Syracuse Weather in 1978

Historical record of Syracuse, New York weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Syracuse Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	-17 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	13 °F	February 5
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	September 18
Most daily snow	15.6 inches	December 25
Total annual precipitation	35.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	154.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Syracuse in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Syracuse, New York in 1978 was 94 °F which happened on July 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Syracuse in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 20
2	93 °F	Sep 6
2	93 °F	Jul 23
2	93 °F	Jul 21
2	93 °F	Jul 19
6	92 °F	Jul 7
7	91 °F	Aug 19
7	91 °F	Jul 8
7	91 °F	Jun 27
10	90 °F	Jul 22
10	90 °F	Jul 6

What was the coldest temperature in Syracuse in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Syracuse, New York in 1978 was -17 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Syracuse in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-17 °F	February 5
2	-8 °F	December 29
3	-6 °F	February 4
4	-4 °F	January 24
5	-2 °F	March 9
6	-1 °F	March 8
6	-1 °F	February 9
8	0 °F	December 28
9	1 °F	March 2
9	1 °F	February 15

January 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	13	0.20	3.3
January 2	29	16	0.12	4.7
January 3	23	14	0.03	1.3
January 4	34	11	0.05	1.8
January 5	37	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	25	0.03	0.3
January 8	50	36	0.35	0.0
January 9	49	7	0.69	4.4
January 10	15	6	0.20	3.5
January 11	22	10	0.00	0.6
January 12	25	16	0.00	0.4
January 13	27	20	0.02	0.3
January 14	26	11	0.47	7.6
January 15	16	8	0.04	1.0
January 16	25	15	0.01	0.4
January 17	24	15	0.53	6.3
January 18	25	18	0.34	4.5
January 19	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	9	1.17	13.5
January 21	19	10	0.27	5.4
January 22	27	6	0.00	0.0
January 23	23	6	0.00	0.3
January 24	38	-4	0.05	0.2
January 25	37	35	0.40	0.0
January 26	49	15	0.52	0.5
January 27	24	15	0.07	1.0
January 28	21	15	0.10	3.8
January 29	16	5	0.04	2.4
January 30	20	12	0.05	3.0
January 31	22	11	0.02	1.7

February 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	14	0.02	0.7
February 2	26	10	0.00	0.2
February 3	20	5	0.00	0.1
February 4	17	-6	0.00	0.0
February 5	13	-17	0.00	0.2
February 6	20	9	0.32	7.1
February 7	29	14	0.04	1.2
February 8	27	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	3	0.04	2.1
February 11	26	13	0.04	1.6
February 12	28	23	0.02	1.6
February 13	30	14	0.02	1.2
February 14	24	6	0.00	0.1
February 15	27	1	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	18	0.00	0.1
February 18	27	11	0.00	0.0
February 19	22	2	0.00	0.9
February 20	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 21	25	10	0.00	0.6
February 22	25	5	0.07	2.0
February 23	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	20	0.00	0.2
February 25	33	17	0.08	1.3
February 26	30	15	0.11	2.8
February 27	27	14	0.04	2.1
February 28	30	12	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	11	0.02	0.6
March 2	26	1	0.00	0.3
March 3	25	8	0.13	3.9
March 4	25	8	0.05	1.1
March 5	24	5	0.05	1.2
March 6	28	14	0.06	1.4
March 7	27	3	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	-1	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	-2	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	7	0.00	0.0
March 11	41	22	0.01	0.1
March 12	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 14	52	38	0.05	0.0
March 15	38	30	0.03	0.4
March 16	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	33	16	0.00	0.0
March 18	33	18	0.02	0.6
March 19	42	28	0.01	0.0
March 20	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 21	58	38	0.51	0.0
March 22	42	32	0.22	0.3
March 23	47	35	0.10	0.0
March 24	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	36	17	0.02	0.4
March 26	34	29	1.33	0.8
March 27	40	34	0.38	0.0
March 28	44	34	0.03	0.0
March 29	42	32	0.01	0.0
March 30	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	32	0.05	0.0

