Sioux City Weather in 1979

Historical record of Sioux City, Iowa weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Sioux City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	February 1
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 8
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	4.4 inches	October 30
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	32.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sioux City in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Sioux City, Iowa in 1979 was 99 °F which happened on June 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sioux City in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jun 14
2	97 °F	Jul 13
3	96 °F	Aug 7
3	96 °F	Aug 6
5	95 °F	Aug 4
6	94 °F	Jul 21
6	94 °F	Jul 3
8	93 °F	Jul 12
8	93 °F	Jul 11
10	92 °F	Jul 10
10	92 °F	Jun 12
10	92 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Sioux City in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sioux City, Iowa in 1979 was -24 °F which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sioux City in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	February 1
2	-20 °F	February 16
3	-19 °F	February 5
3	-19 °F	February 3
3	-19 °F	January 31
6	-18 °F	February 17
6	-18 °F	January 14
6	-18 °F	January 5
9	-17 °F	February 9
9	-17 °F	February 8
9	-17 °F	February 4
9	-17 °F	January 8

January 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	1	-13	0.00	0.0
January 2	3	-8	0.03	0.2
January 3	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 4	3	-8	0.00	0.0
January 5	2	-18	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 8	16	-17	0.00	0.0
January 9	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	10	-6	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-4	0.15	1.4
January 12	19	6	0.14	1.4
January 13	6	-10	0.02	0.2
January 14	-5	-18	0.00	0.0
January 15	7	-15	0.00	0.0
January 16	14	-10	0.00	0.0
January 17	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 18	27	1	0.12	0.4
January 19	28	20	0.08	0.4
January 20	23	15	0.01	0.2
January 21	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 23	17	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	8	-13	0.00	0.0
January 25	26	0	0.09	1.0
January 26	22	18	0.35	4.6
January 27	18	5	0.10	1.5
January 28	5	-6	0.00	0.0
January 29	0	-14	0.00	0.0
January 30	5	-4	0.00	0.0
January 31	-1	-19	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	10	-24	0.00	0.0
February 2	6	-8	0.00	0.0
February 3	12	-19	0.00	0.0
February 4	-2	-17	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	-19	0.00	0.0
February 6	25	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	5	-15	0.04	0.4
February 8	3	-17	0.01	0.2
February 9	9	-17	0.00	0.0
February 10	18	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	19	6	0.00	0.0
February 12	14	3	0.00	0.0
February 13	23	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	31	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	-13	0.01	0.1
February 16	-8	-20	0.00	0.0
February 17	9	-18	0.03	0.4
February 18	14	2	0.02	0.2
February 19	37	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	21	0.17	1.3
February 21	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	22	0.06	0.5
February 23	29	7	0.00	0.0
February 24	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 25	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	9	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	30	22	0.01	0.2

March 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	28	0.36	0.0
March 3	28	19	0.38	5.5
March 4	27	20	0.11	1.6
March 5	32	10	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	19	0.02	0.0
March 7	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	14	0.04	0.5
March 9	35	8	0.00	0.0
March 10	17	0	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	11	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	11	0.00	0.0
March 15	34	5	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	51	39	0.01	0.0
March 18	60	36	0.69	0.0
March 19	42	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	35	0.07	0.0
March 22	39	34	1.22	0.4
March 23	35	23	0.02	0.3
March 24	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 25	42	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	33	23	0.01	0.1
March 27	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 28	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	33	0.34	0.0
March 30	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	45	32	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	32	0.02	0.4
April 2	40	29	0.06	0.8
April 3	40	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	23	0.00	0.0
April 5	40	19	0.00	0.0
April 6	40	17	0.00	0.0
April 7	66	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	49	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	50	31	0.02	0.0
April 11	45	38	1.09	0.0
April 12	45	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	59	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	62	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	66	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	74	46	0.00	0.0
April 17	77	51	0.00	0.0
April 18	81	54	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	57	0.31	0.0
April 20	62	41	0.23	0.0
April 21	68	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 23	76	45	0.00	0.0
April 24	65	49	0.00	0.0
April 25	57	37	0.58	0.0
April 26	67	33	0.00	0.0
April 27	53	32	0.00	0.0
April 28	59	27	0.03	0.0
April 29	54	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	54	31	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	33	1.05
May 2	55	39	0.00
May 3	55	32	0.00
May 4	68	31	0.00
May 5	76	52	0.00
May 6	81	55	0.00
May 7	72	57	0.00
May 8	63	49	1.10
May 9	49	40	0.70
May 10	43	39	0.78
May 11	54	34	0.00
May 12	64	35	0.18
May 13	70	37	0.05
May 14	67	43	0.01
May 15	74	41	0.00
May 16	81	53	0.00
May 17	87	57	0.19
May 18	71	49	0.23
May 19	72	42	0.00
May 20	66	49	0.00
May 21	66	39	0.00
May 22	77	54	0.00
May 23	68	49	0.00
May 24	72	42	0.00
May 25	75	44	0.00
May 26	78	56	0.04
May 27	77	48	0.00
May 28	88	53	0.00
May 29	89	64	0.00
May 30	67	52	0.10
May 31	69	47	0.00

