Nantucket Weather in 1978

Historical record of Nantucket, Massachusetts weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Nantucket Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	6 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	17 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	4.4 inches	July 4
Total annual precipitation	38.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Nantucket in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1978 was 90 °F which happened on June 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Nantucket in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Jun 28
2	84 °F	Aug 18
2	84 °F	Aug 10
2	84 °F	Jun 29
5	82 °F	Jul 22
6	81 °F	Aug 19
6	81 °F	Aug 17
6	81 °F	Aug 9
6	81 °F	Jul 23
6	81 °F	Jul 18

What was the coldest temperature in Nantucket in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1978 was 6 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Nantucket in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	February 5
2	10 °F	February 4
3	12 °F	February 3
4	13 °F	January 11
5	14 °F	January 31
5	14 °F	January 30
7	15 °F	March 5
7	15 °F	March 2
7	15 °F	February 11
7	15 °F	February 10
7	15 °F	February 9
7	15 °F	January 10

January 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	35	30	0.03
January 2	34	21	0.30
January 3	27	20	0.01
January 4	34	16	0.00
January 5	38	28	0.00
January 6	40	24	0.00
January 7	36	32	0.02
January 8	47	36	0.00
January 9	54	22	1.99
January 10	22	15	0.00
January 11	28	13	0.00
January 12	34	22	0.00
January 13	44	24	0.98
January 14	48	36	0.43
January 15	38	21	0.00
January 16	28	20	0.00
January 17	36	24	0.04
January 18	47	28	0.47
January 19	32	24	0.00
January 20	42	30	2.47
January 21	35	23	0.00
January 22	32	18	0.00
January 23	28	21	0.00
January 24	35	17	0.00
January 25	48	35	0.31
January 26	53	37	0.32
January 27	37	25	0.00
January 28	29	23	0.00
January 29	23	16	0.00
January 30	23	14	0.00
January 31	25	14	0.00

February 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	28	18	0.00
February 2	23	16	0.00
February 3	22	12	0.00
February 4	17	10	0.00
February 5	22	6	0.00
February 6	35	18	0.82
February 7	37	30	0.08
February 8	30	19	0.00
February 9	31	15	0.00
February 10	28	15	0.00
February 11	24	15	0.00
February 12	31	21	0.00
February 13	32	23	0.00
February 14	34	26	0.00
February 15	36	26	0.00
February 16	37	30	0.00
February 17	40	28	0.00
February 18	38	27	0.00
February 19	32	24	0.00
February 20	28	19	0.00
February 21	32	20	0.00
February 22	29	18	0.00
February 23	37	22	0.00
February 24	36	20	0.00
February 25	38	28	0.00
February 26	38	23	0.00
February 27	35	22	0.00
February 28	31	18	0.00

March 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	29	22	0.00
March 2	28	15	0.00
March 3	34	16	0.17
March 4	34	23	0.22
March 5	23	15	0.00
March 6	32	18	0.00
March 7	35	22	0.00
March 8	35	20	0.00
March 9	38	20	0.00
March 10	39	33	0.06
March 11	40	32	0.00
March 12	44	33	0.00
March 13	41	26	0.00
March 14	45	26	0.29
March 15	50	36	0.00
March 16	39	27	0.00
March 17	33	24	0.00
March 18	32	20	0.00
March 19	40	31	0.00
March 20	38	30	0.00
March 21	49	34	0.00
March 22	48	36	0.06
March 23	46	36	0.00
March 24	50	34	0.00
March 25	37	27	0.00
March 26	42	34	0.00
March 27	49	39	0.70
March 28	47	38	0.00
March 29	49	40	0.00
March 30	45	30	0.00
March 31	48	31	0.00

