Memphis Weather in 1978

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	June 30
Lowest temperature	14 °F	February 6
Highest daily low	81 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	27 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	5.4 inches	December 3
Most daily snow	2.4 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	63.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	7.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1978 was 98 °F which happened on June 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jun 30
2	96 °F	Aug 25
2	96 °F	Aug 24
2	96 °F	Aug 19
2	96 °F	Jul 30
2	96 °F	Jul 29
2	96 °F	Jul 13
2	96 °F	Jul 9
2	96 °F	Jul 7
2	96 °F	Jun 29
2	96 °F	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1978 was 14 °F which happened on Feb 6.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	February 6
2	16 °F	January 9
3	17 °F	February 19
3	17 °F	January 26
5	18 °F	January 15
5	18 °F	January 10
7	19 °F	February 22
7	19 °F	January 25
7	19 °F	January 21
10	20 °F	March 5
10	20 °F	January 29
10	20 °F	January 11

January 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	60	45	0.08	0.0
January 6	62	44	0.30	0.0
January 7	71	45	1.36	0.0
January 8	59	22	1.02	0.0
January 9	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	20	0.07	0.1
January 12	34	28	0.59	0.4
January 13	32	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	33	1.37	0.0
January 17	38	25	0.03	0.0
January 18	29	25	0.01	0.1
January 19	29	25	0.08	1.3
January 20	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 22	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	24	0.02	0.0
January 24	50	42	2.01	0.0
January 25	45	19	1.19	2.4
January 26	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	24	0.00	0.0
January 28	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	29	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	29	0.02	0.0
February 2	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 7	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 11	52	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	63	29	0.45	0.0
February 13	54	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	37	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	34	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	29	0.10	0.8
February 18	31	22	0.09	1.4
February 19	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	51	27	0.07	0.2
February 21	32	26	0.08	0.8
February 22	42	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	50	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	64	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	54	37	0.00	0.0
February 26	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	27	0.30	0.0
February 28	48	38	0.20	0.0

March 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	42	37	0.00
March 2	44	37	1.08
March 3	38	31	0.00
March 4	34	23	0.00
March 5	48	20	0.00
March 6	55	34	0.00
March 7	65	50	0.16
March 8	50	34	0.02
March 9	39	33	0.16
March 10	58	39	0.00
March 11	66	42	0.02
March 12	52	44	0.00
March 13	68	43	1.64
March 14	63	46	0.00
March 15	62	40	0.50
March 16	51	37	0.00
March 17	57	37	0.00
March 18	68	31	0.00
March 19	74	56	0.00
March 20	72	58	0.00
March 21	68	47	0.34
March 22	73	43	0.00
March 23	78	47	0.00
March 24	67	47	0.13
March 25	47	39	0.00
March 26	42	37	0.00
March 27	58	40	0.00
March 28	72	40	0.00
March 29	81	45	0.00
March 30	82	49	0.00
March 31	84	56	0.00

April 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	84	62	0.00
April 2	84	66	0.00
April 3	83	66	0.00
April 4	83	63	0.00
April 5	86	61	0.00
April 6	84	69	0.00
April 7	88	63	0.00
April 8	86	60	0.00
April 9	85	68	0.00
April 10	77	56	0.81
April 11	66	49	0.00
April 12	68	47	0.00
April 13	71	51	0.00
April 14	76	47	0.00
April 15	81	53	0.00
April 16	80	54	0.00
April 17	81	58	0.10
April 18	75	61	0.07
April 19	65	53	0.00
April 20	62	48	0.00
April 21	61	40	0.00
April 22	74	40	0.12
April 23	77	58	0.74
April 24	80	55	0.08
April 25	63	52	0.02
April 26	71	50	0.00
April 27	74	49	0.00
April 28	78	49	0.00
April 29	79	59	0.02
April 30	83	66	0.18

May 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	49	0.50
May 2	65	46	0.00
May 3	58	50	1.29
May 4	62	55	0.01
May 5	64	53	0.00
May 6	83	56	0.65
May 7	74	65	2.72
May 8	82	67	0.41
May 9	78	58	0.00
May 10	79	53	0.00
May 11	83	60	0.01
May 12	79	66	0.64
May 13	74	62	0.00
May 14	78	58	0.00
May 15	69	52	0.00
May 16	71	50	0.00
May 17	78	54	0.00
May 18	78	59	0.07
May 19	83	65	0.87
May 20	89	65	0.39
May 21	85	67	0.00
May 22	82	70	0.00
May 23	90	70	0.00
May 24	91	73	0.00
May 25	91	71	0.00
May 26	92	71	0.00
May 27	93	73	0.00
May 28	92	72	0.03
May 29	88	70	0.55
May 30	89	69	0.00
May 31	91	67	0.00

June 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	68	0.52
June 2	81	68	0.10
June 3	82	68	0.00
June 4	84	65	0.00
June 5	87	67	0.00
June 6	89	69	2.29
June 7	80	72	0.01
June 8	86	67	0.03
June 9	76	58	0.00
June 10	84	61	0.00
June 11	90	63	0.00
June 12	92	76	0.00
June 13	86	67	0.00
June 14	83	64	0.00
June 15	88	61	0.00
June 16	92	71	0.00
June 17	93	76	0.00
June 18	91	71	0.44
June 19	88	69	0.00
June 20	89	73	0.01
June 21	87	72	0.52
June 22	90	73	0.16
June 23	92	71	0.05
June 24	92	70	0.00
June 25	94	79	0.00
June 26	95	79	0.00
June 27	95	81	0.00
June 28	96	80	0.00
June 29	96	81	0.00
June 30	98	79	0.32

