Morgantown Weather in 1978

Historical record of Morgantown, West Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Morgantown Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	1 °F	February 20
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	June 26
Most daily snow	8.5 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	47.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Morgantown in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1978 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Morgantown in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 22
1	93 °F	Jul 21
3	92 °F	Jun 27
4	90 °F	Aug 19
4	90 °F	Jul 23
4	90 °F	Jul 7
4	90 °F	Jul 6
8	89 °F	Aug 16
8	89 °F	Aug 14
8	89 °F	Jul 20
8	89 °F	Jun 2

What was the coldest temperature in Morgantown in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1978 was 1 °F which happened on Feb 20.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Morgantown in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	February 20
2	2 °F	January 10
3	3 °F	January 23
4	4 °F	February 10
4	4 °F	January 9
6	5 °F	February 23
6	5 °F	February 4
6	5 °F	January 12
9	6 °F	March 2
9	6 °F	February 9
9	6 °F	February 7

January 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	40	29	0.18	0.0
January 2	29	17	0.09	0.9
January 3	20	11	0.01	0.1
January 4	36	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	31	0.15	1.2
January 6	42	32	0.02	0.0
January 7	53	41	0.04	0.0
January 8	61	32	1.03	2.0
January 9	32	4	0.36	4.0
January 10	10	2	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	23	5	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	19	0.20	2.0
January 14	28	16	0.20	2.3
January 15	18	14	0.01	0.1
January 16	20	12	0.08	1.0
January 17	31	19	0.51	6.0
January 18	30	22	0.08	0.2
January 19	25	19	0.25	3.0
January 20	27	24	0.68	8.5
January 21	25	18	0.08	0.0
January 22	23	7	0.02	0.0
January 23	29	3	0.00	0.0
January 24	44	12	0.30	0.0
January 25	48	41	1.10	0.0
January 26	50	11	0.26	0.0
January 27	16	12	0.01	0.0
January 28	15	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	17	12	0.01	0.0
January 30	19	12	0.02	0.0
January 31	18	11	0.02	2.0

February 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	8	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	14	0.00	0.0
February 4	25	5	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	14	0.08	1.0
February 6	19	7	0.10	2.0
February 7	16	6	0.03	1.1
February 8	23	11	0.01	0.1
February 9	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	15	0.18	2.0
February 14	27	23	0.06	0.2
February 15	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	20	0.01	0.2
February 17	34	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	18	0.28	3.0
February 19	21	9	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	22	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 23	30	5	0.01	0.1
February 24	31	23	0.01	0.1
February 25	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	21	0.04	0.4
February 27	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	14	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	29	18	0.12	2.0
March 2	25	6	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	19	0.29	3.2
March 4	24	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	25	11	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	33	16	0.01	0.2
March 8	34	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	44	36	0.01	0.0
March 13	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	43	0.12	0.0
March 15	43	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	30	0.30	2.3
March 17	32	25	0.05	0.5
March 18	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	66	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	40	0.24	0.0
March 22	57	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	53	43	0.03	0.0
March 24	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	40	34	0.73	0.0
March 26	47	38	0.21	0.0
March 27	43	38	0.08	0.0
March 28	59	36	0.01	0.0
March 29	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	68	40	0.10	0.0

April 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	50	0.00
April 2	51	33	0.10
April 3	63	41	0.10
April 4	79	59	0.21
April 5	60	43	0.01
April 6	60	41	0.34
April 7	69	51	0.28
April 8	61	38	0.00
April 9	60	30	0.00
April 10	81	45	0.00
April 11	78	49	0.20
April 12	69	44	0.00
April 13	67	43	0.00
April 14	60	37	0.00
April 15	56	36	0.00
April 16	54	30	0.00
April 17	60	33	0.00
April 18	56	42	0.26
April 19	61	47	0.64
April 20	48	42	0.17
April 21	44	36	0.16
April 22	55	36	0.00
April 23	60	31	0.03
April 24	63	46	0.00
April 25	53	46	0.21
April 26	57	46	0.02
April 27	67	41	0.00
April 28	66	37	0.00
April 29	70	35	0.00
April 30	59	38	0.00

May 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	30	0.00
May 2	59	33	0.00
May 3	63	33	0.00
May 4	53	45	0.37
May 5	59	45	0.09
May 6	55	46	0.02
May 7	62	40	0.00
May 8	64	55	0.42
May 9	71	55	0.27
May 10	62	47	0.00
May 11	76	41	0.00
May 12	79	61	0.00
May 13	71	51	0.51
May 14	54	48	0.19
May 15	52	47	0.13
May 16	66	50	0.19
May 17	64	51	0.95
May 18	73	54	0.06
May 19	79	53	0.00
May 20	82	55	0.00
May 21	69	50	0.00
May 22	79	44	0.00
May 23	73	63	0.08
May 24	77	63	0.40
May 25	79	61	0.00
May 26	86	53	0.00
May 27	86	56	0.00
May 28	87	62	0.00
May 29	86	62	0.00
May 30	80	61	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.00

June 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	56	0.00
June 2	89	64	0.01
June 3	73	55	0.61
June 4	73	45	0.00
June 5	78	57	0.00
June 6	82	49	0.00
June 7	78	66	0.24
June 8	80	63	0.49
June 9	72	53	0.09
June 10	78	53	0.00
June 11	86	58	0.00
June 12	87	64	0.80
June 13	65	50	0.03
June 14	69	44	0.00
June 15	72	46	0.00
June 16	80	52	0.00
June 17	86	69	0.00
June 18	88	67	0.00
June 19	76	65	0.18
June 20	87	61	0.00
June 21	79	66	0.43
June 22	77	57	0.00
June 23	78	53	0.00
June 24	82	54	0.00
June 25	85	57	0.00
June 26	86	68	1.94
June 27	92	67	0.82
June 28	85	67	0.08
June 29	86	64	0.00
June 30	80	61	0.19

