Roanoke Weather in 1978

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 10
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	5.0 inches	April 26
Most daily snow	6.4 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	45.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1978 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 23
1	97 °F	Jun 27
3	96 °F	Jun 28
4	95 °F	Sep 19
4	95 °F	Sep 9
6	94 °F	Jul 22
6	94 °F	Jul 21
6	94 °F	Jun 30
9	93 °F	Sep 18
9	93 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1978 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 10
2	5 °F	January 11
3	6 °F	January 9
4	8 °F	January 16
5	9 °F	February 6
6	10 °F	February 7
6	10 °F	February 4
8	11 °F	January 23
9	13 °F	December 29
9	13 °F	February 23
9	13 °F	February 8
9	13 °F	February 1
9	13 °F	January 12
9	13 °F	January 4

January 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	34	0.01	0.0
January 2	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 3	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	52	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	36	0.08	0.0
January 7	40	36	0.02	0.0
January 8	57	37	1.03	0.0
January 9	40	6	0.01	0.1
January 10	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	13	0.19	1.9
January 13	31	25	0.64	6.4
January 14	34	27	0.04	0.4
January 15	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	8	0.04	0.5
January 17	35	24	0.95	2.1
January 18	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	22	0.60	1.9
January 20	35	23	0.36	1.2
January 21	31	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	14	0.07	0.0
January 25	43	33	1.86	0.0
January 26	51	14	0.22	0.0
January 27	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	16	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	31	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	24	0.12	2.9
February 3	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 7	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	27	0.05	0.5
February 14	40	28	0.01	0.0
February 15	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	30	0.04	0.4
February 17	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	37	34	0.01	0.0
February 19	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	20	0.22	3.6
February 22	28	18	0.02	0.2
February 23	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	33	25	0.18	2.0

March 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	26	0.04	0.4
March 2	33	18	0.39	3.4
March 3	38	24	0.43	2.7
March 4	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	15	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	30	0.08	0.8
March 8	33	29	0.64	3.1
March 9	36	32	0.01	0.0
March 10	52	35	1.30	0.0
March 11	65	38	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	72	47	0.38	0.0
March 15	63	47	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 17	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	72	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	41	0.00	0.0
March 21	73	41	0.07	0.0
March 22	65	41	0.00	0.0
March 23	76	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	69	46	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	34	1.12	0.0
March 26	42	35	1.46	0.0
March 27	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	67	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	69	51	0.00	0.0
March 30	61	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	73	41	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	81	54	0.00
April 2	79	52	0.00
April 3	60	47	0.00
April 4	81	40	0.03
April 5	73	52	0.00
April 6	66	45	0.06
April 7	73	52	0.00
April 8	78	56	0.00
April 9	73	48	0.00
April 10	77	48	0.00
April 11	78	54	0.08
April 12	71	45	0.00
April 13	75	53	0.00
April 14	67	42	0.00
April 15	68	44	0.00
April 16	61	40	0.00
April 17	61	45	0.04
April 18	52	48	0.54
April 19	53	46	0.13
April 20	53	43	0.00
April 21	48	44	0.00
April 22	64	41	0.00
April 23	67	33	0.00
April 24	74	44	0.00
April 25	56	43	1.62
April 26	45	40	5.01
April 27	67	43	0.01
April 28	68	42	0.00
April 29	71	38	0.00
April 30	61	53	0.02

May 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	48	0.00
May 2	66	39	0.00
May 3	75	40	0.00
May 4	60	47	1.84
May 5	66	46	0.02
May 6	74	46	0.00
May 7	67	53	0.35
May 8	56	51	0.83
May 9	80	51	0.00
May 10	70	52	0.00
May 11	80	44	0.00
May 12	76	54	0.02
May 13	66	55	0.69
May 14	60	49	0.00
May 15	59	47	0.10
May 16	62	51	0.14
May 17	73	51	0.00
May 18	80	49	0.00
May 19	86	61	0.00
May 20	86	53	0.00
May 21	83	63	0.00
May 22	74	53	0.00
May 23	76	56	0.52
May 24	80	63	0.01
May 25	84	64	0.00
May 26	86	58	0.00
May 27	83	55	0.00
May 28	78	60	0.00
May 29	85	57	0.10
May 30	84	60	0.23
May 31	85	66	0.00

June 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	60	0.00
June 2	87	58	0.00
June 3	76	62	0.40
June 4	78	54	0.00
June 5	82	52	0.00
June 6	81	55	0.00
June 7	81	67	0.04
June 8	76	69	0.32
June 9	84	59	0.00
June 10	80	52	0.00
June 11	83	54	0.00
June 12	86	61	0.02
June 13	78	57	0.67
June 14	76	49	0.00
June 15	78	47	0.00
June 16	79	58	0.00
June 17	89	62	0.00
June 18	90	69	0.00
June 19	90	68	0.15
June 20	83	65	0.45
June 21	83	66	0.00
June 22	86	63	0.00
June 23	84	59	0.00
June 24	84	59	0.00
June 25	84	61	0.00
June 26	90	67	0.00
June 27	97	71	0.00
June 28	96	72	0.00
June 29	91	63	0.00
June 30	94	66	0.00

