Roanoke Weather in 1979

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	14 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	September 21
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	51.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1979 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 10
1	93 °F	Aug 8
3	92 °F	Aug 9
4	91 °F	Aug 7
4	91 °F	Aug 1
6	90 °F	Aug 6
6	90 °F	Aug 2
6	90 °F	Jul 31
6	90 °F	Jul 15
10	89 °F	Aug 11
10	89 °F	Jul 16
10	89 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1979 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 3
2	6 °F	February 18
2	6 °F	February 10
4	7 °F	February 19
4	7 °F	February 11
6	9 °F	February 20
6	9 °F	January 9
8	11 °F	February 6
8	11 °F	January 4
8	11 °F	January 2

January 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	61	44	0.57	0.0
January 2	51	11	0.83	0.0
January 3	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	24	0.07	0.7
January 6	38	28	0.23	0.2
January 7	49	32	0.25	0.0
January 8	50	17	0.05	0.0
January 9	34	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	20	0.06	0.2
January 13	36	29	0.23	0.0
January 14	44	24	0.01	0.0
January 15	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 16	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	52	32	0.02	0.0
January 18	49	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	14	0.08	0.3
January 20	33	25	1.66	0.1
January 21	40	33	0.27	0.0
January 22	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	24	0.73	0.4
January 25	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	48	25	0.20	1.1
January 28	37	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	27	0.01	0.0
January 30	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	23	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	18	0.04	0.8
February 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	11	0.08	0.8
February 7	35	21	0.72	6.9
February 8	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	13	0.02	0.2
February 10	28	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	25	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	14	0.04	0.2
February 13	37	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	50	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	23	12	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	6	0.80	8.9
February 19	38	7	0.06	0.9
February 20	44	9	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	32	0.07	0.0
February 22	60	39	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	38	0.16	0.0
February 24	45	38	1.71	0.0
February 25	45	38	1.47	0.0
February 26	40	30	0.20	0.6
February 27	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	55	25	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	53	32	0.01
March 2	64	33	0.00
March 3	53	41	0.02
March 4	58	40	0.75
March 5	66	54	0.53
March 6	55	35	0.00
March 7	55	29	0.00
March 8	44	38	0.27
March 9	63	35	0.00
March 10	64	38	0.12
March 11	39	29	0.01
March 12	57	30	0.00
March 13	67	25	0.00
March 14	61	39	0.01
March 15	41	25	0.00
March 16	54	20	0.00
March 17	67	25	0.00
March 18	67	32	0.00
March 19	75	37	0.01
March 20	70	42	0.00
March 21	72	39	0.00
March 22	70	39	0.00
March 23	58	44	1.06
March 24	56	43	0.59
March 25	44	33	0.00
March 26	47	31	0.00
March 27	50	31	0.00
March 28	66	33	0.00
March 29	81	46	0.00
March 30	82	56	0.00
March 31	80	62	0.00

April 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	74	62	0.02
April 2	71	57	0.00
April 3	63	48	0.60
April 4	48	43	0.43
April 5	57	43	0.00
April 6	53	38	0.00
April 7	61	32	0.00
April 8	73	40	0.00
April 9	61	39	0.25
April 10	60	38	0.00
April 11	70	34	0.00
April 12	78	56	0.00
April 13	64	45	0.98
April 14	68	45	0.02
April 15	63	45	0.00
April 16	58	46	0.00
April 17	62	42	0.00
April 18	67	39	0.00
April 19	73	36	0.00
April 20	70	37	0.00
April 21	76	39	0.00
April 22	77	52	0.01
April 23	73	58	0.39
April 24	74	58	0.01
April 25	70	57	0.06
April 26	65	58	1.19
April 27	66	47	0.01
April 28	61	41	0.02
April 29	65	36	0.00
April 30	72	36	0.00

May 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	42	0.00
May 2	75	38	0.00
May 3	72	56	0.06
May 4	80	60	0.25
May 5	68	50	0.00
May 6	74	49	0.00
May 7	80	52	0.00
May 8	82	60	0.00
May 9	79	65	0.00
May 10	85	60	0.10
May 11	84	62	0.17
May 12	80	58	0.02
May 13	79	62	1.15
May 14	74	56	0.00
May 15	77	52	0.02
May 16	75	47	0.00
May 17	72	42	0.00
May 18	74	41	0.00
May 19	69	55	0.11
May 20	75	51	0.00
May 21	70	59	0.02
May 22	70	58	0.04
May 23	79	61	0.13
May 24	74	58	0.38
May 25	62	46	0.00
May 26	64	44	0.00
May 27	67	44	0.01
May 28	75	49	0.00
May 29	79	48	0.00
May 30	81	44	0.00
May 31	76	64	0.19

June 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	64	0.00
June 2	85	62	0.00
June 3	72	61	0.61
June 4	79	60	0.00
June 5	85	54	0.00
June 6	86	57	0.00
June 7	83	61	0.00
June 8	88	70	0.00
June 9	86	65	0.03
June 10	89	68	1.21
June 11	73	57	0.02
June 12	78	48	0.00
June 13	80	48	0.00
June 14	81	55	0.00
June 15	83	54	0.00
June 16	71	56	1.34
June 17	74	59	0.45
June 18	88	66	0.12
June 19	75	66	0.28
June 20	73	63	0.00
June 21	68	60	0.44
June 22	85	65	0.06
June 23	85	65	0.00
June 24	72	60	1.07
June 25	73	49	0.00
June 26	74	46	0.00
June 27	77	51	0.00
June 28	82	54	0.00
June 29	81	61	0.15
June 30	82	62	0.00

