St. Louis Weather in 1978

Historical record of St. Louis, Missouri weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 St. Louis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	February 6
Highest daily low	79 °F	June 26
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	September 16
Most daily snow	10.9 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	37.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	49.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in St. Louis in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on August 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 24
2	97 °F	Aug 25
2	97 °F	Aug 18
2	97 °F	Jul 1
5	96 °F	Jun 28
6	95 °F	Sep 8
6	95 °F	Aug 23
6	95 °F	Jul 7
6	95 °F	Jun 30
6	95 °F	Jun 29
6	95 °F	Jun 27
6	95 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in St. Louis in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1978 was -8 °F which happened on Feb 6.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	February 6
2	-3 °F	January 26
3	-1 °F	March 4
3	-1 °F	January 25
3	-1 °F	January 10
6	0 °F	February 5
6	0 °F	January 9
8	1 °F	March 5
9	2 °F	January 29
9	2 °F	January 21

January 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	7	0.00	0.0
January 3	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 6	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	35	0.04	0.0
January 8	36	5	0.00	0.0
January 9	13	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	-1	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	17	0.11	1.3
January 13	22	14	0.02	0.5
January 14	26	13	0.01	0.1
January 15	25	10	0.05	0.5
January 16	24	12	0.84	10.9
January 17	20	10	0.16	1.6
January 18	22	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	19	0.00	0.0
January 20	27	8	0.01	0.1
January 21	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	30	0.23	0.0
January 25	32	-1	0.20	7.5
January 26	14	-3	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	5	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 29	16	2	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	8	0.02	0.3
January 31	22	12	0.01	0.1

February 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	19	0.08	0.8
February 5	30	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	14	-8	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	23	7	0.00	0.0
February 9	26	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	26	0.24	0.4
February 13	32	27	0.78	2.9
February 14	30	23	0.01	0.1
February 15	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	20	6	0.00	0.0
February 18	21	4	0.00	0.0
February 19	28	3	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	18	0.01	0.4
February 21	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	28	10	0.08	1.0
February 23	31	23	0.02	0.3
February 24	52	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	21	0.22	1.8
February 28	33	27	0.16	1.6

March 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	24	0.00	0.1
March 2	26	21	0.34	4.5
March 3	26	9	0.02	0.2
March 4	18	-1	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	1	0.00	0.0
March 6	39	18	0.02	0.0
March 7	34	25	1.80	6.8
March 8	31	23	0.50	2.7
March 9	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	52	17	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	33	0.06	0.0
March 12	42	29	0.01	0.0
March 13	38	32	0.75	0.0
March 14	41	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	24	0.08	0.3
March 18	62	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	73	35	0.28	0.0
March 21	56	37	0.00	0.0
March 22	78	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	57	41	0.50	0.0
March 24	41	33	1.90	0.0
March 25	35	31	0.35	0.8
March 26	32	30	0.05	0.0
March 27	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	75	44	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	45	0.01	0.0
March 30	73	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	86	57	0.00	0.0

April 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	75	57	0.00
April 2	69	53	0.07
April 3	84	57	0.00
April 4	70	46	0.03
April 5	72	45	0.00
April 6	72	50	0.31
April 7	77	42	0.00
April 8	80	55	0.00
April 9	85	59	0.00
April 10	75	47	0.39
April 11	64	43	0.00
April 12	75	45	0.00
April 13	63	41	0.00
April 14	60	40	0.00
April 15	60	48	0.29
April 16	49	39	0.33
April 17	68	43	0.98
April 18	67	48	0.14
April 19	49	40	0.14
April 20	44	40	0.00
April 21	55	37	0.00
April 22	54	33	0.21
April 23	73	46	0.08
April 24	66	46	0.08
April 25	59	47	0.02
April 26	66	42	0.00
April 27	69	38	0.00
April 28	68	47	0.00
April 29	60	52	0.01
April 30	67	51	0.13

May 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	36	0.00
May 2	61	34	0.00
May 3	59	40	0.09
May 4	47	43	0.42
May 5	49	40	0.00
May 6	59	37	0.06
May 7	63	51	0.59
May 8	76	57	0.01
May 9	66	52	0.00
May 10	80	49	0.00
May 11	69	60	0.65
May 12	81	55	0.54
May 13	64	50	0.31
May 14	69	50	0.00
May 15	60	49	0.00
May 16	66	54	0.00
May 17	73	51	0.00
May 18	77	50	0.00
May 19	80	55	0.00
May 20	83	59	0.04
May 21	72	55	0.00
May 22	66	57	0.44
May 23	81	65	0.10
May 24	88	66	0.00
May 25	89	67	0.07
May 26	92	67	0.00
May 27	90	69	0.00
May 28	88	68	0.37
May 29	88	66	0.00
May 30	80	63	0.00
May 31	90	61	0.00

June 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	64	0.16
June 2	76	62	0.00
June 3	76	58	0.00
June 4	81	56	0.00
June 5	83	63	0.00
June 6	82	68	0.14
June 7	82	64	0.09
June 8	64	55	0.00
June 9	79	51	0.00
June 10	83	59	0.00
June 11	90	64	0.00
June 12	83	63	0.00
June 13	78	58	0.00
June 14	82	52	0.00
June 15	86	59	0.00
June 16	92	62	0.00
June 17	94	75	0.00
June 18	83	64	0.95
June 19	84	59	0.00
June 20	82	69	0.00
June 21	78	59	0.00
June 22	82	57	0.06
June 23	79	62	0.45
June 24	90	65	0.54
June 25	94	75	0.00
June 26	95	79	0.00
June 27	95	77	0.00
June 28	96	74	0.00
June 29	95	74	0.00
June 30	95	74	0.00

