New York City Weather in 1978

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	10 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	81 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	21 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	May 14
Most daily snow	15.5 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	49.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1978 was 95 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 23
2	92 °F	Aug 19
2	92 °F	Aug 17
2	92 °F	Aug 14
2	92 °F	Jul 22
6	91 °F	Jul 21
6	91 °F	Jun 19
8	90 °F	Aug 24
8	90 °F	Aug 15
8	90 °F	Jun 28
8	90 °F	May 20

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1978 was 10 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	10 °F	February 5
1	10 °F	February 4
3	12 °F	January 10
4	14 °F	March 5
5	15 °F	January 30
5	15 °F	January 29
5	15 °F	January 9
8	16 °F	February 9
8	16 °F	January 16
8	16 °F	January 15

January 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	24	0.08	1.0
January 2	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	36	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	35	0.00	0.0
January 8	53	34	0.49	0.0
January 9	58	15	0.65	1.0
January 10	21	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	29	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	28	1.00	3.0
January 14	34	25	0.37	0.0
January 15	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	24	0.56	1.7
January 18	38	23	1.37	0.0
January 19	30	20	0.22	2.5
January 20	33	24	1.28	11.1
January 21	24	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	48	35	1.80	0.0
January 26	58	22	0.45	0.0
January 27	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	18	0.00	0.0

February 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	23	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	21	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	20	0.89	15.5
February 7	31	24	0.24	2.2
February 8	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	29	0.11	1.1
February 14	33	26	0.26	3.1
February 15	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	33	0.00	0.0
February 18	35	32	0.06	0.7
February 19	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	29	0.03	0.4
February 26	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	19	0.00	0.0

March 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 3	29	24	0.64	5.0
March 4	30	19	0.00	0.0
March 5	28	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	30	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	36	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	53	36	0.25	0.0
March 15	49	41	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	32	0.30	1.8
March 17	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	57	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	59	39	0.03	0.0
March 22	56	44	0.02	0.0
March 23	65	47	0.00	0.0
March 24	53	35	0.06	0.0
March 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	34	0.62	0.0
March 27	54	43	0.81	0.0
March 28	61	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	62	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	59	40	0.00	0.0

April 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	82	47	0.00
April 2	61	37	0.00
April 3	40	31	0.01
April 4	51	36	0.00
April 5	55	45	0.13
April 6	58	41	0.04
April 7	63	44	0.07
April 8	51	35	0.00
April 9	57	34	0.00
April 10	63	37	0.00
April 11	52	45	0.11
April 12	71	47	0.00
April 13	76	52	0.00
April 14	56	45	0.00
April 15	52	39	0.00
April 16	58	38	0.00
April 17	55	44	0.03
April 18	62	40	0.00
April 19	50	45	1.96
April 20	59	46	0.03
April 21	53	45	0.00
April 22	64	42	0.00
April 23	67	41	0.00
April 24	71	48	0.00
April 25	67	48	0.00
April 26	60	45	0.00
April 27	53	48	0.00
April 28	70	47	0.00
April 29	72	50	0.00
April 30	61	42	0.00

May 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	38	0.00
May 2	65	41	0.00
May 3	70	45	0.00
May 4	59	43	0.17
May 5	45	41	0.09
May 6	49	44	0.00
May 7	66	47	0.01
May 8	60	47	0.21
May 9	65	53	0.51
May 10	68	56	0.00
May 11	74	52	0.00
May 12	68	53	0.00
May 13	70	55	0.00
May 14	64	51	3.38
May 15	54	50	0.20
May 16	54	50	0.75
May 17	58	51	0.04
May 18	67	52	0.38
May 19	80	54	0.00
May 20	90	64	0.00
May 21	81	69	0.00
May 22	81	54	0.00
May 23	78	62	0.00
May 24	67	55	2.07
May 25	74	57	0.24
May 26	81	64	0.00
May 27	73	61	0.00
May 28	81	62	0.00
May 29	79	62	0.00
May 30	86	62	0.00
May 31	86	68	1.10

June 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	66	0.00
June 2	82	69	0.00
June 3	76	57	0.36
June 4	73	53	0.15
June 5	79	58	0.00
June 6	77	56	0.00
June 7	70	62	0.13
June 8	81	68	0.40
June 9	81	64	0.01
June 10	80	60	0.00
June 11	80	61	0.00
June 12	78	62	0.00
June 13	66	55	0.11
June 14	69	51	0.00
June 15	76	54	0.00
June 16	78	58	0.00
June 17	64	62	0.00
June 18	84	63	0.00
June 19	91	70	0.22
June 20	87	65	0.00
June 21	83	70	0.10
June 22	83	68	0.00
June 23	78	64	0.00
June 24	77	60	0.00
June 25	82	64	0.00
June 26	75	64	0.21
June 27	89	66	0.00
June 28	90	73	0.00
June 29	89	70	0.00
June 30	87	70	0.00

