Poughkeepsie Weather in 1979

Historical record of Poughkeepsie, New York weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	May 24
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	45.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	17.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1979 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 5
1	94 °F	Jul 13
3	93 °F	May 10
4	92 °F	May 9
5	91 °F	Aug 10
5	91 °F	Aug 2
5	91 °F	Aug 1
5	91 °F	Jul 23
9	90 °F	Aug 4
9	90 °F	Jul 25
9	90 °F	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1979 was -15 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	February 12
1	-15 °F	February 11
3	-14 °F	February 18
3	-14 °F	February 14
5	-12 °F	February 10
6	-10 °F	February 17
6	-10 °F	February 13
8	-5 °F	February 20
9	-4 °F	January 19
10	0 °F	February 9
10	0 °F	January 12

January 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	56	42	0.44	0.0
January 2	56	31	1.07	0.0
January 3	31	12	0.01	0.0
January 4	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 5	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	31	18	0.29	3.0
January 7	33	22	0.87	1.0
January 8	35	25	0.82	0.0
January 9	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	20	0.50	0.0
January 14	39	27	0.04	0.0
January 15	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	24	12	0.18	2.3
January 18	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 19	10	-4	0.00	0.0
January 20	27	7	0.66	2.0
January 21	40	27	2.02	0.0
January 22	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	26	0.78	0.0
January 25	43	35	0.54	0.0
January 26	40	34	0.08	0.0
January 27	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	33	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	25	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	34	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	11	0.00	0.0
February 7	18	10	0.18	3.5
February 8	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 9	18	0	0.00	0.0
February 10	17	-12	0.00	0.0
February 11	11	-15	0.00	0.0
February 12	11	-15	0.00	0.0
February 13	13	-10	0.00	0.0
February 14	15	-14	0.00	0.0
February 15	17	2	0.00	0.0
February 16	17	4	0.01	0.1
February 17	9	-10	0.00	0.0
February 18	10	-14	0.00	0.0
February 19	23	1	0.19	2.5
February 20	38	-5	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	41	33	1.36	0.0
February 25	40	31	0.05	0.0
February 26	34	31	0.58	0.0
February 27	36	27	0.02	0.0
February 28	51	22	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	53	23	0.00
March 2	42	36	0.12
March 3	45	34	0.00
March 4	45	34	0.00
March 5	59	45	0.00
March 6	54	39	1.69
March 7	45	39	0.00
March 8	46	28	0.00
March 9	50	25	0.00
March 10	46	33	0.68
March 11	43	22	0.22
March 12	36	22	0.00
March 13	48	19	0.00
March 14	56	33	0.00
March 15	33	18	0.00
March 16	38	15	0.00
March 17	43	25	0.00
March 18	46	19	0.00
March 19	49	22	0.00
March 20	55	24	0.00
March 21	64	34	0.00
March 22	71	29	0.00
March 23	71	31	0.00
March 24	61	43	0.50
March 25	62	38	0.02
March 26	44	32	0.00
March 27	43	27	0.00
March 28	49	19	0.00
March 29	53	36	0.04
March 30	70	46	0.01
March 31	73	48	0.00

April 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	44	0.00
April 2	46	40	0.06
April 3	50	34	0.09
April 4	45	29	0.13
April 5	51	30	0.01
April 6	46	29	0.00
April 7	45	30	0.00
April 8	50	24	0.07
April 9	38	34	0.95
April 10	51	30	0.09
April 11	60	27	0.00
April 12	65	32	0.00
April 13	56	34	0.00
April 14	44	36	0.74
April 15	47	36	0.13
April 16	50	40	0.14
April 17	54	39	0.00
April 18	57	30	0.00
April 19	58	28	0.00
April 20	62	26	0.00
April 21	69	29	0.00
April 22	74	39	0.00
April 23	78	42	0.00
April 24	77	38	0.00
April 25	70	48	0.00
April 26	65	55	0.22
April 27	63	52	0.72
April 28	67	51	0.31
April 29	66	44	0.00
April 30	72	36	0.00

May 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	46	0.00
May 2	67	34	0.00
May 3	70	36	0.22
May 4	67	50	0.00
May 5	60	46	0.00
May 6	66	46	0.00
May 7	79	43	0.00
May 8	86	49	0.00
May 9	92	57	0.00
May 10	93	66	0.07
May 11	82	59	0.00
May 12	68	57	0.00
May 13	69	60	0.09
May 14	60	52	0.08
May 15	75	53	0.00
May 16	70	46	0.00
May 17	70	42	0.00
May 18	60	47	0.13
May 19	66	57	0.06
May 20	72	56	0.01
May 21	70	57	0.00
May 22	72	47	0.00
May 23	58	49	0.80
May 24	60	57	2.11
May 25	68	55	0.74
May 26	70	52	0.03
May 27	64	47	0.00
May 28	72	54	0.04
May 29	71	48	0.01
May 30	74	55	0.00
May 31	80	50	0.00

June 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	55	0.00
June 2	75	57	0.00
June 3	74	61	0.03
June 4	75	56	0.00
June 5	85	51	0.47
June 6	70	53	0.00
June 7	81	54	0.00
June 8	82	63	0.00
June 9	80	66	0.00
June 10	81	66	0.00
June 11	69	50	1.00
June 12	66	43	0.00
June 13	70	42	0.00
June 14	78	43	0.00
June 15	87	51	0.00
June 16	89	67	0.00
June 17	84	63	0.00
June 18	86	61	0.00
June 19	78	56	0.00
June 20	82	50	0.00
June 21	79	53	0.00
June 22	72	53	0.32
June 23	76	55	0.00
June 24	64	48	0.00
June 25	72	44	0.00
June 26	77	39	0.00
June 27	78	51	0.00
June 28	78	55	0.00
June 29	82	56	0.00
June 30	80	65	0.33