July 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	75	0.00
July 2	89	71	1.14
July 3	86	71	0.00
July 4	86	68	0.00
July 5	90	68	0.00
July 6	93	68	0.00
July 7	95	76	0.00
July 8	92	75	0.00
July 9	87	72	0.21
July 10	78	65	0.24
July 11	76	59	0.00
July 12	78	63	0.10
July 13	92	76	0.02
July 14	91	69	2.50
July 15	89	68	0.00
July 16	90	69	0.00
July 17	90	70	0.00
July 18	91	71	0.00
July 19	90	75	0.00
July 20	94	77	0.00
July 21	92	74	0.00
July 22	91	75	0.00
July 23	79	66	0.36
July 24	72	66	0.59
July 25	90	67	0.00
July 26	94	67	0.87
July 27	85	66	0.00
July 28	86	63	0.00
July 29	94	72	0.00
July 30	76	65	0.00
July 31	84	60	0.00

August 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	69	0.09
August 2	86	72	0.06
August 3	83	66	0.00
August 4	76	61	0.00
August 5	73	60	0.00
August 6	77	57	0.00
August 7	84	55	0.00
August 8	89	64	0.00
August 9	91	68	0.00
August 10	92	66	0.16
August 11	85	65	0.05
August 12	87	66	0.00
August 13	91	66	0.00
August 14	92	70	0.00
August 15	93	75	0.02
August 16	88	66	0.00
August 17	92	64	0.00
August 18	97	77	0.00
August 19	83	61	0.00
August 20	85	56	0.00
August 21	85	55	0.00
August 22	93	59	0.00
August 23	95	63	0.00
August 24	99	76	0.00
August 25	97	69	0.02
August 26	92	67	0.00
August 27	92	73	0.14
August 28	84	70	0.02
August 29	81	68	0.00
August 30	80	62	0.20
August 31	85	59	0.00

September 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	56	0.00
September 2	89	60	0.00
September 3	93	68	0.00
September 4	88	62	0.00
September 5	87	58	0.00
September 6	88	58	0.00
September 7	93	65	0.00
September 8	95	65	0.00
September 9	93	73	0.00
September 10	93	66	0.00
September 11	93	72	0.00
September 12	85	73	0.15
September 13	89	70	0.00
September 14	88	60	0.04
September 15	85	58	0.00
September 16	83	66	2.58
September 17	94	75	0.00
September 18	94	77	0.00
September 19	94	75	0.00
September 20	92	67	0.00
September 21	68	55	0.13
September 22	71	49	0.00
September 23	73	48	0.00
September 24	81	50	0.00
September 25	78	55	0.00
September 26	77	48	0.00
September 27	85	55	0.00
September 28	71	48	0.00
September 29	83	45	0.00
September 30	70	52	0.20

October 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	48	0.00
October 2	78	51	0.16
October 3	71	55	0.14
October 4	76	47	0.00
October 5	67	48	0.02
October 6	60	42	0.00
October 7	56	39	0.00
October 8	63	35	0.00
October 9	72	49	0.17
October 10	56	54	0.09
October 11	71	48	0.00
October 12	73	51	1.32
October 13	63	41	0.12
October 14	56	37	0.01
October 15	68	36	0.00
October 16	56	37	0.00
October 17	59	34	0.00
October 18	75	40	0.00
October 19	67	42	0.00
October 20	77	46	0.00
October 21	86	54	0.00
October 22	79	60	0.00
October 23	60	40	0.07
October 24	61	30	0.00
October 25	70	51	0.18
October 26	57	42	0.00
October 27	68	38	0.00
October 28	61	40	0.00
October 29	65	36	0.00
October 30	73	40	0.00
October 31	74	43	0.00

November 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	46	0.00
November 2	75	45	0.00
November 3	76	46	0.00
November 4	82	56	0.00
November 5	82	56	0.00
November 6	56	40	0.16
November 7	53	33	0.00
November 8	63	33	0.00
November 9	68	36	0.00
November 10	70	37	0.00
November 11	69	44	0.00
November 12	55	45	0.00
November 13	78	52	0.64
November 14	52	37	0.18
November 15	40	35	0.45
November 16	47	39	0.80
November 17	57	41	0.22
November 18	54	36	0.00
November 19	39	34	0.00
November 20	38	34	0.00
November 21	37	34	0.00
November 22	44	35	0.24
November 23	56	37	0.01
November 24	45	35	0.00
November 25	47	33	0.74
November 26	44	41	1.01
November 27	44	33	0.00
November 28	42	28	0.00
November 29	51	34	0.02
November 30	49	30	0.00

December 1978 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	59	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	57	38	0.07	0.0
December 3	58	22	0.31	0.0
December 4	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	57	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	33	27	0.02	0.0
December 7	32	19	0.19	0.0
December 8	19	15	0.07	0.7
December 9	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	11	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	55	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	55	37	0.00	0.0
December 19	54	39	0.00	0.0
December 20	68	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	38	29	0.02	0.0
December 29	41	36	0.41	0.0
December 30	42	23	0.10	0.0
December 31	30	19	0.62	0.7

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	St. Louis International Airport	location
1893–1938	St. Louis	location