Reykjavík Weather in 1978

Historical record of Reykjavík, Iceland weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Reykjavík Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	17.7 °C	July 23
Lowest temperature	-11.0 °C	January 2
Highest daily low	11.5 °C	August 2
Lowest daily high	-6.6 °C	January 11
Most daily precipitation	1.8 cm	May 20
Total annual precipitation	66.8 cm	-

What was the hottest temperature in Reykjavík in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1978 was 17.7 °C which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Reykjavík in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	17.7 °C	Jul 23
2	17.6 °C	Jul 24
3	17.4 °C	Jul 25
4	16.3 °C	Aug 9
5	16.0 °C	Aug 19
5	16.0 °C	Jul 5
5	16.0 °C	Jul 4
8	15.9 °C	Jul 22
8	15.9 °C	Jul 19
10	15.8 °C	Jul 26
10	15.8 °C	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Reykjavík in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1978 was -11.0 °C which happened on Jan 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Reykjavík in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11.0 °C	January 2
2	-10.7 °C	November 26
3	-10.6 °C	November 27
3	-10.6 °C	February 14
5	-10.3 °C	January 28
6	-10.0 °C	March 4
6	-10.0 °C	January 17
8	-9.7 °C	January 11
9	-9.4 °C	December 30
10	-9.3 °C	January 27

January 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
January 1	0.2	-7.4	0.86
January 2	-5.0	-11.0	0.00
January 3	-2.3	-7.3	0.00
January 4	3.2	-7.1	0.01
January 5	3.3	-0.1	0.42
January 6	4.3	0.4	0.40
January 7	1.2	-6.3	0.01
January 8	0.1	-4.5	0.00
January 9	-1.1	-5.5	0.03
January 10	-4.4	-8.0	0.02
January 11	-6.6	-9.7	0.00
January 12	5.4	-8.3	0.72
January 13	6.6	1.8	0.21
January 14	7.0	-4.4	0.28
January 15	-0.7	-3.8	0.11
January 16	-3.1	-7.8	0.11
January 17	-1.9	-10.0	0.00
January 18	2.6	-2.0	0.04
January 19	3.8	0.5	1.59
January 20	4.0	1.3	0.01
January 21	4.5	0.6	0.63
January 22	1.6	-1.3	0.02
January 23	0.0	-4.3	0.00
January 24	-1.1	-4.0	0.00
January 25	0.5	-3.7	0.00
January 26	0.5	-6.7	0.00
January 27	-6.2	-9.3	0.00
January 28	-6.5	-10.3	0.00
January 29	1.1	-6.8	0.10
January 30	3.2	-1.5	1.67
January 31	2.1	-0.2	0.13

February 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
February 1	2.2	0.1	0.65
February 2	0.7	-1.7	0.02
February 3	3.6	-1.8	0.00
February 4	3.7	0.3	0.01
February 5	4.0	1.0	0.15
February 6	4.9	0.7	0.02
February 7	4.8	2.3	0.10
February 8	2.9	0.5	0.25
February 9	2.9	1.9	0.02
February 10	2.2	-2.8	0.05
February 11	-2.1	-5.7	0.00
February 12	0.9	-4.2	0.26
February 13	-0.7	-8.0	0.00
February 14	-2.0	-10.6	0.00
February 15	-0.3	-4.4	0.01
February 16	-0.9	-2.8	0.00
February 17	1.2	-3.1	0.00
February 18	2.0	-0.6	0.00
February 19	3.2	-0.3	0.02
February 20	4.4	2.4	0.02
February 21	3.1	1.6	0.01
February 22	1.8	-0.5	0.00
February 23	1.0	-4.4	0.00
February 24	0.3	-7.2	0.00
February 25	-0.8	-8.1	0.00
February 26	-0.7	-6.4	0.00
February 27	-2.1	-6.6	0.00
February 28	-2.5	-7.3	0.44

