Milwaukee Weather in 1979

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 14
Lowest daily high	-2 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	December 24
Most daily snow	12.4 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	30.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1979 was 94 °F which happened on August 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 7
2	90 °F	Jul 27
2	90 °F	Jul 23
2	90 °F	Jul 15
2	90 °F	Jul 10
6	89 °F	Jul 30
6	89 °F	Jul 14
8	88 °F	Aug 9
8	88 °F	Jul 24
8	88 °F	Jul 13
8	88 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1979 was -16 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 15
1	-16 °F	January 5
3	-13 °F	January 11
3	-13 °F	January 3
5	-12 °F	January 16
6	-11 °F	February 5
6	-11 °F	January 14
6	-11 °F	January 2
9	-10 °F	February 19
9	-10 °F	January 6

January 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	20	3	0.03	0.7
January 2	3	-11	0.00	0.0
January 3	-2	-13	0.00	0.0
January 4	0	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	-2	-16	0.00	0.0
January 6	7	-10	0.00	0.0
January 7	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 8	4	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	11	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	1	-7	0.00	0.0
January 11	9	-13	0.01	0.1
January 12	19	8	0.13	1.9
January 13	27	19	1.32	12.4
January 14	19	-11	0.02	0.2
January 15	2	-16	0.20	4.9
January 16	23	-12	0.00	0.0
January 17	23	7	0.10	1.0
January 18	24	3	0.01	0.1
January 19	30	21	0.26	2.3
January 20	32	28	0.03	0.0
January 21	31	23	0.02	0.2
January 22	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	25	0.33	3.9
January 24	30	15	0.50	5.6
January 25	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	24	0.04	0.2
January 28	30	28	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	15	0.00	0.1

February 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	21	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	19	6	0.00	0.0
February 4	6	-4	0.00	0.0
February 5	2	-11	0.00	0.0
February 6	20	-3	0.02	0.2
February 7	20	2	0.00	0.0
February 8	10	-1	0.00	0.0
February 9	9	-6	0.00	0.0
February 10	11	-2	0.00	0.1
February 11	20	9	0.08	0.9
February 12	22	12	0.22	2.9
February 13	23	13	0.00	0.1
February 14	25	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	18	0.04	0.3
February 16	18	4	0.02	0.4
February 17	9	5	0.02	0.5
February 18	14	-2	0.07	1.2
February 19	16	-10	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	11	0.01	0.0
February 21	34	26	0.36	2.4
February 22	33	20	0.09	0.0
February 23	37	25	0.03	0.0
February 24	29	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	25	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	17	0.01	0.1

March 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	26	0.06	0.4
March 2	34	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	33	0.96	0.0
March 4	38	33	0.33	0.0
March 5	33	28	0.06	0.5
March 6	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	33	0.01	0.0
March 8	37	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	21	9	0.00	0.0
March 11	25	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 15	24	11	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	30	0.20	0.0
March 18	56	40	0.14	0.0
March 19	51	42	0.23	0.0
March 20	49	39	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	53	39	0.17	0.0
March 24	39	21	0.66	4.9
March 25	26	21	0.04	0.4
March 26	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 27	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	47	36	0.41	0.0
March 30	64	41	0.90	0.0
March 31	42	34	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	34	0.10	0.6
April 2	37	34	0.34	0.1
April 3	44	31	0.00	0.0
April 4	42	34	0.00	0.0
April 5	47	21	0.19	0.0
April 6	30	17	0.00	0.0
April 7	31	17	0.00	0.0
April 8	33	29	0.00	0.0
April 9	39	27	0.01	0.1
April 10	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	38	35	1.39	0.0
April 12	65	37	0.02	0.0
April 13	57	41	0.00	0.0
April 14	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	48	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	36	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	36	0.00	0.0
April 20	62	46	0.09	0.0
April 21	58	39	0.06	0.0
April 22	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	62	44	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	49	0.53	0.0
April 25	72	51	1.54	0.0
April 26	54	40	0.50	0.0
April 27	41	37	0.36	0.0
April 28	43	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	43	37	0.29	0.0
April 30	45	37	0.01	0.0

May 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	52	33	0.00
May 2	64	44	0.56
May 3	58	41	0.07
May 4	51	37	0.00
May 5	64	33	0.00
May 6	58	42	0.00
May 7	81	47	0.00
May 8	86	68	0.00
May 9	76	43	0.00
May 10	81	43	0.00
May 11	71	47	0.08
May 12	55	42	0.00
May 13	61	39	0.12
May 14	60	47	0.00
May 15	61	46	0.00
May 16	60	39	0.00
May 17	73	49	0.00
May 18	84	54	0.02
May 19	67	46	0.05
May 20	76	45	0.00
May 21	55	43	0.00
May 22	59	42	0.03
May 23	57	45	0.00
May 24	56	44	0.00
May 25	58	47	0.00
May 26	68	46	0.00
May 27	65	49	0.00
May 28	61	47	0.00
May 29	64	46	0.00
May 30	62	50	0.89
May 31	68	49	0.00

