Philadelphia Weather in 1979

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 1
Lowest daily high	13 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	July 16
Most daily snow	13.9 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	52.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	44.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1979 was 94 °F which happened on July 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 13
2	93 °F	Aug 10
3	92 °F	Aug 1
3	92 °F	Jul 12
5	91 °F	Aug 8
5	91 °F	Aug 5
5	91 °F	Aug 2
5	91 °F	Jul 16
5	91 °F	Jul 15
10	90 °F	Aug 6
10	90 °F	Aug 4
10	90 °F	Jul 31
10	90 °F	Jul 25
10	90 °F	Jul 17

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1979 was -2 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	February 11
2	-1 °F	February 10
3	0 °F	February 18
4	1 °F	February 20
5	2 °F	February 17
5	2 °F	February 14
5	2 °F	February 12
8	5 °F	February 13
9	8 °F	February 16
9	8 °F	February 9

January 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	61	45	0.25	0.0
January 2	63	35	1.40	0.0
January 3	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	23	0.08	1.2
January 6	32	26	0.12	1.7
January 7	54	30	1.30	1.3
January 8	57	23	0.48	0.0
January 9	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 10	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	18	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	16	0.21	2.1
January 13	39	26	0.53	0.0
January 14	43	26	0.02	0.0
January 15	29	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	24	0.09	0.9
January 18	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 19	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	20	1.50	0.4
January 21	56	34	1.32	0.0
January 22	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	55	34	1.18	0.0
January 25	46	31	0.02	0.2
January 26	43	32	0.01	0.1
January 27	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	30	0.14	1.3
January 29	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 30	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	28	0.09	0.9

February 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 7	25	21	0.59	7.6
February 8	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 10	18	-1	0.00	0.0
February 11	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 12	16	2	0.43	4.8
February 13	15	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	14	2	0.04	0.4
February 15	23	12	0.05	0.3
February 16	24	8	0.10	0.2
February 17	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	0	0.02	0.4
February 19	30	12	1.03	13.9
February 20	35	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	18	0.34	0.0
February 22	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	30	0.23	0.0
February 24	43	37	1.84	0.0
February 25	44	37	0.71	0.0
February 26	41	36	1.02	0.0
February 27	39	35	0.04	0.0
February 28	54	28	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	52	30	0.00
March 2	56	41	0.02
March 3	44	39	0.00
March 4	63	36	0.00
March 5	63	54	0.12
March 6	57	45	0.93
March 7	51	38	0.00
March 8	55	35	0.00
March 9	57	35	0.00
March 10	60	42	0.06
March 11	49	26	0.38
March 12	43	23	0.00
March 13	59	26	0.00
March 14	65	39	0.16
March 15	40	24	0.00
March 16	44	17	0.00
March 17	59	28	0.00
March 18	59	34	0.00
March 19	55	28	0.00
March 20	63	36	0.00
March 21	65	40	0.00
March 22	69	36	0.00
March 23	70	38	0.00
March 24	61	52	0.71
March 25	59	37	0.00
March 26	45	34	0.00
March 27	47	29	0.00
March 28	50	28	0.00
March 29	72	39	0.04
March 30	80	53	0.00
March 31	81	57	0.01

April 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	46	0.00
April 2	52	43	0.24
April 3	52	45	0.19
April 4	45	42	0.28
April 5	57	38	0.00
April 6	53	36	0.00
April 7	50	32	0.00
April 8	48	30	0.02
April 9	46	36	0.81
April 10	57	38	0.00
April 11	63	36	0.00
April 12	59	42	0.09
April 13	54	41	0.06
April 14	49	39	0.83
April 15	61	39	0.02
April 16	55	41	0.02
April 17	57	44	0.00
April 18	64	42	0.00
April 19	65	41	0.00
April 20	66	41	0.00
April 21	72	42	0.00
April 22	74	47	0.00
April 23	78	53	0.00
April 24	73	50	0.00
April 25	79	56	0.24
April 26	72	59	1.00
April 27	70	54	0.15
April 28	65	49	0.13
April 29	68	48	0.00
April 30	71	47	0.00

May 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	49	0.00
May 2	69	46	0.00
May 3	78	49	0.05
May 4	72	55	0.01
May 5	66	51	0.01
May 6	73	47	0.00
May 7	81	51	0.00
May 8	86	56	0.00
May 9	89	63	0.00
May 10	89	67	0.00
May 11	87	62	0.00
May 12	68	62	0.06
May 13	77	66	0.46
May 14	68	59	0.10
May 15	78	58	0.00
May 16	74	56	0.00
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	64	57	0.82
May 19	66	59	0.58
May 20	72	59	0.01
May 21	68	59	0.00
May 22	75	62	0.00
May 23	80	61	0.45
May 24	79	66	0.85
May 25	80	64	0.33
May 26	68	56	0.00
May 27	76	54	0.00
May 28	75	55	0.12
May 29	79	53	0.09
May 30	80	61	0.02
May 31	80	61	0.02

June 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	69	0.01
June 2	75	64	0.01
June 3	72	65	0.41
June 4	68	61	0.50
June 5	84	60	0.28
June 6	80	63	0.00
June 7	84	62	0.26
June 8	85	64	0.00
June 9	83	66	0.00
June 10	83	66	0.00
June 11	69	52	1.46
June 12	70	48	0.00
June 13	73	50	0.00
June 14	77	50	0.00
June 15	82	57	0.00
June 16	83	60	0.00
June 17	79	61	0.15
June 18	85	62	0.00
June 19	80	60	0.00
June 20	80	56	0.00
June 21	80	58	0.00
June 22	79	60	1.18
June 23	84	61	0.03
June 24	71	55	0.01
June 25	75	52	0.00
June 26	77	55	0.00
June 27	76	54	0.00
June 28	80	61	0.02
June 29	81	61	0.00
June 30	84	68	0.02

