Northwood Weather in 1978

Historical record of Northwood, Iowa weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.
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1978 Northwood Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 97 °F September 7
Lowest temperature -19 °F February 2
Highest daily low 71 °F July 18
Lowest daily high -5 °F January 9
Most daily precipitation 5.1 inches June 15
Most daily snow 6.0 inches January 1
Total annual precipitation 35.7 inches -
Total annual snow 45.4 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Northwood in 1978
Rank Temperature Date
1 97 °F Sep 7
2 95 °F Sep 8
3 94 °F May 25
4 93 °F Sep 6
4 93 °F Jul 5
6 92 °F Aug 14
6 92 °F Jun 30
8 91 °F Sep 9
8 91 °F Jul 16
8 91 °F Jul 1
Lowest Temperatures in Northwood in 1978
Rank Temperature Date
1 -19 °F February 2
1 -19 °F January 10
3 -18 °F January 9
4 -17 °F January 11
5 -15 °F December 10
5 -15 °F January 16
7 -14 °F January 20
7 -14 °F January 17
9 -13 °F January 27
10 -12 °F February 6
10 -12 °F January 29
10 -12 °F January 21
January 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
18 -9 0.52 6.0
January 2
16 -5 0.00 0.0
January 3
19 -7 0.00 0.0
January 4
15 6 0.00 0.0
January 5
26 9 0.00 0.0
January 6
33 24 0.00 0.0
January 7
32 18 0.00 0.0
January 8
18 -9 0.00 0.0
January 9
-5 -18 0.00 0.0
January 10
-1 -19 0.00 0.0
January 11
13 -17 0.00 0.0
January 12
18 -1 0.00 0.0
January 13
15 5 0.10 1.5
January 14
17 5 0.00 0.0
January 15
12 -3 0.00 0.0
January 16
11 -15 0.00 0.0
January 17
16 -14 0.00 0.0
January 18
20 3 0.00 0.0
January 19
15 -1 0.06 1.0
January 20
5 -14 0.00 0.0
January 21
11 -12 0.00 0.0
January 22
23 -7 0.00 0.0
January 23
26 7 0.00 0.0
January 24
26 15 0.03 0.8
January 25
21 -5 0.14 2.0
January 26
9 -5 0.00 0.0
January 27
6 -13 0.00 0.0
January 28
9 -10 0.00 0.0
January 29
5 -12 0.00 0.0
January 30
12 -8 0.00 0.0
January 31
10 -8 0.00 0.0
February 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
12 2 0.14 2.0
February 2
4 -19 0.05 1.0
February 3
13 -2 0.12 2.5
February 4
23 10 0.00 0.0
February 5
13 -10 0.00 0.0
February 6
10 -12 0.00 0.0
February 7
12 -8 0.00 0.0
February 8
18 -4 0.00 0.0
February 9
22 10 0.00 0.0
February 10
24 -4 0.00 0.0
February 11
26 4 0.00 0.0
February 12
25 14 0.00 0.0
February 13
24 15 0.00 0.0
February 14
23 12 0.00 0.0
February 15
13 0 0.00 0.0
February 16
12 -6 0.00 0.0
February 17
16 -8 0.00 0.0
February 18
19 -5 0.00 0.0
February 19
22 -7 0.00 0.0
February 20
20 7 0.00 0.0
February 21
20 -3 0.05 0.5
February 22
20 -2 0.00 0.0
February 23
34 12 0.06 0.5
February 24
37 17 0.00 0.0
February 25
30 10 0.00 0.0
February 26
19 -2 0.00 0.0
February 27
29 14 0.05 2.0
February 28
26 14 0.00 0.0