March 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
March 1	1.2	-3.1	0.90
March 2	-0.6	-3.4	0.16
March 3	-3.1	-5.8	0.00
March 4	-4.3	-10.0	0.00
March 5	-1.3	-7.0	0.00
March 6	4.9	-1.2	0.02
March 7	5.5	1.9	0.14
March 8	4.2	0.1	0.31
March 9	5.7	0.3	0.00
March 10	7.4	2.6	0.84
March 11	6.9	2.8	0.40
March 12	5.4	-0.3	1.19
March 13	3.2	-0.9	0.04
March 14	3.9	2.0	0.00
March 15	4.3	2.3	0.00
March 16	3.1	-1.4	0.00
March 17	5.5	0.9	0.05
March 18	7.5	2.8	0.18
March 19	4.8	0.5	0.66
March 20	2.0	-2.5	0.46
March 21	1.0	-6.8	0.10
March 22	4.1	-2.6	0.01
March 23	5.4	0.4	0.20
March 24	5.4	0.1	0.02
March 25	5.8	2.5	0.01
March 26	3.9	1.2	0.07
March 27	3.0	-1.1	0.00
March 28	4.8	-0.3	0.00
March 29	5.2	1.2	0.00
March 30	3.3	-3.5	0.00
March 31	4.7	1.1	0.00

April 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
April 1	6.8	1.7	0.00
April 2	7.3	2.0	0.00
April 3	7.6	3.7	0.14
April 4	9.7	6.7	0.35
April 5	8.5	7.0	0.00
April 6	7.8	5.0	0.31
April 7	5.8	1.1	0.07
April 8	3.8	-4.8	0.06
April 9	3.1	-7.1	0.00
April 10	5.4	-0.9	0.00
April 11	4.6	-0.2	0.00
April 12	2.0	-2.9	0.00
April 13	0.4	-5.2	0.02
April 14	6.1	-1.4	0.22
April 15	9.6	4.7	0.33
April 16	10.4	5.6	0.22
April 17	11.2	5.6	0.00
April 18	9.3	4.6	0.00
April 19	8.7	1.8	0.00
April 20	8.2	0.5	0.00
April 21	7.7	1.4	0.00
April 22	9.9	0.0	0.00
April 23	10.0	1.9	0.00
April 24	8.9	1.1	0.00
April 25	7.1	2.9	0.00
April 26	5.5	2.2	0.00
April 27	6.7	2.9	0.03
April 28	6.9	3.1	0.01
April 29	8.1	1.1	0.26
April 30	7.9	0.5	0.00

May 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
May 1	6.1	2.4	0.00
May 2	5.8	2.1	0.03
May 3	5.0	-0.1	0.26
May 4	5.9	1.7	0.00
May 5	6.6	1.0	0.00
May 6	10.3	5.0	1.22
May 7	13.6	4.5	0.12
May 8	13.3	8.4	0.48
May 9	10.0	6.3	0.27
May 10	11.6	7.5	0.47
May 11	9.2	5.5	0.03
May 12	6.4	2.5	0.00
May 13	8.2	3.1	0.09
May 14	7.9	3.0	0.00
May 15	8.7	5.1	0.02
May 16	7.7	1.6	0.01
May 17	8.5	0.9	0.41
May 18	9.1	1.3	0.29
May 19	10.3	5.7	0.10
May 20	8.2	5.1	1.80
May 21	7.5	2.0	0.13
May 22	7.7	2.1	0.17
May 23	7.7	0.9	0.01
May 24	9.3	1.3	0.00
May 25	9.5	4.9	0.15
May 26	9.8	5.6	0.12
May 27	9.0	3.9	0.43
May 28	9.2	3.8	0.25
May 29	8.6	5.4	0.83
May 30	10.1	3.4	0.74
May 31	9.4	3.2	0.05

June 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
June 1	9.5	6.0	0.13
June 2	8.3	3.9	0.14
June 3	8.2	4.9	0.00
June 4	8.4	3.2	0.45
June 5	12.5	1.5	0.01
June 6	10.4	6.1	0.00
June 7	9.4	6.7	0.08
June 8	11.2	5.9	0.13
June 9	10.8	6.3	0.00
June 10	9.2	6.0	0.08
June 11	11.6	4.4	0.03
June 12	13.1	8.8	0.00
June 13	11.0	6.4	0.16
June 14	10.5	7.4	0.61
June 15	12.9	8.0	0.17
June 16	12.9	8.1	0.05
June 17	12.3	8.0	0.00
June 18	10.5	5.4	0.23
June 19	9.8	4.9	0.38
June 20	9.1	2.5	0.00
June 21	8.9	3.5	0.00
June 22	10.3	3.2	0.00
June 23	10.7	4.1	0.00
June 24	12.5	3.5	0.00
June 25	12.4	7.0	0.00
June 26	8.5	6.1	0.78
June 27	12.9	5.1	0.01
June 28	13.2	7.7	0.24
June 29	12.5	5.5	0.04
June 30	10.5	6.6	0.04

