Waterloo Weather in 1979

Historical record of Waterloo, Iowa weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Waterloo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	August 6
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	April 20
Most daily snow	4.8 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	38.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Waterloo in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Waterloo, Iowa in 1979 was 91 °F which happened on August 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Waterloo in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Aug 6
2	90 °F	Aug 31
2	90 °F	Aug 17
2	90 °F	Aug 9
2	90 °F	Aug 7
2	90 °F	Jun 6
7	89 °F	Aug 4
7	89 °F	Jul 12
7	89 °F	Jun 19
10	88 °F	Sep 11
10	88 °F	Sep 10
10	88 °F	Aug 5
10	88 °F	Jul 22

What was the coldest temperature in Waterloo in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Waterloo, Iowa in 1979 was -24 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Waterloo in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	February 5
2	-21 °F	February 9
3	-20 °F	January 11
4	-19 °F	January 15
5	-18 °F	January 16
5	-18 °F	January 10
7	-17 °F	February 1
7	-17 °F	January 14
7	-17 °F	January 2
10	-16 °F	February 4
10	-16 °F	January 5

January 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	6	-10	0.04	0.4
January 2	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
January 3	6	-11	0.00	0.0
January 4	3	-10	0.00	0.0
January 5	-1	-16	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	-5	0.00	0.0
January 7	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 8	11	-13	0.00	0.0
January 9	12	-6	0.00	0.0
January 10	5	-18	0.00	0.0
January 11	5	-20	0.14	2.1
January 12	13	5	0.05	0.5
January 13	14	-8	0.36	4.8
January 14	-8	-17	0.00	0.0
January 15	1	-19	0.00	0.0
January 16	11	-18	0.00	0.0
January 17	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 18	15	-9	0.08	0.8
January 19	30	15	0.40	3.5
January 20	25	21	0.00	0.1
January 21	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	5	0.20	2.4
January 24	7	-10	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-14	0.00	0.0
January 26	22	12	0.04	1.0
January 27	24	15	0.10	1.6
January 28	19	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 30	7	-1	0.00	0.0
January 31	3	-9	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	6	-17	0.02	0.3
February 2	12	-9	0.01	0.2
February 3	7	-11	0.00	0.0
February 4	-3	-16	0.00	0.0
February 5	5	-24	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	3	-11	0.00	0.1
February 8	3	-15	0.05	0.8
February 9	5	-21	0.00	0.0
February 10	12	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	19	9	0.05	0.6
February 12	20	12	0.01	0.2
February 13	24	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	-6	0.01	0.0
February 16	0	-14	0.00	0.0
February 17	9	-12	0.00	0.0
February 18	11	-9	0.01	0.1
February 19	27	-8	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	23	0.08	0.6
February 21	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	20	0.08	0.0
February 23	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 24	27	5	0.00	0.0
February 25	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 26	31	2	0.00	0.0
February 27	36	10	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	18	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	37	34	0.63	0.0
March 4	35	29	0.07	0.7
March 5	31	21	0.01	0.1
March 6	36	15	0.01	0.0
March 7	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 10	11	5	0.00	0.0
March 11	35	6	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	9	0.02	0.2
March 15	28	5	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	38	0.01	0.0
March 18	55	42	0.37	0.0
March 19	54	37	0.02	0.0
March 20	42	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	55	34	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	30	1.12	2.3
March 24	30	22	0.05	1.0
March 25	29	15	0.00	0.0
March 26	33	18	0.00	0.0
March 27	36	14	0.00	0.0
March 28	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	33	0.74	0.0
March 30	61	37	0.01	0.0
March 31	41	35	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	31	0.20	2.9
April 2	39	29	0.15	1.8
April 3	39	21	0.00	0.0
April 4	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 5	41	19	0.00	0.0
April 6	35	15	0.00	0.0
April 7	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	41	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	39	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 11	46	38	0.10	0.0
April 12	68	45	0.09	0.0
April 13	54	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	61	32	0.00	0.0
April 16	66	32	0.00	0.0
April 17	71	40	0.00	0.0
April 18	69	47	0.07	0.0
April 19	56	50	0.33	0.0
April 20	58	47	2.65	0.0
April 21	64	41	0.00	0.0
April 22	72	37	0.00	0.0
April 23	71	43	0.00	0.0
April 24	66	53	0.03	0.0
April 25	62	42	0.68	0.0
April 26	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	50	36	0.05	0.0
April 28	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 29	49	35	0.02	0.0
April 30	51	34	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	32	0.00
May 2	56	49	1.38
May 3	56	38	0.00
May 4	58	33	0.00
May 5	72	43	0.00
May 6	78	48	0.00
May 7	74	58	0.00
May 8	82	55	0.00
May 9	86	53	0.00
May 10	85	48	0.30
May 11	50	43	0.00
May 12	62	33	0.02
May 13	70	47	0.00
May 14	65	45	0.01
May 15	68	38	0.00
May 16	76	41	0.00
May 17	86	61	0.00
May 18	73	55	0.57
May 19	70	50	0.05
May 20	64	45	0.00
May 21	64	37	0.00
May 22	77	49	0.00
May 23	63	41	0.00
May 24	67	40	0.00
May 25	71	38	0.00
May 26	67	48	0.05
May 27	75	39	0.00
May 28	82	45	0.00
May 29	84	56	1.38
May 30	86	61	0.04
May 31	63	49	0.03