March 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
21 -3 0.00 0.0
March 2
24 12 0.00 0.0
March 3
20 -3 0.17 4.0
March 4
16 -9 0.00 0.0
March 5
27 -5 0.00 0.0
March 6
27 15 0.00 0.0
March 7
29 9 0.00 0.0
March 8
33 1 0.00 0.0
March 9
38 12 0.00 0.0
March 10
35 21 0.00 0.0
March 11
36 30 0.00 0.0
March 12
36 29 0.00 0.0
March 13
34 29 0.00 0.0
March 14
34 29 0.08 1.0
March 15
33 23 0.00 0.0
March 16
32 15 0.00 0.0
March 17
29 15 0.00 0.0
March 18
47 18 0.00 0.0
March 19
39 30 0.00 0.0
March 20
47 28 0.00 0.0
March 21
55 30 0.00 0.0
March 22
51 34 0.00 0.0
March 23
42 28 0.00 0.0
March 24
35 22 0.00 0.0
March 25
41 23 0.00 0.0
March 26
51 23 0.00 0.0
March 27
68 30 0.00 0.0
March 28
64 31 0.00 0.0
March 29
52 30 0.00 0.0
March 30
73 34 0.00 0.0
March 31
82 52 0.00 0.0
April 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
68 34 0.00 0.0
April 2
42 29 0.12 0.0
April 3
62 35 0.04 0.0
April 4
58 38 0.21 0.0
April 5
51 34 0.00 0.0
April 6
63 43 0.38 0.0
April 7
61 38 0.00 0.0
April 8
51 42 0.00 0.0
April 9
60 38 0.00 0.0
April 10
54 39 0.27 0.0
April 11
55 34 0.05 0.0
April 12
55 42 0.00 0.0
April 13
54 30 0.00 0.0
April 14
56 32 0.00 0.0
April 15
55 34 0.00 0.0
April 16
57 33 0.00 0.0
April 17
53 36 0.00 0.0
April 18
48 39 1.05 0.0
April 19
45 37 0.11 0.0
April 20
39 32 0.00 0.0
April 21
54 27 0.14 0.0
April 22
55 34 0.00 0.0
April 23
52 42 0.21 0.0
April 24
49 40 0.15 0.0
April 25
63 38 0.07 0.0
April 26
67 39 0.00 0.0
April 27
70 41 0.00 0.0
April 28
68 45 0.00 0.0
April 29
63 51 0.00 0.0
April 30
62 42 0.00 0.0
May 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
58 31 0.00 0.0
May 2
63 32 0.00 0.0
May 3
67 37 0.00 0.0
May 4
65 41 0.00 0.0
May 5
61 39 0.00 0.0
May 6
65 36 0.00 0.0
May 7
61 46 0.00 0.0
May 8
55 45 0.51 0.0
May 9
60 42 0.11 0.0
May 10
81 39 0.00 0.0
May 11
80 59 0.00 0.0
May 12
78 50 0.00 0.0
May 13
65 45 0.82 0.0
May 14
68 40 0.00 0.0
May 15
65 45 0.00 0.0
May 16
71 47 0.00 0.0
May 17
73 44 0.00 0.0
May 18
80 48 0.00 0.0
May 19
85 56 0.00 0.0
May 20
85 50 0.10 0.0
May 21
73 45 0.00 0.0
May 22
74 48 0.00 0.0
May 23
74 51 0.00 0.0
May 24
80 57 0.00 0.0
May 25
94 67 0.00 0.0
May 26
90 64 0.00 0.0
May 27
87 63 0.35 0.0
May 28
81 67 1.06 0.0
May 29
74 60 1.65 0.0
May 30
76 57 0.29 0.0
May 31
75 60 0.00 0.0
June 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
70 51 0.61 0.0
June 2
68 45 0.00 0.0
June 3
75 54 0.06 0.0
June 4
81 54 0.00 0.0
June 5
79 54 0.00 0.0
June 6
83 51 0.00 0.0
June 7
78 56 0.02 0.0
June 8
74 40 0.00 0.0
June 9
85 55 0.00 0.0
June 10
90 65 0.00 0.0
June 11
87 67 0.00 0.0
June 12
82 53 0.00 0.0
June 13
82 51 0.00 0.0
June 14
80 61 0.00 0.0
June 15
76 62 5.06 0.0
June 16
78 67 0.29 0.0
June 17
81 65 1.10 0.0
