Seattle Weather in 1979

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	20 °F	January 1
Highest daily low	64 °F	July 31
Lowest daily high	30 °F	January 1
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	December 14
Most daily snow	1.2 inches	December 15
Total annual precipitation	32.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1979 was 98 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 16
2	96 °F	Jul 17
3	93 °F	Sep 14
4	92 °F	Jul 18
5	90 °F	Jul 19
6	88 °F	Jun 2
7	87 °F	Jul 31
8	86 °F	Jul 15
9	85 °F	Jul 30
9	85 °F	Jul 20
9	85 °F	Jun 1

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1979 was 20 °F which happened on Jan 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	20 °F	January 1
2	23 °F	January 3
3	25 °F	February 2
3	25 °F	February 1
3	25 °F	January 30
6	26 °F	January 31
6	26 °F	January 29
6	26 °F	January 2
9	27 °F	January 28
9	27 °F	January 5

January 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	48	34	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	35	0.13	0.0
January 10	45	36	0.71	0.0
January 11	45	40	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	39	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 14	44	37	0.05	0.1
January 15	42	36	0.01	0.1
January 16	43	36	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	45	39	0.06	0.0
January 20	53	43	0.62	0.0
January 21	44	34	0.37	0.0
January 22	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	34	0.24	0.0
January 24	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	43	32	0.01	0.0
January 26	39	32	0.05	0.3
January 27	41	35	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	26	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	25	0.03	0.4
February 3	41	34	0.08	0.0
February 4	49	38	0.06	0.0
February 5	48	44	0.24	0.0
February 6	52	43	0.71	0.0
February 7	47	41	0.00	0.0
February 8	50	40	0.23	0.0
February 9	49	43	0.18	0.0
February 10	45	41	0.31	0.0
February 11	51	44	0.72	0.0
February 12	55	43	0.72	0.0
February 13	55	35	0.08	0.0
February 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	33	0.07	0.0
February 16	46	35	0.07	0.0
February 17	51	37	0.15	0.0
February 18	48	38	0.06	0.0
February 19	46	35	0.08	0.0
February 20	50	30	0.03	0.0
February 21	44	33	0.14	0.0
February 22	51	32	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	36	0.29	0.0
February 24	51	38	0.41	0.0
February 25	58	45	0.43	0.0
February 26	47	41	0.07	0.0
February 27	49	36	0.16	0.0
February 28	45	33	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	46	34	0.00
March 2	54	34	0.00
March 3	49	44	0.19
March 4	58	46	0.92
March 5	57	51	0.14
March 6	63	50	0.03
March 7	57	41	0.00
March 8	53	40	0.00
March 9	64	38	0.00
March 10	68	38	0.00
March 11	55	44	0.00
March 12	59	42	0.00
March 13	70	40	0.00
March 14	61	41	0.01
March 15	50	44	0.15
March 16	54	40	0.00
March 17	55	42	0.08
March 18	59	42	0.00
March 19	57	41	0.00
March 20	63	38	0.00
March 21	61	37	0.00
March 22	68	39	0.00
March 23	68	42	0.00
March 24	64	41	0.00
March 25	50	41	0.00
March 26	56	40	0.00
March 27	52	43	0.00
March 28	57	41	0.00
March 29	54	39	0.00
March 30	52	41	0.03
March 31	50	40	0.00

April 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	36	0.07
April 2	52	40	0.04
April 3	50	40	0.00
April 4	53	47	0.02
April 5	61	46	0.00
April 6	55	43	0.00
April 7	57	41	0.00
April 8	55	43	0.13
April 9	52	41	0.13
April 10	51	40	0.03
April 11	56	42	0.03
April 12	55	41	0.20
April 13	54	40	0.14
April 14	55	37	0.00
April 15	53	42	0.00
April 16	47	43	0.02
April 17	53	40	0.00
April 18	55	40	0.00
April 19	56	39	0.00
April 20	61	41	0.00
April 21	64	42	0.00
April 22	68	44	0.00
April 23	67	47	0.00
April 24	64	43	0.00
April 25	69	42	0.00
April 26	76	45	0.00
April 27	72	48	0.00
April 28	68	53	0.00
April 29	67	52	0.00
April 30	66	48	0.00