July 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	80	0.00
July 2	93	78	0.05
July 3	92	77	0.00
July 4	95	78	0.00
July 5	92	73	0.00
July 6	95	72	0.00
July 7	96	77	0.20
July 8	94	74	0.00
July 9	96	77	0.02
July 10	93	77	0.39
July 11	85	73	0.02
July 12	92	71	0.00
July 13	96	77	0.00
July 14	86	74	2.51
July 15	87	73	0.10
July 16	88	73	0.00
July 17	91	72	0.00
July 18	93	71	0.00
July 19	94	74	0.00
July 20	95	79	0.00
July 21	94	75	0.00
July 22	93	75	0.00
July 23	94	75	0.21
July 24	92	75	0.00
July 25	92	78	0.02
July 26	95	74	0.00
July 27	85	69	0.37
July 28	92	73	0.00
July 29	96	77	0.00
July 30	96	79	0.00
July 31	89	77	0.00

August 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	74	0.00
August 2	93	77	0.00
August 3	92	73	0.81
August 4	81	72	3.23
August 5	83	69	0.00
August 6	84	69	0.01
August 7	86	69	0.00
August 8	87	70	0.39
August 9	89	75	0.04
August 10	87	74	1.37
August 11	90	74	0.00
August 12	91	72	0.18
August 13	85	72	0.51
August 14	90	73	0.00
August 15	91	75	0.00
August 16	93	79	0.00
August 17	95	81	0.00
August 18	95	76	0.00
August 19	96	75	0.53
August 20	89	73	0.00
August 21	88	67	0.00
August 22	89	66	0.00
August 23	93	67	0.00
August 24	96	70	0.00
August 25	96	77	0.00
August 26	95	74	0.00
August 27	93	78	0.00
August 28	91	74	0.43
August 29	78	73	2.04
August 30	75	70	0.11
August 31	73	67	0.00

September 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	64	0.00
September 2	84	69	0.00
September 3	88	68	0.00
September 4	90	68	0.00
September 5	87	71	0.00
September 6	91	66	0.00
September 7	92	72	0.00
September 8	94	72	0.00
September 9	92	72	0.00
September 10	91	74	0.00
September 11	86	72	0.32
September 12	90	72	0.10
September 13	79	74	0.41
September 14	81	71	0.69
September 15	85	72	0.00
September 16	90	72	0.00
September 17	91	76	0.00
September 18	90	77	0.00
September 19	92	76	0.00
September 20	95	73	0.00
September 21	94	70	0.00
September 22	74	67	0.00
September 23	79	64	0.00
September 24	82	58	0.00
September 25	83	62	0.00
September 26	80	65	0.00
September 27	81	65	0.00
September 28	81	64	0.00
September 29	85	60	0.00
September 30	83	63	0.00

October 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	55	0.00
October 2	81	51	0.00
October 3	79	55	0.00
October 4	78	49	0.00
October 5	81	52	0.00
October 6	69	48	0.00
October 7	68	47	0.00
October 8	70	41	0.00
October 9	75	46	0.00
October 10	78	53	0.00
October 11	83	61	0.00
October 12	87	66	0.00
October 13	74	52	1.42
October 14	64	45	0.00
October 15	71	40	0.00
October 16	65	47	0.00
October 17	65	41	0.00
October 18	74	40	0.00
October 19	75	50	0.00
October 20	80	46	0.00
October 21	86	50	0.00
October 22	86	59	0.00
October 23	82	56	0.00
October 24	70	47	0.00
October 25	80	53	0.03
October 26	68	48	0.37
October 27	68	42	0.00
October 28	74	40	0.00
October 29	76	45	0.00
October 30	82	49	0.00
October 31	77	57	0.00

November 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	81	53	0.00
November 2	81	52	0.00
November 3	81	52	0.00
November 4	81	51	0.00
November 5	81	53	0.00
November 6	78	51	0.20
November 7	58	44	0.28
November 8	64	40	0.00
November 9	69	37	0.00
November 10	72	42	0.00
November 11	73	55	0.00
November 12	74	61	0.00
November 13	79	60	0.00
November 14	73	58	0.03
November 15	62	52	0.28
November 16	72	52	1.91
November 17	72	47	0.86
November 18	59	41	0.00
November 19	54	41	0.00
November 20	61	45	0.00
November 21	57	50	0.00
November 22	56	50	0.79
November 23	66	56	0.18
November 24	61	44	0.00
November 25	66	39	0.00
November 26	65	56	0.89
November 27	62	42	0.04
November 28	46	35	0.00
November 29	59	40	0.10
November 30	59	40	0.00

December 1978 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	60	36	0.00
December 2	73	43	0.00
December 3	69	37	5.42
December 4	37	29	0.00
December 5	54	31	0.00
December 6	66	42	0.00
December 7	75	43	1.99
December 8	43	28	2.38
December 9	32	25	0.00
December 10	40	24	0.00
December 11	47	25	0.00
December 12	53	28	0.00
December 13	53	35	0.00
December 14	47	26	0.00
December 15	51	29	0.00
December 16	54	40	0.08
December 17	51	30	0.00
December 18	58	31	0.00
December 19	71	58	0.00
December 20	71	45	1.23
December 21	45	34	0.00
December 22	56	33	0.00
December 23	56	34	0.00
December 24	49	29	0.06
December 25	53	27	0.00
December 26	49	30	0.00
December 27	42	27	0.00
December 28	52	26	0.00
December 29	51	42	0.15
December 30	49	46	0.58
December 31	68	42	1.23

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Memphis International Airport	location
1928–1939	Memphis Post Office	location