April 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	65	35	0.17	0.0
April 2	36	24	0.00	0.0
April 3	41	20	0.00	0.0
April 4	60	34	0.38	0.0
April 5	51	30	0.04	0.0
April 6	50	28	0.03	0.0
April 7	47	38	0.27	0.0
April 8	38	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	41	22	0.00	0.0
April 10	51	24	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	41	0.34	0.0
April 12	60	40	0.06	0.0
April 13	66	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	41	34	0.04	0.2
April 15	42	29	0.02	0.2
April 16	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 17	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	27	0.00	0.0
April 19	50	41	0.13	0.0
April 20	47	35	0.35	0.0
April 21	38	33	0.04	0.0
April 22	49	25	0.00	0.0
April 23	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	28	0.00	0.0
April 25	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	66	34	0.00	0.0
April 27	67	35	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 29	65	36	0.00	0.0
April 30	41	27	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	39	27	0.00
May 2	48	32	0.00
May 3	55	32	0.00
May 4	55	28	0.00
May 5	50	42	0.14
May 6	51	40	0.12
May 7	64	42	0.08
May 8	70	40	0.20
May 9	73	52	0.41
May 10	58	44	0.00
May 11	72	38	0.00
May 12	70	52	0.00
May 13	69	59	0.00
May 14	67	55	0.02
May 15	60	51	0.00
May 16	67	50	0.24
May 17	60	51	0.03
May 18	65	49	0.00
May 19	77	43	0.00
May 20	82	54	0.42
May 21	62	47	0.04
May 22	71	43	0.00
May 23	82	45	0.00
May 24	76	55	0.00
May 25	79	50	0.00
May 26	89	50	0.00
May 27	88	54	0.00
May 28	88	58	0.00
May 29	86	60	0.18
May 30	89	61	0.00
May 31	85	60	0.02

June 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	56	0.00
June 2	87	58	0.81
June 3	68	48	0.05
June 4	67	44	0.00
June 5	66	46	0.15
June 6	72	43	0.00
June 7	73	49	0.22
June 8	76	64	0.03
June 9	71	52	0.07
June 10	72	43	0.00
June 11	85	50	0.00
June 12	87	64	0.24
June 13	66	46	0.16
June 14	60	44	0.00
June 15	71	43	0.00
June 16	77	44	0.00
June 17	77	64	0.00
June 18	87	64	0.24
June 19	71	56	0.61
June 20	80	54	0.00
June 21	83	53	0.92
June 22	71	55	0.00
June 23	65	55	0.00
June 24	73	49	0.00
June 25	84	51	0.00
June 26	80	68	0.02
June 27	91	69	0.00
June 28	80	65	0.00
June 29	84	60	0.06
June 30	75	54	0.00

July 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	56	0.00
July 2	79	53	0.00
July 3	82	57	0.04
July 4	79	55	0.00
July 5	85	56	0.00
July 6	90	56	0.00
July 7	92	67	0.00
July 8	91	69	0.04
July 9	79	67	0.00
July 10	78	63	0.08
July 11	72	54	0.00
July 12	82	52	0.00
July 13	88	53	0.00
July 14	83	66	0.00
July 15	89	62	0.00
July 16	83	63	0.25
July 17	80	59	0.00
July 18	86	55	0.00
July 19	93	59	0.00
July 20	94	75	0.00
July 21	93	72	0.07
July 22	90	74	0.26
July 23	93	69	0.11
July 24	80	59	0.00
July 25	84	54	0.01
July 26	88	64	0.00
July 27	88	67	1.67
July 28	73	55	0.00
July 29	73	53	0.22
July 30	72	53	0.00
July 31	73	51	0.03

