Poughkeepsie Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	16 °F	February 5
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	May 24
Most daily snow	14.2 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	32.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	69.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1978 was 96 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 23
2	94 °F	Jul 22
3	93 °F	Jul 21
4	91 °F	Aug 17
5	90 °F	Aug 16
5	90 °F	Aug 15
5	90 °F	Jul 10
5	90 °F	Jun 27
9	89 °F	Aug 14
9	89 °F	Jul 20
9	89 °F	Jul 19
9	89 °F	Jul 9
9	89 °F	May 31

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1978 was -8 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	February 10
1	-8 °F	February 9
1	-8 °F	February 5
4	-7 °F	February 11
5	-6 °F	February 20
6	-5 °F	February 22
6	-5 °F	February 4
8	-3 °F	January 24
8	-3 °F	January 22
10	-2 °F	January 23

January 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	12	0.10	2.0
January 2	29	16	0.15	1.0
January 3	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	2	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	32	22	0.05	1.0
January 8	57	32	0.36	0.0
January 9	60	13	1.01	0.0
January 10	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	20	0.43	5.0
January 14	25	20	0.40	3.0
January 15	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	20	0.52	3.0
January 18	33	19	0.60	0.0
January 19	26	5	0.04	0.1
January 20	27	18	0.98	8.7
January 21	27	8	0.04	0.0
January 22	32	-3	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	-2	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	-3	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	23	0.84	0.0
January 26	58	21	0.67	0.0
January 27	26	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	2	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	16	-5	0.00	0.0
February 5	16	-8	0.00	0.0
February 6	20	12	1.35	14.2
February 7	28	16	0.29	7.5
February 8	31	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	32	-8	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	-8	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	-7	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	41	19	0.02	0.4
February 14	33	20	0.09	1.2
February 15	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 16	39	0	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	20	0.05	0.2
February 19	27	3	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	-6	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	5	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	-5	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	9	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	27	0.01	0.2
February 26	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	4	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	8	0.00	0.0
March 2	30	5	0.00	0.0
March 3	24	10	0.36	5.0
March 4	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 5	28	4	0.00	0.0
March 6	34	2	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	4	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	10	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	5	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 12	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 13	48	25	0.00	0.0
March 14	51	32	0.56	0.0
March 15	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	25	0.47	4.7
March 17	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	12	0.00	0.0
March 19	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	61	30	0.02	0.0
March 22	47	32	0.02	0.0
March 23	58	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	30	0.24	2.0
March 27	47	36	0.87	0.0
March 28	54	39	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 31	54	30	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	39	0.00
April 2	51	32	0.00
April 3	41	22	0.00
April 4	48	32	0.00
April 5	55	40	0.00
April 6	56	30	0.00
April 7	57	43	0.14
April 8	48	33	0.00
April 9	57	25	0.00
April 10	62	23	0.00
April 11	57	44	0.08
April 12	66	40	0.00
April 13	75	39	0.00
April 14	50	42	0.00
April 15	46	32	0.00
April 16	55	35	0.00
April 17	54	37	0.00
April 18	62	31	0.00
April 19	48	42	0.68
April 20	56	43	0.13
April 21	49	37	0.00
April 22	59	39	0.00
April 23	63	28	0.00
April 24	67	29	0.00
April 25	62	32	0.00
April 26	66	32	0.00
April 27	60	38	0.00
April 28	66	32	0.00
April 29	68	35	0.00
April 30	53	36	0.00

May 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	49	30	0.00
May 2	62	34	0.00
May 3	65	34	0.00
May 4	59	32	0.02
May 5	44	39	0.95
May 6	54	42	0.00
May 7	66	43	0.00
May 8	66	36	0.12
May 9	75	53	0.33
May 10	62	46	0.00
May 11	73	42	0.00
May 12	73	46	0.00
May 13	65	51	0.01
May 14	66	52	1.14
May 15	55	49	0.00
May 16	57	48	1.31
May 17	60	50	0.08
May 18	63	51	0.11
May 19	78	49	0.00
May 20	87	49	0.00
May 21	75	47	0.08
May 22	79	40	0.00
May 23	81	44	0.00
May 24	60	54	2.03
May 25	77	56	0.23
May 26	85	52	0.00
May 27	80	58	0.00
May 28	83	57	0.00
May 29	82	62	0.00
May 30	88	59	0.00
May 31	89	60	0.59

June 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	60	0.00
June 2	86	59	0.00
June 3	70	56	0.49
June 4	71	47	0.00
June 5	75	44	0.00
June 6	75	44	0.00
June 7	72	50	0.70
June 8	82	65	0.00
June 9	78	53	0.05
June 10	77	50	0.00
June 11	82	52	0.00
June 12	85	56	0.00
June 13	65	52	0.36
June 14	66	43	0.00
June 15	74	40	0.00
June 16	77	42	0.00
June 17	64	56	0.00
June 18	84	61	0.08
June 19	88	61	0.01
June 20	85	55	0.00
June 21	84	58	0.00
June 22	81	59	0.00
June 23	80	52	0.00
June 24	80	48	0.00
June 25	83	48	0.00
June 26	75	55	0.00
June 27	90	65	0.00
June 28	87	67	0.00
June 29	88	59	0.00
June 30	81	58	0.00

