State College Weather in 1978

Historical record of State College, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 State College Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	May 14
Most daily snow	10.5 inches	January 18
Total annual precipitation	36.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	76.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in State College in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in State College, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 92 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in State College in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 23
2	89 °F	Aug 15
2	89 °F	Jul 24
2	89 °F	Jul 22
2	89 °F	Jul 21
2	89 °F	Jun 28
7	88 °F	Aug 20
7	88 °F	Aug 17
7	88 °F	Aug 16
7	88 °F	Jun 3
7	88 °F	May 31

What was the coldest temperature in State College in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in State College, Pennsylvania in 1978 was -2 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in State College in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 11
2	1 °F	February 21
2	1 °F	February 20
2	1 °F	February 4
2	1 °F	January 10
6	2 °F	February 22
7	3 °F	February 5
8	4 °F	February 23
8	4 °F	February 6
10	5 °F	February 10
10	5 °F	February 9

January 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	19	0.30	3.5
January 3	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	9	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	41	30	0.03	0.0
January 7	39	30	0.04	0.0
January 8	40	34	0.75	0.0
January 9	52	21	1.25	0.3
January 10	21	1	0.10	1.4
January 11	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	16	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	27	11	0.06	0.8
January 14	26	21	0.75	7.5
January 15	25	11	0.15	1.5
January 16	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	16	0.11	1.3
January 18	24	18	1.12	10.5
January 19	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 20	23	17	0.51	5.3
January 21	23	16	0.68	7.5
January 22	20	16	0.02	0.3
January 23	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	9	0.28	0.8
January 26	51	34	1.37	0.0
January 27	42	9	0.03	0.3
January 28	13	8	0.01	0.1
January 29	14	8	0.01	0.1
January 30	20	9	0.02	0.5
January 31	22	8	0.00	0.0

February 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 2	21	12	0.00	0.1
February 3	27	13	0.00	0.0
February 4	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	3	0.00	0.0
February 6	19	4	0.20	3.4
February 7	19	12	0.40	4.6
February 8	24	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	27	19	0.31	4.0
February 15	32	12	0.00	0.0
February 16	32	14	0.01	0.1
February 17	35	17	0.02	0.2
February 18	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	30	6	0.12	1.5
February 20	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	28	1	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	2	0.00	0.0
February 23	24	4	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 25	33	22	0.01	0.1
February 26	39	23	0.04	0.6
February 27	32	13	0.01	0.2
February 28	27	9	0.00	0.0

March 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	11	0.01	0.1
March 2	30	10	0.02	0.2
March 3	29	10	0.12	1.6
March 4	25	17	0.06	1.1
March 5	25	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	26	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 9	26	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	49	30	0.03	0.0
March 13	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	28	0.03	0.0
March 15	52	36	0.41	0.0
March 16	40	30	0.05	0.5
March 17	37	25	0.22	2.2
March 18	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	66	36	0.22	0.0
March 23	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	31	24	0.53	5.1
March 27	37	31	0.31	0.4
March 28	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	29	0.00	0.0

April 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 2	77	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	48	28	0.06	0.0
April 4	37	27	0.24	0.1
April 5	56	37	0.47	0.0
April 6	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	48	36	0.30	0.0
April 8	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 9	55	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 12	72	45	0.14	0.0
April 13	68	39	0.00	0.0
April 14	66	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 16	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 18	60	34	0.00	0.0
April 19	59	39	0.30	0.0
April 20	45	41	0.57	0.0
April 21	47	38	0.07	0.0
April 22	44	29	0.04	0.0
April 23	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	37	0.04	0.0
April 25	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	60	42	0.00	0.0
April 28	66	30	0.00	0.0
April 29	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	69	44	0.00	0.0

May 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	29	0.00
May 2	49	33	0.00
May 3	62	35	0.00
May 4	62	38	0.00
May 5	51	39	0.59
May 6	46	39	0.08
May 7	57	45	0.00
May 8	62	45	0.00
May 9	54	48	0.40
May 10	72	49	0.02
May 11	57	42	0.00
May 12	75	51	0.00
May 13	77	58	0.04
May 14	64	50	1.42
May 15	58	51	0.93
May 16	53	49	0.48
May 17	54	49	0.69
May 18	56	52	0.25
May 19	70	50	0.00
May 20	83	47	0.00
May 21	84	51	0.03
May 22	72	45	0.00
May 23	79	48	0.00
May 24	71	55	1.26
May 25	60	52	0.19
May 26	83	44	0.00
May 27	87	49	0.00
May 28	83	62	0.00
May 29	82	59	0.00
May 30	83	60	0.00
May 31	88	65	0.00

June 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	60	0.00
June 2	86	63	0.00
June 3	88	61	0.59
June 4	66	49	0.14
June 5	69	54	0.00
June 6	73	44	0.00
June 7	76	50	0.00
June 8	70	60	0.47
June 9	77	62	0.06
June 10	73	50	0.00
June 11	80	55	0.00
June 12	85	62	0.00
June 13	85	56	0.30
June 14	56	40	0.00
June 15	65	45	0.00
June 16	73	48	0.00
June 17	76	54	0.19
June 18	69	60	0.12
June 19	87	63	0.00
June 20	73	54	0.00
June 21	85	59	0.00
June 22	82	60	0.78
June 23	75	52	0.00
June 24	78	51	0.00
June 25	79	53	0.00
June 26	83	62	0.00
June 27	80	63	0.19
June 28	89	66	0.23
June 29	83	62	0.00
June 30	84	60	0.11