July 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	61	0.00
July 2	70	61	0.72
July 3	69	61	0.91
July 4	70	61	0.00
July 5	82	57	0.00
July 6	90	60	0.00
July 7	90	62	0.00
July 8	81	66	0.53
July 9	88	64	0.00
July 10	78	63	0.18
July 11	72	55	0.00
July 12	77	48	0.00
July 13	84	60	0.00
July 14	82	64	1.55
July 15	85	68	0.00
July 16	81	62	0.40
July 17	77	60	0.00
July 18	83	59	0.00
July 19	88	61	0.00
July 20	89	68	0.00
July 21	93	68	0.00
July 22	93	74	0.00
July 23	90	74	0.36
July 24	84	67	0.71
July 25	78	66	0.00
July 26	84	70	0.00
July 27	85	69	1.49
July 28	79	61	0.00
July 29	82	60	0.01
July 30	75	69	0.12
July 31	77	68	1.24

August 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	66	0.00
August 2	86	65	0.00
August 3	87	70	0.58
August 4	78	68	0.00
August 5	79	67	0.00
August 6	85	70	0.57
August 7	79	71	0.10
August 8	81	66	0.00
August 9	82	67	0.00
August 10	79	70	0.03
August 11	82	68	0.00
August 12	83	70	0.02
August 13	85	71	0.00
August 14	89	72	0.23
August 15	88	73	0.00
August 16	89	73	0.00
August 17	85	71	0.00
August 18	83	69	0.00
August 19	90	70	0.10
August 20	77	63	0.00
August 21	79	61	0.00
August 22	83	57	0.00
August 23	84	58	0.00
August 24	88	59	0.00
August 25	84	67	0.09
August 26	79	64	0.00
August 27	83	64	0.00
August 28	86	69	0.26
August 29	80	68	0.43
August 30	77	68	0.75
August 31	70	63	0.57

September 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	58	0.00
September 2	80	54	0.00
September 3	80	63	0.92
September 4	75	57	0.00
September 5	81	52	0.00
September 6	83	58	0.00
September 7	83	66	0.00
September 8	83	67	0.00
September 9	81	67	0.00
September 10	85	66	0.00
September 11	81	68	0.00
September 12	82	67	0.56
September 13	71	62	0.00
September 14	77	61	0.07
September 15	80	63	0.00
September 16	74	63	0.44
September 17	80	66	0.00
September 18	87	66	0.00
September 19	86	72	0.00
September 20	87	70	0.00
September 21	87	69	0.43
September 22	70	57	0.51
September 23	71	55	0.00
September 24	71	54	0.00
September 25	72	50	0.00
September 26	71	42	0.00
September 27	75	51	0.00
September 28	65	42	0.00
September 29	72	36	0.00
September 30	77	56	0.00

October 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	59	0.01
October 2	62	47	0.00
October 3	73	39	0.00
October 4	65	49	0.23
October 5	73	45	0.00
October 6	55	50	0.00
October 7	52	42	0.07
October 8	50	36	0.00
October 9	59	33	0.00
October 10	70	37	0.00
October 11	73	41	0.02
October 12	76	53	0.02
October 13	67	52	0.39
October 14	52	42	0.38
October 15	48	35	0.08
October 16	49	39	0.38
October 17	53	37	0.00
October 18	61	30	0.00
October 19	60	50	0.02
October 20	62	43	0.00
October 21	72	38	0.00
October 22	76	46	0.00
October 23	69	42	0.13
October 24	55	37	0.00
October 25	73	33	0.00
October 26	67	51	1.27
October 27	57	40	0.00
October 28	64	34	0.00
October 29	57	36	0.00
October 30	67	38	0.00
October 31	68	34	0.00

November 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	34	0.00
November 2	61	28	0.00
November 3	67	36	0.00
November 4	66	38	0.00
November 5	70	39	0.00
November 6	70	41	0.00
November 7	50	42	0.15
November 8	50	37	0.00
November 9	48	30	0.00
November 10	61	31	0.00
November 11	65	35	0.00
November 12	57	50	0.07
November 13	68	51	0.00
November 14	68	54	0.12
November 15	54	42	0.52
November 16	51	42	0.20
November 17	68	49	0.28
November 18	60	45	0.00
November 19	50	35	0.00
November 20	53	26	0.00
November 21	49	35	0.00
November 22	53	38	0.00
November 23	55	47	0.27
November 24	51	34	0.01
November 25	37	30	0.00
November 26	40	31	0.05
November 27	55	37	0.62
November 28	53	31	0.05
November 29	45	28	0.02
November 30	49	30	0.00

December 1978 Morgantown Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	54	39	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	41	1.05	0.0
December 4	63	41	0.15	0.0
December 5	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	34	0.00	0.0
December 7	59	33	0.02	0.0
December 8	63	40	1.53	0.0
December 9	40	21	0.89	0.0
December 10	22	13	0.01	0.0
December 11	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	50	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	55	36	0.10	0.0
December 17	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	60	31	0.76	0.0
December 21	57	30	0.15	0.0
December 22	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 24	44	38	0.78	0.0
December 25	38	27	0.11	1.0
December 26	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	16	0.02	0.0
December 28	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	45	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	48	36	0.10	0.0
December 31	60	46	0.34	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1946–2024	Morgantown Municipal Airport	location
1872–1945	Morgantown	location