Tuscaloosa Weather in 1978

Historical record of Tuscaloosa, Alabama weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Tuscaloosa Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	80 °F	June 29
Lowest daily high	27 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	December 8
Most daily snow	1.0 inches	January 19
Total annual precipitation	45.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Tuscaloosa in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1978 was 101 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Tuscaloosa in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jun 29
2	100 °F	Jul 30
2	100 °F	Jun 30
4	99 °F	Sep 10
4	99 °F	Sep 9
6	98 °F	Sep 8
6	98 °F	Jul 1
6	98 °F	Jun 28
9	97 °F	Aug 20
9	97 °F	Jul 29
9	97 °F	Jul 24
9	97 °F	Jul 23
9	97 °F	Jul 22
9	97 °F	Jul 19
9	97 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Tuscaloosa in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1978 was 14 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Tuscaloosa in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 11
1	14 °F	January 9
3	15 °F	January 29
3	15 °F	January 10
5	16 °F	January 4
5	16 °F	January 3
7	18 °F	February 20
8	19 °F	January 28
9	20 °F	February 22
10	21 °F	December 9
10	21 °F	February 7
10	21 °F	February 6
10	21 °F	January 15

January 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	33	0.03	0.0
January 2	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	50	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	55	26	0.36	0.0
January 6	64	48	0.42	0.0
January 7	65	49	0.00	0.0
January 8	57	24	0.54	0.0
January 9	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	28	0.30	0.0
January 13	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	29	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	48	28	0.49	0.0
January 17	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	27	0.15	0.0
January 19	38	29	0.41	1.0
January 20	29	27	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	53	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	49	43	0.93	0.0
January 25	52	35	1.26	0.0
January 26	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	25	0.03	0.0
January 31	42	31	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	37	31	0.76
February 2	39	35	0.00
February 3	49	28	0.00
February 4	52	26	0.00
February 5	43	27	0.00
February 6	36	21	0.00
February 7	35	21	0.00
February 8	37	22	0.00
February 9	47	23	0.00
February 10	50	26	0.00
February 11	57	23	0.00
February 12	67	27	0.00
February 13	63	39	0.27
February 14	46	33	0.00
February 15	52	30	0.00
February 16	60	36	0.00
February 17	60	31	0.00
February 18	50	35	0.00
February 19	46	23	0.00
February 20	50	18	0.00
February 21	39	28	0.00
February 22	44	20	0.00
February 23	46	24	0.00
February 24	62	22	0.00
February 25	69	27	0.07
February 26	54	31	0.00
February 27	51	27	0.00
February 28	57	43	0.63

March 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	52	41	0.00
March 2	50	39	0.38
March 3	50	34	0.05
March 4	43	27	0.00
March 5	50	22	0.00
March 6	62	30	0.00
March 7	51	40	1.30
March 8	63	46	0.08
March 9	46	33	0.26
March 10	48	35	0.00
March 11	64	35	0.00
March 12	65	50	0.00
March 13	74	46	0.00
March 14	78	55	0.88
March 15	78	47	0.00
March 16	60	35	0.00
March 17	56	32	0.00
March 18	65	32	0.00
March 19	77	48	0.00
March 20	74	47	0.00
March 21	70	50	0.36
March 22	72	44	0.00
March 23	80	39	0.00
March 24	74	47	0.00
March 25	64	45	0.00
March 26	47	41	0.00
March 27	54	34	0.00
March 28	70	33	0.00
March 29	81	39	0.00
March 30	84	45	0.00
March 31	87	46	0.00

