Missoula Weather in 1978

Historical record of Missoula, Montana weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Missoula Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 9
Lowest temperature	-25 °F	January 2
Highest daily low	62 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	-10 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	0.9 inches	May 23
Most daily snow	7.3 inches	May 23
Total annual precipitation	11.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	62.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Missoula in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Missoula, Montana in 1978 was 95 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Missoula in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 9
1	95 °F	Aug 5
1	95 °F	Jul 26
4	94 °F	Aug 8
4	94 °F	Aug 4
4	94 °F	Jul 25
4	94 °F	Jul 24
8	93 °F	Aug 7
8	93 °F	Aug 6
10	92 °F	Jul 23
10	92 °F	Jul 15

What was the coldest temperature in Missoula in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Missoula, Montana in 1978 was -25 °F which happened on Jan 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Missoula in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-25 °F	January 2
2	-24 °F	December 31
2	-24 °F	December 30
4	-17 °F	January 1
5	-13 °F	December 29
6	-12 °F	December 7
7	-8 °F	December 8
8	-7 °F	December 13
9	-4 °F	December 28
10	-2 °F	January 3

January 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	1	-17	0.00	0.0
January 2	-2	-25	0.00	0.0
January 3	14	-2	0.16	2.7
January 4	31	14	0.02	0.3
January 5	42	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 8	34	30	0.18	0.0
January 9	36	32	0.01	0.0
January 10	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	28	0.10	1.0
January 12	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	23	0.01	0.1
January 14	35	28	0.14	1.8
January 15	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	24	0.12	2.1
January 18	30	15	0.01	0.1
January 19	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	27	23	0.03	0.5
January 21	32	25	0.02	0.2
January 22	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	29	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	31	27	0.04	0.4
January 26	34	28	0.13	3.5
January 27	39	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	12	0.13	2.4
January 29	32	25	0.02	0.4
January 30	29	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	22	16	0.03	0.6

February 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	12	0.01	0.2
February 2	36	20	0.03	0.2
February 3	43	31	0.01	0.0
February 4	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	22	0.02	0.0
February 7	41	21	0.01	0.0
February 8	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	21	0.19	2.3
February 10	34	21	0.05	0.5
February 11	21	13	0.02	0.3
February 12	21	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	20	0	0.00	0.0
February 14	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 15	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	30	15	0.01	0.3
February 17	35	17	0.01	0.2
February 18	35	26	0.05	0.7
February 19	40	30	0.02	0.0
February 20	44	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	44	19	0.03	0.0
February 24	40	32	0.02	0.0
February 25	35	28	0.01	0.1
February 26	35	28	0.07	0.7
February 27	40	29	0.06	0.5
February 28	33	22	0.04	0.6

March 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	24	11	0.00	0.0
March 3	23	7	0.00	0.0
March 4	30	17	0.00	0.1
March 5	36	27	0.14	1.7
March 6	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	42	33	0.03	0.0
March 9	46	31	0.27	0.0
March 10	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	29	0.14	1.8
March 13	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	39	26	0.05	1.6
March 15	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	68	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	66	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	60	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	65	36	0.02	0.0
March 24	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	53	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	70	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	68	40	0.00	0.0
March 29	75	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	62	43	0.02	0.0
March 31	65	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	39	0.02
April 2	51	32	0.02
April 3	51	30	0.00
April 4	59	27	0.03
April 5	51	32	0.00
April 6	56	34	0.00
April 7	55	38	0.00
April 8	56	39	0.02
April 9	60	31	0.00
April 10	68	30	0.00
April 11	53	36	0.00
April 12	53	29	0.00
April 13	57	21	0.00
April 14	59	41	0.01
April 15	66	32	0.13
April 16	59	35	0.11
April 17	46	34	0.00
April 18	59	28	0.00
April 19	67	37	0.00
April 20	55	37	0.51
April 21	46	34	0.07
April 22	50	34	0.08
April 23	52	32	0.00
April 24	60	26	0.00
April 25	72	43	0.00
April 26	66	45	0.05
April 27	59	39	0.03
April 28	58	44	0.00
April 29	59	35	0.00
April 30	64	38	0.00

