Santa Cruz Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Santa Cruz Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	September 24
Lowest temperature	27 °F	December 8
Highest daily low	56 °F	September 25
Lowest daily high	48 °F	December 8
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	February 9
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	35.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on September 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Sep 24
2	98 °F	Sep 30
3	97 °F	Sep 25
4	95 °F	Sep 26
5	93 °F	Sep 29
6	92 °F	Oct 13
6	92 °F	Oct 12
6	92 °F	May 14
9	91 °F	Sep 23
9	91 °F	May 31

What was the coldest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1978 was 27 °F which happened on Dec 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	27 °F	December 8
2	28 °F	December 30
3	29 °F	December 31
3	29 °F	December 20
3	29 °F	December 9
6	31 °F	December 29
6	31 °F	December 21
6	31 °F	November 12
9	32 °F	December 23
9	32 °F	December 22
9	32 °F	December 16
9	32 °F	December 10
9	32 °F	November 15

January 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	60	40	0.00
January 2	54	44	0.02
January 3	55	49	0.78
January 4	58	49	0.07
January 5	61	51	0.32
January 6	59	52	2.09
January 7	62	43	0.27
January 8	67	47	0.02
January 9	61	52	1.71
January 10	62	49	0.32
January 11	66	46	0.02
January 12	63	48	0.00
January 13	56	50	0.24
January 14	59	50	1.80
January 15	58	48	0.92
January 16	61	52	1.39
January 17	60	47	0.62
January 18	61	46	0.00
January 19	57	48	0.75
January 20	59	43	0.06
January 21	63	42	0.00
January 22	62	43	0.00
January 23	63	37	0.00
January 24	59	34	0.00
January 25	61	35	0.00
January 26	64	37	0.00
January 27	63	40	0.00
January 28	64	41	0.00
January 29	65	39	0.00
January 30	70	38	0.00
January 31	63	43	0.00

February 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	61	41	0.00
February 2	63	39	0.00
February 3	64	40	0.00
February 4	73	46	0.00
February 5	61	50	0.30
February 6	61	53	0.32
February 7	63	52	0.50
February 8	62	43	1.04
February 9	57	46	2.13
February 10	55	44	0.00
February 11	52	38	0.02
February 12	61	41	0.59
February 13	54	44	1.10
February 14	57	38	0.09
February 15	62	41	0.03
February 16	63	38	0.00
February 17	57	43	0.01
February 18	63	42	0.00
February 19	66	40	0.00
February 20	67	41	0.00
February 21	70	46	0.00
February 22	72	41	0.00
February 23	74	46	0.00
February 24	67	45	0.00
February 25	57	46	0.00
February 26	61	47	0.00
February 27	64	44	0.00
February 28	62	44	0.00

March 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	69	47	0.02
March 2	67	53	1.07
March 3	61	52	0.20
March 4	60	53	0.68
March 5	60	52	0.77
March 6	64	44	0.01
March 7	67	46	0.00
March 8	68	49	0.00
March 9	56	50	0.62
March 10	66	47	0.00
March 11	62	46	0.00
March 12	61	40	0.15
March 13	65	40	0.00
March 14	64	47	0.06
March 15	69	41	0.00
March 16	77	43	0.00
March 17	84	48	0.00
March 18	84	52	0.00
March 19	80	51	0.00
March 20	69	47	0.00
March 21	64	52	0.11
March 22	65	50	1.08
March 23	67	49	0.08
March 24	64	43	0.01
March 25	70	44	0.00
March 26	78	49	0.00
March 27	75	47	0.00
March 28	67	49	0.00
March 29	64	49	0.00
March 30	58	52	0.07
March 31	61	52	1.05

April 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	49	0.55
April 2	62	42	0.00
April 3	64	40	0.00
April 4	64	41	0.96
April 5	64	40	0.00
April 6	61	46	0.58
April 7	58	38	0.16
April 8	61	37	0.06
April 9	72	43	0.00
April 10	74	45	0.00
April 11	67	51	0.00
April 12	62	51	0.00
April 13	57	52	0.00
April 14	64	41	0.00
April 15	63	49	0.25
April 16	52	41	1.46
April 17	60	37	0.00
April 18	68	40	0.00
April 19	71	43	0.00
April 20	66	46	0.09
April 21	62	36	0.00
April 22	69	38	0.00
April 23	71	40	0.00
April 24	73	50	0.00
April 25	59	51	1.04
April 26	69	48	0.10
April 27	66	45	0.04
April 28	70	44	0.00
April 29	73	45	0.00
April 30	68	49	0.01

May 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	43	0.00
May 2	72	45	0.00
May 3	73	47	0.00
May 4	72	45	0.00
May 5	78	44	0.00
May 6	72	45	0.00
May 7	80	44	0.00
May 8	80	45	0.00
May 9	85	45	0.00
May 10	69	49	0.00
May 11	72	43	0.00
May 12	76	43	0.00
May 13	82	51	0.00
May 14	92	47	0.00
May 15	73	53	0.01
May 16	72	43	0.00
May 17	79	44	0.00
May 18	85	46	0.00
May 19	90	50	0.00
May 20	81	53	0.00
May 21	64	51	0.00
May 22	67	46	0.00
May 23	69	47	0.00
May 24	65	40	0.00
May 25	68	39	0.00
May 26	73	43	0.00
May 27	77	46	0.00
May 28	73	46	0.00
May 29	79	47	0.00
May 30	86	48	0.00
May 31	91	47	0.00