June 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	43	0.00
June 2	84	42	0.00
June 3	88	50	0.00
June 4	88	64	0.00
June 5	87	51	0.00
June 6	92	72	0.00
June 7	81	64	0.00
June 8	64	53	0.06
June 9	60	52	1.17
June 10	77	48	0.02
June 11	84	50	0.00
June 12	92	60	0.00
June 13	89	57	0.00
June 14	99	69	0.00
June 15	88	72	0.03
June 16	78	58	0.50
June 17	61	56	0.80
June 18	75	60	0.02
June 19	87	63	0.22
June 20	80	62	0.00
June 21	87	56	0.00
June 22	75	60	0.39
June 23	71	57	0.03
June 24	76	53	0.00
June 25	80	58	0.00
June 26	88	63	0.00
June 27	85	67	0.15
June 28	89	69	0.00
June 29	83	62	0.00
June 30	87	56	0.00

July 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	64	0.00
July 2	87	63	0.00
July 3	94	71	0.00
July 4	76	65	0.00
July 5	78	61	0.00
July 6	68	60	0.00
July 7	73	61	0.00
July 8	80	65	0.00
July 9	86	60	0.00
July 10	92	65	0.00
July 11	93	66	0.00
July 12	93	73	0.00
July 13	97	73	0.00
July 14	88	64	0.07
July 15	86	65	0.00
July 16	83	57	0.01
July 17	81	56	0.00
July 18	82	53	0.00
July 19	87	57	0.00
July 20	91	63	0.00
July 21	94	68	0.00
July 22	85	64	1.10
July 23	85	67	0.00
July 24	84	67	0.12
July 25	87	69	0.00
July 26	87	65	0.00
July 27	81	65	0.00
July 28	81	64	0.05
July 29	80	70	0.10
July 30	83	65	0.46
July 31	78	63	0.00

August 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	57	0.00
August 2	86	64	0.01
August 3	90	65	0.00
August 4	95	71	0.00
August 5	88	70	0.00
August 6	96	70	0.00
August 7	96	71	0.00
August 8	82	74	0.05
August 9	91	73	0.01
August 10	79	62	0.00
August 11	79	57	0.00
August 12	85	58	0.00
August 13	69	61	0.32
August 14	66	54	0.00
August 15	61	54	0.01
August 16	75	58	0.01
August 17	91	69	0.00
August 18	85	67	2.01
August 19	85	66	0.00
August 20	85	66	1.38
August 21	78	62	0.00
August 22	80	65	0.36
August 23	76	56	0.00
August 24	79	51	0.00
August 25	80	57	0.22
August 26	76	61	1.53
August 27	70	57	0.00
August 28	79	60	0.00
August 29	85	58	0.00
August 30	87	65	0.00
August 31	89	65	0.37

September 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	65	0.04
September 2	84	61	0.00
September 3	86	65	0.00
September 4	87	67	0.00
September 5	89	67	0.57
September 6	79	58	0.00
September 7	72	50	0.00
September 8	80	61	0.45
September 9	86	62	0.00
September 10	88	65	0.00
September 11	70	61	0.01
September 12	64	52	0.94
September 13	67	46	0.00
September 14	63	43	0.00
September 15	76	41	0.00
September 16	80	47	0.00
September 17	83	49	0.00
September 18	74	50	0.00
September 19	74	42	0.00
September 20	72	48	0.00
September 21	66	40	0.00
September 22	72	42	0.00
September 23	75	52	0.01
September 24	78	55	0.00
September 25	82	46	0.00
September 26	81	50	0.00
September 27	83	58	0.00
September 28	73	50	0.00
September 29	81	43	0.00
September 30	80	49	0.00

October 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	70	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	75	37	0.01	0.0
October 3	66	47	0.02	0.0
October 4	59	35	0.00	0.0
October 5	72	33	0.00	0.0
October 6	62	38	0.00	0.0
October 7	76	37	0.00	0.0
October 8	62	44	0.00	0.0
October 9	56	33	0.00	0.0
October 10	62	35	0.00	0.0
October 11	73	49	0.00	0.0
October 12	53	28	0.00	0.0
October 13	49	23	0.00	0.0
October 14	61	30	0.00	0.0
October 15	69	42	0.00	0.0
October 16	65	46	0.00	0.0
October 17	66	40	0.00	0.0
October 18	69	47	0.18	0.0
October 19	64	42	0.00	0.0
October 20	73	49	0.00	0.0
October 21	52	40	0.00	0.0
October 22	40	32	0.22	0.1
October 23	49	26	0.00	0.0
October 24	58	27	0.00	0.0
October 25	55	33	0.00	0.0
October 26	65	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	67	42	0.00	0.0
October 28	73	33	0.00	0.0
October 29	66	41	0.28	0.0
October 30	51	47	4.42	0.0
October 31	47	37	0.17	0.0

November 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	48	21	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	50	31	0.38	0.5
November 6	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 7	44	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	35	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	36	17	0.00	0.0
November 11	41	23	0.00	0.0
November 12	33	20	0.11	1.2
November 13	48	19	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	22	0.00	0.0
November 15	55	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	67	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	31	0.00	0.0
November 18	66	36	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	40	33	0.75	0.0
November 21	40	34	0.52	0.7
November 22	34	23	0.11	1.2
November 23	30	22	0.00	0.0
November 24	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 27	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 28	23	18	0.03	0.4
November 29	24	14	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	16	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Sioux City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	9	0.00	0.0
December 3	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	58	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	20	0.02	0.0
December 7	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	12	0.00	0.0
December 9	55	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	63	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	10	0.00	0.0
December 12	28	4	0.00	0.0
December 13	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	50	10	0.00	0.0
December 16	10	-6	0.02	0.2
December 17	35	-4	0.00	0.0
December 18	54	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	54	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	21	0.00	0.0
December 22	45	17	0.04	0.0
December 23	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	49	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	28	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	29	0.13	1.3
December 30	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	26	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Sioux City Gateway Airport	location