Quincy Weather in 1979

Historical record of Quincy, Illinois weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Quincy Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 18
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	2 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	April 11
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	26.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Quincy in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Quincy, Illinois in 1979 was 96 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Quincy in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 18
1	96 °F	Aug 5
1	96 °F	Jul 13
4	95 °F	Aug 7
5	94 °F	Aug 6
5	94 °F	Jun 19
7	93 °F	Aug 9
7	93 °F	Aug 8
9	92 °F	Aug 19
9	92 °F	Aug 17
9	92 °F	Jul 30
9	92 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Quincy in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Quincy, Illinois in 1979 was -16 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Quincy in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	February 9
1	-16 °F	January 15
3	-15 °F	January 14
4	-12 °F	February 5
5	-11 °F	January 2
6	-10 °F	February 8
6	-10 °F	February 1
6	-10 °F	January 8
9	-8 °F	January 6
9	-8 °F	January 3

January 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	-4	0.07	2.2
January 2	2	-11	0.00	0.0
January 3	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 4	7	2	0.05	1.0
January 5	7	-6	0.13	1.3
January 6	14	-8	0.00	0.0
January 7	14	-4	0.00	0.0
January 8	8	-10	0.00	0.0
January 9	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 10	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	0	0.08	1.1
January 12	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	8	0.80	8.0
January 14	8	-15	0.00	0.0
January 15	17	-16	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 18	28	1	0.19	0.0
January 19	37	28	0.17	0.0
January 20	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	25	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	33	15	0.13	1.4
January 24	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	0	0.00	0.0
January 26	27	19	0.05	0.5
January 27	25	21	0.09	1.4
January 28	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	12	-2	0.07	0.1
January 30	16	7	0.07	2.5
January 31	11	-3	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	10	-10	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	8	0.01	0.3
February 3	24	9	0.01	0.1
February 4	9	-5	0.00	0.0
February 5	8	-12	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	2	0.00	0.0
February 7	18	-3	0.00	0.0
February 8	10	-10	0.07	2.2
February 9	9	-16	0.00	0.0
February 10	23	7	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	10	0.03	0.0
February 16	10	-2	0.00	0.0
February 17	13	-2	0.00	0.0
February 18	13	1	0.07	1.2
February 19	30	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	25	0.50	0.0
February 21	38	29	0.14	0.0
February 22	43	31	0.31	0.0
February 23	48	26	0.17	0.0
February 24	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	28	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	30	0.21	0.0

March 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 2	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	53	37	0.52	0.0
March 4	37	32	0.01	0.0
March 5	38	31	0.01	0.1
March 6	50	28	0.02	0.0
March 7	38	25	0.04	0.4
March 8	38	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	23	0.68	5.8
March 10	27	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	14	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	49	22	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 16	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	55	38	0.05	0.0
March 18	71	47	0.78	0.0
March 19	73	50	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 22	65	44	0.57	0.0
March 23	59	35	0.06	0.0
March 24	35	26	0.02	0.8
March 25	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	71	40	0.14	0.0
March 29	65	61	0.04	0.0
March 30	69	43	0.08	0.0
March 31	43	40	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	42	36	0.16
April 2	41	33	0.02
April 3	49	30	0.00
April 4	45	38	0.10
April 5	62	27	0.00
April 6	37	25	0.00
April 7	64	33	0.00
April 8	61	39	0.09
April 9	41	36	0.00
April 10	49	37	0.13
April 11	57	41	2.17
April 12	70	49	0.00
April 13	60	41	0.00
April 14	62	49	0.00
April 15	64	42	0.00
April 16	62	45	0.14
April 17	66	48	0.00
April 18	67	51	0.00
April 19	66	53	0.08
April 20	81	56	0.53
April 21	61	48	0.00
April 22	62	42	0.00
April 23	67	49	0.07
April 24	68	60	0.19
April 25	78	49	0.69
April 26	59	45	0.00
April 27	52	41	0.01
April 28	56	35	0.00
April 29	60	44	0.05
April 30	59	40	0.00

May 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	41	0.00
May 2	70	55	1.11
May 3	61	50	0.03
May 4	61	47	0.00
May 5	68	43	0.00
May 6	78	51	0.00
May 7	86	59	0.00
May 8	90	69	0.00
May 9	84	66	0.00
May 10	84	66	0.00
May 11	66	49	0.39
May 12	62	46	0.10
May 13	71	50	0.00
May 14	76	53	0.00
May 15	71	49	0.00
May 16	73	48	0.00
May 17	83	59	0.00
May 18	85	62	0.04
May 19	76	63	0.00
May 20	80	58	0.00
May 21	68	47	0.00
May 22	76	47	0.00
May 23	67	53	0.00
May 24	67	44	0.00
May 25	71	43	0.00
May 26	72	51	0.56
May 27	72	54	0.02
May 28	79	52	0.00
May 29	84	58	0.00
May 30	86	63	0.00
May 31	74	64	0.00

June 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	53	0.00
June 2	79	59	0.00
June 3	85	55	0.00
June 4	85	60	0.00
June 5	88	64	0.00
June 6	90	65	0.00
June 7	87	72	0.17
June 8	83	71	1.04
June 9	88	72	0.17
June 10	77	59	0.31
June 11	81	56	0.00
June 12	83	61	0.04
June 13	82	65	0.14
June 14	86	66	0.00
June 15	89	70	0.00
June 16	90	71	0.00
June 17	92	71	0.00
June 18	87	66	0.01
June 19	94	70	0.00
June 20	90	69	0.03
June 21	91	66	0.00
June 22	88	70	0.15
June 23	74	61	0.07
June 24	78	54	0.00
June 25	80	53	0.00
June 26	85	56	0.00
June 27	76	63	0.00
June 28	77	62	0.23
June 29	80	64	0.00
June 30	87	61	0.00