April 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	34	0.00
April 2	50	32	0.00
April 3	38	29	0.00
April 4	40	30	0.00
April 5	60	40	0.02
April 6	50	35	0.00
April 7	42	34	0.00
April 8	47	37	0.00
April 9	47	32	0.00
April 10	47	34	0.00
April 11	47	41	0.00
April 12	55	40	0.05
April 13	52	41	0.00
April 14	53	40	0.00
April 15	50	38	0.00
April 16	47	29	0.00
April 17	47	29	0.00
April 18	48	35	0.00
April 19	49	39	0.42
April 20	53	43	0.86
April 21	50	42	0.00
April 22	53	40	0.00
April 23	55	40	0.00
April 24	56	42	0.00
April 25	52	38	0.00
April 26	57	40	0.00
April 27	43	36	0.48
April 28	42	36	0.10
April 29	55	42	0.00
April 30	53	42	0.00

May 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	48	35	0.00
May 2	50	37	0.00
May 3	52	41	0.00
May 4	52	41	0.00
May 5	42	39	0.88
May 6	56	41	0.00
May 7	64	41	0.00
May 8	53	38	0.00
May 9	53	49	1.25
May 10	61	47	0.19
May 11	61	44	0.00
May 12	56	44	0.00
May 13	59	47	0.00
May 14	58	47	0.00
May 15	54	47	0.83
May 16	58	48	0.39
May 17	55	42	0.00
May 18	58	48	0.00
May 19	66	46	0.00
May 20	58	51	0.00
May 21	70	51	0.00
May 22	64	49	0.00
May 23	74	49	0.00
May 24	62	52	0.10
May 25	59	51	1.84
May 26	58	50	0.00
May 27	58	48	0.00
May 28	69	51	0.00
May 29	66	56	0.00
May 30	78	58	0.00
May 31	76	56	0.00

June 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	56	0.00
June 2	63	53	0.00
June 3	68	58	0.00
June 4	74	57	0.02
June 5	69	55	0.00
June 6	68	55	0.00
June 7	69	54	0.00
June 8	65	61	0.73
June 9	65	61	0.06
June 10	69	55	0.00
June 11	68	56	0.00
June 12	71	59	0.00
June 13	72	62	0.00
June 14	68	55	0.00
June 15	68	55	0.00
June 16	71	50	0.00
June 17	69	53	0.00
June 18	70	58	0.00
June 19	77	63	0.00
June 20	79	64	0.00
June 21	75	64	0.00
June 22	70	63	0.08
June 23	80	61	0.00
June 24	74	63	0.00
June 25	78	62	0.00
June 26	75	62	0.00
June 27	74	66	0.02
June 28	90	66	0.00
June 29	84	69	0.00
June 30	80	61	0.00

July 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	62	0.00
July 2	72	56	0.00
July 3	70	58	0.00
July 4	62	59	4.37
July 5	68	53	0.07
July 6	73	58	0.00
July 7	73	64	0.00
July 8	75	66	0.00
July 9	75	67	0.00
July 10	73	67	0.00
July 11	77	60	0.00
July 12	77	55	0.00
July 13	79	60	0.00
July 14	73	65	0.00
July 15	72	67	0.27
July 16	74	65	0.68
July 17	69	65	0.96
July 18	81	66	0.00
July 19	74	65	0.00
July 20	74	65	0.00
July 21	74	68	0.00
July 22	82	70	0.00
July 23	81	72	0.00
July 24	78	60	0.00
July 25	76	56	0.00
July 26	71	59	0.00
July 27	76	65	0.00
July 28	76	69	0.00
July 29	77	65	0.00
July 30	78	61	0.00
July 31	71	59	0.00

August 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	65	0.41
August 2	78	68	1.10
August 3	79	70	0.00
August 4	78	68	0.35
August 5	78	67	0.00
August 6	78	70	0.00
August 7	78	73	0.32
August 8	80	74	0.00
August 9	81	72	0.00
August 10	84	68	0.03
August 11	80	61	0.00
August 12	73	66	0.00
August 13	80	68	0.00
August 14	79	68	0.00
August 15	80	71	0.00
August 16	80	72	0.00
August 17	81	74	0.00
August 18	84	68	0.00
August 19	81	64	0.00
August 20	80	68	0.57
August 21	75	60	0.00
August 22	79	62	0.00
August 23	79	65	0.00
August 24	75	62	0.01
August 25	65	61	0.09
August 26	71	59	0.00
August 27	74	61	0.00
August 28	71	65	0.38
August 29	76	70	0.14
August 30	80	65	0.00
August 31	74	65	0.09

