Pittsburgh Weather in 1978

Historical record of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Pittsburgh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	1 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	December 8
Most daily snow	10.2 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	37.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	55.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Pittsburgh in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 95 °F which happened on July 22.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Pittsburgh in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 22
2	93 °F	Jul 23
2	93 °F	Jul 21
2	93 °F	Jul 20
2	93 °F	Jun 27
6	91 °F	Jul 19
7	89 °F	Jun 2
8	88 °F	Jul 27
8	88 °F	Jul 7
8	88 °F	Jun 18
8	88 °F	Jun 12
8	88 °F	May 27

What was the coldest temperature in Pittsburgh in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 1 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Pittsburgh in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	January 23
1	1 °F	January 10
3	3 °F	February 20
3	3 °F	February 4
3	3 °F	January 9
6	5 °F	March 2
6	5 °F	February 1
6	5 °F	January 31
9	6 °F	February 23
9	6 °F	February 10
9	6 °F	January 12

January 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	40	28	0.15	0.2
January 2	28	18	0.01	0.2
January 3	21	11	0.02	0.3
January 4	36	9	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	29	0.12	0.7
January 6	40	34	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	38	0.11	0.0
January 8	49	30	1.18	2.0
January 9	30	3	0.28	3.5
January 10	10	1	0.03	0.3
January 11	17	8	0.01	0.1
January 12	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	22	0.16	1.4
January 14	28	16	0.18	1.8
January 15	20	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	21	9	0.14	1.3
January 17	30	21	1.12	10.2
January 18	28	23	0.03	0.7
January 19	26	21	0.31	3.0
January 20	28	22	1.14	10.2
January 21	24	18	0.06	0.8
January 22	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	1	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	12	0.21	0.0
January 25	43	38	0.56	0.0
January 26	47	8	0.25	1.1
January 27	15	11	0.07	0.7
January 28	17	10	0.03	0.5
January 29	20	13	0.06	0.9
January 30	22	9	0.01	0.2
January 31	22	5	0.01	0.1

February 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	5	0.01	0.1
February 2	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	26	3	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	14	0.08	0.8
February 6	17	7	0.09	0.9
February 7	20	7	0.04	0.4
February 8	29	7	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	14	0.09	1.0
February 14	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	23	0.04	0.4
February 17	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	28	16	0.08	0.7
February 19	25	9	0.01	0.1
February 20	31	3	0.00	0.0
February 21	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	23	11	0.01	0.2
February 23	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	26	0.02	0.2
February 25	38	30	0.04	0.3
February 26	32	22	0.03	0.3
February 27	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	16	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	29	16	0.01	0.2
March 2	27	5	0.00	0.0
March 3	31	21	0.23	1.9
March 4	25	14	0.00	0.0
March 5	26	13	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	15	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	28	0.01	0.1
March 9	44	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	36	0.13	0.0
March 13	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	58	41	0.20	0.0
March 15	43	38	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	33	0.13	1.1
March 17	35	27	0.06	0.7
March 18	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	61	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	41	0.21	0.0
March 22	59	37	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	44	0.09	0.0
March 24	48	34	0.01	0.0
March 25	40	33	0.34	0.0
March 26	50	37	0.14	0.0
March 27	44	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	58	41	0.09	0.0

April 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	77	44	0.00	0.0
April 2	49	32	0.12	0.0
April 3	57	40	0.42	0.0
April 4	77	51	0.42	0.0
April 5	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	55	44	0.31	0.0
April 7	72	49	0.03	0.0
April 8	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	82	45	0.00	0.0
April 11	75	49	0.05	0.0
April 12	71	46	0.00	0.0
April 13	66	43	0.00	0.0
April 14	57	34	0.00	0.0
April 15	54	34	0.00	0.0
April 16	54	33	0.00	0.0
April 17	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 18	59	42	0.28	0.0
April 19	62	46	0.35	0.0
April 20	49	39	0.12	0.0
April 21	43	33	0.05	0.2
April 22	56	30	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	31	0.10	0.0
April 24	62	46	0.00	0.0
April 25	59	44	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	49	0.00	0.0
April 27	68	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 29	72	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	35	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	30	0.00
May 2	61	34	0.00
May 3	65	32	0.00
May 4	53	44	0.27
May 5	58	45	0.08
May 6	52	44	0.00
May 7	63	35	0.00
May 8	61	51	0.49
May 9	72	49	0.15
May 10	62	49	0.00
May 11	75	43	0.00
May 12	77	58	0.01
May 13	61	50	0.41
May 14	57	48	0.09
May 15	57	47	0.31
May 16	66	52	0.13
May 17	61	54	1.09
May 18	72	57	0.02
May 19	84	52	0.00
May 20	85	56	0.01
May 21	65	50	0.00
May 22	77	42	0.00
May 23	66	56	0.65
May 24	70	61	0.55
May 25	83	55	0.00
May 26	87	54	0.00
May 27	88	56	0.00
May 28	84	63	0.00
May 29	87	63	0.00
May 30	85	64	0.00
May 31	85	65	0.00

