Washington D.C. Weather in 1979

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	6 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 1
Lowest daily high	15 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	September 5
Most daily snow	14.0 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	47.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1979 was 97 °F which happened on August 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 10
2	95 °F	Aug 8
3	93 °F	Aug 5
3	93 °F	Aug 1
3	93 °F	Jul 12
6	92 °F	Aug 11
6	92 °F	Aug 2
6	92 °F	Jul 16
6	92 °F	Jul 13
10	91 °F	Aug 31
10	91 °F	Aug 9
10	91 °F	Aug 6
10	91 °F	Aug 4
10	91 °F	Jul 31

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1979 was 6 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	February 18
1	6 °F	February 10
3	7 °F	February 14
4	8 °F	February 17
4	8 °F	February 11
6	9 °F	February 13
7	10 °F	February 20
7	10 °F	January 3
9	12 °F	February 19
10	13 °F	February 9

January 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	63	43	0.26	0.0
January 2	60	30	1.44	0.0
January 3	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	27	0.02	0.3
January 6	40	33	0.07	0.2
January 7	47	35	0.76	0.2
January 8	52	27	0.40	0.0
January 9	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	21	0.16	0.7
January 13	40	29	0.51	0.0
January 14	43	32	0.02	0.0
January 15	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	47	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	43	32	0.03	0.0
January 18	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	29	1.09	0.2
January 21	47	35	0.74	0.0
January 22	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	59	37	0.75	0.0
January 25	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	35	0.39	2.4
January 29	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	28	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	49	32	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	31	25	0.50	5.6
February 8	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	27	13	0.04	0.4
February 10	27	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	21	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	25	17	0.48	5.6
February 13	22	9	0.00	0.0
February 14	23	7	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	19	0.06	0.3
February 16	35	22	0.02	0.0
February 17	22	8	0.00	0.0
February 18	15	6	0.21	4.7
February 19	36	12	1.16	14.0
February 20	40	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	27	0.07	0.0
February 22	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 23	44	35	0.20	0.0
February 24	45	38	1.67	0.0
February 25	45	39	1.12	0.0
February 26	41	38	0.09	0.0
February 27	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	56	34	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	54	38	0.01
March 2	59	38	0.00
March 3	49	42	0.00
March 4	63	43	0.00
March 5	61	55	0.54
March 6	60	46	0.02
March 7	58	38	0.00
March 8	59	38	0.00
March 9	62	40	0.00
March 10	68	50	0.21
March 11	50	32	0.37
March 12	53	32	0.00
March 13	67	35	0.00
March 14	63	43	0.03
March 15	44	28	0.00
March 16	50	25	0.00
March 17	65	34	0.00
March 18	69	41	0.00
March 19	61	37	0.00
March 20	65	40	0.00
March 21	67	45	0.00
March 22	70	43	0.00
March 23	70	46	0.00
March 24	65	54	1.07
March 25	55	47	0.00
March 26	49	38	0.00
March 27	53	35	0.00
March 28	57	34	0.00
March 29	79	46	0.00
March 30	84	57	0.00
March 31	85	61	0.20

April 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	53	0.06
April 2	58	48	0.00
April 3	58	49	0.38
April 4	50	45	0.28
April 5	62	46	0.00
April 6	55	40	0.00
April 7	54	35	0.00
April 8	55	44	0.00
April 9	49	41	0.44
April 10	61	41	0.00
April 11	69	41	0.00
April 12	67	49	0.00
April 13	56	44	0.08
April 14	66	42	0.11
April 15	61	47	0.02
April 16	56	47	0.00
April 17	61	46	0.00
April 18	68	46	0.00
April 19	68	42	0.00
April 20	68	44	0.00
April 21	74	46	0.00
April 22	77	53	0.00
April 23	74	60	0.01
April 24	68	58	0.02
April 25	79	62	0.00
April 26	67	63	0.05
April 27	72	59	0.43
April 28	68	51	0.00
April 29	63	46	0.00
April 30	74	46	0.00