July 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	64	0.09
July 2	78	64	0.00
July 3	84	64	0.00
July 4	75	58	0.22
July 5	67	55	0.00
July 6	79	54	0.00
July 7	82	55	0.00
July 8	84	59	0.00
July 9	84	61	0.00
July 10	82	63	0.00
July 11	86	67	0.00
July 12	92	70	0.00
July 13	94	72	0.00
July 14	89	73	0.29
July 15	91	73	0.00
July 16	91	72	1.89
July 17	90	72	0.00
July 18	84	70	0.12
July 19	85	69	0.00
July 20	86	70	0.00
July 21	80	72	0.09
July 22	85	67	0.00
July 23	85	71	0.20
July 24	86	69	0.98
July 25	90	73	0.00
July 26	89	76	0.06
July 27	85	73	0.00
July 28	87	70	0.00
July 29	82	72	0.01
July 30	85	72	0.00
July 31	90	74	0.00

August 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	76	0.00
August 2	91	74	1.58
August 3	87	74	0.60
August 4	90	75	0.03
August 5	91	71	0.00
August 6	90	72	0.00
August 7	84	63	0.00
August 8	91	73	0.01
August 9	87	71	0.00
August 10	93	72	0.97
August 11	84	64	0.71
August 12	64	58	1.17
August 13	77	58	0.00
August 14	84	64	0.00
August 15	71	57	0.00
August 16	76	53	0.00
August 17	75	50	0.00
August 18	71	59	0.22
August 19	83	64	0.00
August 20	83	66	0.00
August 21	77	63	0.10
August 22	82	61	0.00
August 23	82	63	0.00
August 24	86	71	0.02
August 25	87	73	0.21
August 26	83	72	0.00
August 27	88	73	0.12
August 28	86	72	0.00
August 29	86	75	0.21
August 30	89	74	0.00
August 31	87	68	0.00

September 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	67	0.00
September 2	87	69	0.01
September 3	84	74	0.00
September 4	85	72	0.00
September 5	82	72	0.82
September 6	87	73	1.32
September 7	85	69	0.00
September 8	74	62	0.00
September 9	74	55	0.00
September 10	76	56	0.00
September 11	79	61	0.00
September 12	78	58	0.00
September 13	79	58	0.02
September 14	84	67	0.61
September 15	72	56	0.00
September 16	74	52	0.00
September 17	77	54	0.00
September 18	78	58	0.00
September 19	72	53	0.01
September 20	68	45	0.00
September 21	69	58	0.64
September 22	69	59	0.22
September 23	68	54	0.28
September 24	67	51	0.00
September 25	69	55	0.00
September 26	78	54	0.00
September 27	73	56	0.00
September 28	77	60	0.00
September 29	77	69	0.37
September 30	70	63	0.59

October 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	65	62	0.72	0.0
October 2	75	62	0.00	0.0
October 3	73	65	0.20	0.0
October 4	74	57	0.00	0.0
October 5	75	53	0.52	0.0
October 6	65	50	0.00	0.0
October 7	65	47	0.06	0.0
October 8	62	46	0.00	0.0
October 9	64	42	0.62	0.0
October 10	42	33	1.08	2.1
October 11	51	37	0.01	0.0
October 12	61	45	0.21	0.0
October 13	55	40	0.04	0.0
October 14	56	36	0.00	0.0
October 15	61	37	0.00	0.0
October 16	65	40	0.00	0.0
October 17	66	49	0.00	0.0
October 18	72	52	0.00	0.0
October 19	72	50	0.00	0.0
October 20	72	52	0.00	0.0
October 21	80	56	0.00	0.0
October 22	82	56	0.00	0.0
October 23	77	53	0.10	0.0
October 24	56	42	0.13	0.0
October 25	55	42	0.00	0.0
October 26	49	35	0.00	0.0
October 27	50	39	0.00	0.0
October 28	53	41	0.15	0.0
October 29	62	39	0.00	0.0
October 30	56	38	0.00	0.0
October 31	58	37	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	40	0.00
November 2	74	51	0.37
November 3	64	39	0.54
November 4	56	33	0.00
November 5	53	36	0.00
November 6	57	34	0.00
November 7	56	41	0.00
November 8	51	33	0.00
November 9	61	48	0.00
November 10	65	56	0.20
November 11	56	46	0.68
November 12	55	46	0.01
November 13	50	47	0.05
November 14	48	34	0.02
November 15	47	33	0.00
November 16	49	32	0.02
November 17	61	33	0.00
November 18	67	36	0.00
November 19	64	41	0.00
November 20	60	43	0.00
November 21	63	37	0.00
November 22	64	44	0.00
November 23	70	44	0.00
November 24	71	60	0.00
November 25	73	55	0.00
November 26	68	50	0.59
November 27	58	46	0.00
November 28	64	42	0.00
November 29	42	29	0.00
November 30	39	27	0.00

December 1979 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	35	0.40	0.0
December 7	51	38	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	60	35	0.00	0.0
December 12	62	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	54	40	0.50	0.0
December 14	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	29	0.12	0.0
December 17	44	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	26	24	0.40	4.9
December 20	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 24	57	42	0.06	0.0
December 25	60	43	0.19	0.0
December 26	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	48	34	0.00	0.0
December 29	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 31	46	29	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1941–2024	Philadelphia International Airport	location
1916–1940	Philadelphia Naval Yard	location
1894–1915	Drexel University	location