May 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	50	0.00
May 2	63	49	0.00
May 3	65	48	0.00
May 4	59	50	0.33
May 5	60	46	0.32
May 6	58	46	0.04
May 7	61	43	0.00
May 8	63	44	0.00
May 9	62	46	0.09
May 10	60	44	0.00
May 11	65	47	0.00
May 12	65	46	0.00
May 13	67	50	0.00
May 14	72	47	0.00
May 15	72	48	0.00
May 16	66	51	0.02
May 17	68	45	0.00
May 18	69	51	0.00
May 19	69	46	0.00
May 20	75	46	0.00
May 21	75	47	0.00
May 22	70	51	0.00
May 23	69	53	0.00
May 24	72	53	0.00
May 25	81	52	0.00
May 26	67	48	0.02
May 27	60	45	0.06
May 28	62	43	0.00
May 29	66	45	0.00
May 30	73	45	0.00
May 31	79	50	0.00

June 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	52	0.00
June 2	88	56	0.00
June 3	81	57	0.00
June 4	72	53	0.00
June 5	71	53	0.12
June 6	64	48	0.02
June 7	71	45	0.00
June 8	76	50	0.00
June 9	80	51	0.00
June 10	79	56	0.00
June 11	75	50	0.00
June 12	70	49	0.00
June 13	69	48	0.00
June 14	71	48	0.00
June 15	69	52	0.00
June 16	69	51	0.03
June 17	60	52	0.03
June 18	64	54	0.00
June 19	67	51	0.14
June 20	67	51	0.00
June 21	72	54	0.00
June 22	71	49	0.00
June 23	75	55	0.00
June 24	78	55	0.00
June 25	84	52	0.00
June 26	84	52	0.00
June 27	75	50	0.00
June 28	77	50	0.00
June 29	68	52	0.00
June 30	67	54	0.12

July 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	59	49	0.58
July 2	69	47	0.00
July 3	78	51	0.00
July 4	74	57	0.00
July 5	80	56	0.00
July 6	75	55	0.00
July 7	77	55	0.00
July 8	79	61	0.00
July 9	80	60	0.08
July 10	70	58	0.04
July 11	70	56	0.03
July 12	71	57	0.00
July 13	73	53	0.00
July 14	78	51	0.00
July 15	86	60	0.00
July 16	98	63	0.00
July 17	96	62	0.00
July 18	92	58	0.00
July 19	90	55	0.00
July 20	85	57	0.00
July 21	72	58	0.00
July 22	78	56	0.00
July 23	76	53	0.00
July 24	77	55	0.00
July 25	80	55	0.00
July 26	84	55	0.00
July 27	72	55	0.00
July 28	69	57	0.00
July 29	79	53	0.00
July 30	85	57	0.00
July 31	87	64	0.00

August 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	72	60	0.00
August 2	75	55	0.00
August 3	73	56	0.00
August 4	77	53	0.00
August 5	71	52	0.00
August 6	75	54	0.00
August 7	79	52	0.00
August 8	78	51	0.00
August 9	82	52	0.00
August 10	81	52	0.00
August 11	77	53	0.00
August 12	81	51	0.00
August 13	69	53	0.03
August 14	62	57	0.11
August 15	76	55	0.00
August 16	76	57	0.12
August 17	76	59	0.11
August 18	64	58	0.24
August 19	64	58	0.13
August 20	74	56	0.00
August 21	66	58	0.26
August 22	72	54	0.02
August 23	70	57	0.00
August 24	76	52	0.00
August 25	78	54	0.00
August 26	74	52	0.00
August 27	66	55	0.00
August 28	72	57	0.00
August 29	67	54	0.00
August 30	63	60	0.00
August 31	74	57	0.00