July 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	56	0.05
July 2	83	60	0.00
July 3	85	61	0.00
July 4	77	63	0.21
July 5	77	54	0.00
July 6	75	48	0.00
July 7	77	53	0.00
July 8	79	50	0.00
July 9	74	57	0.04
July 10	75	61	0.54
July 11	84	60	0.00
July 12	85	69	0.00
July 13	87	69	0.00
July 14	84	71	0.00
July 15	90	71	0.19
July 16	89	69	0.55
July 17	88	67	0.51
July 18	88	67	0.00
July 19	83	70	0.00
July 20	76	69	0.20
July 21	77	68	0.60
July 22	81	69	0.07
July 23	85	68	0.22
July 24	85	67	0.15
July 25	86	69	0.23
July 26	80	70	0.05
July 27	83	71	0.36
July 28	87	69	0.00
July 29	80	70	0.00
July 30	87	65	0.00
July 31	90	65	0.00

August 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	70	0.00
August 2	90	70	0.00
August 3	87	67	0.00
August 4	86	60	0.00
August 5	88	64	0.00
August 6	90	67	0.00
August 7	91	66	0.00
August 8	93	70	0.02
August 9	92	72	0.00
August 10	93	71	0.31
August 11	89	62	1.12
August 12	71	56	0.38
August 13	78	49	0.00
August 14	81	57	0.00
August 15	77	57	0.00
August 16	74	47	0.00
August 17	76	48	0.00
August 18	85	57	0.00
August 19	87	68	0.24
August 20	84	66	1.06
August 21	80	63	0.02
August 22	73	64	0.00
August 23	79	68	0.11
August 24	82	67	0.00
August 25	84	67	0.05
August 26	86	66	0.00
August 27	84	66	0.06
August 28	85	68	0.00
August 29	85	68	0.00
August 30	88	67	0.00
August 31	84	66	0.00

September 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	66	0.51
September 2	84	68	0.20
September 3	83	68	0.12
September 4	82	68	0.04
September 5	73	70	2.19
September 6	85	65	0.00
September 7	83	59	0.00
September 8	73	55	0.00
September 9	69	50	0.00
September 10	74	45	0.00
September 11	85	52	0.00
September 12	78	57	0.00
September 13	75	64	0.88
September 14	80	65	0.14
September 15	76	51	0.00
September 16	72	49	0.00
September 17	74	44	0.00
September 18	81	48	0.00
September 19	79	53	0.00
September 20	68	47	0.01
September 21	72	60	3.80
September 22	80	61	0.38
September 23	64	59	0.00
September 24	63	55	0.00
September 25	68	52	0.00
September 26	73	53	0.00
September 27	71	56	0.11
September 28	65	59	0.29
September 29	76	59	0.00
September 30	76	62	0.51

October 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	80	62	1.11	0.0
October 2	71	56	0.06	0.0
October 3	70	50	0.00	0.0
October 4	69	45	0.04	0.0
October 5	60	44	0.32	0.0
October 6	65	39	0.00	0.0
October 7	62	44	0.00	0.0
October 8	67	43	0.04	0.0
October 9	75	51	0.01	0.0
October 10	51	33	1.73	0.3
October 11	54	36	0.00	0.0
October 12	66	39	0.02	0.0
October 13	61	41	0.00	0.0
October 14	55	34	0.00	0.0
October 15	65	30	0.00	0.0
October 16	69	44	0.00	0.0
October 17	72	44	0.00	0.0
October 18	75	43	0.00	0.0
October 19	72	47	0.00	0.0
October 20	78	50	0.00	0.0
October 21	83	53	0.00	0.0
October 22	83	53	0.00	0.0
October 23	66	47	0.23	0.0
October 24	53	43	0.00	0.0
October 25	58	40	0.00	0.0
October 26	56	31	0.00	0.0
October 27	59	25	0.00	0.0
October 28	66	35	0.00	0.0
October 29	67	47	0.00	0.0
October 30	63	45	0.00	0.0
October 31	58	43	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	49	0.03
November 2	65	49	1.10
November 3	56	40	0.05
November 4	58	28	0.00
November 5	55	29	0.00
November 6	64	29	0.00
November 7	53	31	0.00
November 8	54	27	0.00
November 9	61	42	0.00
November 10	60	52	0.84
November 11	53	45	0.58
November 12	46	42	0.01
November 13	57	39	0.03
November 14	46	35	0.00
November 15	52	31	0.00
November 16	55	35	0.00
November 17	67	32	0.00
November 18	73	41	0.00
November 19	68	37	0.00
November 20	75	39	0.00
November 21	69	40	0.00
November 22	73	40	0.00
November 23	66	50	0.03
November 24	70	61	0.13
November 25	67	60	0.05
November 26	67	49	0.92
November 27	66	41	0.00
November 28	59	37	0.00
November 29	38	26	0.00
November 30	40	20	0.00

December 1979 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	46	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	54	33	0.00	0.0
December 5	61	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	34	0.02	0.0
December 7	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	62	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	68	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	72	35	0.00	0.0
December 13	63	45	0.48	0.0
December 14	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	50	36	0.07	0.0
December 17	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 18	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	52	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	30	0.02	0.2
December 22	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	58	40	0.00	0.0
December 24	56	47	0.54	0.0
December 25	51	41	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 27	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	58	32	0.00	0.0
December 30	59	35	0.00	0.0
December 31	51	26	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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