April 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	87	48	0.00
April 2	85	52	0.00
April 3	82	50	0.00
April 4	83	58	0.00
April 5	87	57	0.00
April 6	81	60	0.00
April 7	88	55	0.00
April 8	88	55	0.00
April 9	86	60	0.00
April 10	83	60	0.10
April 11	68	53	1.33
April 12	64	45	0.16
April 13	76	49	0.00
April 14	80	45	0.00
April 15	86	48	0.00
April 16	87	51	0.00
April 17	82	57	0.04
April 18	83	60	0.79
April 19	68	52	0.00
April 20	63	43	0.00
April 21	67	40	0.00
April 22	75	38	0.00
April 23	73	49	0.00
April 24	81	50	0.00
April 25	73	52	0.00
April 26	69	50	0.00
April 27	77	44	0.00
April 28	80	40	0.00
April 29	82	49	0.00
April 30	83	61	0.31

May 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	63	0.69
May 2	74	54	0.00
May 3	65	55	0.96
May 4	64	52	0.00
May 5	75	48	0.00
May 6	85	55	0.24
May 7	70	66	1.87
May 8	75	68	1.72
May 9	81	60	0.00
May 10	81	54	0.00
May 11	82	54	0.00
May 12	81	63	0.93
May 13	76	58	0.22
May 14	76	55	0.00
May 15	75	50	0.00
May 16	75	50	0.00
May 17	77	57	0.00
May 18	80	64	0.06
May 19	87	66	0.00
May 20	90	63	0.00
May 21	90	69	0.59
May 22	87	69	0.00
May 23	86	68	0.00
May 24	90	65	0.00
May 25	91	67	0.00
May 26	94	69	0.00
May 27	92	71	0.33
May 28	90	70	0.10
May 29	87	70	0.37
May 30	84	69	0.17
May 31	90	67	0.00

June 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	91	65	0.00
June 2	82	70	0.00
June 3	85	70	0.00
June 4	88	67	0.00
June 5	90	66	0.00
June 6	90	68	0.07
June 7	88	73	1.97
June 8	81	73	1.89
June 9	84	68	0.00
June 10	87	63	0.00
June 11	90	67	0.00
June 12	88	74	0.70
June 13	87	67	0.00
June 14	85	60	0.00
June 15	88	64	0.00
June 16	90	74	0.00
June 17	91	70	0.00
June 18	89	70	0.00
June 19	88	69	0.00
June 20	92	71	0.00
June 21	92	74	0.00
June 22	94	72	0.00
June 23	93	74	0.00
June 24	95	73	0.00
June 25	95	75	0.00
June 26	97	76	0.00
June 27	96	75	0.00
June 28	98	79	0.00
June 29	101	80	0.00
June 30	100	77	0.00

July 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	98	76	0.11
July 2	95	74	0.00
July 3	92	77	1.25
July 4	95	73	0.00
July 5	94	75	0.00
July 6	90	75	0.00
July 7	92	77	0.43
July 8	94	75	0.00
July 9	95	76	0.00
July 10	93	74	0.58
July 11	88	72	0.00
July 12	92	72	0.00
July 13	91	77	0.00
July 14	91	75	0.00
July 15	88	75	0.20
July 16	88	74	0.00
July 17	93	70	0.00
July 18	96	69	0.00
July 19	97	75	0.00
July 20	94	74	0.00
July 21	92	73	0.00
July 22	97	72	0.00
July 23	97	71	0.00
July 24	97	74	0.00
July 25	95	74	0.00
July 26	95	74	0.00
July 27	93	73	0.27
July 28	93	73	0.00
July 29	97	71	0.00
July 30	100	75	0.00
July 31	96	73	0.00

August 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	70	0.45
August 2	94	71	0.00
August 3	96	73	0.00
August 4	91	74	0.52
August 5	88	73	0.00
August 6	90	72	0.00
August 7	90	74	0.04
August 8	87	73	0.71
August 9	84	73	0.05
August 10	84	73	0.73
August 11	88	73	0.00
August 12	92	73	0.13
August 13	87	73	1.09
August 14	89	72	0.00
August 15	90	73	0.00
August 16	94	74	0.00
August 17	95	75	0.00
August 18	96	73	0.00
August 19	96	74	0.00
August 20	97	75	0.00
August 21	95	74	0.00
August 22	94	73	0.00
August 23	95	79	0.00
August 24	92	74	0.00
August 25	94	70	0.00
August 26	96	71	0.00
August 27	96	72	0.00
August 28	94	71	0.00
August 29	90	72	0.00
August 30	91	73	0.00
August 31	84	68	0.00

