Raleigh Weather in 1978

Historical record of Raleigh, North Carolina weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Raleigh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	7 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	29 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	April 26
Most daily snow	3.2 inches	February 22
Total annual precipitation	43.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	10.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Raleigh in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1978 was 98 °F which happened on June 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jun 28
2	96 °F	Sep 9
3	95 °F	Aug 29
3	95 °F	Jul 24
3	95 °F	Jul 23
3	95 °F	Jul 22
3	95 °F	Jul 10
3	95 °F	Jul 9
3	95 °F	Jun 30
3	95 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Raleigh in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1978 was 7 °F which happened on Feb 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	February 23
2	10 °F	January 11
3	11 °F	February 1
3	11 °F	January 10
5	12 °F	January 29
6	13 °F	February 7
6	13 °F	January 30
6	13 °F	January 12
9	14 °F	February 11
9	14 °F	January 31

January 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	43	37	0.00
January 2	44	25	0.00
January 3	42	22	0.00
January 4	48	18	0.00
January 5	56	26	0.00
January 6	50	43	0.59
January 7	47	40	0.00
January 8	68	43	1.23
January 9	63	18	0.19
January 10	29	11	0.00
January 11	36	10	0.00
January 12	45	13	0.07
January 13	35	31	1.36
January 14	42	34	0.00
January 15	39	25	0.00
January 16	42	17	0.00
January 17	54	34	0.63
January 18	51	30	0.00
January 19	35	31	1.23
January 20	37	32	0.29
January 21	39	28	0.00
January 22	36	24	0.00
January 23	46	19	0.00
January 24	51	24	0.00
January 25	68	38	1.16
January 26	68	25	0.28
January 27	43	24	0.00
January 28	37	20	0.00
January 29	34	12	0.00
January 30	37	13	0.00
January 31	41	14	0.00

February 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	11	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	25	0.26	3.2
February 3	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	42	18	0.02	0.2
February 6	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	13	0.00	0.0
February 8	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	43	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	47	14	0.00	0.0
February 12	55	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	27	0.09	0.0
February 14	52	34	0.01	0.0
February 15	50	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	29	0.23	0.0
February 17	49	34	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	33	0.06	0.0
February 19	37	29	0.02	0.0
February 20	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	21	0.29	2.4
February 22	34	15	0.23	3.2
February 23	38	7	0.00	0.0
February 24	48	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	68	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	33	0.22	0.0

March 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	44	32	0.05	0.3
March 2	37	24	0.12	1.1
March 3	35	28	0.61	0.2
March 4	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 6	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	30	0.17	0.0
March 9	36	31	0.48	0.0
March 10	43	34	1.23	0.0
March 11	64	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	67	48	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	43	0.00	0.0
March 14	74	50	0.11	0.0
March 15	73	46	0.00	0.0
March 16	55	39	0.01	0.0
March 17	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	74	39	0.00	0.0
March 20	75	41	0.00	0.0
March 21	77	53	0.00	0.0
March 22	70	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	79	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	81	52	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	41	0.83	0.0
March 26	49	41	0.78	0.0
March 27	55	44	0.00	0.0
March 28	68	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	81	42	0.01	0.0
March 30	65	44	0.00	0.0
March 31	78	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	87	55	0.00
April 2	86	54	0.00
April 3	n/a	47	0.00
April 4	83	50	0.00
April 5	82	51	0.00
April 6	80	51	0.00
April 7	83	50	0.00
April 8	83	40	0.00
April 9	79	53	0.00
April 10	86	50	0.00
April 11	89	57	0.12
April 12	72	50	0.00
April 13	73	54	0.16
April 14	72	43	0.00
April 15	75	43	0.00
April 16	63	42	0.00
April 17	57	43	0.01
April 18	57	50	0.60
April 19	75	52	0.15
April 20	67	45	0.00
April 21	57	37	0.00
April 22	67	32	0.00
April 23	74	35	0.00
April 24	80	50	0.00
April 25	57	48	1.33
April 26	56	41	3.37
April 27	54	38	0.16
April 28	71	36	0.00
April 29	76	36	0.00
April 30	66	54	0.20

