18
December 10	34	21	0.00
December 11	35	19	0.00
December 12	48	20	0.00
December 13	58	25	0.00
December 14	42	27	0.00
December 15	55	22	0.00
December 16	54	29	0.10
December 17	47	33	0.00
December 18	53	30	0.00
December 19	44	32	0.21
December 20	51	35	0.06
December 21	55	31	0.04
December 22	45	22	0.00
December 23	52	23	0.00
December 24	39	29	0.83
December 25	45	32	0.00
December 26	54	29	0.00
December 27	37	24	0.00
December 28	37	16	0.00
December 29	40	14	0.00
December 30	43	24	0.03
December 31	43	34	0.38

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Lynchburg Regional Airport	location
1893–1944	Lynchburg Co-op	location