July 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
July 1	13.0	6.3	0.02
July 2	13.4	7.4	0.00
July 3	15.5	6.6	0.00
July 4	16.0	7.3	0.00
July 5	16.0	9.1	0.03
July 6	13.6	9.3	0.05
July 7	14.0	10.0	0.33
July 8	13.8	8.8	0.02
July 9	14.0	9.0	0.01
July 10	14.1	9.9	0.00
July 11	13.7	10.0	0.00
July 12	12.0	7.9	0.02
July 13	11.6	8.8	0.01
July 14	11.0	8.2	0.04
July 15	11.3	8.6	0.04
July 16	11.0	9.3	0.41
July 17	10.9	8.1	0.06
July 18	14.4	8.0	0.00
July 19	15.9	6.6	0.00
July 20	15.8	8.8	0.00
July 21	14.0	8.3	0.00
July 22	15.9	7.3	0.19
July 23	17.7	8.0	0.00
July 24	17.6	9.7	0.00
July 25	17.4	7.6	0.00
July 26	15.8	8.6	0.00
July 27	15.1	10.5	0.41
July 28	13.8	9.4	0.04
July 29	15.1	9.9	0.13
July 30	14.8	7.9	0.01
July 31	14.0	10.0	0.06

August 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
August 1	13.2	10.0	0.09
August 2	13.0	11.5	0.15
August 3	13.1	9.7	0.66
August 4	11.3	9.4	0.36
August 5	13.1	9.9	0.00
August 6	12.8	9.5	0.00
August 7	13.8	8.4	0.00
August 8	12.1	9.1	0.11
August 9	16.3	9.2	0.00
August 10	15.3	9.9	0.00
August 11	15.2	10.2	0.00
August 12	14.1	11.4	0.23
August 13	15.3	9.7	0.04
August 14	15.4	9.5	0.20
August 15	14.3	8.9	0.00
August 16	14.5	5.0	0.01
August 17	14.5	8.1	0.00
August 18	15.0	11.1	0.39
August 19	16.0	10.6	0.54
August 20	15.3	10.9	0.10
August 21	14.5	10.2	0.28
August 22	14.5	8.1	0.00
August 23	10.2	8.1	0.12
August 24	11.6	7.5	0.06
August 25	12.3	6.4	0.00
August 26	13.6	10.6	0.36
August 27	14.5	11.0	0.48
August 28	13.7	9.4	0.40
August 29	11.8	7.6	0.00
August 30	11.7	8.6	0.91
August 31	10.9	7.5	0.11

September 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
September 1	12.3	6.9	0.00
September 2	12.7	8.3	0.00
September 3	11.5	7.6	0.10
September 4	13.1	7.6	0.10
September 5	13.8	8.9	0.07
September 6	14.0	5.6	0.00
September 7	14.7	7.2	0.00
September 8	14.1	8.0	0.00
September 9	11.7	5.2	0.11
September 10	12.8	3.7	0.00
September 11	11.6	2.4	0.00
September 12	10.0	4.2	0.01
September 13	12.3	8.0	0.99
September 14	10.7	5.2	0.35
September 15	9.2	5.1	0.02
September 16	7.1	3.6	0.00
September 17	9.5	2.7	0.20
September 18	9.7	5.8	0.13
September 19	10.8	5.1	0.00
September 20	10.9	8.2	0.34
September 21	14.4	8.7	0.03
September 22	11.9	5.6	0.02
September 23	10.5	7.6	0.62
September 24	10.0	4.9	0.52
September 25	9.5	5.0	0.13
September 26	9.3	4.1	0.00
September 27	6.3	0.9	0.00
September 28	7.4	2.1	0.00
September 29	6.6	1.8	0.00
September 30	7.1	-2.3	0.00