May 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	44	0.00
May 2	66	41	0.00
May 3	73	37	0.01
May 4	62	52	1.06
May 5	70	50	0.00
May 6	77	52	0.00
May 7	72	53	0.83
May 8	70	53	0.52
May 9	82	64	0.17
May 10	74	51	0.00
May 11	79	47	0.00
May 12	80	54	0.00
May 13	77	56	0.76
May 14	71	50	0.43
May 15	59	47	0.10
May 16	68	48	0.00
May 17	76	47	0.00
May 18	81	51	0.00
May 19	83	56	0.00
May 20	87	53	0.00
May 21	87	63	0.00
May 22	81	65	0.00
May 23	83	58	0.00
May 24	85	67	0.00
May 25	86	61	0.00
May 26	89	57	0.00
May 27	81	59	0.32
May 28	81	62	0.00
May 29	86	56	0.00
May 30	91	64	0.00
May 31	90	68	0.00

June 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	62	0.00
June 2	90	59	0.00
June 3	84	67	0.02
June 4	80	60	0.00
June 5	85	56	0.11
June 6	88	65	0.68
June 7	86	68	0.14
June 8	89	71	0.99
June 9	89	69	0.24
June 10	84	62	0.00
June 11	86	59	0.00
June 12	88	61	0.00
June 13	86	62	0.00
June 14	78	55	0.00
June 15	81	50	0.00
June 16	84	54	0.00
June 17	87	62	0.00
June 18	89	65	0.00
June 19	90	67	0.00
June 20	90	66	0.00
June 21	90	68	0.07
June 22	87	64	0.22
June 23	89	61	0.00
June 24	88	66	0.00
June 25	89	67	0.00
June 26	86	66	1.59
June 27	95	72	0.00
June 28	98	73	0.00
June 29	92	70	0.00
June 30	95	67	0.00

July 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	69	0.00
July 2	89	68	0.03
July 3	87	70	0.05
July 4	88	70	0.00
July 5	80	63	0.00
July 6	85	57	0.00
July 7	89	60	0.00
July 8	91	62	0.00
July 9	95	68	0.00
July 10	95	74	0.00
July 11	82	62	0.80
July 12	83	56	0.00
July 13	83	56	0.00
July 14	87	69	0.38
July 15	85	68	0.01
July 16	79	66	1.60
July 17	89	60	0.00
July 18	90	65	0.00
July 19	89	65	0.00
July 20	91	65	0.00
July 21	93	68	0.00
July 22	95	72	0.00
July 23	95	75	0.00
July 24	95	73	0.55
July 25	91	69	0.18
July 26	89	68	0.00
July 27	91	70	0.01
July 28	89	70	0.00
July 29	91	68	0.00
July 30	94	71	0.00
July 31	94	71	0.02

August 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	69	0.37
August 2	86	72	0.09
August 3	91	72	0.02
August 4	93	72	0.02
August 5	85	69	0.18
August 6	87	74	0.04
August 7	91	72	0.72
August 8	90	72	0.00
August 9	91	68	0.30
August 10	86	70	0.02
August 11	87	70	0.00
August 12	87	70	0.00
August 13	92	73	0.00
August 14	90	69	0.00
August 15	92	70	0.00
August 16	93	73	0.00
August 17	94	74	0.00
August 18	92	70	0.00
August 19	92	70	0.00
August 20	94	70	0.03
August 21	85	63	0.00
August 22	86	62	0.00
August 23	90	58	0.00
August 24	92	61	0.00
August 25	93	67	0.00
August 26	87	70	0.00
August 27	89	69	0.00
August 28	93	70	0.00
August 29	95	72	0.04
August 30	92	69	0.03
August 31	92	73	0.00

