Minot Weather in 1978

Historical record of Minot, North Dakota weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Minot Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	106 °F	September 4
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	71 °F	September 5
Lowest daily high	-11 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	June 26
Most daily snow	7.3 inches	December 28
Total annual precipitation	19.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Minot in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Minot, North Dakota in 1978 was 106 °F which happened on September 4.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Minot in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	106 °F	Sep 4
2	103 °F	Sep 5
3	100 °F	Sep 3
3	100 °F	Aug 12
5	99 °F	Aug 13
5	99 °F	Aug 6
5	99 °F	Jul 24
8	97 °F	Aug 11
8	97 °F	Aug 10
8	97 °F	Aug 7

What was the coldest temperature in Minot in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Minot, North Dakota in 1978 was -24 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Minot in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	January 16
2	-20 °F	December 31
2	-20 °F	January 27
4	-19 °F	January 26
4	-19 °F	January 19
4	-19 °F	January 10
7	-17 °F	January 18
7	-17 °F	January 15
7	-17 °F	January 9
7	-17 °F	January 8

January 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	-1	0.00	0.0
January 2	17	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	9	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	9	3	0.10	1.0
January 5	5	-2	0.02	0.2
January 6	2	-3	0.00	0.0
January 7	3	-14	0.03	0.3
January 8	-8	-17	0.00	0.0
January 9	-9	-17	0.00	0.0
January 10	-1	-19	0.00	0.0
January 11	8	-9	0.00	0.0
January 12	15	-2	0.07	0.7
January 13	6	1	0.06	0.6
January 14	19	3	0.01	0.1
January 15	6	-17	0.00	0.0
January 16	-6	-24	0.00	0.0
January 17	3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 18	-9	-17	0.00	0.0
January 19	0	-19	0.00	0.0
January 20	5	-11	0.00	0.0
January 21	17	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	-5	0.00	0.0
January 25	-4	-14	0.07	0.7
January 26	-9	-19	0.00	0.0
January 27	-7	-20	0.00	0.0
January 28	1	-16	0.00	0.0
January 29	1	-13	0.00	0.0
January 30	8	-7	0.00	0.0
January 31	1	-11	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	0	-14	0.00	0.0
February 2	2	-15	0.01	0.1
February 3	13	-1	0.00	0.0
February 4	13	-8	0.00	0.0
February 5	6	-14	0.00	0.0
February 6	12	0	0.00	0.0
February 7	10	4	0.03	0.3
February 8	12	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	17	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	13	9	0.03	0.3
February 11	10	-8	0.00	0.0
February 12	14	-7	0.00	0.0
February 13	14	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	10	1	0.00	0.0
February 15	12	0	0.00	0.0
February 16	15	0	0.00	0.0
February 17	13	-3	0.00	0.0
February 18	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 20	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 21	32	15	0.03	0.0
February 22	35	25	0.12	1.2
February 23	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 25	12	-2	0.00	0.0
February 26	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 27	10	0	0.00	0.0
February 28	8	-8	0.01	0.1

March 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	8	-10	0.11	1.1
March 2	10	-4	0.26	2.6
March 3	8	-10	0.00	0.0
March 4	11	-8	0.00	0.0
March 5	10	-6	0.00	0.0
March 6	10	-11	0.00	0.0
March 7	25	10	0.06	0.6
March 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 13	22	13	0.09	0.9
March 14	27	19	0.07	0.7
March 15	33	19	0.02	0.2
March 16	28	11	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 18	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 30	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	55	30	0.05	0.0

April 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	32	28	0.20	2.0
April 3	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	28	0.00	0.0
April 5	53	38	0.04	0.0
April 6	44	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	40	23	0.00	0.0
April 8	43	29	0.00	0.0
April 9	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 10	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 12	38	26	0.10	1.0
April 13	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	55	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 16	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	45	34	0.15	0.0
April 18	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 19	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 20	50	21	0.00	0.0
April 21	58	25	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	40	0.13	0.0
April 23	44	38	0.12	0.0
April 24	56	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 26	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	43	0.00	0.0
April 28	67	50	0.00	0.0
April 29	67	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	34	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	37	0.00
May 2	68	42	0.00
May 3	70	46	0.00
May 4	66	45	0.00
May 5	66	49	0.00
May 6	71	44	0.00
May 7	53	41	0.75
May 8	53	40	0.69
May 9	68	37	0.00
May 10	72	49	0.00
May 11	60	46	0.00
May 12	54	40	0.10
May 13	68	35	0.00
May 14	72	50	0.00
May 15	78	52	0.00
May 16	78	59	0.00
May 17	78	52	0.00
May 18	76	49	0.12
May 19	56	40	0.10
May 20	69	36	0.00
May 21	76	44	0.00
May 22	85	49	0.00
May 23	83	57	0.00
May 24	81	60	0.00
May 25	74	53	0.00
May 26	73	50	0.00
May 27	77	45	0.00
May 28	79	52	0.00
May 29	83	52	0.00
May 30	58	51	0.68
May 31	52	40	1.24

June 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	55	40	0.05
June 2	68	45	0.00
June 3	73	43	0.00
June 4	76	51	0.00
June 5	80	57	0.00
June 6	67	44	0.00
June 7	66	36	0.00
June 8	73	48	0.00
June 9	89	45	0.05
June 10	71	54	0.00
June 11	60	47	0.14
June 12	72	49	0.00
June 13	78	51	0.00
June 14	87	54	0.00
June 15	77	59	0.54
June 16	76	56	0.00
June 17	70	54	0.00
June 18	88	56	0.00
June 19	72	48	0.21
June 20	69	47	0.00
June 21	79	47	0.00
June 22	80	54	0.00
June 23	92	54	0.00
June 24	84	58	0.26
June 25	72	60	0.31
June 26	73	52	1.91
June 27	82	59	0.00
June 28	88	62	0.00
June 29	81	63	0.06
June 30	73	64	0.34

