Lynchburg Weather in 1979

Historical record of Lynchburg, Virginia weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Lynchburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	2 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	14 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	September 21
Most daily snow	8.1 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	52.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lynchburg in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1979 was 94 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 10
1	94 °F	Aug 8
1	94 °F	Aug 1
4	92 °F	Aug 2
5	91 °F	Aug 9
5	91 °F	Jul 31
5	91 °F	Jul 13
8	90 °F	Aug 30
8	90 °F	Aug 26
8	90 °F	Aug 7
8	90 °F	Aug 6
8	90 °F	Jul 17
8	90 °F	Jul 15
8	90 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Lynchburg in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1979 was 2 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	February 11
2	3 °F	February 18
3	5 °F	February 13
3	5 °F	January 3
5	6 °F	February 10
6	8 °F	February 12
7	9 °F	February 17
7	9 °F	February 9
9	10 °F	February 6
10	11 °F	February 19
10	11 °F	January 4

January 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	63	41	0.36	0.0
January 2	54	19	1.12	0.0
January 3	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	20	0.13	1.4
January 6	36	25	0.26	0.6
January 7	48	33	0.43	0.0
January 8	53	21	0.18	0.0
January 9	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	18	0.05	0.1
January 13	38	29	0.56	0.0
January 14	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	51	32	0.02	0.0
January 18	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	14	0.05	0.3
January 20	32	23	1.47	0.0
January 21	46	32	0.96	0.2
January 22	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	52	27	0.79	0.0
January 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	47	27	0.18	0.4
January 28	39	31	0.04	0.4
January 29	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	24	0.05	0.6

February 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 3	34	17	0.06	0.8
February 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	10	0.05	0.4
February 7	27	18	0.71	7.1
February 8	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 9	31	9	0.07	1.0
February 10	28	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	23	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	26	8	0.03	0.3
February 13	31	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	28	13	0.00	0.0
February 15	32	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	9	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	3	0.70	8.1
February 19	41	11	0.12	1.3
February 20	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	48	32	0.15	0.0
February 22	61	33	0.00	0.0
February 23	44	35	0.26	0.0
February 24	43	37	1.87	0.0
February 25	44	36	0.87	0.0
February 26	39	32	0.10	0.2
February 27	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	25	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	51	36	0.00
March 2	65	36	0.00
March 3	53	42	0.00
March 4	62	41	0.07
March 5	62	57	1.74
March 6	59	40	0.00
March 7	56	35	0.00
March 8	47	39	0.32
March 9	61	32	0.00
March 10	64	44	0.13
March 11	44	30	0.11
March 12	56	25	0.00
March 13	66	29	0.00
March 14	60	39	0.09
March 15	41	27	0.00
March 16	51	19	0.00
March 17	67	25	0.00
March 18	67	37	0.00
March 19	69	40	0.03
March 20	71	42	0.00
March 21	70	42	0.00
March 22	69	35	0.00
March 23	66	40	0.63
March 24	64	45	0.66
March 25	49	36	0.00
March 26	49	31	0.00
March 27	51	27	0.00
March 28	59	30	0.00
March 29	80	45	0.00
March 30	81	56	0.00
March 31	84	59	0.00

April 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	77	60	0.00
April 2	75	56	0.00
April 3	64	47	0.76
April 4	47	44	0.46
April 5	60	39	0.00
April 6	56	41	0.00
April 7	60	30	0.00
April 8	77	40	0.00
April 9	63	41	0.29
April 10	60	36	0.00
April 11	70	39	0.00
April 12	75	49	0.00
April 13	63	44	0.84
April 14	67	40	0.01
April 15	62	43	0.00
April 16	55	45	0.00
April 17	62	37	0.00
April 18	69	38	0.00
April 19	73	39	0.00
April 20	71	45	0.00
April 21	77	40	0.00
April 22	80	53	0.00
April 23	77	59	0.14
April 24	75	58	0.13
April 25	73	54	0.00
April 26	65	59	0.62
April 27	71	50	0.01
April 28	66	46	0.00
April 29	65	33	0.00
April 30	74	41	0.00

