West Lafayette Weather in 1978

Historical record of West Lafayette, Indiana weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 West Lafayette Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	4.1 inches	June 25
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	35.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in West Lafayette in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1978 was 97 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in West Lafayette in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 22
1	97 °F	Jul 21
1	97 °F	Jun 26
4	96 °F	Jul 20
4	96 °F	Jun 27
4	96 °F	Jun 17
7	94 °F	Jul 26
7	94 °F	Jul 19
7	94 °F	Jul 1
7	94 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in West Lafayette in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1978 was -12 °F which happened on Feb 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in West Lafayette in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	February 7
2	-11 °F	January 22
3	-9 °F	January 30
4	-5 °F	February 19
4	-5 °F	February 1
6	-4 °F	January 31
7	-3 °F	February 18
8	-2 °F	March 5
8	-2 °F	January 29
8	-2 °F	January 10

January 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	7	0.15	2.8
January 2	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 3	22	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	34	0.02	0.0
January 6	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	36	0.05	0.0
January 8	38	6	0.01	0.0
January 9	6	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	11	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	13	0.14	1.4
January 13	23	19	0.02	0.2
January 14	25	15	0.04	1.0
January 15	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 16	19	5	0.16	1.4
January 17	22	13	0.04	0.4
January 18	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	16	0.01	0.1
January 20	24	15	0.05	0.5
January 21	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	-11	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	18	0.10	0.0
January 25	32	11	0.49	7.0
January 26	17	1	0.49	6.0
January 27	11	2	0.00	0.0
January 28	13	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	-9	0.02	0.2
January 31	15	-4	0.02	0.2

February 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	-5	0.02	0.0
February 2	21	6	0.01	0.1
February 3	21	6	0.08	1.0
February 4	23	6	0.01	0.1
February 5	24	8	0.04	0.4
February 6	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 7	18	-12	0.00	0.0
February 8	22	7	0.00	0.0
February 9	24	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	1	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	7	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	25	0.08	2.3
February 14	31	10	0.01	0.1
February 15	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	20	-3	0.00	0.0
February 19	22	-5	0.00	0.0
February 20	27	6	0.02	0.1
February 21	26	3	0.00	0.0
February 22	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 23	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	26	0.03	0.2

March 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	12	0.00	0.0
March 2	26	10	0.05	0.5
March 3	28	16	0.02	0.2
March 4	22	6	0.00	0.0
March 5	24	-2	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	15	0.00	0.0
March 7	33	25	0.05	0.5
March 8	31	24	0.04	0.4
March 9	38	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	27	0.04	0.0
March 12	39	32	0.01	0.0
March 13	45	30	0.58	0.0
March 14	46	36	0.16	0.0
March 15	38	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	55	27	0.21	0.0
March 21	55	35	0.48	0.0
March 22	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	40	0.00	0.0
March 24	40	30	0.26	0.0
March 25	35	31	0.10	0.0
March 26	38	34	0.07	0.0
March 27	40	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	62	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	80	44	0.00	0.0

April 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	67	45	0.00
April 2	45	36	0.48
April 3	n/a	n/a	0.00
April 4	66	47	0.29
April 5	61	34	0.00
April 6	66	46	1.05
April 7	74	38	0.00
April 8	63	48	0.05
April 9	71	42	0.00
April 10	70	50	0.73
April 11	57	45	0.01
April 12	70	43	0.00
April 13	53	40	0.00
April 14	56	33	0.00
April 15	59	38	0.00
April 16	51	35	0.00
April 17	60	33	0.00
April 18	68	46	0.37
April 19	54	44	0.47
April 20	46	39	0.01
April 21	50	31	0.14
April 22	55	25	0.00
April 23	61	46	0.35
April 24	60	41	0.06
April 25	63	45	0.23
April 26	68	40	0.00
April 27	66	33	0.00
April 28	69	34	0.00
April 29	69	40	0.00
April 30	61	35	0.00

May 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	31	0.00
May 2	60	32	0.00
May 3	63	27	0.00
May 4	54	44	0.65
May 5	47	44	0.03
May 6	59	44	0.00
May 7	54	48	0.76
May 8	74	51	0.02
May 9	59	50	0.01
May 10	72	42	0.00
May 11	67	57	0.14
May 12	75	61	0.47
May 13	61	44	0.33
May 14	49	45	0.35
May 15	56	45	0.27
May 16	65	53	0.06
May 17	73	45	0.00
May 18	78	46	0.00
May 19	82	53	0.00
May 20	82	58	0.29
May 21	64	45	0.00
May 22	66	49	0.00
May 23	68	57	0.45
May 24	72	57	0.00
May 25	83	53	0.00
May 26	87	62	0.00
May 27	90	62	0.00
May 28	91	62	0.00
May 29	90	67	0.00
May 30	80	65	0.00
May 31	91	57	0.00

June 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	93	68	0.00
June 2	77	63	0.51
June 3	77	56	0.00
June 4	85	57	0.00
June 5	80	60	0.00
June 6	83	61	0.00
June 7	80	69	0.48
June 8	73	50	0.00
June 9	80	47	0.00
June 10	85	54	0.00
June 11	90	64	0.00
June 12	86	59	0.25
June 13	73	50	0.00
June 14	79	45	0.00
June 15	75	64	0.04
June 16	91	65	0.00
June 17	96	76	0.00
June 18	85	63	0.16
June 19	85	61	0.00
June 20	89	60	0.37
June 21	78	56	0.00
June 22	81	54	0.00
June 23	83	56	0.00
June 24	90	61	0.00
June 25	85	71	4.10
June 26	97	75	0.00
June 27	96	75	0.00
June 28	92	67	0.00
June 29	94	73	0.00
June 30	92	71	0.00

