Wichita Weather in 1978

Historical record of Wichita, Kansas weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Wichita Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	109 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 17
Highest daily low	81 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	13 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	September 17
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	22.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wichita in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1978 was 109 °F which happened on July 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wichita in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	109 °F	Jul 29
2	106 °F	Aug 12
3	105 °F	Sep 16
3	105 °F	Aug 17
3	105 °F	Aug 13
3	105 °F	Jul 12
3	105 °F	Jul 9
3	105 °F	Jul 3
9	104 °F	Jul 14
9	104 °F	Jul 6
9	104 °F	Jul 5

What was the coldest temperature in Wichita in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1978 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wichita in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 17
2	-2 °F	January 20
3	-1 °F	February 18
3	-1 °F	February 2
5	0 °F	January 19
6	3 °F	February 19
6	3 °F	February 17
6	3 °F	January 16
9	4 °F	December 9
9	4 °F	December 8
9	4 °F	March 4

January 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	21	9	0.00	0.0
January 2	46	8	0.00	0.0
January 3	47	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	49	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	53	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	16	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 14	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	18	0.25	3.0
January 16	25	3	0.09	2.6
January 17	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 18	20	9	0.01	0.2
January 19	17	0	0.01	0.1
January 20	14	-2	0.00	0.1
January 21	19	12	0.01	0.4
January 22	27	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	6	0.00	0.0
January 27	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	20	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	11	0.12	1.0

February 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	10	0.01	0.1
February 2	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	23	15	0.04	0.7
February 7	20	15	0.21	3.3
February 8	22	17	0.01	0.2
February 9	25	9	0.07	1.0
February 10	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	26	0.01	0.0
February 12	36	32	1.25	0.4
February 13	33	20	0.02	0.7
February 14	25	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	18	0.05	0.8
February 16	23	12	0.03	0.4
February 17	15	3	0.00	0.0
February 18	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	3	0.00	0.0
February 20	30	14	0.01	0.2
February 21	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	28	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	23	0.03	0.0
March 2	36	15	0.20	0.0
March 3	20	10	0.00	0.0
March 4	25	4	0.00	0.0
March 5	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	29	0.04	0.1
March 8	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	51	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	65	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	28	0.02	0.0
March 12	59	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	40	0.13	0.0
March 14	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	29	0.09	0.0
March 16	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	81	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	41	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	41	0.00	0.0
March 21	69	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	83	48	1.10	0.0
March 23	57	38	0.33	0.0
March 24	43	33	0.16	0.2
March 25	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	74	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	80	39	0.00	0.0
March 29	79	47	0.00	0.0
March 30	79	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	85	55	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	82	52	0.14
April 2	79	61	0.01
April 3	74	55	0.19
April 4	73	51	0.00
April 5	71	56	0.05
April 6	77	50	0.00
April 7	82	55	0.00
April 8	80	62	0.00
April 9	72	51	0.16
April 10	57	38	0.38
April 11	64	34	0.00
April 12	69	41	0.00
April 13	71	46	0.00
April 14	78	54	0.00
April 15	76	52	0.04
April 16	60	51	0.02
April 17	76	43	0.01
April 18	61	44	0.02
April 19	59	41	0.00
April 20	53	31	0.00
April 21	61	31	0.00
April 22	72	44	0.00
April 23	76	36	0.00
April 24	72	45	0.00
April 25	63	38	0.00
April 26	70	42	0.00
April 27	77	47	0.00
April 28	76	55	0.29
April 29	76	55	0.01
April 30	70	50	1.39

May 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	47	0.02
May 2	56	44	0.00
May 3	51	44	0.18
May 4	54	41	0.01
May 5	59	38	0.00
May 6	64	47	0.38
May 7	69	49	0.38
May 8	73	48	0.00
May 9	73	48	0.00
May 10	76	47	0.00
May 11	86	62	0.00
May 12	72	51	0.07
May 13	74	49	0.00
May 14	80	46	0.00
May 15	79	54	0.00
May 16	77	49	0.00
May 17	76	55	0.00
May 18	73	60	0.20
May 19	84	65	0.18
May 20	76	64	0.30
May 21	74	61	0.00
May 22	84	63	0.22
May 23	89	66	0.00
May 24	88	69	0.00
May 25	89	67	0.00
May 26	84	65	0.02
May 27	76	62	0.27
May 28	82	59	0.00
May 29	81	57	0.00
May 30	89	55	0.00
May 31	89	61	0.01

June 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	58	0.12
June 2	66	55	0.82
June 3	75	58	0.00
June 4	70	56	0.04
June 5	77	59	0.00
June 6	76	61	0.11
June 7	85	58	0.00
June 8	77	52	0.00
June 9	87	55	0.00
June 10	90	62	0.00
June 11	95	69	0.00
June 12	85	64	0.00
June 13	86	56	0.00
June 14	94	64	0.00
June 15	99	71	0.00
June 16	100	75	0.00
June 17	100	73	0.68
June 18	82	65	0.46
June 19	93	62	0.00
June 20	80	64	0.85
June 21	78	64	0.09
June 22	93	66	0.00
June 23	95	73	0.00
June 24	99	74	0.00
June 25	102	76	0.00
June 26	97	79	0.00
June 27	96	74	0.00
June 28	98	71	0.00
June 29	98	72	0.00
June 30	101	72	0.02

