Santa Barbara Weather in 1978

Historical record of Santa Barbara, California weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Santa Barbara Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	July 15
Lowest temperature	29 °F	December 8
Highest daily low	66 °F	September 5
Lowest daily high	52 °F	December 7
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	January 14
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	35.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Santa Barbara in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Santa Barbara, California in 1978 was 105 °F which happened on July 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Santa Barbara in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Jul 15
2	100 °F	Sep 24
3	98 °F	Sep 25
4	94 °F	Sep 26
5	92 °F	Sep 23
6	90 °F	Sep 29
7	87 °F	Jul 14
8	85 °F	Sep 22
8	85 °F	May 28
8	85 °F	May 18

What was the coldest temperature in Santa Barbara in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Santa Barbara, California in 1978 was 29 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Santa Barbara in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	29 °F	December 8
1	29 °F	December 7
3	32 °F	December 6
4	33 °F	December 10
4	33 °F	December 9
6	34 °F	December 31
6	34 °F	December 20
8	35 °F	December 23
8	35 °F	December 21
10	36 °F	December 24
10	36 °F	December 22
10	36 °F	December 16
10	36 °F	December 15
10	36 °F	December 3

January 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	65	45	0.00
January 2	65	49	0.00
January 3	61	57	0.26
January 4	62	54	0.16
January 5	63	58	0.17
January 6	65	54	0.61
January 7	67	49	0.00
January 8	72	48	0.00
January 9	62	56	1.25
January 10	62	49	1.08
January 11	65	46	0.00
January 12	63	45	0.00
January 13	67	51	0.00
January 14	63	57	2.62
January 15	64	50	0.03
January 16	63	52	2.00
January 17	68	52	0.00
January 18	64	46	0.14
January 19	67	52	0.20
January 20	70	49	0.00
January 21	67	44	0.00
January 22	65	47	0.00
January 23	68	41	0.00
January 24	62	39	0.00
January 25	64	38	0.00
January 26	65	40	0.00
January 27	68	44	0.00
January 28	68	43	0.00
January 29	67	42	0.00
January 30	64	51	0.00
January 31	65	49	0.00

February 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	63	47	0.00
February 2	64	42	0.00
February 3	71	41	0.00
February 4	73	49	0.00
February 5	70	57	0.90
February 6	64	50	0.22
February 7	59	49	1.54
February 8	62	45	2.49
February 9	62	54	2.13
February 10	62	45	0.54
February 11	61	44	0.00
February 12	56	43	1.25
February 13	61	45	0.13
February 14	68	50	0.00
February 15	68	43	0.00
February 16	66	39	0.00
February 17	64	43	0.00
February 18	67	46	0.00
February 19	70	43	0.00
February 20	69	44	0.00
February 21	72	45	0.00
February 22	71	47	0.00
February 23	63	48	0.00
February 24	60	54	0.00
February 25	59	47	0.00
February 26	60	48	0.00
February 27	60	52	0.08
February 28	65	52	1.23

March 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	64	54	0.59
March 2	62	54	1.54
March 3	61	50	0.85
March 4	65	56	1.70
March 5	63	53	0.26
March 6	65	47	0.00
March 7	63	50	0.00
March 8	64	52	0.00
March 9	59	52	1.26
March 10	68	41	0.00
March 11	61	50	0.00
March 12	64	51	0.00
March 13	67	48	0.00
March 14	65	44	0.00
March 15	74	46	0.00
March 16	80	46	0.00
March 17	80	44	0.00
March 18	72	54	0.00
March 19	69	52	0.00
March 20	66	54	0.00
March 21	65	57	0.18
March 22	63	51	1.86
March 23	70	47	0.00
March 24	69	46	0.00
March 25	75	49	0.00
March 26	72	51	0.00
March 27	65	54	0.00
March 28	65	55	0.00
March 29	62	57	0.11
March 30	61	55	1.00
March 31	63	51	0.73

April 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	48	0.00
April 2	67	46	0.00
April 3	64	47	0.00
April 4	68	51	0.49
April 5	64	44	0.00
April 6	60	44	0.35
April 7	57	43	0.05
April 8	64	41	0.00
April 9	64	46	0.00
April 10	63	51	0.00
April 11	62	55	0.00
April 12	62	55	0.00
April 13	62	50	0.00
April 14	64	55	0.00
April 15	61	45	0.99
April 16	61	42	0.00
April 17	64	41	0.00
April 18	70	47	0.00
April 19	71	48	0.00
April 20	69	48	0.00
April 21	70	42	0.00
April 22	67	42	0.00
April 23	68	46	0.00
April 24	65	54	0.00
April 25	62	47	0.12
April 26	69	43	0.00
April 27	65	45	0.00
April 28	66	45	0.00
April 29	65	49	0.00
April 30	70	49	0.00

May 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
May 1	68	47
May 2	64	49
May 3	60	52
May 4	66	49
May 5	67	48
May 6	72	45
May 7	72	44
May 8	77	50
May 9	71	48
May 10	66	50
May 11	67	47
May 12	77	50
May 13	78	53
May 14	71	52
May 15	76	49
May 16	79	51
May 17	82	52
May 18	85	48
May 19	72	51
May 20	66	55
May 21	63	48
May 22	64	47
May 23	75	45
May 24	72	49
May 25	67	45
May 26	67	44
May 27	72	47
May 28	85	51
May 29	79	51
May 30	71	54
May 31	67	58