July 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	61	0.00
July 2	80	63	0.00
July 3	70	60	1.72
July 4	62	58	1.19
July 5	82	58	0.00
July 6	86	63	0.00
July 7	86	68	0.00
July 8	85	68	0.00
July 9	88	72	0.00
July 10	89	75	0.00
July 11	78	63	0.00
July 12	84	59	0.00
July 13	84	65	0.00
July 14	74	67	0.00
July 15	83	67	0.92
July 16	73	67	0.06
July 17	77	66	0.13
July 18	85	68	0.00
July 19	87	70	0.00
July 20	84	71	0.00
July 21	91	73	0.00
July 22	92	78	0.00
July 23	95	81	0.00
July 24	82	72	0.00
July 25	79	67	0.00
July 26	77	64	0.00
July 27	82	69	0.09
July 28	82	70	0.02
July 29	80	64	0.00
July 30	80	69	0.00
July 31	69	63	0.35

August 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	72	62	0.09
August 2	78	67	0.01
August 3	83	72	0.63
August 4	76	69	0.20
August 5	70	65	0.11
August 6	80	70	1.78
August 7	81	71	0.99
August 8	86	76	0.10
August 9	87	73	0.00
August 10	83	73	0.00
August 11	76	71	0.06
August 12	80	70	0.65
August 13	83	70	0.00
August 14	92	73	0.00
August 15	90	74	0.00
August 16	87	77	0.00
August 17	92	78	0.00
August 18	86	72	0.00
August 19	92	69	0.00
August 20	83	74	0.00
August 21	84	67	0.00
August 22	86	65	0.00
August 23	89	64	0.00
August 24	90	69	0.00
August 25	71	60	0.00
August 26	78	60	0.00
August 27	82	66	0.00
August 28	78	69	0.41
August 29	89	73	0.00
August 30	83	71	0.00
August 31	72	62	0.47

September 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	61	0.47
September 2	78	64	0.00
September 3	81	65	0.00
September 4	80	65	0.00
September 5	85	59	0.00
September 6	86	64	0.00
September 7	86	65	0.00
September 8	65	56	0.39
September 9	75	56	0.00
September 10	70	49	0.00
September 11	77	63	0.11
September 12	83	60	1.36
September 13	70	55	0.00
September 14	69	51	0.00
September 15	65	58	0.28
September 16	78	62	0.18
September 17	76	57	0.03
September 18	67	61	0.09
September 19	61	53	0.93
September 20	74	54	0.00
September 21	83	61	0.00
September 22	73	57	0.22
September 23	68	53	0.00
September 24	70	51	0.00
September 25	73	53	0.00
September 26	63	46	0.00
September 27	67	48	0.00
September 28	69	50	0.00
September 29	66	45	0.00
September 30	69	50	0.00

October 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	61	0.13
October 2	68	53	0.00
October 3	59	48	0.00
October 4	60	54	0.19
October 5	65	54	0.01
October 6	68	53	0.38
October 7	61	47	0.00
October 8	53	41	0.00
October 9	58	39	0.00
October 10	69	45	0.00
October 11	71	54	0.00
October 12	72	58	0.00
October 13	76	59	0.00
October 14	68	44	0.16
October 15	53	42	0.00
October 16	53	40	0.01
October 17	54	39	0.00
October 18	57	37	0.00
October 19	61	49	0.03
October 20	55	46	0.00
October 21	69	45	0.00
October 22	75	51	0.00
October 23	76	45	0.04
October 24	54	36	0.00
October 25	61	43	0.00
October 26	62	56	0.36
October 27	59	47	0.19
October 28	62	45	0.00
October 29	59	45	0.00
October 30	53	38	0.00
October 31	62	44	0.00

November 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	48	0.00	0.0
November 2	65	41	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	49	0.00	0.0
November 4	53	48	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	70	52	0.00	0.0
November 7	59	49	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	46	0.00	0.0
November 9	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	48	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	52	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	45	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	43	0.00	0.0
November 14	67	51	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	46	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	41	0.05	0.0
November 17	62	44	0.47	0.0
November 18	65	48	0.47	0.0
November 19	55	44	0.00	0.0
November 20	49	38	0.00	0.0
November 21	39	33	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	34	0.77	0.0
November 24	52	45	0.15	0.0
November 25	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	36	24	0.50	2.2
November 28	40	34	0.02	0.0
November 29	44	33	0.34	0.0
November 30	47	38	0.08	0.0

December 1978 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	32	0.02	0.0
December 4	67	47	0.23	0.0
December 5	48	41	0.19	0.0
December 6	58	41	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	43	0.00	0.0
December 8	57	48	0.75	0.0
December 9	57	32	1.79	0.5
December 10	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	51	40	0.00	0.0
December 17	47	34	0.20	0.0
December 18	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	25	0.30	0.0
December 21	49	39	0.48	0.0
December 22	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 23	47	36	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	36	0.69	0.0
December 25	45	35	0.79	0.0
December 26	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 31	50	39	0.17	0.0

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