July 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	50	0.00
July 2	80	45	0.00
July 3	72	50	0.33
July 4	62	50	0.66
July 5	81	45	0.00
July 6	87	54	0.00
July 7	86	61	0.00
July 8	88	62	0.00
July 9	89	72	0.08
July 10	90	65	0.96
July 11	74	51	0.00
July 12	82	47	0.00
July 13	84	50	0.00
July 14	77	63	0.05
July 15	82	67	0.00
July 16	76	66	0.00
July 17	75	63	0.53
July 18	86	62	0.00
July 19	89	58	0.00
July 20	89	66	0.00
July 21	93	69	0.00
July 22	94	75	0.00
July 23	96	74	0.05
July 24	86	60	0.00
July 25	79	59	0.00
July 26	77	55	0.00
July 27	85	68	0.09
July 28	82	58	0.00
July 29	78	53	0.15
July 30	75	55	0.00
July 31	65	54	0.14

August 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	71	59	0.00
August 2	84	65	0.00
August 3	87	72	0.00
August 4	77	65	0.31
August 5	76	64	0.00
August 6	83	69	0.41
August 7	82	71	0.36
August 8	87	70	0.00
August 9	84	65	0.00
August 10	81	61	0.00
August 11	80	57	0.00
August 12	80	69	0.26
August 13	84	69	0.00
August 14	89	65	0.00
August 15	90	66	0.00
August 16	90	74	0.00
August 17	91	69	0.00
August 18	83	60	0.00
August 19	88	54	0.00
August 20	84	65	0.00
August 21	81	54	0.00
August 22	85	48	0.00
August 23	88	51	0.00
August 24	83	64	0.17
August 25	69	58	0.04
August 26	76	58	0.00
August 27	81	52	0.00
August 28	74	69	0.09
August 29	88	68	0.00
August 30	78	63	0.00
August 31	68	61	0.68

September 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	57	0.00
September 2	80	50	0.00
September 3	83	57	0.00
September 4	77	53	0.00
September 5	81	49	0.00
September 6	84	53	0.00
September 7	82	52	0.00
September 8	67	41	0.00
September 9	70	47	0.00
September 10	68	39	0.00
September 11	77	58	0.00
September 12	82	55	0.12
September 13	68	44	0.00
September 14	68	37	0.00
September 15	65	53	0.02
September 16	73	56	0.00
September 17	73	45	0.00
September 18	63	56	0.91
September 19	67	48	0.48
September 20	71	44	0.00
September 21	86	57	0.00
September 22	73	52	0.27
September 23	68	44	0.00
September 24	70	42	0.00
September 25	70	49	0.00
September 26	64	35	0.00
September 27	68	34	0.00
September 28	67	40	0.00
September 29	65	32	0.00
September 30	68	35	0.00

October 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	51	0.02
October 2	63	42	0.00
October 3	60	35	0.00
October 4	58	50	0.11
October 5	65	50	0.01
October 6	69	49	0.33
October 7	62	41	0.00
October 8	50	37	0.00
October 9	60	30	0.00
October 10	72	36	0.00
October 11	72	40	0.00
October 12	73	49	0.00
October 13	75	50	0.00
October 14	71	45	0.22
October 15	51	30	0.00
October 16	54	28	0.00
October 17	49	25	0.00
October 18	55	21	0.00
October 19	60	46	0.14
October 20	55	34	0.00
October 21	70	32	0.00
October 22	77	42	0.00
October 23	74	41	0.06
October 24	52	33	0.00
October 25	60	29	0.00
October 26	59	52	0.30
October 27	58	34	0.04
October 28	64	33	0.00
October 29	54	30	0.00
October 30	55	29	0.00
October 31	64	34	0.00

November 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	65	25	0.00	0.0
November 3	67	30	0.00	0.0
November 4	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	73	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	55	38	0.03	0.0
November 8	46	36	0.02	0.0
November 9	62	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 12	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	47	32	0.00	0.0
November 14	63	47	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	37	0.02	0.0
November 16	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	59	25	0.23	0.0
November 18	65	43	0.00	0.0
November 19	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	26	0.05	0.1
November 22	30	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	36	30	0.10	0.8
November 24	47	36	0.05	0.0
November 25	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	28	19	0.39	3.0
November 28	40	28	0.16	0.0
November 29	41	23	0.37	0.0
November 30	46	28	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	47	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	37	17	0.24	0.0
December 4	62	36	0.10	0.0
December 5	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	55	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	41	0.27	0.0
December 9	48	27	0.83	0.5
December 10	29	20	0.00	n/a
December 11	29	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	23	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	32	0.12	0.0
December 18	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	32	20	0.10	0.0
December 21	42	30	0.16	0.0
December 22	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	15	0.25	3.0
December 25	39	30	0.44	3.0
December 26	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	25	5	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	9	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	30	0.15	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Airport	location
1893–1948	Poughkeepsie	location