July 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	52	0.00
July 2	76	58	0.00
July 3	58	54	0.80
July 4	58	51	0.08
July 5	63	52	0.00
July 6	80	55	0.00
July 7	83	60	0.00
July 8	86	66	0.00
July 9	84	65	0.00
July 10	83	65	0.00
July 11	82	50	0.01
July 12	73	48	0.00
July 13	78	52	0.00
July 14	80	53	0.03
July 15	83	61	0.25
July 16	84	63	0.00
July 17	84	61	0.00
July 18	80	57	0.00
July 19	85	59	0.00
July 20	87	55	0.00
July 21	89	68	0.00
July 22	89	71	0.00
July 23	92	72	0.00
July 24	89	66	0.16
July 25	78	66	0.00
July 26	73	65	0.00
July 27	81	66	0.00
July 28	84	64	0.49
July 29	74	53	0.00
July 30	74	57	0.11
July 31	76	58	0.55

August 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	69	58	0.10
August 2	83	63	0.00
August 3	84	65	0.00
August 4	87	66	0.93
August 5	79	61	0.00
August 6	74	62	0.29
August 7	83	68	0.03
August 8	81	67	0.68
August 9	79	62	0.00
August 10	82	63	0.07
August 11	78	63	0.00
August 12	81	63	0.04
August 13	79	65	0.00
August 14	84	62	0.00
August 15	89	63	0.00
August 16	88	67	0.00
August 17	88	68	0.00
August 18	84	60	0.00
August 19	87	64	0.00
August 20	88	61	0.00
August 21	76	50	0.00
August 22	79	53	0.00
August 23	84	55	0.00
August 24	87	58	0.00
August 25	83	64	0.00
August 26	85	63	0.00
August 27	81	61	0.00
August 28	72	61	0.00
August 29	84	69	0.20
August 30	82	66	0.00
August 31	76	61	0.45

September 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	64	57	0.33
September 2	77	50	0.00
September 3	78	52	0.00
September 4	73	59	0.17
September 5	77	53	0.00
September 6	82	57	0.00
September 7	85	62	0.00
September 8	84	61	0.00
September 9	82	61	0.00
September 10	75	49	0.00
September 11	69	52	0.01
September 12	81	57	0.00
September 13	79	51	0.26
September 14	69	52	0.00
September 15	64	56	0.81
September 16	76	58	0.00
September 17	75	54	0.01
September 18	77	55	0.48
September 19	84	64	0.62
September 20	76	61	0.00
September 21	79	62	0.00
September 22	85	66	0.05
September 23	66	44	0.01
September 24	68	45	0.00
September 25	67	49	0.00
September 26	68	39	0.00
September 27	66	42	0.00
September 28	71	49	0.00
September 29	64	35	0.00
September 30	65	38	0.00

October 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	51	0.00
October 2	64	45	0.00
October 3	58	38	0.00
October 4	66	38	0.37
October 5	65	43	0.00
October 6	63	44	0.01
October 7	56	46	0.00
October 8	54	38	0.00
October 9	49	37	0.00
October 10	58	37	0.00
October 11	70	41	0.00
October 12	70	42	0.02
October 13	75	52	0.00
October 14	64	47	0.64
October 15	49	35	0.07
October 16	49	33	0.00
October 17	44	33	0.20
October 18	54	30	0.00
October 19	54	30	0.00
October 20	54	30	0.00
October 21	60	38	0.00
October 22	70	38	0.00
October 23	77	44	0.00
October 24	69	32	0.02
October 25	54	32	0.00
October 26	67	37	0.02
October 27	63	43	0.36
October 28	55	34	0.00
October 29	64	35	0.00
October 30	55	31	0.00
October 31	57	33	0.00

November 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	66	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 2	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 3	61	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 4	68	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 5	68	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 7	72	42	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	39	0.17	0.0
November 9	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	37	0.03	0.0
November 14	52	40	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	39	0.01	0.0
November 16	48	38	0.12	0.0
November 17	43	37	0.05	0.0
November 18	57	39	0.28	0.0
November 19	48	39	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 22	33	28	0.01	0.0
November 23	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	35	0.29	0.0
November 25	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	36	25	0.00	0.1
November 27	33	21	0.07	1.0
November 28	35	21	0.16	0.5
November 29	38	26	0.01	0.1
November 30	41	26	0.06	0.4

December 1978 State College Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	32	0.51	0.0
December 5	58	32	0.02	0.0
December 6	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	30	0.09	0.0
December 9	53	37	0.82	0.0
December 10	37	18	0.05	1.5
December 11	22	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 17	51	34	0.07	0.0
December 18	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	29	17	0.01	0.0
December 21	44	25	0.46	0.0
December 22	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	27	1.31	5.2
December 26	34	22	0.01	0.1
December 27	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	22	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	27	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 30	25	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	17	0.07	0.0

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