June 18
76 56 0.19 0.0
June 19
82 56 0.00 0.0
June 20
80 55 0.57 0.0
June 21
75 50 0.00 0.0
June 22
76 58 0.00 0.0
June 23
75 61 0.19 0.0
June 24
86 63 0.00 0.0
June 25
86 68 0.03 0.0
June 26
89 70 0.78 0.0
June 27
88 64 0.00 0.0
June 28
84 64 0.00 0.0
June 29
90 68 0.08 0.0
June 30
92 69 0.00 0.0
July 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
91 70 0.44 0.0
July 2
79 67 0.29 0.0
July 3
81 64 0.00 0.0
July 4
80 62 0.00 0.0
July 5
93 70 0.00 0.0
July 6
86 63 3.08 0.0
July 7
81 62 0.04 0.0
July 8
78 58 0.01 0.0
July 9
78 64 0.01 0.0
July 10
74 50 0.00 0.0
July 11
76 55 0.00 0.0
July 12
76 61 0.00 0.0
July 13
79 58 0.43 0.0
July 14
87 60 0.00 0.0
July 15
88 63 0.46 0.0
July 16
91 66 0.03 0.0
July 17
89 69 0.17 0.0
July 18
88 71 0.04 0.0
July 19
88 69 0.00 0.0
July 20
83 63 0.14 0.0
July 21
75 61 0.59 0.0
July 22
72 64 1.48 0.0
July 23
77 53 0.19 0.0
July 24
79 55 0.00 0.0
July 25
87 63 0.00 0.0
July 26
87 65 0.00 0.0
July 27
82 58 0.06 0.0
July 28
83 58 0.00 0.0
July 29
81 65 0.00 0.0
July 30
76 53 0.00 0.0
July 31
78 59 0.00 0.0
August 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
84 59 0.00 0.0
August 2
82 64 0.00 0.0
August 3
75 48 0.00 0.0
August 4
76 48 0.00 0.0
August 5
82 52 0.00 0.0
August 6
83 56 0.00 0.0
August 7
85 56 0.00 0.0
August 8
90 68 0.00 0.0
August 9
85 58 0.00 0.0
August 10
82 54 0.00 0.0
August 11
83 57 0.00 0.0
August 12
88 62 0.00 0.0
August 13
89 65 0.00 0.0
August 14
92 69 0.00 0.0
August 15
90 65 1.28 0.0
August 16
85 59 0.00 0.0
August 17
88 65 0.00 0.0
August 18
84 64 0.00 0.0
August 19
77 52 0.01 0.0
August 20
81 50 0.00 0.0
August 21
79 58 0.00 0.0
August 22
87 61 0.15 0.0
August 23
90 70 0.00 0.0
August 24
89 68 0.00 0.0
August 25
86 68 0.00 0.0
August 26
83 64 0.00 0.0
August 27
80 66 0.48 0.0
August 28
75 60 0.00 0.0
August 29
80 53 0.09 0.0
August 30
80 54 0.02 0.0
August 31
81 55 0.00 0.0
September 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
82 56 0.00 0.0
September 2
88 65 0.00 0.0
September 3
88 60 0.08 0.0
September 4
87 60 0.00 0.0
September 5
88 59 0.00 0.0
September 6
93 60 0.00 0.0
September 7
97 66 0.00 0.0
September 8
95 67 0.00 0.0
September 9
91 63 0.00 0.0
September 10
90 63 0.00 0.0
September 11
87 65 0.00 0.0
September 12
82 61 0.52 0.0
September 13
68 59 3.70 0.0
September 14
71 55 0.23 0.0
September 15
75 51 0.00 0.0
September 16
74 54 0.00 0.0
September 17
72 49 0.00 0.0
September 18
78 58 0.09 0.0
September 19
78 49 0.00 0.0
September 20
67 50 0.20 0.0
September 21
66 43 0.40 0.0
September 22
73 41 0.00 0.0
September 23
73 43 0.00 0.0
September 24
80 51 0.00 0.0
September 25
73 44 0.00 0.0
September 26
80 50 0.00 0.0
September 27
75 45 0.00 0.0
September 28