June 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	52	0.00
June 2	73	51	0.00
June 3	82	56	0.00
June 4	87	57	0.01
June 5	60	49	0.01
June 6	72	49	0.00
June 7	80	63	0.49
June 8	81	55	0.78
June 9	69	55	0.16
June 10	72	56	0.07
June 11	76	49	0.00
June 12	65	47	0.00
June 13	68	50	0.00
June 14	85	53	0.00
June 15	88	70	0.00
June 16	87	66	0.00
June 17	77	54	0.06
June 18	60	49	0.08
June 19	72	54	0.00
June 20	87	67	0.28
June 21	85	66	0.00
June 22	69	49	0.00
June 23	57	47	0.00
June 24	63	47	0.00
June 25	70	44	0.00
June 26	85	49	0.00
June 27	84	56	0.02
June 28	73	54	0.62
June 29	71	58	0.18
June 30	80	60	0.08

July 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	59	0.00
July 2	73	59	0.00
July 3	75	57	0.21
July 4	66	54	0.03
July 5	67	51	0.00
July 6	75	51	0.00
July 7	75	50	0.00
July 8	76	58	0.00
July 9	80	64	0.00
July 10	90	65	0.05
July 11	84	67	0.01
July 12	85	69	0.00
July 13	88	69	0.00
July 14	89	73	0.01
July 15	90	66	0.00
July 16	77	59	0.00
July 17	69	52	0.00
July 18	78	49	0.00
July 19	84	60	0.00
July 20	83	62	0.00
July 21	87	59	0.00
July 22	86	68	0.02
July 23	90	67	0.00
July 24	88	70	0.40
July 25	77	65	0.00
July 26	75	61	0.00
July 27	90	60	0.00
July 28	76	65	0.00
July 29	82	57	0.00
July 30	89	69	0.33
July 31	75	64	0.00

August 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	68	64	0.00
August 2	85	61	0.00
August 3	86	65	0.10
August 4	85	66	0.17
August 5	77	66	0.61
August 6	75	64	0.00
August 7	94	70	0.00
August 8	82	67	0.31
August 9	88	66	0.56
August 10	79	63	0.02
August 11	70	55	0.00
August 12	73	49	0.06
August 13	69	62	0.04
August 14	68	54	0.00
August 15	66	50	0.00
August 16	68	46	0.00
August 17	70	60	0.54
August 18	74	62	0.00
August 19	70	62	0.06
August 20	77	65	0.52
August 21	74	63	0.00
August 22	76	66	0.78
August 23	79	66	0.05
August 24	71	58	0.00
August 25	75	56	0.00
August 26	78	61	0.00
August 27	70	62	0.80
August 28	72	60	0.04
August 29	82	64	0.19
August 30	78	64	0.00
August 31	85	60	0.00

September 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	68	0.00
September 2	84	67	0.00
September 3	70	58	0.00
September 4	72	56	0.00
September 5	81	56	0.00
September 6	84	61	0.00
September 7	62	55	0.00
September 8	64	52	0.00
September 9	75	51	0.00
September 10	80	62	0.00
September 11	79	62	0.00
September 12	85	61	0.00
September 13	70	59	0.01
September 14	66	53	0.00
September 15	72	49	0.00
September 16	77	52	0.00
September 17	79	52	0.00
September 18	78	55	0.00
September 19	64	49	0.00
September 20	78	48	0.00
September 21	65	52	0.00
September 22	65	45	0.00
September 23	68	43	0.00
September 24	71	51	0.01
September 25	77	51	0.00
September 26	83	50	0.00
September 27	83	53	0.00
September 28	84	57	0.00
September 29	67	56	0.00
September 30	76	52	0.00

October 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	46	0.24
October 2	59	52	0.03
October 3	64	49	0.02
October 4	57	45	0.00
October 5	57	42	0.00
October 6	60	43	0.00
October 7	59	39	0.00
October 8	60	48	0.00
October 9	52	37	0.00
October 10	55	35	0.03
October 11	56	44	0.03
October 12	48	37	0.00
October 13	50	29	0.00
October 14	58	27	0.00
October 15	66	36	0.00
October 16	58	52	0.00
October 17	57	49	0.00
October 18	64	50	0.00
October 19	69	56	0.47
October 20	76	60	0.32
October 21	79	66	0.00
October 22	73	48	0.49
October 23	48	37	0.04
October 24	46	34	0.00
October 25	42	33	0.00
October 26	46	27	0.00
October 27	62	40	0.00
October 28	63	39	0.00
October 29	53	42	0.00
October 30	55	46	0.00
October 31	62	50	0.10

November 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 3	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	56	38	0.01	0.0
November 6	49	34	0.21	0.0
November 7	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	42	28	0.13	0.6
November 10	33	20	0.01	0.1
November 11	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 12	39	28	0.09	0.9
November 13	37	27	0.01	0.1
November 14	38	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	43	37	0.01	0.0
November 16	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 18	67	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	63	48	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	40	0.00	0.0
November 21	53	43	1.06	0.0
November 22	52	40	0.22	0.0
November 23	40	35	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	45	35	0.49	0.0
November 26	43	35	0.39	0.0
November 27	38	32	0.00	0.0
November 28	34	23	0.03	0.3
November 29	34	22	0.01	0.1
November 30	26	21	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	27	19	0.01	0.1
December 2	31	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	53	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	27	0.05	0.0
December 8	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	55	28	0.05	0.0
December 12	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	38	2	0.04	0.4
December 17	17	-2	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	44	39	0.25	0.0
December 23	52	39	0.02	0.0
December 24	41	33	1.84	0.0
December 25	36	26	0.01	0.1
December 26	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	48	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	45	21	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Milwaukee Mitchell Airport	location
1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location