Virginia Beach Weather in 1978

Historical record of Virginia Beach, Virginia weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Virginia Beach Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 29
Lowest temperature	15 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	28 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 8
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	February 2
Total annual precipitation	47.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	12.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Virginia Beach in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1978 was 96 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Virginia Beach in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 29
1	96 °F	Jul 23
1	96 °F	Jul 10
4	94 °F	Sep 19
4	94 °F	Jul 22
6	93 °F	Sep 18
6	93 °F	Sep 7
6	93 °F	Aug 28
6	93 °F	Aug 25
6	93 °F	Aug 16
6	93 °F	Jul 31
6	93 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Virginia Beach in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1978 was 15 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Virginia Beach in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	15 °F	January 12
1	15 °F	January 10
3	19 °F	January 11
4	20 °F	February 7
4	20 °F	January 9
6	21 °F	February 5
7	22 °F	February 23
7	22 °F	February 4
7	22 °F	January 30
7	22 °F	January 24
7	22 °F	January 16

January 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	38	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	33	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	54	38	0.42	0.0
January 7	45	42	0.01	0.0
January 8	66	40	0.75	0.0
January 9	66	20	0.77	0.7
January 10	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	36	1.06	0.0
January 14	42	35	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	29	0.04	0.6
January 16	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	56	31	0.70	0.0
January 18	52	36	0.00	0.0
January 19	43	33	1.42	0.0
January 20	45	35	0.31	0.0
January 21	43	31	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	31	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	68	38	0.49	0.0
January 26	70	31	0.35	0.0
January 27	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	24	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	28	0.64	6.2
February 3	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	28	22	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	23	0.03	0.3
February 7	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 8	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	35	30	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	43	23	0.32	0.0
February 14	39	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	26	0.45	0.4
February 17	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	29	0.21	0.0
February 19	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	26	0.08	0.9
February 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	67	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	25	0.18	1.4

March 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	34	32	0.21	1.4
March 2	34	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	29	0.93	0.9
March 4	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	32	1.47	0.0
March 9	35	31	0.01	0.0
March 10	41	35	1.56	0.0
March 11	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	66	44	0.00	0.0
March 13	49	40	0.00	0.0
March 14	72	48	0.00	0.0
March 15	69	45	0.00	0.0
March 16	60	37	0.15	0.0
March 17	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	72	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	43	0.00	0.0
March 21	76	44	0.00	0.0
March 22	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 23	77	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	65	45	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	43	0.89	0.0
March 26	67	47	2.11	0.0
March 27	61	51	0.44	0.0
March 28	65	49	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	46	0.03	0.0
March 30	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	38	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	53	0.00
April 2	68	49	0.00
April 3	52	45	0.00
April 4	77	48	0.00
April 5	74	55	0.00
April 6	59	48	0.00
April 7	73	52	0.00
April 8	74	54	0.00
April 9	59	46	0.00
April 10	68	47	0.00
April 11	88	54	0.06
April 12	70	50	0.05
April 13	67	56	0.07
April 14	67	49	0.00
April 15	71	45	0.00
April 16	55	43	0.00
April 17	60	44	0.00
April 18	57	42	0.45
April 19	72	55	0.33
April 20	67	51	0.07
April 21	60	42	0.00
April 22	59	42	0.00
April 23	65	39	0.00
April 24	76	50	0.00
April 25	60	49	0.27
April 26	51	47	1.35
April 27	50	41	0.24
April 28	64	42	0.00
April 29	72	49	0.00
April 30	69	58	0.01

May 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	48	0.00
May 2	63	46	0.00
May 3	64	49	0.00
May 4	63	53	1.50
May 5	60	52	0.00
May 6	62	51	0.08
May 7	60	52	0.07
May 8	66	55	0.74
May 9	81	66	0.59
May 10	70	60	0.00
May 11	73	55	0.00
May 12	79	59	0.00
May 13	78	60	0.69
May 14	76	60	0.20
May 15	69	59	0.58
May 16	66	59	0.06
May 17	77	57	0.00
May 18	82	61	0.00
May 19	77	59	0.00
May 20	88	58	0.00
May 21	85	65	0.00
May 22	72	58	0.00
May 23	79	55	0.00
May 24	88	67	0.05
May 25	80	67	0.00
May 26	76	64	0.00
May 27	68	60	0.00
May 28	69	60	0.33
May 29	75	62	0.31
May 30	80	62	0.00
May 31	80	63	0.44

June 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	64	0.00
June 2	85	64	0.00
June 3	89	68	1.26
June 4	75	60	0.00
June 5	85	57	0.00
June 6	77	66	0.00
June 7	85	70	0.08
June 8	88	71	2.64
June 9	87	72	0.46
June 10	78	63	0.00
June 11	80	57	0.00
June 12	84	55	0.00
June 13	79	63	0.01
June 14	70	56	0.00
June 15	75	52	0.00
June 16	79	55	0.00
June 17	86	62	0.00
June 18	88	70	0.00
June 19	90	69	0.00
June 20	86	69	1.34
June 21	89	68	1.09
June 22	81	66	0.90
June 23	81	64	0.00
June 24	83	66	0.00
June 25	81	64	0.00
June 26	85	63	0.00
June 27	90	71	0.06
June 28	91	73	0.00
June 29	88	72	0.00
June 30	89	70	0.00