June 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	44	0.00
June 2	81	52	0.00
June 3	86	51	0.00
June 4	82	63	0.03
June 5	80	57	0.00
June 6	90	62	0.03
June 7	84	64	0.21
June 8	70	60	0.06
June 9	74	58	0.77
June 10	72	53	0.02
June 11	83	51	0.00
June 12	86	58	0.03
June 13	79	59	0.00
June 14	87	65	0.00
June 15	87	69	0.00
June 16	86	63	0.00
June 17	76	60	2.18
June 18	67	57	0.68
June 19	89	60	0.47
June 20	82	64	0.00
June 21	86	64	0.00
June 22	74	58	0.00
June 23	63	53	0.00
June 24	75	48	0.00
June 25	80	50	0.00
June 26	85	58	1.41
June 27	81	67	0.00
June 28	81	65	0.18
June 29	80	61	0.00
June 30	82	58	0.00

July 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	58	0.00
July 2	86	61	0.00
July 3	84	67	0.89
July 4	78	60	0.00
July 5	74	56	0.00
July 6	73	52	0.00
July 7	78	57	0.00
July 8	82	61	0.00
July 9	83	58	0.00
July 10	85	64	0.05
July 11	87	68	0.00
July 12	89	66	0.00
July 13	80	67	1.87
July 14	84	68	0.20
July 15	86	64	0.00
July 16	79	61	0.00
July 17	77	57	0.00
July 18	78	52	0.00
July 19	81	55	0.00
July 20	83	63	0.11
July 21	83	66	0.00
July 22	88	68	0.00
July 23	87	67	0.00
July 24	82	71	0.59
July 25	83	66	0.00
July 26	83	59	0.00
July 27	81	64	0.57
July 28	80	65	0.00
July 29	83	64	0.06
July 30	85	68	2.34
July 31	78	65	0.00

August 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	63	0.00
August 2	83	61	0.52
August 3	84	65	0.00
August 4	89	66	0.28
August 5	88	72	0.00
August 6	91	69	0.00
August 7	90	77	0.00
August 8	82	68	0.56
August 9	90	67	0.32
August 10	72	62	0.00
August 11	76	53	0.00
August 12	75	57	0.00
August 13	69	59	0.16
August 14	69	50	0.00
August 15	68	48	0.00
August 16	74	59	0.01
August 17	90	66	0.14
August 18	84	70	0.01
August 19	84	68	0.99
August 20	86	69	0.00
August 21	78	66	0.76
August 22	78	64	0.78
August 23	75	56	0.00
August 24	76	53	0.00
August 25	79	56	0.00
August 26	80	66	0.16
August 27	75	61	0.00
August 28	82	57	0.64
August 29	85	63	0.00
August 30	87	61	0.00
August 31	90	72	0.00

September 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	69	0.00
September 2	85	64	0.00
September 3	80	58	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	87	65	0.48
September 6	80	55	0.00
September 7	67	48	0.00
September 8	73	51	0.00
September 9	84	60	0.00
September 10	88	70	0.00
September 11	88	64	0.00
September 12	79	59	0.00
September 13	69	50	0.00
September 14	64	46	0.00
September 15	74	40	0.00
September 16	78	44	0.00
September 17	81	51	0.00
September 18	78	52	0.00
September 19	75	43	0.00
September 20	82	53	0.00
September 21	70	42	0.00
September 22	71	38	0.00
September 23	73	46	0.02
September 24	78	51	0.25
September 25	82	46	0.00
September 26	84	51	0.00
September 27	84	60	0.00
September 28	85	58	0.00
September 29	74	53	0.00
September 30	78	50	0.00

October 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	52	0.62
October 2	66	44	0.00
October 3	66	43	0.09
October 4	53	39	0.00
October 5	64	33	0.00
October 6	56	38	0.00
October 7	72	31	0.00
October 8	70	47	0.00
October 9	54	37	0.00
October 10	56	34	0.00
October 11	61	43	0.05
October 12	47	33	0.00
October 13	51	28	0.00
October 14	60	30	0.00
October 15	69	46	0.00
October 16	73	47	0.00
October 17	70	46	0.00
October 18	63	51	0.40
October 19	71	60	0.01
October 20	81	65	0.00
October 21	78	47	0.77
October 22	47	37	1.88
October 23	41	33	0.00
October 24	53	30	0.00
October 25	48	31	0.00
October 26	52	33	0.00
October 27	63	37	0.00
October 28	70	32	0.00
October 29	70	34	0.00
October 30	67	49	0.00
October 31	64	44	0.36

November 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	31	0.01	0.0
November 2	51	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	48	38	0.41	0.0
November 6	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 7	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	38	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	32	24	0.01	0.1
November 10	31	15	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	35	17	0.23	1.9
November 13	36	12	0.00	0.0
November 14	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	67	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	68	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	62	42	0.00	0.0
November 20	45	30	0.03	0.0
November 21	45	41	0.67	0.0
November 22	47	36	0.01	0.0
November 23	36	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 25	44	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	37	27	0.00	0.0
November 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	30	22	0.02	0.3
November 29	25	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	30	17	0.02	0.2

December 1979 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 2	29	2	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	16	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	20	0.03	0.0
December 7	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 9	51	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	58	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	51	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	6	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	9	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	17	-3	0.02	0.2
December 17	22	-3	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	52	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	47	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	24	0.66	0.0
December 23	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 30	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	31	24	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1950–2024	Waterloo Municipal Airport	location
1895–1950	Waterloo	location