May 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	43	0.00
May 2	76	47	0.00
May 3	71	55	0.01
May 4	77	57	0.36
May 5	67	47	0.00
May 6	71	45	0.00
May 7	79	52	0.00
May 8	80	59	0.00
May 9	79	65	0.00
May 10	80	63	0.00
May 11	83	62	0.59
May 12	82	59	0.01
May 13	75	61	0.11
May 14	68	55	0.15
May 15	77	49	0.29
May 16	72	52	0.00
May 17	70	45	0.00
May 18	73	48	0.00
May 19	68	56	0.29
May 20	72	53	0.00
May 21	69	55	0.00
May 22	71	58	0.00
May 23	79	59	0.02
May 24	71	58	0.94
May 25	66	46	0.00
May 26	65	41	0.00
May 27	70	46	0.00
May 28	76	52	0.00
May 29	80	54	0.00
May 30	80	54	0.00
May 31	79	64	0.33

June 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	66	0.00
June 2	86	65	0.00
June 3	70	60	2.02
June 4	77	60	0.00
June 5	83	58	0.00
June 6	86	60	0.00
June 7	81	63	0.00
June 8	83	67	0.00
June 9	89	62	0.21
June 10	88	69	0.01
June 11	73	56	0.01
June 12	79	46	0.00
June 13	82	48	0.00
June 14	80	55	0.00
June 15	84	48	0.00
June 16	73	57	1.16
June 17	66	59	0.29
June 18	90	59	0.02
June 19	79	62	0.06
June 20	77	59	0.00
June 21	68	60	0.07
June 22	87	63	0.01
June 23	86	64	0.00
June 24	74	56	1.13
June 25	75	50	0.00
June 26	74	48	0.00
June 27	77	54	0.00
June 28	83	54	0.00
June 29	82	60	0.07
June 30	82	64	0.22

July 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	56	0.02
July 2	85	60	0.00
July 3	85	58	0.00
July 4	79	59	0.11
July 5	78	54	0.00
July 6	77	52	0.00
July 7	79	54	0.00
July 8	81	56	0.00
July 9	79	57	0.04
July 10	78	63	0.25
July 11	85	64	0.00
July 12	85	68	0.00
July 13	91	70	0.00
July 14	86	66	0.00
July 15	90	72	0.07
July 16	87	70	0.09
July 17	90	66	0.00
July 18	88	69	2.55
July 19	85	69	0.00
July 20	77	68	0.05
July 21	80	66	0.25
July 22	82	69	0.04
July 23	86	67	0.93
July 24	87	67	0.01
July 25	87	70	0.01
July 26	82	70	0.05
July 27	84	70	0.01
July 28	88	70	0.00
July 29	85	71	0.02
July 30	86	69	0.00
July 31	91	64	0.00

August 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	70	0.00
August 2	92	71	1.14
August 3	87	71	0.00
August 4	86	68	0.00
August 5	89	68	0.00
August 6	90	65	0.00
August 7	90	68	0.00
August 8	94	68	0.00
August 9	91	65	0.00
August 10	94	70	0.00
August 11	89	61	1.09
August 12	67	57	0.31
August 13	76	50	0.00
August 14	82	56	0.00
August 15	80	60	0.00
August 16	77	50	0.00
August 17	77	52	0.00
August 18	84	57	0.00
August 19	85	68	0.22
August 20	85	67	0.50
August 21	81	66	0.00
August 22	77	65	0.00
August 23	82	68	0.12
August 24	85	66	0.01
August 25	86	68	0.00
August 26	90	69	0.00
August 27	88	68	0.03
August 28	87	70	0.00
August 29	84	70	0.00
August 30	90	64	0.00
August 31	87	68	0.00