July 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	75	0.42
July 2	83	72	1.89
July 3	81	68	0.00
July 4	87	63	0.00
July 5	91	67	0.00
July 6	89	68	0.00
July 7	92	71	0.60
July 8	86	73	0.00
July 9	91	67	0.11
July 10	78	58	0.00
July 11	79	52	0.00
July 12	84	60	0.00
July 13	89	70	0.56
July 14	87	72	0.00
July 15	88	71	0.00
July 16	86	67	0.00
July 17	89	62	0.00
July 18	91	69	0.00
July 19	94	76	0.00
July 20	96	75	0.00
July 21	97	78	0.00
July 22	97	79	0.00
July 23	81	71	0.56
July 24	81	68	0.00
July 25	87	76	0.00
July 26	94	69	0.40
July 27	89	68	0.00
July 28	84	64	0.00
July 29	89	66	0.00
July 30	79	65	0.00
July 31	83	60	0.00

August 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	69	0.00
August 2	85	73	0.95
August 3	85	66	0.00
August 4	80	58	0.00
August 5	81	54	0.00
August 6	85	64	0.00
August 7	84	67	0.13
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	87	66	0.01
August 10	84	62	0.00
August 11	77	67	0.01
August 12	82	66	1.79
August 13	85	60	0.00
August 14	85	64	0.00
August 15	89	70	0.00
August 16	83	66	0.00
August 17	80	60	0.04
August 18	87	70	0.00
August 19	81	60	0.00
August 20	76	50	0.00
August 21	79	51	0.00
August 22	84	52	0.00
August 23	86	60	0.00
August 24	86	64	0.06
August 25	84	70	0.00
August 26	85	67	0.00
August 27	86	68	0.52
August 28	84	66	0.41
August 29	77	61	0.00
August 30	71	62	0.05
August 31	81	52	0.00

September 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	54	0.00
September 2	83	54	0.00
September 3	87	59	0.00
September 4	81	52	0.00
September 5	85	52	0.00
September 6	87	54	0.00
September 7	89	58	0.00
September 8	92	58	0.00
September 9	93	62	0.00
September 10	90	64	0.00
September 11	89	64	0.00
September 12	84	70	0.00
September 13	89	72	0.00
September 14	84	57	0.03
September 15	85	52	0.00
September 16	88	65	0.17
September 17	88	67	0.27
September 18	91	73	0.00
September 19	93	69	0.00
September 20	91	68	0.00
September 21	73	58	0.00
September 22	71	47	0.00
September 23	72	41	0.00
September 24	80	41	0.00
September 25	73	47	0.00
September 26	77	40	0.00
September 27	84	43	0.00
September 28	68	40	0.00
September 29	75	40	0.00
September 30	71	51	0.02

October 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	47	0.00
October 2	73	40	0.00
October 3	67	51	0.27
October 4	67	47	0.00
October 5	66	51	0.18
October 6	57	49	0.00
October 7	56	39	0.00
October 8	60	29	0.00
October 9	71	36	0.00
October 10	73	53	0.00
October 11	66	53	0.42
October 12	66	49	0.18
October 13	62	42	0.03
October 14	53	39	0.05
October 15	52	31	0.00
October 16	49	39	0.00
October 17	59	33	0.00
October 18	62	39	0.08
October 19	59	40	0.00
October 20	74	36	0.00
October 21	79	42	0.00
October 22	78	56	0.00
October 23	58	32	0.02
October 24	56	25	0.00
October 25	61	40	0.23
October 26	58	38	0.00
October 27	62	34	0.00
October 28	60	32	0.00
October 29	60	35	0.00
October 30	74	37	0.00
October 31	72	39	0.00

November 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	37	0.00
November 2	72	35	0.00
November 3	74	39	0.00
November 4	77	42	0.00
November 5	75	53	0.00
November 6	61	39	0.15
November 7	50	30	0.01
November 8	56	24	0.00
November 9	63	38	0.00
November 10	65	36	0.00
November 11	65	42	0.01
November 12	50	44	0.06
November 13	69	44	1.09
November 14	56	31	0.50
November 15	40	31	0.03
November 16	44	35	0.03
November 17	63	39	0.69
November 18	46	34	0.00
November 19	41	31	0.00
November 20	39	34	0.00
November 21	37	34	0.00
November 22	41	35	0.00
November 23	50	36	0.34
November 24	36	29	0.00
November 25	43	23	0.00
November 26	38	32	0.31
November 27	36	34	0.15
November 28	34	24	0.00
November 29	43	26	0.00
November 30	35	20	0.00

December 1978 West Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	32	0.41	0.0
December 3	57	28	0.54	0.0
December 4	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	31	0.82	0.0
December 8	34	19	0.02	0.4
December 9	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 10	23	4	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	23	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 20	59	29	0.02	0.0
December 21	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	27	0.15	1.4
December 25	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	33	0.24	0.0
December 31	36	32	0.94	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1965–2024	Purdue University Airport	location
1901–1964	West Lafayette 6 NW	location