July 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	60	0.04
July 2	84	64	0.00
July 3	92	62	0.00
July 4	82	61	1.08
July 5	81	58	0.00
July 6	77	58	0.00
July 7	73	49	0.00
July 8	64	51	0.09
July 9	71	48	0.00
July 10	74	51	0.00
July 11	81	55	0.00
July 12	72	57	0.74
July 13	82	50	0.00
July 14	91	57	0.00
July 15	93	64	0.00
July 16	95	62	0.00
July 17	84	63	0.13
July 18	78	57	0.00
July 19	72	53	0.10
July 20	74	55	0.00
July 21	74	56	0.00
July 22	79	56	0.24
July 23	83	54	0.00
July 24	99	66	0.00
July 25	95	63	0.00
July 26	82	58	0.00
July 27	77	51	0.00
July 28	73	59	0.00
July 29	72	55	0.00
July 30	78	56	0.00
July 31	75	51	0.00

August 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	57	0.00
August 2	64	44	0.00
August 3	72	44	0.00
August 4	83	53	0.00
August 5	88	56	0.00
August 6	99	60	0.00
August 7	97	56	0.00
August 8	79	56	0.00
August 9	87	56	0.00
August 10	97	65	0.00
August 11	97	71	0.00
August 12	100	63	0.00
August 13	99	68	0.00
August 14	81	62	0.00
August 15	84	59	0.00
August 16	89	59	0.00
August 17	71	59	0.02
August 18	71	51	0.00
August 19	86	46	0.00
August 20	86	55	0.00
August 21	76	50	0.00
August 22	72	52	0.00
August 23	81	56	0.02
August 24	91	58	0.00
August 25	92	60	0.97
August 26	85	60	0.00
August 27	77	60	0.71
August 28	77	57	0.00
August 29	74	56	0.00
August 30	78	47	0.00
August 31	82	56	0.00

September 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	63	0.00
September 2	93	60	0.00
September 3	100	60	0.00
September 4	106	68	0.00
September 5	103	71	0.00
September 6	80	59	0.00
September 7	75	54	0.00
September 8	89	61	0.00
September 9	82	52	0.00
September 10	89	57	0.01
September 11	83	54	1.65
September 12	64	50	0.65
September 13	55	48	0.07
September 14	55	48	0.00
September 15	69	43	0.00
September 16	63	50	0.18
September 17	60	45	0.00
September 18	53	48	0.28
September 19	52	40	0.00
September 20	55	36	0.00
September 21	65	39	0.00
September 22	71	45	0.00
September 23	72	53	0.00
September 24	65	43	0.00
September 25	75	45	0.00
September 26	62	40	0.00
September 27	64	35	0.00
September 28	69	47	0.00
September 29	55	42	0.01
September 30	71	43	0.00

October 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	50	0.00
October 2	53	43	0.06
October 3	52	41	0.03
October 4	46	40	0.36
October 5	44	36	0.02
October 6	47	33	0.00
October 7	59	32	0.00
October 8	66	42	0.00
October 9	66	42	0.00
October 10	73	45	0.00
October 11	58	41	0.00
October 12	50	35	0.00
October 13	53	32	0.00
October 14	58	30	0.00
October 15	46	36	0.00
October 16	57	31	0.00
October 17	54	31	0.00
October 18	55	28	0.00
October 19	74	43	0.00
October 20	72	49	0.00
October 21	57	32	0.00
October 22	50	28	0.00
October 23	61	32	0.00
October 24	65	38	0.00
October 25	42	32	0.01
October 26	57	31	0.00
October 27	51	28	0.00
October 28	53	27	0.00
October 29	55	33	0.00
October 30	45	35	0.00
October 31	58	33	0.00

November 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	69	35	0.00	0.0
November 3	59	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 7	59	36	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	38	0.01	0.0
November 9	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 10	27	13	0.00	0.0
November 11	23	9	0.01	0.1
November 12	23	18	0.21	2.1
November 13	22	17	0.50	5.0
November 14	24	14	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	12	0.00	0.0
November 16	29	5	0.00	0.0
November 17	23	18	0.11	1.0
November 18	18	-6	0.17	1.7
November 19	-2	-11	0.00	0.0
November 20	3	-14	0.00	0.0
November 21	13	-13	0.00	0.0
November 22	18	13	0.00	0.0
November 23	20	11	0.03	0.3
November 24	34	17	0.00	0.0
November 25	23	18	0.00	0.0
November 26	28	19	0.01	0.1
November 27	19	-10	0.05	0.5
November 28	37	-8	0.09	0.9
November 29	8	-9	0.00	0.0
November 30	8	-12	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Minot Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	8	-8	0.00	0.0
December 2	10	-11	0.00	0.0
December 3	25	-5	0.00	0.0
December 4	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	25	-6	0.00	0.0
December 6	3	-10	0.00	0.0
December 7	4	-11	0.00	0.0
December 8	5	-9	0.00	0.0
December 9	13	-12	0.05	0.5
December 10	32	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	26	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 18	19	4	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	11	0.17	1.7
December 20	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	25	12	0.05	0.5
December 23	12	-6	0.01	0.1
December 24	23	4	0.02	0.2
December 25	23	13	0.07	0.7
December 26	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 27	14	-4	0.00	0.0
December 28	0	-6	0.73	7.3
December 29	-3	-10	0.08	0.8
December 30	-8	-16	0.00	0.0
December 31	-11	-20	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Minot International Airport	location
1905–1948	Minot Experimental Station	location