September 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	71	0.86
September 2	80	69	0.04
September 3	83	68	0.22
September 4	85	63	0.00
September 5	86	64	0.00
September 6	86	63	0.00
September 7	93	61	0.00
September 8	92	68	0.00
September 9	96	66	0.00
September 10	84	68	0.02
September 11	86	67	0.02
September 12	90	65	0.00
September 13	85	67	0.00
September 14	79	62	0.00
September 15	80	63	0.00
September 16	87	66	0.00
September 17	91	65	0.00
September 18	93	71	0.00
September 19	94	71	0.00
September 20	80	63	0.00
September 21	87	58	0.00
September 22	91	66	0.00
September 23	72	64	0.21
September 24	77	62	0.00
September 25	80	62	0.00
September 26	78	57	0.00
September 27	77	48	0.00
September 28	84	51	0.00
September 29	70	56	0.00
September 30	72	52	0.00

October 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	56	1.21
October 2	77	53	0.00
October 3	78	51	0.00
October 4	77	61	0.18
October 5	79	62	0.00
October 6	78	50	0.00
October 7	69	41	0.00
October 8	67	37	0.00
October 9	65	35	0.00
October 10	73	40	0.00
October 11	75	39	0.00
October 12	81	48	0.00
October 13	81	54	0.00
October 14	75	56	0.00
October 15	65	41	0.00
October 16	69	40	0.00
October 17	60	40	0.00
October 18	66	37	0.00
October 19	72	39	0.00
October 20	71	46	0.00
October 21	75	38	0.00
October 22	80	44	0.00
October 23	84	52	0.00
October 24	66	40	0.01
October 25	72	32	0.00
October 26	81	52	0.02
October 27	74	59	0.00
October 28	60	54	0.04
October 29	71	52	0.00
October 30	68	47	0.00
October 31	67	45	0.00

November 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	75	39	0.00
November 2	74	43	0.00
November 3	71	40	0.00
November 4	59	51	0.08
November 5	77	38	0.00
November 6	80	42	0.00
November 7	76	49	0.01
November 8	63	50	0.98
November 9	65	50	0.00
November 10	61	53	0.20
November 11	69	50	0.00
November 12	69	50	0.00
November 13	69	52	0.00
November 14	74	44	0.00
November 15	77	58	0.00
November 16	76	53	0.40
November 17	69	53	0.06
November 18	72	53	0.02
November 19	60	43	0.00
November 20	57	39	0.00
November 21	59	41	0.00
November 22	63	43	0.00
November 23	53	47	0.34
November 24	68	43	0.02
November 25	52	31	0.00
November 26	48	29	0.00
November 27	46	41	1.04
November 28	65	44	0.00
November 29	51	41	1.02
November 30	52	43	0.00

December 1978 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	55	32	0.00
December 2	61	29	0.00
December 3	65	34	0.13
December 4	79	57	0.60
December 5	58	34	0.83
December 6	65	31	0.00
December 7	67	32	0.00
December 8	78	65	0.00
December 9	76	35	0.34
December 10	40	25	0.00
December 11	42	22	0.00
December 12	53	27	0.00
December 13	63	27	0.00
December 14	46	27	0.00
December 15	55	25	0.00
December 16	58	30	0.53
December 17	55	30	0.00
December 18	48	27	0.00
December 19	49	40	0.04
December 20	53	40	0.00
December 21	64	36	0.20
December 22	50	25	0.00
December 23	59	26	0.00
December 24	51	35	0.58
December 25	58	39	0.00
December 26	66	25	0.00
December 27	50	29	0.00
December 28	42	26	0.00
December 29	47	20	0.00
December 30	54	29	0.00
December 31	68	44	0.01

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Raleigh Durham International Airport	location
1940–1944	Raleigh Municipal Airport	location
1892–1939	Raleigh State University	location