May 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	55	0.00
May 2	74	47	0.00
May 3	77	55	0.00
May 4	70	53	0.04
May 5	66	48	0.06
May 6	74	48	0.00
May 7	82	55	0.00
May 8	86	62	0.00
May 9	88	66	0.00
May 10	89	69	0.00
May 11	86	71	0.02
May 12	77	69	0.00
May 13	76	67	1.26
May 14	72	60	0.00
May 15	79	54	0.03
May 16	74	57	0.00
May 17	75	56	0.00
May 18	72	56	0.12
May 19	74	64	0.08
May 20	76	62	0.01
May 21	73	62	0.00
May 22	76	63	0.00
May 23	78	67	0.70
May 24	77	65	0.23
May 25	72	59	0.17
May 26	63	51	0.00
May 27	76	53	0.00
May 28	76	59	0.01
May 29	78	54	0.22
May 30	82	57	0.00
May 31	77	65	0.60

June 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	71	0.60
June 2	80	70	0.00
June 3	71	64	1.08
June 4	75	62	0.18
June 5	87	59	0.00
June 6	87	66	0.00
June 7	87	70	0.00
June 8	84	72	0.00
June 9	88	71	0.00
June 10	89	71	0.00
June 11	75	60	0.04
June 12	77	55	0.00
June 13	76	62	0.00
June 14	80	55	0.00
June 15	83	60	0.00
June 16	84	62	0.00
June 17	79	67	0.39
June 18	88	65	0.00
June 19	79	63	0.00
June 20	82	62	0.00
June 21	72	61	0.01
June 22	82	63	0.01
June 23	87	66	0.29
June 24	72	57	0.04
June 25	76	55	0.00
June 26	79	56	0.00
June 27	79	58	0.00
June 28	84	64	0.00
June 29	88	68	0.00
June 30	85	70	0.35

July 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	65	0.51
July 2	81	66	0.00
July 3	85	69	0.00
July 4	78	60	0.19
July 5	75	60	0.00
July 6	80	57	0.00
July 7	84	60	0.00
July 8	85	64	0.00
July 9	86	67	0.00
July 10	80	69	0.00
July 11	87	68	0.00
July 12	93	73	0.00
July 13	92	75	1.28
July 14	87	75	0.00
July 15	90	75	0.00
July 16	92	77	0.00
July 17	90	76	0.00
July 18	89	77	0.01
July 19	86	75	0.00
July 20	86	76	0.00
July 21	82	75	0.12
July 22	85	72	0.00
July 23	90	76	0.26
July 24	86	73	0.04
July 25	85	76	0.56
July 26	89	77	0.01
July 27	89	76	0.00
July 28	90	75	0.23
July 29	89	72	0.22
July 30	85	72	0.00
July 31	91	77	0.00

August 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	78	0.00
August 2	92	77	0.57
August 3	88	76	0.04
August 4	91	75	0.00
August 5	93	76	0.00
August 6	91	75	0.00
August 7	88	74	0.00
August 8	95	75	0.38
August 9	91	74	0.00
August 10	97	77	0.26
August 11	92	68	1.19
August 12	68	63	1.09
August 13	80	59	0.00
August 14	86	63	0.00
August 15	75	61	0.00
August 16	77	59	0.00
August 17	78	58	0.00
August 18	72	68	0.01
August 19	86	69	0.10
August 20	86	70	0.00
August 21	76	67	0.52
August 22	83	62	0.00
August 23	84	71	0.00
August 24	88	76	0.10
August 25	90	75	0.09
August 26	89	75	0.10
August 27	89	74	0.92
August 28	86	74	0.00
August 29	88	74	0.04
August 30	90	75	0.00
August 31	91	74	0.00