September 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	69	0.40
September 2	86	68	0.00
September 3	85	70	0.04
September 4	85	69	0.03
September 5	74	71	2.53
September 6	87	70	0.00
September 7	86	64	0.00
September 8	74	58	0.00
September 9	73	52	0.00
September 10	75	54	0.00
September 11	83	51	0.00
September 12	79	63	0.00
September 13	74	63	0.36
September 14	83	64	0.09
September 15	74	53	0.00
September 16	73	56	0.00
September 17	75	49	0.00
September 18	79	46	0.00
September 19	78	57	0.00
September 20	71	52	0.00
September 21	73	60	3.60
September 22	74	62	0.36
September 23	64	58	0.00
September 24	62	54	0.00
September 25	69	52	0.00
September 26	74	57	0.00
September 27	73	60	0.02
September 28	67	61	0.25
September 29	79	65	0.00
September 30	69	65	1.54

October 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	80	64	0.53	0.0
October 2	78	57	0.47	0.0
October 3	71	51	0.00	0.0
October 4	73	46	0.26	0.0
October 5	62	44	0.80	0.0
October 6	66	37	0.00	0.0
October 7	63	47	0.06	0.0
October 8	69	39	0.12	0.0
October 9	77	49	0.15	0.0
October 10	49	32	1.06	2.4
October 11	51	38	0.00	0.0
October 12	64	41	0.05	0.0
October 13	60	41	0.05	0.0
October 14	57	35	0.00	0.0
October 15	64	29	0.00	0.0
October 16	68	41	0.00	0.0
October 17	73	48	0.00	0.0
October 18	77	44	0.00	0.0
October 19	74	50	0.00	0.0
October 20	79	53	0.00	0.0
October 21	81	59	0.00	0.0
October 22	82	58	0.00	0.0
October 23	70	46	0.21	0.0
October 24	56	37	0.00	0.0
October 25	57	29	0.00	0.0
October 26	55	29	0.00	0.0
October 27	56	24	0.00	0.0
October 28	70	34	0.01	0.0
October 29	69	44	0.00	0.0
October 30	65	45	0.00	0.0
October 31	63	48	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	69	45	0.00
November 2	65	57	1.13
November 3	58	40	0.02
November 4	58	31	0.00
November 5	56	36	0.00
November 6	62	30	0.00
November 7	56	36	0.00
November 8	57	29	0.00
November 9	64	42	0.04
November 10	60	54	0.54
November 11	54	44	0.55
November 12	47	42	0.03
November 13	56	42	0.07
November 14	47	29	0.00
November 15	50	26	0.00
November 16	56	35	0.00
November 17	66	32	0.00
November 18	73	37	0.00
November 19	70	39	0.00
November 20	74	40	0.00
November 21	72	43	0.00
November 22	72	45	0.00
November 23	68	50	0.01
November 24	69	60	0.03
November 25	71	58	0.01
November 26	66	47	0.75
November 27	65	41	0.00
November 28	60	37	0.00
November 29	38	22	0.00
November 30	39	15	0.00

December 1979 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	47	19	0.00
December 2	36	25	0.00
December 3	45	13	0.00
December 4	54	21	0.00
December 5	59	26	0.00
December 6	49	36	0.13
December 7	55	31	0.00
December 8	49	30	0.00
December 9	45	18	0.00
December 10	61	28	0.00
December 11	67	34	0.00
December 12	71	39	0.00
December 13	61	50	0.68
December 14	50	30	0.00
December 15	43	25	0.00
December 16	47	35	0.02
December 17	47	24	0.00
December 18	37	17	0.00
December 19	47	26	0.00
December 20	36	23	0.00
December 21	43	29	0.00
December 22	44	31	0.00
December 23	60	39	0.03
December 24	60	47	0.24
December 25	55	41	0.03
December 26	51	34	0.00
December 27	48	26	0.00
December 28	51	32	0.00
December 29	60	33	0.00
December 30	64	34	0.00
December 31	49	33	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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