July 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	64	0.00
July 2	83	67	1.31
July 3	84	67	0.56
July 4	83	69	0.00
July 5	77	61	0.04
July 6	79	56	0.00
July 7	86	56	0.00
July 8	92	64	0.00
July 9	93	65	0.00
July 10	91	71	0.04
July 11	80	66	0.02
July 12	79	61	0.00
July 13	80	57	0.00
July 14	82	67	1.05
July 15	86	68	0.12
July 16	79	64	0.06
July 17	84	63	0.00
July 18	87	59	0.00
July 19	88	65	0.00
July 20	89	63	0.00
July 21	94	67	0.00
July 22	94	73	0.32
July 23	97	73	0.00
July 24	91	70	0.46
July 25	84	68	0.07
July 26	87	65	0.00
July 27	90	67	0.09
July 28	88	67	0.00
July 29	88	62	0.00
July 30	89	73	0.00
July 31	90	71	0.69

August 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	69	0.00
August 2	87	69	0.00
August 3	85	71	1.33
August 4	78	69	0.17
August 5	86	71	0.01
August 6	84	70	3.00
August 7	86	72	0.29
August 8	88	70	0.00
August 9	86	67	0.08
August 10	86	66	0.00
August 11	84	66	0.36
August 12	87	70	0.00
August 13	87	69	0.00
August 14	84	70	0.00
August 15	89	71	0.00
August 16	90	70	0.00
August 17	91	71	0.00
August 18	89	63	0.00
August 19	92	67	0.00
August 20	89	69	0.00
August 21	82	55	0.00
August 22	86	56	0.00
August 23	90	58	0.00
August 24	91	64	0.00
August 25	92	71	0.00
August 26	89	70	0.00
August 27	85	69	0.17
August 28	91	67	0.00
August 29	91	71	0.11
August 30	87	68	0.67
August 31	84	70	0.14

September 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	67	0.00
September 2	77	63	0.00
September 3	85	66	0.00
September 4	84	65	0.00
September 5	84	61	0.00
September 6	87	60	0.00
September 7	91	65	0.00
September 8	92	63	0.00
September 9	95	69	0.00
September 10	76	67	0.00
September 11	82	66	0.44
September 12	87	64	0.00
September 13	78	59	0.02
September 14	67	57	0.04
September 15	83	62	0.00
September 16	88	60	0.00
September 17	91	66	0.00
September 18	93	65	0.00
September 19	95	71	0.00
September 20	81	69	0.00
September 21	88	70	0.00
September 22	87	68	0.00
September 23	68	58	0.02
September 24	66	57	0.00
September 25	78	56	0.00
September 26	71	55	0.00
September 27	76	46	0.00
September 28	78	51	0.00
September 29	67	42	0.00
September 30	67	53	0.00

October 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	54	0.00
October 2	77	48	0.00
October 3	74	49	0.00
October 4	75	48	0.10
October 5	60	47	0.00
October 6	65	47	0.00
October 7	57	46	0.00
October 8	58	33	0.00
October 9	61	27	0.00
October 10	72	35	0.00
October 11	69	34	0.00
October 12	81	42	0.00
October 13	79	51	0.50
October 14	65	44	0.15
October 15	53	34	0.00
October 16	52	32	0.03
October 17	54	34	0.00
October 18	66	28	0.00
October 19	70	42	0.00
October 20	70	41	0.00
October 21	73	35	0.00
October 22	80	43	0.00
October 23	80	52	0.00
October 24	61	35	0.00
October 25	72	29	0.00
October 26	82	50	0.00
October 27	67	39	0.00
October 28	62	38	0.00
October 29	67	36	0.00
October 30	64	35	0.00
October 31	68	33	0.00

November 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	73	38	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	41	0.00	0.0
November 5	73	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	77	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	67	45	0.00	0.0
November 8	60	38	0.07	0.0
November 9	66	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	63	37	0.00	0.0
November 11	71	42	0.00	0.0
November 12	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	52	0.00	0.0
November 14	73	45	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	55	0.24	0.0
November 16	58	46	0.42	0.0
November 17	53	45	0.39	0.0
November 18	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	59	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	53	43	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	40	0.28	0.0
November 24	61	38	0.00	0.0
November 25	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	37	30	0.28	1.6
November 27	38	34	0.51	0.0
November 28	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	29	0.36	0.0
November 30	51	39	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	28	0.00
December 2	60	30	0.00
December 3	50	32	0.41
December 4	69	47	0.44
December 5	54	35	0.10
December 6	63	32	0.00
December 7	53	29	0.02
December 8	73	43	0.00
December 9	73	24	0.50
December 10	33	19	0.00
December 11	34	17	0.00
December 12	49	20	0.00
December 13	56	26	0.00
December 14	40	25	0.00
December 15	57	25	0.00
December 16	52	27	0.02
December 17	49	35	0.00
December 18	55	30	0.00
December 19	46	37	0.16
December 20	45	37	0.04
December 21	55	31	0.02
December 22	46	25	0.00
December 23	50	29	0.00
December 24	44	26	0.88
December 25	50	34	0.00
December 26	54	27	0.00
December 27	38	25	0.00
December 28	41	15	0.00
December 29	41	13	0.00
December 30	43	25	0.18
December 31	44	34	0.38

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Roanoke Regional Airport	location
1901–1947	Roanoke	location