September 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	68	60	0.29
September 2	66	57	0.71
September 3	67	55	0.07
September 4	68	54	0.00
September 5	64	57	0.16
September 6	70	55	0.00
September 7	80	57	0.24
September 8	70	55	0.60
September 9	69	52	0.00
September 10	68	49	0.00
September 11	70	52	0.00
September 12	77	53	0.00
September 13	84	58	0.00
September 14	93	54	0.00
September 15	71	56	0.00
September 16	72	59	0.00
September 17	75	54	0.00
September 18	77	54	0.00
September 19	67	58	0.00
September 20	67	58	0.00
September 21	70	56	0.00
September 22	69	51	0.00
September 23	67	49	0.00
September 24	72	52	0.00
September 25	72	50	0.00
September 26	68	58	0.00
September 27	66	54	0.00
September 28	65	51	0.00
September 29	66	48	0.00
September 30	69	53	0.00

October 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	50	0.00
October 2	66	53	0.00
October 3	77	47	0.00
October 4	65	54	0.00
October 5	69	49	0.00
October 6	68	49	0.00
October 7	60	48	0.00
October 8	60	51	0.00
October 9	74	50	0.00
October 10	73	47	0.00
October 11	58	44	0.00
October 12	56	43	0.00
October 13	56	47	0.01
October 14	58	52	0.24
October 15	62	53	0.01
October 16	58	51	0.16
October 17	60	46	0.00
October 18	52	47	0.60
October 19	54	46	0.11
October 20	56	43	0.06
October 21	58	41	0.00
October 22	57	49	0.30
October 23	62	49	0.00
October 24	61	49	0.45
October 25	58	51	0.25
October 26	59	50	0.64
October 27	59	46	0.49
October 28	55	44	0.06
October 29	53	41	0.00
October 30	54	44	0.00
October 31	55	42	0.00

November 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	32	0.00
November 2	55	48	0.07
November 3	58	47	0.27
November 4	54	48	0.13
November 5	57	49	0.02
November 6	62	46	0.00
November 7	58	41	0.00
November 8	50	36	0.00
November 9	47	34	0.00
November 10	49	38	0.00
November 11	46	34	0.00
November 12	41	35	0.00
November 13	44	33	0.00
November 14	54	32	0.00
November 15	53	34	0.00
November 16	53	45	0.11
November 17	51	41	0.02
November 18	48	37	0.00
November 19	48	36	0.01
November 20	48	30	0.00
November 21	54	30	0.00
November 22	47	41	0.60
November 23	48	38	0.00
November 24	43	38	0.28
November 25	43	36	0.16
November 26	40	32	0.14
November 27	44	28	0.00
November 28	49	42	0.00
November 29	46	40	0.13
November 30	47	38	0.00

December 1979 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	37	1.52	0.0
December 2	48	42	0.16	0.0
December 3	55	40	0.65	0.0
December 4	55	44	0.16	0.0
December 5	47	44	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	47	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	42	0.03	0.0
December 8	46	38	0.00	0.0
December 9	53	37	0.14	0.0
December 10	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	30	0.09	0.0
December 12	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	49	40	1.32	0.0
December 14	50	40	1.67	0.0
December 15	42	32	1.45	1.2
December 16	46	33	0.64	0.0
December 17	56	42	1.61	0.0
December 18	53	50	0.49	0.0
December 19	52	47	0.49	0.0
December 20	52	46	0.04	0.0
December 21	47	38	0.76	0.0
December 22	42	32	0.09	0.0
December 23	43	37	0.02	0.0
December 24	52	40	0.00	0.0
December 25	51	41	0.06	0.0
December 26	51	41	0.02	0.0
December 27	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 30	48	43	0.23	0.0
December 31	54	44	0.21	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Seattle Tacoma International Airport	location
1894–1947	University of Washington	location