October 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
October 1	9.0	4.2	0.22
October 2	7.9	1.0	0.67
October 3	6.8	1.1	1.10
October 4	6.5	1.0	0.00
October 5	6.7	3.4	0.00
October 6	8.6	2.8	0.00
October 7	7.3	2.3	0.00
October 8	5.5	0.2	0.00
October 9	6.1	-1.5	0.00
October 10	8.3	3.4	0.32
October 11	8.0	5.3	0.36
October 12	8.5	6.1	0.05
October 13	7.4	3.0	0.42
October 14	6.7	3.9	0.09
October 15	7.0	3.7	0.64
October 16	6.3	3.5	0.42
October 17	8.5	4.3	0.07
October 18	7.8	3.1	0.02
October 19	9.0	0.3	1.78
October 20	1.0	-5.1	0.01
October 21	6.2	-0.9	0.11
October 22	7.3	1.9	0.13
October 23	5.1	0.6	1.12
October 24	3.7	0.9	0.38
October 25	4.7	-0.4	0.03
October 26	9.8	4.5	0.60
October 27	7.2	3.1	0.71
October 28	3.4	-0.4	0.07
October 29	7.4	-0.6	0.62
October 30	7.6	3.9	1.09
October 31	5.4	1.6	0.49

November 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
November 1	4.3	0.1	0.10
November 2	4.5	-0.2	0.88
November 3	1.6	-1.8	0.08
November 4	6.8	-2.3	0.34
November 5	5.2	-1.5	0.61
November 6	6.6	-2.6	0.69
November 7	8.4	2.4	0.38
November 8	3.7	0.7	0.29
November 9	2.2	-1.6	0.21
November 10	5.1	-1.4	0.11
November 11	6.8	2.2	1.50
November 12	3.4	-1.3	0.04
November 13	0.9	-5.2	0.27
November 14	1.3	-4.1	0.04
November 15	0.6	-3.9	0.15
November 16	0.5	-5.1	0.05
November 17	1.7	-4.9	0.05
November 18	2.0	0.4	0.59
November 19	1.4	-0.9	0.42
November 20	0.2	-5.8	0.05
November 21	-0.6	-5.2	0.34
November 22	1.6	-4.1	0.81
November 23	1.8	-3.7	0.36
November 24	1.1	-5.3	0.91
November 25	-0.4	-7.2	0.05
November 26	-2.2	-10.7	0.01
November 27	3.0	-10.6	0.00
November 28	7.4	2.8	1.05
November 29	8.0	2.4	1.19
November 30	4.5	0.2	0.11

December 1978 Reykjavík Weather

Day	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Precip. (cm)
December 1	5.8	2.5	0.01
December 2	5.7	3.9	0.02
December 3	5.9	3.3	0.27
December 4	7.4	4.1	0.00
December 5	7.6	5.5	0.02
December 6	8.5	5.6	0.01
December 7	8.6	5.9	0.36
December 8	7.7	6.1	0.04
December 9	8.5	5.3	0.00
December 10	6.5	3.8	0.01
December 11	9.8	5.1	0.05
December 12	10.7	6.9	0.03
December 13	9.6	7.3	0.01
December 14	8.7	-0.4	0.00
December 15	1.7	-0.3	0.00
December 16	0.7	-4.0	0.00
December 17	6.3	-0.8	0.01
December 18	7.2	-1.1	0.43
December 19	0.4	-4.7	0.12
December 20	-1.7	-3.7	0.00
December 21	-3.6	-8.9	0.00
December 22	-4.5	-7.5	0.00
December 23	-3.1	-7.9	0.00
December 24	0.2	-6.4	0.00
December 25	1.1	-3.0	0.00
December 26	0.6	-5.2	0.00
December 27	1.2	-3.9	0.00
December 28	-3.0	-7.1	0.00
December 29	-4.7	-8.4	0.00
December 30	-2.0	-9.4	0.00
December 31	-0.5	-5.5	1.57

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Reykjavik	location