July 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	63	0.00
July 2	88	61	0.00
July 3	86	75	0.00
July 4	83	67	0.68
July 5	75	57	0.00
July 6	75	54	0.00
July 7	80	62	0.00
July 8	83	59	0.00
July 9	85	63	0.00
July 10	87	64	0.00
July 11	90	67	0.00
July 12	89	70	0.00
July 13	96	71	0.00
July 14	90	73	0.00
July 15	89	69	0.96
July 16	83	69	0.00
July 17	79	61	0.00
July 18	80	57	0.00
July 19	81	58	0.00
July 20	84	60	0.00
July 21	86	63	0.00
July 22	88	65	0.00
July 23	91	67	0.00
July 24	87	70	0.95
July 25	83	71	0.37
July 26	85	67	0.00
July 27	87	72	0.00
July 28	86	69	0.00
July 29	87	73	0.06
July 30	92	77	0.00
July 31	81	72	0.04

August 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	65	0.00
August 2	85	63	0.01
August 3	88	65	0.16
August 4	91	71	0.00
August 5	96	73	0.00
August 6	94	75	0.00
August 7	95	72	0.00
August 8	93	74	0.00
August 9	93	74	0.00
August 10	80	67	0.08
August 11	74	54	0.00
August 12	77	48	0.00
August 13	85	60	0.00
August 14	65	55	0.18
August 15	70	53	0.00
August 16	77	56	0.00
August 17	92	63	0.00
August 18	96	75	0.00
August 19	92	70	0.00
August 20	86	70	0.00
August 21	89	67	0.03
August 22	86	65	0.39
August 23	81	62	0.03
August 24	80	59	0.00
August 25	82	61	0.00
August 26	80	60	0.00
August 27	80	66	0.00
August 28	85	63	0.00
August 29	84	68	0.64
August 30	86	64	0.00
August 31	85	71	0.42

September 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	68	0.37
September 2	87	68	0.00
September 3	87	67	0.00
September 4	85	64	0.00
September 5	86	60	0.00
September 6	84	60	0.00
September 7	73	52	0.00
September 8	73	50	0.00
September 9	80	54	0.00
September 10	87	59	0.00
September 11	88	60	0.00
September 12	83	62	0.00
September 13	73	57	0.00
September 14	70	49	0.00
September 15	72	44	0.00
September 16	77	46	0.00
September 17	80	50	0.00
September 18	86	56	0.00
September 19	77	46	0.00
September 20	80	51	0.00
September 21	72	49	0.00
September 22	72	43	0.00
September 23	73	43	0.00
September 24	81	49	0.00
September 25	82	58	0.00
September 26	86	54	0.00
September 27	80	58	0.00
September 28	86	56	0.00
September 29	83	59	0.00
September 30	82	54	0.00

October 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	56	0.00
October 2	72	47	0.00
October 3	69	47	0.06
October 4	60	40	0.00
October 5	68	34	0.00
October 6	61	42	0.00
October 7	74	36	0.00
October 8	82	54	0.00
October 9	57	36	0.09
October 10	60	35	0.00
October 11	71	51	0.00
October 12	61	34	0.00
October 13	55	28	0.00
October 14	62	31	0.00
October 15	66	52	0.00
October 16	71	55	0.16
October 17	74	56	0.05
October 18	74	56	0.27
October 19	73	61	0.54
October 20	87	69	0.00
October 21	86	72	0.00
October 22	76	42	0.58
October 23	51	35	0.00
October 24	56	33	0.00
October 25	58	37	0.00
October 26	58	35	0.00
October 27	70	46	0.00
October 28	68	41	0.00
October 29	71	39	0.00
October 30	70	49	0.00
October 31	69	47	0.48

November 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	61	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	46	26	0.10	0.0
November 8	47	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	45	32	0.30	0.0
November 10	34	25	0.00	0.0
November 11	42	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	42	30	0.01	0.0
November 14	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	37	0.00	0.0
November 16	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	40	0.00	0.0
November 18	71	48	0.00	0.0
November 19	72	48	0.00	0.0
November 20	60	39	1.92	0.0
November 21	62	52	0.13	0.0
November 22	52	39	0.00	0.0
November 23	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 24	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	45	36	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	35	0.00	0.0
November 27	39	34	0.01	0.0
November 28	34	25	0.01	0.1
November 29	28	22	0.03	0.0
November 30	34	20	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	29	17	0.00
December 2	31	12	0.00
December 3	45	22	0.00
December 4	54	28	0.00
December 5	57	39	0.00
December 6	49	28	0.00
December 7	49	28	0.00
December 8	31	22	0.00
December 9	54	29	0.00
December 10	63	39	0.00
December 11	63	24	0.05
December 12	24	16	0.00
December 13	37	15	0.00
December 14	39	18	0.00
December 15	50	29	0.00
December 16	38	7	0.00
December 17	22	3	0.00
December 18	43	19	0.00
December 19	55	32	0.00
December 20	50	28	0.00
December 21	57	34	0.00
December 22	55	52	0.33
December 23	55	42	0.34
December 24	42	36	0.46
December 25	36	30	0.00
December 26	35	29	0.00
December 27	37	28	0.00
December 28	30	27	0.00
December 29	31	27	0.00
December 30	40	30	0.00
December 31	43	30	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Quincy Regional Airport	location
1901–1948	Quincy	location