July 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	63	0.04
July 2	76	60	0.28
July 3	82	60	0.00
July 4	67	50	0.00
July 5	65	44	0.00
July 6	74	44	0.00
July 7	78	44	0.00
July 8	83	49	0.00
July 9	86	57	0.00
July 10	80	58	0.00
July 11	83	62	0.00
July 12	88	66	0.00
July 13	94	63	0.00
July 14	90	64	0.00
July 15	86	73	0.04
July 16	87	70	0.27
July 17	86	67	0.00
July 18	78	60	0.00
July 19	86	58	0.00
July 20	86	60	0.00
July 21	85	65	0.00
July 22	89	64	0.05
July 23	91	65	0.00
July 24	89	68	0.98
July 25	90	68	0.00
July 26	88	73	0.15
July 27	85	71	0.00
July 28	87	65	0.00
July 29	84	68	0.02
July 30	89	66	0.00
July 31	89	69	0.00

August 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	72	0.00
August 2	91	74	0.01
August 3	88	72	0.00
August 4	90	72	0.00
August 5	94	66	0.00
August 6	83	63	0.10
August 7	82	50	0.00
August 8	87	71	0.00
August 9	84	58	0.00
August 10	91	60	0.35
August 11	72	60	0.99
August 12	60	54	1.76
August 13	79	54	0.00
August 14	73	55	0.00
August 15	67	56	0.00
August 16	74	48	0.00
August 17	72	42	0.00
August 18	62	49	0.37
August 19	79	61	0.08
August 20	78	55	0.00
August 21	81	59	0.00
August 22	84	59	0.00
August 23	81	60	0.00
August 24	77	69	0.03
August 25	87	68	0.01
August 26	84	63	0.00
August 27	86	70	0.00
August 28	86	64	0.00
August 29	84	68	0.00
August 30	87	67	0.00
August 31	81	60	0.00

September 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	57	0.00
September 2	82	59	0.00
September 3	87	69	0.60
September 4	87	62	0.00
September 5	84	66	0.00
September 6	80	70	1.60
September 7	81	62	0.00
September 8	71	54	0.00
September 9	70	45	0.00
September 10	76	44	0.00
September 11	73	47	0.00
September 12	75	43	0.00
September 13	78	49	0.00
September 14	80	60	0.02
September 15	72	47	0.00
September 16	72	43	0.00
September 17	78	46	0.00
September 18	79	48	0.00
September 19	67	39	0.00
September 20	64	34	0.00
September 21	63	46	1.44
September 22	63	54	0.73
September 23	64	41	0.00
September 24	67	35	0.00
September 25	67	38	0.00
September 26	77	46	0.00
September 27	75	43	0.00
September 28	72	46	0.06
September 29	70	60	1.17
September 30	63	59	0.01

October 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	58	0.85
October 2	72	58	0.00
October 3	68	60	1.24
October 4	75	55	0.00
October 5	73	52	1.07
October 6	65	48	0.00
October 7	60	46	0.10
October 8	56	39	0.00
October 9	61	41	0.16
October 10	41	32	0.47
October 11	46	31	0.00
October 12	52	31	0.15
October 13	56	38	0.00
October 14	52	33	0.00
October 15	52	34	0.00
October 16	58	35	0.00
October 17	61	33	0.00
October 18	68	44	0.00
October 19	66	44	0.00
October 20	73	52	0.00
October 21	81	53	0.00
October 22	85	58	0.00
October 23	78	53	0.00
October 24	66	48	0.00
October 25	51	37	0.00
October 26	48	30	0.00
October 27	43	30	0.00
October 28	45	30	0.20
October 29	52	41	0.00
October 30	49	29	0.00
October 31	56	25	0.00

November 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	57	31	0.00
November 2	69	52	0.00
November 3	52	31	1.62
November 4	53	26	0.00
November 5	52	26	0.00
November 6	53	28	0.00
November 7	54	41	0.00
November 8	49	41	0.00
November 9	56	42	0.04
November 10	61	48	0.56
November 11	48	39	0.14
November 12	48	38	0.04
November 13	48	40	0.07
November 14	48	29	0.00
November 15	45	28	0.00
November 16	41	28	0.00
November 17	59	28	0.00
November 18	57	30	0.00
November 19	55	27	0.00
November 20	62	36	0.00
November 21	56	33	0.00
November 22	52	35	0.03
November 23	64	36	0.00
November 24	68	49	0.00
November 25	61	52	0.22
November 26	66	49	1.13
November 27	56	38	0.00
November 28	60	33	0.00
November 29	41	29	0.00
November 30	41	25	0.00

December 1979 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	29	0.68	0.0
December 7	50	38	0.04	0.0
December 8	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	62	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	66	32	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	27	0.19	0.0
December 14	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	25	0.33	0.0
December 17	42	15	0.01	0.0
December 18	30	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	17	10	0.25	2.8
December 20	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	7	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	34	0.00	0.0
December 24	48	36	0.16	0.0
December 25	59	34	0.30	0.0
December 26	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 29	50	38	0.00	0.0
December 30	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	20	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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