June 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	56	0.01
June 2	66	52	0.00
June 3	70	47	0.00
June 4	68	49	0.00
June 5	65	56	0.00
June 6	66	55	0.00
June 7	68	54	0.00
June 8	66	55	0.00
June 9	66	55	0.00
June 10	67	56	0.00
June 11	70	52	0.00
June 12	74	53	0.00
June 13	76	52	0.00
June 14	76	51	0.00
June 15	73	52	0.00
June 16	72	52	0.00
June 17	73	48	0.00
June 18	77	48	0.00
June 19	79	48	0.00
June 20	74	53	0.00
June 21	81	54	0.00
June 22	73	52	0.00
June 23	71	53	0.00
June 24	83	54	0.00
June 25	80	51	0.00
June 26	68	51	0.00
June 27	73	52	0.00
June 28	68	53	0.00
June 29	72	50	0.00
June 30	74	51	0.00

July 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	79	52
July 2	76	50
July 3	72	50
July 4	68	53
July 5	69	50
July 6	72	50
July 7	69	53
July 8	70	52
July 9	66	53
July 10	65	52
July 11	68	52
July 12	72	49
July 13	78	55
July 14	87	55
July 15	105	62
July 16	75	57
July 17	71	52
July 18	66	54
July 19	68	53
July 20	66	53
July 21	69	52
July 22	70	56
July 23	73	56
July 24	74	55
July 25	72	59
July 26	77	58
July 27	76	58
July 28	76	55
July 29	75	54
July 30	74	56
July 31	67	55

August 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	70	55	0.00
August 2	70	57	0.00
August 3	69	57	0.00
August 4	72	58	0.00
August 5	77	57	0.00
August 6	79	59	0.00
August 7	77	62	0.00
August 8	77	61	0.00
August 9	75	61	0.01
August 10	73	62	0.00
August 11	74	60	0.00
August 12	73	61	0.01
August 13	71	56	0.00
August 14	74	56	0.00
August 15	71	58	0.00
August 16	71	58	0.00
August 17	75	51	0.00
August 18	75	51	0.00
August 19	74	59	0.00
August 20	74	60	0.00
August 21	72	61	0.00
August 22	74	61	0.00
August 23	74	59	0.00
August 24	78	58	0.00
August 25	76	60	0.00
August 26	79	53	0.00
August 27	77	52	0.00
August 28	78	57	0.00
August 29	75	59	0.00
August 30	72	60	0.00
August 31	77	58	0.00

September 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	59	0.00
September 2	72	59	0.00
September 3	75	56	0.00
September 4	75	56	0.94
September 5	73	66	0.33
September 6	76	55	0.00
September 7	83	59	0.00
September 8	76	56	0.00
September 9	70	55	0.00
September 10	76	56	0.00
September 11	76	57	0.00
September 12	74	58	0.00
September 13	72	61	0.00
September 14	68	58	0.00
September 15	69	53	0.00
September 16	70	60	0.00
September 17	69	56	0.00
September 18	82	48	0.00
September 19	79	55	0.00
September 20	80	55	0.00
September 21	81	50	0.00
September 22	85	53	0.00
September 23	92	55	0.00
September 24	100	60	0.00
September 25	98	62	0.00
September 26	94	62	0.00
September 27	82	65	0.00
September 28	84	59	0.00
September 29	90	61	0.00
September 30	75	60	0.00

October 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
October 1	68	58
October 2	75	57
October 3	66	60
October 4	64	59
October 5	64	59
October 6	66	59
October 7	68	56
October 8	70	61
October 9	71	57
October 10	69	55
October 11	70	53
October 12	78	54
October 13	69	58
October 14	68	57
October 15	69	56
October 16	65	52
October 17	70	59
October 18	70	62
October 19	73	51
October 20	73	56
October 21	72	52
October 22	71	52
October 23	83	47
October 24	73	46
October 25	67	56
October 26	66	52
October 27	65	52
October 28	66	52
October 29	65	56
October 30	65	52
October 31	64	46

November 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	49	0.00
November 2	75	46	0.00
November 3	76	44	0.00
November 4	72	45	0.00
November 5	65	49	0.00
November 6	65	49	0.00
November 7	65	50	0.00
November 8	69	47	0.00
November 9	65	54	0.00
November 10	60	50	0.00
November 11	53	38	0.36
November 12	58	37	0.00
November 13	58	43	0.50
November 14	62	38	0.00
November 15	64	38	0.00
November 16	63	39	0.00
November 17	65	41	0.00
November 18	66	42	0.00
November 19	62	43	0.00
November 20	61	44	0.00
November 21	58	51	0.30
November 22	60	50	0.43
November 23	63	44	0.00
November 24	71	44	0.00
November 25	63	41	0.00
November 26	60	42	0.00
November 27	64	40	0.00
November 28	67	39	0.00
November 29	62	43	0.00
November 30	65	48	0.00

December 1978 Santa Barbara Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	62	46	0.03
December 2	65	39	0.00
December 3	64	36	0.00
December 4	62	38	0.00
December 5	66	39	0.00
December 6	55	32	0.00
December 7	52	29	0.00
December 8	57	29	0.00
December 9	56	33	0.00
December 10	66	33	0.00
December 11	69	37	0.00
December 12	69	37	0.00
December 13	70	37	0.00
December 14	69	38	0.00
December 15	67	36	0.00
December 16	61	36	0.00
December 17	56	44	0.43
December 18	53	44	0.40
December 19	55	41	0.25
December 20	58	34	0.00
December 21	60	35	0.00
December 22	62	36	0.00
December 23	61	35	0.00
December 24	58	36	0.00
December 25	57	43	0.00
December 26	58	41	0.00
December 27	57	47	0.00
December 28	56	48	0.00
December 29	60	42	0.00
December 30	61	38	0.00
December 31	61	34	0.00

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