Tampa Weather in 1979

Historical record of Tampa, Florida weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Tampa Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 3
Lowest temperature	28 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	81 °F	July 11
Lowest daily high	49 °F	January 3
Most daily precipitation	11.5 inches	May 8
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	66.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Tampa in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Tampa, Florida in 1979 was 94 °F which happened on July 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Tampa in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 3
2	93 °F	Aug 3
2	93 °F	Jul 6
2	93 °F	Jun 26
2	93 °F	Jun 7
6	92 °F	Sep 8
6	92 °F	Aug 26
6	92 °F	Aug 5
6	92 °F	Aug 4
6	92 °F	Jul 28
6	92 °F	Jul 27
6	92 °F	Jul 22
6	92 °F	Jul 20
6	92 °F	Jul 15
6	92 °F	Jul 14
6	92 °F	Jul 7
6	92 °F	Jun 20
6	92 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in Tampa in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Tampa, Florida in 1979 was 28 °F which happened on Jan 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Tampa in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	28 °F	January 3
2	32 °F	February 10
2	32 °F	January 4
4	34 °F	January 15
5	35 °F	January 9
6	36 °F	December 1
6	36 °F	February 2
8	37 °F	February 1
9	38 °F	November 30
9	38 °F	February 11
9	38 °F	January 29
9	38 °F	January 25

January 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	80	65	0.01
January 2	71	41	1.50
January 3	49	28	0.00
January 4	62	32	0.00
January 5	67	47	0.00
January 6	76	52	0.00
January 7	78	62	0.00
January 8	66	46	0.53
January 9	58	35	0.00
January 10	69	39	0.00
January 11	71	51	0.12
January 12	71	64	2.05
January 13	75	62	0.00
January 14	75	46	0.00
January 15	64	34	0.00
January 16	73	46	0.00
January 17	75	52	0.00
January 18	74	54	0.00
January 19	76	57	0.00
January 20	76	65	0.07
January 21	72	55	0.38
January 22	57	43	0.00
January 23	69	41	0.11
January 24	67	50	0.85
January 25	54	38	0.00
January 26	62	44	0.00
January 27	67	57	0.03
January 28	62	43	0.00
January 29	57	38	0.00
January 30	68	41	0.00
January 31	66	46	0.07

February 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	53	37	0.00
February 2	57	36	0.00
February 3	68	42	0.00
February 4	70	50	0.00
February 5	60	51	0.01
February 6	77	52	0.00
February 7	68	59	0.21
February 8	60	44	0.00
February 9	63	41	0.00
February 10	63	32	0.00
February 11	66	38	0.00
February 12	68	41	0.00
February 13	68	41	0.00
February 14	69	40	0.00
February 15	74	47	0.00
February 16	75	54	0.00
February 17	71	58	0.00
February 18	76	56	0.00
February 19	68	53	0.00
February 20	78	52	0.00
February 21	81	61	0.00
February 22	80	67	0.09
February 23	83	69	0.06
February 24	81	66	0.29
February 25	69	59	2.21
February 26	60	47	0.00
February 27	61	43	0.00
February 28	70	44	0.00

March 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	74	58	0.00
March 2	82	60	0.00
March 3	81	64	0.00
March 4	78	66	0.01
March 5	77	61	0.14
March 6	67	55	1.70
March 7	67	48	0.00
March 8	66	55	0.26
March 9	70	47	0.00
March 10	75	49	0.00
March 11	66	51	0.01
March 12	71	48	0.00
March 13	78	52	0.00
March 14	78	62	0.00
March 15	74	56	0.00
March 16	75	52	0.00
March 17	75	58	0.00
March 18	77	56	0.00
March 19	77	52	0.00
March 20	80	53	0.00
March 21	79	57	0.00
March 22	81	59	0.00
March 23	70	68	0.31
March 24	70	64	0.00
March 25	67	56	0.00
March 26	65	47	0.00
March 27	73	46	0.00
March 28	80	53	0.00
March 29	80	60	0.00
March 30	83	63	0.00
March 31	80	63	0.00