July 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	64	0.00
July 2	77	62	0.00
July 3	81	68	0.14
July 4	78	67	0.01
July 5	74	60	0.00
July 6	80	57	0.00
July 7	80	57	0.00
July 8	89	63	0.00
July 9	93	71	0.00
July 10	96	75	0.00
July 11	77	69	0.49
July 12	76	57	0.00
July 13	81	54	0.00
July 14	78	67	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.01
July 16	75	68	0.97
July 17	83	68	0.01
July 18	84	68	0.00
July 19	83	66	0.00
July 20	82	71	0.00
July 21	92	71	0.00
July 22	94	74	0.00
July 23	96	77	0.00
July 24	86	76	0.00
July 25	85	69	2.16
July 26	84	70	0.03
July 27	90	72	0.00
July 28	85	71	0.37
July 29	87	73	0.00
July 30	90	72	0.00
July 31	93	76	0.00

August 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	74	0.07
August 2	83	73	0.21
August 3	90	74	0.00
August 4	88	72	0.08
August 5	87	70	0.23
August 6	91	76	0.00
August 7	91	75	0.49
August 8	91	73	0.00
August 9	92	75	0.00
August 10	87	70	0.26
August 11	87	71	0.03
August 12	87	73	0.00
August 13	86	73	0.04
August 14	87	71	0.00
August 15	88	75	0.02
August 16	93	75	0.00
August 17	92	77	0.00
August 18	89	70	0.00
August 19	91	69	0.00
August 20	88	75	0.00
August 21	82	72	0.00
August 22	83	69	0.00
August 23	86	63	0.00
August 24	92	65	0.00
August 25	93	70	0.00
August 26	84	71	0.00
August 27	87	69	0.00
August 28	93	74	0.00
August 29	96	75	0.00
August 30	91	72	0.23
August 31	92	73	0.00

September 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	72	0.11
September 2	81	68	0.00
September 3	84	64	0.00
September 4	82	67	0.20
September 5	83	67	0.00
September 6	86	63	0.00
September 7	93	65	0.00
September 8	87	71	0.00
September 9	91	73	0.00
September 10	82	68	0.00
September 11	88	64	0.00
September 12	88	66	0.00
September 13	77	68	0.00
September 14	75	62	0.00
September 15	83	58	0.00
September 16	90	67	0.00
September 17	89	69	0.00
September 18	93	70	0.00
September 19	94	69	0.00
September 20	77	59	0.00
September 21	85	57	0.00
September 22	92	69	0.83
September 23	72	65	0.03
September 24	73	58	0.00
September 25	79	59	0.00
September 26	73	55	0.00
September 27	72	55	0.00
September 28	82	55	0.00
September 29	71	56	0.00
September 30	77	53	0.00

October 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	65	0.98
October 2	76	62	0.00
October 3	73	53	0.00
October 4	79	55	0.00
October 5	78	58	0.00
October 6	78	62	0.00
October 7	68	52	0.00
October 8	65	48	0.00
October 9	61	45	0.00
October 10	67	39	0.00
October 11	72	43	0.00
October 12	81	49	0.00
October 13	80	59	0.00
October 14	80	60	0.04
October 15	62	42	0.00
October 16	66	40	0.00
October 17	61	52	0.23
October 18	63	48	0.00
October 19	70	48	0.00
October 20	67	44	0.00
October 21	70	41	0.00
October 22	79	46	0.00
October 23	82	54	0.00
October 24	66	38	0.07
October 25	72	37	0.00
October 26	81	57	0.00
October 27	69	56	0.00
October 28	63	49	0.18
October 29	67	57	0.00
October 30	66	57	0.00
October 31	64	49	0.00

November 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	40	0.00
November 2	64	41	0.00
November 3	66	37	0.01
November 4	62	55	0.95
November 5	68	47	0.00
November 6	74	41	0.00
November 7	77	53	0.00
November 8	64	54	0.94
November 9	65	47	0.00
November 10	62	46	0.10
November 11	61	56	0.13
November 12	62	54	0.00
November 13	63	47	0.00
November 14	76	44	0.00
November 15	71	60	0.00
November 16	63	55	0.42
November 17	75	58	0.02
November 18	72	56	0.08
November 19	59	49	0.00
November 20	59	51	0.00
November 21	62	51	0.00
November 22	57	52	0.00
November 23	60	51	0.25
November 24	67	47	0.01
November 25	50	41	0.00
November 26	48	39	0.00
November 27	61	41	0.70
November 28	64	48	0.00
November 29	56	46	0.79
November 30	50	46	0.00

December 1978 Virginia Beach Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	51	39	0.00
December 2	60	36	0.00
December 3	65	37	0.03
December 4	80	60	0.16
December 5	65	43	0.82
December 6	66	40	0.00
December 7	67	35	0.00
December 8	77	60	0.00
December 9	79	40	0.60
December 10	40	31	0.00
December 11	38	30	0.00
December 12	45	29	0.00
December 13	58	28	0.00
December 14	46	29	0.00
December 15	54	28	0.00
December 16	56	33	0.09
December 17	54	39	0.03
December 18	48	35	0.00
December 19	47	40	0.00
December 20	56	39	0.03
December 21	62	41	0.08
December 22	46	31	0.00
December 23	51	25	0.00
December 24	63	30	0.41
December 25	53	38	0.00
December 26	58	28	0.00
December 27	48	32	0.00
December 28	36	28	0.00
December 29	37	24	0.00
December 30	48	24	0.00
December 31	59	41	0.06

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1909–1945	Diamond Springs	location