September 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	74	0.00
September 2	85	75	0.00
September 3	85	74	0.13
September 4	86	74	0.00
September 5	79	76	3.68
September 6	87	76	0.01
September 7	84	70	0.00
September 8	77	63	0.00
September 9	77	57	0.00
September 10	78	60	0.00
September 11	85	63	0.00
September 12	81	67	0.00
September 13	78	64	0.00
September 14	87	70	0.14
September 15	76	60	0.00
September 16	76	57	0.00
September 17	78	58	0.00
September 18	80	60	0.00
September 19	78	60	0.00
September 20	70	54	0.00
September 21	74	65	2.18
September 22	74	65	0.28
September 23	71	58	0.00
September 24	70	56	0.00
September 25	71	61	0.00
September 26	77	60	0.00
September 27	77	62	0.00
September 28	73	65	0.04
September 29	81	70	0.01
September 30	74	68	0.17

October 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	75	66	1.53	0.0
October 2	77	66	0.52	0.0
October 3	76	62	0.33	0.0
October 4	76	57	0.00	0.0
October 5	69	52	0.57	0.0
October 6	68	47	0.00	0.0
October 7	66	54	0.00	0.0
October 8	69	48	0.04	0.0
October 9	71	50	0.64	0.0
October 10	50	36	1.10	0.3
October 11	56	42	0.04	0.0
October 12	62	51	0.07	0.0
October 13	58	45	0.19	0.0
October 14	58	42	0.00	0.0
October 15	63	39	0.00	0.0
October 16	67	50	0.00	0.0
October 17	73	51	0.00	0.0
October 18	75	54	0.00	0.0
October 19	76	55	0.00	0.0
October 20	77	59	0.00	0.0
October 21	82	64	0.00	0.0
October 22	84	62	0.00	0.0
October 23	78	52	0.50	0.0
October 24	55	48	0.00	0.0
October 25	57	43	0.00	0.0
October 26	53	41	0.00	0.0
October 27	55	36	0.00	0.0
October 28	56	47	0.01	0.0
October 29	70	44	0.00	0.0
October 30	63	45	0.00	0.0
October 31	62	45	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	71	47	0.00
November 2	74	54	0.41
November 3	60	44	0.17
November 4	61	39	0.00
November 5	60	38	0.00
November 6	63	40	0.00
November 7	59	44	0.00
November 8	57	38	0.00
November 9	66	50	0.01
November 10	65	58	0.39
November 11	58	49	0.55
November 12	53	47	0.00
November 13	52	49	0.14
November 14	52	42	0.00
November 15	53	37	0.00
November 16	56	43	0.00
November 17	68	37	0.00
November 18	75	44	0.00
November 19	72	43	0.00
November 20	70	46	0.00
November 21	72	46	0.00
November 22	75	46	0.00
November 23	75	53	0.00
November 24	70	60	0.00
November 25	74	60	0.00
November 26	74	53	0.66
November 27	64	46	0.00
November 28	68	45	0.00
November 29	45	33	0.00
November 30	44	28	0.00

December 1979 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	48	33	0.00
December 2	44	33	0.00
December 3	47	29	0.00
December 4	57	32	0.00
December 5	60	33	0.00
December 6	57	43	0.05
December 7	56	44	0.00
December 8	53	35	0.00
December 9	46	33	0.00
December 10	60	34	0.00
December 11	68	40	0.00
December 12	69	48	0.00
December 13	59	43	0.33
December 14	46	34	0.00
December 15	46	31	0.00
December 16	52	40	0.00
December 17	51	23	0.00
December 18	33	21	0.00
December 19	40	31	0.00
December 20	36	32	0.00
December 21	42	30	0.00
December 22	47	36	0.00
December 23	54	42	0.00
December 24	63	44	0.09
December 25	62	46	0.38
December 26	49	37	0.00
December 27	47	34	0.00
December 28	50	35	0.00
December 29	60	37	0.00
December 30	61	31	0.00
December 31	49	32	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2023	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location