September 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	60	0.75
September 2	77	58	0.00
September 3	75	63	0.00
September 4	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 5	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 6	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 7	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 8	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 9	n/a	n/a	0.04
September 10	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 11	n/a	n/a	0.01
September 12	n/a	n/a	0.02
September 13	n/a	n/a	0.04
September 14	n/a	n/a	0.00
September 15	70	n/a	0.01
September 16	75	61	0.00
September 17	72	56	0.00
September 18	68	57	0.00
September 19	62	50	0.45
September 20	68	52	0.00
September 21	71	57	0.00
September 22	75	52	0.45
September 23	61	51	0.16
September 24	70	50	0.00
September 25	70	56	0.00
September 26	56	50	0.00
September 27	66	47	0.00
September 28	70	54	0.00
September 29	58	50	0.00
September 30	60	38	0.00

October 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	55	0.00
October 2	62	55	0.00
October 3	60	51	0.00
October 4	60	55	0.03
October 5	67	53	0.00
October 6	67	57	0.46
October 7	63	56	0.00
October 8	58	47	0.00
October 9	54	42	0.00
October 10	65	54	0.00
October 11	65	53	0.00
October 12	63	53	0.00
October 13	69	56	0.00
October 14	66	60	1.31
October 15	60	46	0.08
October 16	50	39	0.00
October 17	49	41	0.00
October 18	54	44	0.00
October 19	62	54	0.02
October 20	54	48	0.09
October 21	61	46	0.00
October 22	65	55	0.00
October 23	66	49	0.02
October 24	49	41	0.18
October 25	56	45	0.00
October 26	65	56	0.00
October 27	60	50	0.18
October 28	59	48	0.00
October 29	56	46	0.00
October 30	50	44	0.00
October 31	58	45	0.00

November 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	41	0.00
November 2	60	42	0.00
November 3	59	47	0.00
November 4	63	48	0.02
November 5	55	50	0.14
November 6	58	49	0.00
November 7	64	52	0.00
November 8	52	50	0.00
November 9	56	48	0.00
November 10	58	48	0.00
November 11	59	50	0.00
November 12	52	42	0.00
November 13	47	42	0.00
November 14	59	46	0.00
November 15	57	49	0.00
November 16	50	39	0.02
November 17	56	42	0.00
November 18	65	49	0.40
November 19	53	46	0.00
November 20	47	38	0.00
November 21	44	40	0.03
November 22	44	39	0.00
November 23	43	38	0.04
November 24	52	42	0.49
November 25	44	31	0.00
November 26	31	25	0.00
November 27	45	30	0.23
November 28	48	40	0.36
November 29	45	36	0.02
November 30	52	n/a	0.63

December 1978 Nantucket Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	n/a	35	0.00
December 2	55	35	0.00
December 3	42	30	0.00
December 4	59	42	0.55
December 5	54	42	0.22
December 6	56	42	0.00
December 7	51	41	0.00
December 8	56	44	0.28
December 9	55	45	2.02
December 10	45	27	0.05
December 11	34	25	0.00
December 12	41	20	0.00
December 13	50	25	0.00
December 14	45	32	0.00
December 15	52	32	0.00
December 16	54	38	0.00
December 17	49	35	0.21
December 18	35	25	0.00
December 19	35	25	0.00
December 20	40	28	0.00
December 21	51	35	0.43
December 22	42	32	0.00
December 23	48	34	0.00
December 24	44	25	0.00
December 25	50	44	0.15
December 26	44	34	0.00
December 27	38	29	0.00
December 28	36	27	0.00
December 29	33	23	0.00
December 30	43	23	0.00
December 31	43	27	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Nantucket Memorial Airport	location