June 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	58	0.00
June 2	89	64	0.10
June 3	75	52	0.03
June 4	73	45	0.00
June 5	75	53	0.00
June 6	81	43	0.00
June 7	76	66	0.33
June 8	80	65	1.30
June 9	73	55	0.16
June 10	79	52	0.00
June 11	86	58	0.00
June 12	88	63	0.51
June 13	63	45	0.00
June 14	68	42	0.00
June 15	74	46	0.00
June 16	82	53	0.00
June 17	87	72	0.00
June 18	88	67	0.16
June 19	80	66	0.14
June 20	84	61	0.00
June 21	83	65	0.05
June 22	77	56	0.00
June 23	80	51	0.00
June 24	82	55	0.00
June 25	84	57	0.00
June 26	81	68	1.06
June 27	93	67	0.27
June 28	84	66	0.00
June 29	87	65	0.00
June 30	86	64	0.00

July 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	63	0.00
July 2	65	61	0.93
July 3	68	62	0.15
July 4	69	62	0.00
July 5	82	61	0.00
July 6	86	60	0.00
July 7	88	64	0.00
July 8	83	70	0.17
July 9	84	62	0.00
July 10	83	60	0.01
July 11	74	53	0.00
July 12	78	49	0.00
July 13	80	56	0.00
July 14	82	67	0.30
July 15	86	62	0.00
July 16	78	66	0.00
July 17	82	60	0.00
July 18	86	58	0.00
July 19	91	61	0.00
July 20	93	70	0.00
July 21	93	74	0.00
July 22	95	75	0.00
July 23	93	72	0.07
July 24	78	69	0.00
July 25	84	64	0.00
July 26	86	71	0.00
July 27	88	71	0.03
July 28	79	61	0.00
July 29	87	59	0.00
July 30	80	65	0.00
July 31	77	65	0.49

August 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	62	0.00
August 2	86	65	0.00
August 3	80	66	0.18
August 4	78	62	0.00
August 5	71	58	0.17
August 6	78	68	0.72
August 7	76	68	0.88
August 8	80	60	0.00
August 9	83	62	0.01
August 10	77	63	0.44
August 11	77	61	0.00
August 12	81	65	0.00
August 13	83	64	0.00
August 14	85	66	0.00
August 15	86	69	0.00
August 16	84	69	0.00
August 17	84	64	0.00
August 18	84	59	0.00
August 19	87	64	0.36
August 20	74	59	0.00
August 21	76	52	0.00
August 22	81	53	0.00
August 23	83	56	0.00
August 24	85	62	0.00
August 25	85	63	0.00
August 26	81	56	0.00
August 27	83	59	0.00
August 28	85	68	0.12
August 29	81	65	0.12
August 30	71	62	0.27
August 31	65	60	0.38

September 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	53	0.00
September 2	80	48	0.00
September 3	76	56	0.23
September 4	74	57	0.00
September 5	81	51	0.00
September 6	84	57	0.00
September 7	84	62	0.00
September 8	87	66	0.00
September 9	74	62	0.00
September 10	85	60	0.00
September 11	82	65	0.02
September 12	81	65	1.44
September 13	65	54	0.00
September 14	74	58	0.12
September 15	77	63	0.00
September 16	78	62	0.08
September 17	76	65	0.00
September 18	85	68	0.13
September 19	85	70	0.00
September 20	86	69	0.00
September 21	85	64	0.38
September 22	64	52	0.03
September 23	67	47	0.00
September 24	68	50	0.00
September 25	67	48	0.00
September 26	67	39	0.00
September 27	74	47	0.00
September 28	62	44	0.00
September 29	67	35	0.00
September 30	75	49	0.21

October 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	51	0.06
October 2	63	43	0.00
October 3	68	38	0.30
October 4	61	48	0.25
October 5	68	43	0.04
October 6	51	43	0.01
October 7	51	40	0.04
October 8	48	38	0.01
October 9	57	37	0.00
October 10	67	37	0.00
October 11	70	40	0.05
October 12	72	52	0.23
October 13	62	47	0.64
October 14	48	35	0.39
October 15	48	31	0.04
October 16	41	35	0.26
October 17	53	34	0.00
October 18	58	29	0.00
October 19	56	48	0.00
October 20	58	41	0.00
October 21	68	37	0.00
October 22	73	42	0.00
October 23	59	39	0.20
October 24	49	33	0.00
October 25	68	30	0.00
October 26	63	46	0.90
October 27	54	34	0.00
October 28	61	34	0.00
October 29	52	32	0.00
October 30	61	34	0.00
October 31	66	32	0.00

November 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 5	69	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	46	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	40	0.11	0.0
November 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	46	0.07	0.0
November 13	59	45	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	45	0.05	0.0
November 15	45	33	0.06	0.0
November 16	45	37	0.02	0.0
November 17	60	44	0.50	0.0
November 18	54	41	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	38	0.00	0.0
November 20	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	40	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	34	0.00	0.0
November 23	52	37	0.21	0.0
November 24	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	29	0.12	0.8
November 27	45	29	0.47	1.4
November 28	43	26	0.01	0.1
November 29	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	25	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Pittsburgh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	34	1.08	0.0
December 4	57	32	0.44	0.0
December 5	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	29	0.04	0.0
December 8	61	36	1.51	0.0
December 9	36	20	0.49	1.6
December 10	20	9	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	7	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	28	0.10	0.0
December 17	39	28	0.02	0.4
December 18	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	58	27	0.38	0.0
December 21	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	29	0.41	0.1
December 25	34	21	0.07	0.7
December 26	32	19	0.04	0.4
December 27	21	15	0.00	0.0
December 28	26	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	26	0.12	0.0
December 31	55	39	0.54	0.0

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