70 39 0.00 0.0
September 29
71 53 0.00 0.0
September 30
69 52 0.04 0.0
October 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
72 40 0.00 0.0
October 2
70 54 0.23 0.0
October 3
66 42 0.00 0.0
October 4
60 46 0.04 0.0
October 5
56 45 0.06 0.0
October 6
50 42 0.00 0.0
October 7
52 38 0.00 0.0
October 8
61 30 0.00 0.0
October 9
60 45 0.15 0.0
October 10
63 49 0.63 0.0
October 11
67 45 0.00 0.0
October 12
65 43 0.00 0.0
October 13
54 32 0.00 0.0
October 14
52 30 0.01 0.0
October 15
50 41 0.00 0.0
October 16
53 34 0.00 0.0
October 17
58 31 0.00 0.0
October 18
56 37 0.00 0.0
October 19
69 32 0.00 0.0
October 20
78 36 0.00 0.0
October 21
75 50 0.00 0.0
October 22
70 43 n/a 0.0
October 23
50 27 n/a 0.0
October 24
63 33 0.00 0.0
October 25
58 42 0.00 0.0
October 26
56 33 0.00 0.0
October 27
55 30 0.00 0.0
October 28
56 29 0.00 0.0
October 29
63 41 0.00 0.0
October 30
65 47 0.00 0.0
October 31
57 32 0.00 0.0
November 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
61 27 0.00 0.0
November 2
73 37 0.00 0.0
November 3
74 48 0.00 0.0
November 4
66 40 0.00 0.0
November 5
63 44 0.00 0.0
November 6
46 32 0.00 0.0
November 7
55 26 0.00 0.0
November 8
66 35 0.00 0.0
November 9
60 34 0.00 0.0
November 10
57 44 0.00 0.0
November 11
51 32 0.00 0.0
November 12
35 29 n/a 5.0
November 13
50 31 n/a 0.0
November 14
32 25 0.00 0.0
November 15
38 16 0.00 0.0
November 16
34 21 0.12 1.0
November 17
34 28 0.53 3.0
November 18
33 21 0.00 0.0
November 19
27 6 0.00 0.0
November 20
16 8 0.00 0.0
November 21
15 7 0.00 0.0
November 22
25 12 0.00 0.0
November 23
32 23 0.31 2.0
November 24
26 16 0.00 0.0
November 25
24 12 0.00 0.0
November 26
27 18 0.00 0.0
November 27
28 22 0.00 0.0
November 28
22 -4 0.00 0.0
November 29
35 8 0.00 0.0
November 30
13 -2 0.02 0.3
December 1978 Northwood Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
17 8 0.02 0.5
December 2
15 0 0.00 0.0
December 3
14 7 0.11 1.5
December 4
30 -5 0.00 0.0
December 5
28 18 0.00 0.0
December 6
18 -5 0.00 0.0
December 7
6 -9 0.02 0.5
December 8
6 -11 0.00 0.0
December 9
1 -10 0.00 0.0
December 10
14 -15 0.00 0.0
December 11
35 13 0.00 0.0
December 12
34 22 0.00 0.0
December 13
35 20 0.00 0.0
December 14
33 15 0.00 0.0
December 15
35 22 0.00 0.0
December 16
31 23 0.00 0.0
December 17
30 12 0.00 0.0
December 18
33 22 0.00 0.0
December 19
34 26 0.00 0.0
December 20
33 15 0.00 0.0
December 21
25 6 0.14 1.8
December 22
29 17 0.00 0.0
December 23
33 15 0.00 0.0
December 24
28 -4 0.14 2.0
December 25
14 -7 0.00 0.0
December 26
19 2 0.05 1.0
December 27
16 -9 0.00 0.0
December 28
26 15 0.00 0.0
December 29
28 6 0.00 0.0
December 30
12 -5 0.17 2.0
December 31
3 -3 0.00 0.0
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