May 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	63	45	0.01	0.0
May 2	57	43	0.11	0.0
May 3	53	37	0.01	0.0
May 4	50	32	0.00	0.0
May 5	48	34	0.00	0.0
May 6	59	37	0.01	0.0
May 7	59	29	0.05	0.0
May 8	65	31	0.00	0.0
May 9	64	37	0.02	0.0
May 10	57	46	0.15	0.0
May 11	52	40	0.04	0.0
May 12	56	35	0.00	0.0
May 13	65	43	0.00	0.0
May 14	74	40	0.00	0.0
May 15	59	42	0.01	0.0
May 16	55	38	0.00	0.0
May 17	52	36	0.02	0.0
May 18	56	45	0.00	0.0
May 19	70	43	0.00	0.0
May 20	74	38	0.00	0.0
May 21	73	40	0.05	0.0
May 22	56	40	0.05	0.0
May 23	40	32	0.86	7.3
May 24	53	32	0.18	0.8
May 25	55	36	0.06	0.0
May 26	61	30	0.00	0.0
May 27	66	36	0.00	0.0
May 28	65	43	0.00	0.0
May 29	55	38	0.04	0.0
May 30	48	38	0.26	0.0
May 31	58	41	0.05	0.0

June 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	34	0.00
June 2	75	37	0.00
June 3	78	42	0.00
June 4	81	43	0.00
June 5	83	45	0.00
June 6	82	51	0.00
June 7	81	52	0.00
June 8	81	47	0.00
June 9	67	47	0.00
June 10	57	43	0.05
June 11	66	41	0.00
June 12	71	35	0.00
June 13	77	48	0.00
June 14	71	46	0.00
June 15	64	39	0.00
June 16	65	40	0.00
June 17	75	49	0.00
June 18	79	39	0.03
June 19	69	45	0.00
June 20	78	35	0.00
June 21	84	37	0.00
June 22	81	55	0.02
June 23	80	46	0.00
June 24	81	45	0.17
June 25	55	47	0.34
June 26	72	48	0.00
June 27	81	41	0.00
June 28	88	46	0.00
June 29	87	52	0.00
June 30	75	48	0.16

July 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	50	0.02
July 2	76	49	0.00
July 3	68	47	0.06
July 4	67	52	0.00
July 5	67	53	0.05
July 6	81	48	0.00
July 7	78	51	0.00
July 8	74	50	0.09
July 9	83	56	0.06
July 10	72	49	0.00
July 11	73	39	0.00
July 12	77	40	0.00
July 13	87	44	0.00
July 14	89	47	0.00
July 15	92	54	0.08
July 16	80	58	0.21
July 17	69	50	0.00
July 18	73	43	0.00
July 19	73	42	0.00
July 20	76	43	0.00
July 21	82	46	0.00
July 22	88	46	0.00
July 23	92	49	0.00
July 24	94	54	0.00
July 25	94	48	0.00
July 26	95	48	0.00
July 27	90	62	0.00
July 28	79	48	0.00
July 29	89	53	0.00
July 30	90	50	0.00
July 31	90	57	0.00

August 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	50	0.00
August 2	82	55	0.00
August 3	86	49	0.00
August 4	94	47	0.00
August 5	95	60	0.00
August 6	93	51	0.00
August 7	93	51	0.00
August 8	94	52	0.00
August 9	95	53	0.00
August 10	89	54	0.00
August 11	86	44	0.00
August 12	83	50	0.00
August 13	66	51	0.10
August 14	71	50	0.00
August 15	74	50	0.14
August 16	60	45	0.07
August 17	53	45	0.24
August 18	69	46	0.05
August 19	73	47	0.00
August 20	78	48	0.09
August 21	79	45	0.00
August 22	63	48	0.38
August 23	69	45	0.00
August 24	80	42	0.00
August 25	74	44	0.00
August 26	72	49	0.00
August 27	72	47	0.00
August 28	77	39	0.00
August 29	81	42	0.00
August 30	78	44	0.00
August 31	74	52	0.04