June 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	47	0.00
June 2	68	47	0.00
June 3	67	46	0.00
June 4	73	52	0.00
June 5	75	52	0.00
June 6	77	50	0.00
June 7	77	46	0.00
June 8	80	53	0.00
June 9	74	48	0.00
June 10	81	48	0.00
June 11	77	46	0.00
June 12	80	46	0.00
June 13	84	49	0.00
June 14	84	44	0.00
June 15	79	44	0.00
June 16	70	41	0.00
June 17	73	43	0.00
June 18	74	49	0.00
June 19	77	45	0.00
June 20	75	45	0.00
June 21	77	49	0.00
June 22	77	44	0.00
June 23	75	45	0.00
June 24	80	48	0.00
June 25	79	45	0.00
June 26	77	50	0.00
June 27	63	52	0.05
June 28	64	54	0.03
June 29	67	54	0.00
June 30	73	47	0.00

July 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	77	46
July 2	77	49
July 3	76	45
July 4	74	49
July 5	70	48
July 6	74	51
July 7	71	53
July 8	67	53
July 9	72	53
July 10	69	52
July 11	64	52
July 12	68	51
July 13	74	50
July 14	83	51
July 15	80	53
July 16	80	54
July 17	78	49
July 18	85	51
July 19	68	53
July 20	67	53
July 21	71	53
July 22	74	53
July 23	69	53
July 24	71	52
July 25	74	54
July 26	74	54
July 27	79	53
July 28	76	47
July 29	76	54
July 30	72	52
July 31	71	50

August 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	72	52
August 2	70	52
August 3	70	51
August 4	69	51
August 5	73	52
August 6	77	53
August 7	74	53
August 8	78	56
August 9	71	55
August 10	77	55
August 11	71	54
August 12	71	55
August 13	75	54
August 14	76	47
August 15	75	52
August 16	69	54
August 17	74	51
August 18	72	47
August 19	86	48
August 20	72	53
August 21	75	49
August 22	85	46
August 23	80	46
August 24	75	52
August 25	78	46
August 26	85	46
August 27	83	47
August 28	80	47
August 29	83	50
August 30	76	55
August 31	81	55

September 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	50	0.00
September 2	87	49	0.00
September 3	62	53	0.00
September 4	74	55	0.00
September 5	74	54	0.00
September 6	72	56	0.00
September 7	74	46	0.00
September 8	77	45	0.00
September 9	81	45	0.00
September 10	66	54	0.62
September 11	76	51	0.00
September 12	83	47	0.00
September 13	87	43	0.00
September 14	73	51	0.00
September 15	72	50	0.00
September 16	71	51	0.00
September 17	70	55	0.00
September 18	73	44	0.00
September 19	75	44	0.00
September 20	80	44	0.00
September 21	84	45	0.00
September 22	79	47	0.00
September 23	91	48	0.00
September 24	99	n/a	0.00
September 25	97	56	0.00
September 26	95	53	0.00
September 27	75	49	0.00
September 28	77	48	0.00
September 29	93	54	0.00
September 30	98	51	0.00

October 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
October 1	74	46
October 2	74	47
October 3	77	48
October 4	67	46
October 5	66	45
October 6	64	46
October 7	70	45
October 8	69	43
October 9	61	46
October 10	84	45
October 11	80	46
October 12	92	48
October 13	92	50
October 14	90	52
October 15	65	53
October 16	66	50
October 17	67	48
October 18	62	49
October 19	66	52
October 20	61	51
October 21	64	45
October 22	66	43
October 23	69	42
October 24	81	46
October 25	74	52
October 26	64	42
October 27	65	48
October 28	62	47
October 29	60	44
October 30	69	39
October 31	67	41

November 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	42	0.00
November 2	66	38	0.00
November 3	64	38	0.00
November 4	68	39	0.00
November 5	67	46	0.00
November 6	65	43	0.00
November 7	76	45	0.00
November 8	74	47	0.00
November 9	79	44	0.00
November 10	66	40	0.00
November 11	59	42	0.00
November 12	51	31	0.00
November 13	56	41	1.15
November 14	56	34	0.05
November 15	55	32	0.00
November 16	58	34	0.01
November 17	57	40	0.00
November 18	59	39	0.00
November 19	58	44	0.00
November 20	55	48	1.70
November 21	55	49	0.43
November 22	58	45	1.06
November 23	55	38	0.08
November 24	60	39	0.00
November 25	58	40	0.00
November 26	56	37	0.00
November 27	55	36	0.00
November 28	57	37	0.00
November 29	61	41	0.00
November 30	60	43	0.00

December 1978 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	53	44	0.14
December 2	58	39	0.00
December 3	58	34	0.00
December 4	58	34	0.00
December 5	59	38	0.00
December 6	57	39	0.00
December 7	50	36	0.00
December 8	48	27	0.00
December 9	50	29	0.00
December 10	53	32	0.00
December 11	57	38	0.00
December 12	62	40	0.00
December 13	63	38	0.00
December 14	62	37	0.00
December 15	59	35	0.00
December 16	62	32	0.00
December 17	59	39	0.27
December 18	53	43	0.64
December 19	49	35	0.03
December 20	53	29	0.00
December 21	54	31	0.00
December 22	56	32	0.00
December 23	54	32	0.00
December 24	54	33	0.00
December 25	57	35	0.00
December 26	60	34	0.00
December 27	57	37	0.00
December 28	56	41	0.00
December 29	54	31	0.00
December 30	53	28	0.00
December 31	54	29	0.00

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