August 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	62	0.00
August 2	86	63	0.00
August 3	85	69	0.82
August 4	75	55	0.00
August 5	81	50	0.00
August 6	80	69	0.03
August 7	81	66	0.17
August 8	84	69	0.00
August 9	87	69	1.57
August 10	80	60	0.00
August 11	81	55	0.00
August 12	83	68	0.00
August 13	86	63	0.00
August 14	88	65	0.00
August 15	88	67	0.01
August 16	88	68	0.02
August 17	78	68	0.00
August 18	80	64	0.01
August 19	91	58	0.24
August 20	75	61	0.05
August 21	76	57	0.00
August 22	83	56	0.00
August 23	82	61	0.00
August 24	76	62	0.19
August 25	66	61	0.01
August 26	76	56	0.00
August 27	77	60	0.00
August 28	80	65	0.04
August 29	77	65	0.06
August 30	79	63	0.03
August 31	73	63	0.06

September 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	56	0.00
September 2	81	50	0.00
September 3	74	62	0.04
September 4	72	56	0.00
September 5	74	58	0.00
September 6	93	55	0.00
September 7	78	44	0.00
September 8	70	42	0.00
September 9	66	45	0.00
September 10	69	41	0.00
September 11	80	57	0.80
September 12	67	48	0.55
September 13	67	40	0.00
September 14	72	43	0.00
September 15	77	60	0.08
September 16	71	52	0.47
September 17	63	47	0.11
September 18	63	56	1.72
September 19	67	55	0.02
September 20	80	58	0.00
September 21	87	60	0.00
September 22	65	43	0.00
September 23	66	40	0.00
September 24	69	41	0.00
September 25	62	40	0.00
September 26	63	33	0.00
September 27	74	47	0.00
September 28	63	42	0.14
September 29	62	35	0.00
September 30	70	44	0.00

October 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	50	0.00
October 2	57	44	0.00
October 3	68	40	0.00
October 4	66	48	0.12
October 5	68	44	0.00
October 6	65	53	0.00
October 7	54	43	0.07
October 8	46	39	0.02
October 9	56	33	0.00
October 10	68	45	0.00
October 11	74	43	0.00
October 12	71	57	0.02
October 13	57	48	0.61
October 14	48	39	0.85
October 15	48	34	0.00
October 16	53	29	0.00
October 17	49	24	0.00
October 18	54	27	0.02
October 19	50	44	0.07
October 20	55	40	0.01
October 21	70	36	0.00
October 22	77	50	0.00
October 23	64	33	0.10
October 24	48	29	0.00
October 25	64	31	0.00
October 26	65	46	0.72
October 27	53	41	0.05
October 28	57	41	0.02
October 29	51	29	0.00
October 30	57	25	0.00
October 31	67	40	0.00

November 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	62	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	61	38	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	39	0.00	0.0
November 5	71	41	0.00	0.0
November 6	69	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	40	0.04	0.0
November 8	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	63	38	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	42	0.00	0.0
November 12	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	44	0.03	0.0
November 15	44	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	60	27	0.46	0.0
November 18	62	44	0.00	0.0
November 19	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 21	30	19	0.01	0.7
November 22	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	22	0.15	0.0
November 24	47	36	0.30	0.0
November 25	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 26	27	13	0.00	0.0
November 27	25	16	0.23	3.2
November 28	36	25	0.03	0.0
November 29	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	27	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Syracuse Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	28	0.05	0.0
December 3	44	20	0.32	1.2
December 4	60	34	0.03	0.0
December 5	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	36	0.01	0.0
December 8	50	37	0.43	0.0
December 9	37	23	0.17	1.0
December 10	23	18	0.30	8.4
December 11	27	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	26	0.03	0.6
December 13	41	33	0.02	0.2
December 14	33	27	0.10	1.7
December 15	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	36	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	26	0.14	0.0
December 18	26	13	0.03	0.6
December 19	24	14	0.02	0.6
December 20	38	21	0.65	0.0
December 21	42	29	0.13	0.6
December 22	38	25	0.02	0.2
December 23	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	22	0.18	1.9
December 25	34	25	1.11	15.6
December 26	28	23	0.05	0.7
December 27	28	22	0.17	7.6
December 28	22	0	0.00	0.0
December 29	20	-8	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	32	0.16	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Syracuse Hancock International Airport	location
1922–1938	Syracuse	location