September 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	55	0.12
September 2	91	45	0.00
September 3	91	51	0.00
September 4	89	53	0.00
September 5	75	58	0.00
September 6	73	57	0.49
September 7	67	56	0.68
September 8	65	44	0.00
September 9	77	37	0.00
September 10	63	52	0.00
September 11	54	47	0.07
September 12	50	45	0.31
September 13	64	45	0.00
September 14	66	45	0.00
September 15	61	44	0.00
September 16	57	36	0.00
September 17	57	27	0.00
September 18	51	32	0.00
September 19	55	29	0.02
September 20	60	32	0.00
September 21	63	30	0.00
September 22	63	40	0.00
September 23	72	39	0.00
September 24	77	37	0.00
September 25	80	39	0.00
September 26	82	42	0.00
September 27	74	44	0.00
September 28	49	37	0.09
September 29	66	38	0.00
September 30	67	33	0.00

October 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	41	0.00
October 2	61	30	0.00
October 3	60	27	0.00
October 4	66	30	0.00
October 5	66	27	0.00
October 6	67	28	0.00
October 7	70	31	0.00
October 8	70	31	0.00
October 9	70	32	0.00
October 10	63	34	0.00
October 11	61	48	0.00
October 12	57	29	0.00
October 13	59	21	0.00
October 14	64	25	0.00
October 15	66	26	0.00
October 16	60	36	0.00
October 17	67	31	0.00
October 18	64	28	0.00
October 19	69	21	0.00
October 20	69	31	0.00
October 21	56	33	0.00
October 22	54	25	0.00
October 23	60	28	0.00
October 24	65	32	0.01
October 25	53	22	0.00
October 26	59	21	0.00
October 27	54	32	0.00
October 28	60	34	0.00
October 29	49	35	0.00
October 30	49	26	0.00
October 31	46	18	0.00

November 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	17	0.00	0.0
November 2	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 3	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	30	0.02	0.0
November 5	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	20	0.00	0.0
November 7	61	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	60	36	0.15	0.0
November 9	38	17	0.02	0.2
November 10	23	12	0.00	0.0
November 11	23	11	0.00	0.0
November 12	27	19	0.00	0.0
November 13	31	10	0.03	0.6
November 14	27	10	0.00	0.0
November 15	29	7	0.00	0.0
November 16	30	19	0.00	0.0
November 17	38	28	0.07	0.0
November 18	34	14	0.16	3.6
November 19	14	7	0.06	2.1
November 20	18	8	0.01	0.1
November 21	19	7	0.00	0.0
November 22	19	9	0.00	0.0
November 23	25	13	0.00	0.0
November 24	27	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	31	25	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	26	17	0.16	1.7
November 28	38	20	0.14	1.2
November 29	31	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	33	22	0.18	2.8

December 1978 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	17	0.07	1.3
December 2	20	15	0.02	1.0
December 3	26	18	0.07	1.4
December 4	39	23	0.25	1.4
December 5	25	8	0.02	0.3
December 6	20	1	0.01	0.1
December 7	9	-12	0.00	0.0
December 8	13	-8	0.05	1.4
December 9	20	13	0.07	2.2
December 10	23	10	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	22	0.05	0.4
December 12	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 13	10	-7	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	5	0.06	1.1
December 15	31	22	0.03	0.6
December 16	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	4	0.00	0.0
December 18	22	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	28	0.03	0.6
December 22	39	26	0.04	0.4
December 23	31	22	0.00	0.1
December 24	39	23	0.13	0.0
December 25	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	14	0.08	1.5
December 28	15	-4	0.00	0.0
December 29	-4	-13	0.00	0.0
December 30	-10	-24	0.00	0.1
December 31	-10	-24	0.01	0.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Missoula International Airport	location
1893–1947	Missoula 6 NW WFO	location