September 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	66	0.00
September 2	86	64	0.00
September 3	90	67	0.00
September 4	96	63	0.00
September 5	96	70	0.00
September 6	95	71	0.00
September 7	95	68	0.00
September 8	98	67	0.00
September 9	99	67	0.00
September 10	99	74	0.14
September 11	93	71	0.00
September 12	90	74	0.03
September 13	85	73	0.00
September 14	86	73	1.19
September 15	89	74	0.04
September 16	90	75	0.00
September 17	94	72	0.00
September 18	94	72	0.08
September 19	94	71	0.00
September 20	95	69	0.00
September 21	87	72	0.00
September 22	90	73	0.00
September 23	88	67	0.00
September 24	85	64	0.00
September 25	86	65	0.00
September 26	86	65	0.28
September 27	81	70	0.00
September 28	82	67	0.00
September 29	86	64	0.00
September 30	82	62	0.00

October 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	57	0.00
October 2	84	53	0.00
October 3	87	53	0.12
October 4	83	53	0.00
October 5	84	48	0.00
October 6	75	50	0.00
October 7	72	40	0.00
October 8	72	40	0.00
October 9	76	40	0.00
October 10	82	46	0.00
October 11	85	56	0.00
October 12	87	59	0.00
October 13	89	59	0.54
October 14	66	43	0.00
October 15	70	37	0.00
October 16	74	43	0.00
October 17	70	41	0.00
October 18	73	37	0.00
October 19	80	39	0.00
October 20	80	44	0.00
October 21	82	42	0.00
October 22	84	44	0.00
October 23	87	49	0.00
October 24	70	48	0.00
October 25	83	46	0.00
October 26	79	56	0.00
October 27	69	54	0.00
October 28	80	46	0.00
October 29	83	45	0.00
October 30	82	56	0.00
October 31	82	51	0.00

November 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	83	53	0.00
November 2	82	48	0.00
November 3	82	46	0.00
November 4	79	43	0.00
November 5	79	41	0.00
November 6	80	45	0.06
November 7	64	52	0.10
November 8	63	40	0.00
November 9	67	37	0.00
November 10	72	40	0.00
November 11	79	44	0.00
November 12	81	50	0.00
November 13	80	51	0.00
November 14	79	52	0.00
November 15	80	56	0.00
November 16	81	64	0.00
November 17	72	48	0.70
November 18	64	41	0.00
November 19	70	41	0.00
November 20	73	50	0.00
November 21	70	49	0.00
November 22	69	50	0.15
November 23	79	58	0.00
November 24	75	50	0.00
November 25	68	40	0.00
November 26	71	44	0.21
November 27	64	54	0.10
November 28	58	47	0.00
November 29	54	48	1.12
November 30	54	42	0.00

December 1978 Tuscaloosa Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	36	0.00
December 2	70	40	0.00
December 3	82	57	0.24
December 4	72	40	1.70
December 5	53	33	0.00
December 6	67	32	0.00
December 7	76	55	0.00
December 8	80	43	2.53
December 9	43	21	0.24
December 10	42	22	0.00
December 11	49	29	0.00
December 12	56	27	0.00
December 13	61	28	0.00
December 14	51	29	0.00
December 15	58	25	0.00
December 16	60	50	0.27
December 17	54	30	0.00
December 18	59	30	0.00
December 19	72	50	0.00
December 20	76	60	0.36
December 21	60	34	0.30
December 22	55	30	0.00
December 23	59	31	0.00
December 24	53	43	0.72
December 25	53	32	0.00
December 26	61	30	0.00
December 27	45	32	0.00
December 28	55	26	0.00
December 29	54	44	0.72
December 30	54	45	0.72
December 31	69	54	0.33

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Tuscaloosa Municipal Airport	location
1900–1948	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	location