April 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	64	0.00
April 2	82	67	0.00
April 3	83	69	0.00
April 4	81	70	0.00
April 5	84	66	0.13
April 6	80	56	0.00
April 7	82	49	0.00
April 8	82	55	0.00
April 9	81	68	0.00
April 10	84	73	0.00
April 11	86	71	0.00
April 12	87	73	0.00
April 13	84	71	0.00
April 14	84	73	0.00
April 15	87	64	0.00
April 16	84	61	0.00
April 17	85	52	0.00
April 18	84	56	0.00
April 19	87	59	0.00
April 20	84	65	0.00
April 21	84	70	0.00
April 22	84	66	0.00
April 23	84	67	0.00
April 24	74	69	0.26
April 25	81	69	0.16
April 26	81	71	0.00
April 27	82	71	0.00
April 28	81	61	0.00
April 29	86	57	0.00
April 30	85	69	0.00

May 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	83	70	0.34
May 2	85	67	0.00
May 3	88	69	0.00
May 4	87	72	0.00
May 5	86	73	0.00
May 6	86	74	0.00
May 7	79	70	0.85
May 8	73	71	11.45
May 9	85	72	0.68
May 10	87	73	0.56
May 11	86	70	0.11
May 12	86	70	0.00
May 13	86	73	0.11
May 14	84	72	0.05
May 15	85	69	0.76
May 16	84	68	0.00
May 17	83	68	0.00
May 18	81	63	0.00
May 19	82	56	0.00
May 20	82	60	0.00
May 21	84	66	0.00
May 22	86	68	0.00
May 23	84	74	0.00
May 24	80	71	2.57
May 25	78	64	0.00
May 26	76	60	0.00
May 27	82	57	0.00
May 28	83	64	0.00
May 29	86	65	0.00
May 30	89	71	0.16
May 31	89	71	0.00

June 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	74	0.19
June 2	88	71	0.00
June 3	87	73	0.00
June 4	86	73	0.00
June 5	87	76	0.00
June 6	89	73	0.00
June 7	93	74	0.00
June 8	90	75	0.00
June 9	89	71	0.00
June 10	88	71	0.00
June 11	87	67	0.00
June 12	86	75	0.00
June 13	85	73	0.00
June 14	87	74	0.00
June 15	88	75	0.00
June 16	86	71	0.00
June 17	87	71	0.00
June 18	90	68	0.00
June 19	92	71	0.00
June 20	92	76	0.00
June 21	90	73	0.60
June 22	89	74	0.00
June 23	89	72	0.00
June 24	90	75	0.00
June 25	90	75	0.00
June 26	93	75	0.00
June 27	88	73	0.01
June 28	90	72	1.27
June 29	86	74	0.00
June 30	88	72	0.00

July 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	76	0.00
July 2	90	77	0.00
July 3	94	79	0.00
July 4	91	78	0.94
July 5	90	78	0.00
July 6	93	79	0.00
July 7	92	74	1.48
July 8	89	74	0.00
July 9	90	76	0.00
July 10	90	77	0.00
July 11	90	81	0.00
July 12	88	80	0.81
July 13	91	78	0.00
July 14	92	78	0.00
July 15	92	79	0.00
July 16	88	76	0.00
July 17	88	78	0.00
July 18	90	77	0.00
July 19	90	76	0.19
July 20	92	75	0.01
July 21	90	78	0.00
July 22	92	78	0.00
July 23	91	75	2.50
July 24	88	76	0.00
July 25	89	78	0.00
July 26	91	78	0.00
July 27	92	78	0.00
July 28	92	78	0.00
July 29	91	77	0.00
July 30	90	75	0.00
July 31	91	76	0.00

August 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	78	0.00
August 2	86	77	0.00
August 3	93	76	0.00
August 4	92	76	0.00
August 5	92	76	0.53
August 6	90	73	1.60
August 7	87	74	0.03
August 8	90	75	0.00
August 9	90	75	0.06
August 10	90	75	0.08
August 11	81	72	1.02
August 12	83	73	1.57
August 13	87	73	1.02
August 14	90	75	0.00
August 15	90	75	0.00
August 16	90	77	0.37
August 17	90	76	0.85
August 18	91	76	0.00
August 19	91	75	0.87
August 20	90	75	0.57
August 21	90	74	0.17
August 22	87	73	0.54
August 23	88	74	0.78
August 24	90	74	0.40
August 25	90	75	0.00
August 26	92	77	0.34
August 27	91	76	0.34
August 28	91	76	0.26
August 29	90	76	0.14
August 30	89	76	0.68
August 31	88	76	0.54