July 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	103	77	0.00
July 2	98	71	0.00
July 3	105	70	0.00
July 4	103	72	0.00
July 5	104	77	0.00
July 6	104	71	0.42
July 7	93	72	0.00
July 8	103	73	0.00
July 9	105	76	0.00
July 10	90	69	0.00
July 11	100	68	0.00
July 12	105	78	0.00
July 13	92	72	0.15
July 14	104	70	0.46
July 15	97	69	0.00
July 16	96	68	0.00
July 17	101	72	0.00
July 18	103	80	0.00
July 19	101	79	0.00
July 20	102	81	0.00
July 21	102	75	0.00
July 22	85	69	0.44
July 23	83	64	0.00
July 24	91	62	0.00
July 25	102	68	0.00
July 26	102	77	0.00
July 27	96	62	0.00
July 28	100	65	0.00
July 29	109	70	0.00
July 30	90	67	0.02
July 31	99	61	0.00

August 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	97	72	0.18
August 2	82	72	0.15
August 3	74	66	0.50
August 4	80	62	0.02
August 5	83	59	0.00
August 6	90	61	0.00
August 7	93	64	0.00
August 8	95	66	0.00
August 9	95	65	0.33
August 10	92	68	0.01
August 11	102	68	0.00
August 12	106	75	0.00
August 13	105	75	0.00
August 14	101	75	0.00
August 15	91	66	0.00
August 16	100	57	0.00
August 17	105	80	0.00
August 18	101	70	0.00
August 19	85	63	0.00
August 20	96	60	0.00
August 21	101	72	0.00
August 22	100	76	0.00
August 23	103	76	0.00
August 24	103	75	0.00
August 25	102	71	0.00
August 26	100	77	0.00
August 27	101	69	0.71
August 28	89	66	0.00
August 29	84	66	0.00
August 30	84	57	0.00
August 31	87	59	0.00

September 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	64	0.00
September 2	98	69	0.00
September 3	102	70	0.00
September 4	102	70	0.00
September 5	101	69	0.00
September 6	99	68	0.00
September 7	97	71	0.00
September 8	94	65	0.00
September 9	86	66	0.00
September 10	94	66	0.00
September 11	91	72	0.00
September 12	93	75	0.00
September 13	98	66	0.00
September 14	95	58	0.00
September 15	103	71	0.00
September 16	105	74	0.53
September 17	93	68	2.02
September 18	91	75	0.00
September 19	91	63	0.02
September 20	63	53	0.92
September 21	69	51	0.00
September 22	69	50	0.00
September 23	78	51	0.00
September 24	82	62	0.00
September 25	77	63	0.00
September 26	79	56	0.00
September 27	84	59	0.00
September 28	82	55	0.00
September 29	86	58	0.09
September 30	74	53	0.00

October 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	50	0.00
October 2	82	61	0.00
October 3	74	49	0.00
October 4	82	46	0.00
October 5	69	43	0.00
October 6	66	37	0.00
October 7	76	41	0.00
October 8	77	50	0.00
October 9	67	51	0.00
October 10	82	47	0.00
October 11	90	52	0.00
October 12	84	53	0.00
October 13	63	37	0.00
October 14	66	33	0.00
October 15	76	36	0.00
October 16	62	39	0.00
October 17	76	43	0.00
October 18	71	49	0.00
October 19	73	40	0.00
October 20	84	42	0.00
October 21	89	50	0.00
October 22	74	45	0.05
October 23	57	36	0.00
October 24	70	33	0.00
October 25	60	43	0.00
October 26	64	33	0.00
October 27	75	34	0.00
October 28	76	41	0.00
October 29	78	41	0.00
October 30	78	46	0.00
October 31	69	42	0.00

November 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	36	0.00
November 2	80	48	0.00
November 3	79	56	0.00
November 4	81	53	0.00
November 5	75	43	0.31
November 6	51	32	0.28
November 7	56	29	0.00
November 8	67	38	0.00
November 9	70	46	0.00
November 10	65	42	0.00
November 11	43	38	0.01
November 12	53	38	0.26
November 13	59	42	0.00
November 14	42	32	0.17
November 15	35	32	0.33
November 16	37	34	0.36
November 17	50	31	0.00
November 18	59	27	0.00
November 19	38	32	0.00
November 20	32	25	0.00
November 21	32	24	0.00
November 22	49	32	0.05
November 23	60	36	0.00
November 24	54	34	0.00
November 25	50	44	0.28
November 26	45	31	0.16
November 27	44	26	0.00
November 28	50	26	0.00
November 29	55	32	0.00
November 30	55	29	0.00

December 1978 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	57	34	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	16	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 7	21	13	0.04	0.5
December 8	21	4	0.03	1.8
December 9	31	4	0.00	0.0
December 10	42	10	0.00	0.0
December 11	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 12	54	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	47	14	0.00	0.0
December 18	55	37	0.00	0.0
December 19	66	47	0.00	0.0
December 20	58	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	51	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	49	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	52	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 29	47	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	15	13	0.33	1.9
December 31	13	9	0.19	2.5

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Wichita	location
1948–1953	Wichita	location