September 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	76	0.01
September 2	90	77	0.02
September 3	81	77	0.04
September 4	87	78	0.75
September 5	90	80	0.00
September 6	89	78	0.00
September 7	89	79	0.00
September 8	92	77	1.16
September 9	90	78	0.02
September 10	87	76	0.06
September 11	85	78	0.15
September 12	85	78	1.33
September 13	84	79	0.90
September 14	83	78	0.48
September 15	85	75	0.45
September 16	89	74	0.00
September 17	89	77	0.00
September 18	89	77	0.00
September 19	88	75	0.00
September 20	89	76	0.01
September 21	85	77	3.68
September 22	86	77	0.39
September 23	87	76	2.25
September 24	86	76	0.04
September 25	90	74	1.36
September 26	87	74	0.66
September 27	85	75	0.00
September 28	87	76	0.02
September 29	85	76	0.20
September 30	87	72	0.00

October 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	85	74	0.00
October 2	85	73	0.00
October 3	86	77	0.00
October 4	86	73	0.00
October 5	79	64	0.00
October 6	80	58	0.00
October 7	84	62	0.00
October 8	83	63	0.00
October 9	84	66	0.00
October 10	83	72	0.00
October 11	85	69	0.00
October 12	84	66	0.00
October 13	81	70	0.09
October 14	83	67	0.00
October 15	84	67	0.00
October 16	86	69	0.05
October 17	84	72	0.00
October 18	87	72	0.00
October 19	84	70	0.00
October 20	87	71	0.02
October 21	86	70	0.00
October 22	87	71	0.00
October 23	84	68	0.00
October 24	82	64	0.00
October 25	79	58	0.00
October 26	80	54	0.00
October 27	79	60	0.00
October 28	81	59	0.00
October 29	83	63	0.00
October 30	84	62	0.00
October 31	86	68	0.00

November 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	82	70	0.00
November 2	83	73	0.01
November 3	80	64	0.00
November 4	78	57	0.00
November 5	82	59	0.00
November 6	82	64	0.00
November 7	80	62	0.00
November 8	81	57	0.00
November 9	83	67	0.00
November 10	83	71	0.00
November 11	84	70	0.27
November 12	81	68	0.01
November 13	72	57	0.04
November 14	69	51	0.00
November 15	73	52	0.00
November 16	69	47	0.00
November 17	74	45	0.00
November 18	77	52	0.00
November 19	79	58	0.00
November 20	79	60	0.00
November 21	81	61	0.00
November 22	82	64	0.00
November 23	83	66	0.00
November 24	84	67	0.00
November 25	83	71	0.15
November 26	76	54	0.00
November 27	81	53	0.00
November 28	73	64	0.35
November 29	65	46	0.00
November 30	53	38	0.00

December 1979 Tampa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	62	36	0.00
December 2	65	47	0.00
December 3	67	49	0.00
December 4	72	55	0.00
December 5	74	54	0.00
December 6	79	68	0.34
December 7	71	63	0.03
December 8	71	61	0.00
December 9	77	55	0.00
December 10	77	56	0.00
December 11	79	63	0.00
December 12	84	62	0.00
December 13	80	62	0.00
December 14	82	59	0.00
December 15	72	67	0.00
December 16	68	64	1.01
December 17	66	50	0.00
December 18	68	41	0.00
December 19	68	46	0.00
December 20	68	48	0.00
December 21	72	44	0.00
December 22	73	56	0.00
December 23	78	55	0.00
December 24	79	61	0.07
December 25	68	57	0.00
December 26	63	45	0.00
December 27	64	42	0.00
December 28	71	42	0.00
December 29	75	50	0.00
December 30	70	62	0.07
December 31	64	57	0.00

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