Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1978

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	February 20
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	15 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	September 18
Most daily snow	9.6 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	33.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	66.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1978 was 93 °F which happened on July 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 23
2	92 °F	Jul 22
3	91 °F	Jul 21
4	89 °F	Jun 2
5	88 °F	Jul 20
5	88 °F	Jul 19
5	88 °F	Jun 27
8	87 °F	Aug 19
8	87 °F	Aug 16
8	87 °F	Jul 27
8	87 °F	Jul 8
8	87 °F	May 20

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1978 was -2 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	February 20
1	-2 °F	February 5
3	0 °F	February 4
4	3 °F	January 24
5	5 °F	March 6
5	5 °F	February 28
5	5 °F	February 19
5	5 °F	February 15
9	6 °F	March 5
9	6 °F	February 3

January 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	20	0.04	1.2
January 2	31	23	0.00	0.1
January 3	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	36	0.00	0.2
January 8	61	36	0.85	0.0
January 9	61	10	1.11	2.9
January 10	20	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	17	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	23	0.25	3.5
January 14	31	17	0.35	4.2
January 15	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 16	24	11	0.02	0.4
January 17	31	21	0.62	5.2
January 18	32	22	0.04	0.4
January 19	27	20	0.02	0.4
January 20	26	21	0.66	9.1
January 21	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	15	0.00	0.1
January 23	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	3	0.01	0.1
January 25	42	32	0.62	0.0
January 26	60	15	0.72	0.0
January 27	18	12	0.01	0.6
January 28	18	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	19	10	0.01	0.4
January 30	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 31	21	14	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	20	6	0.00	0.0
February 4	15	0	0.00	0.0
February 5	18	-2	0.01	0.3
February 6	19	13	0.46	9.6
February 7	25	13	0.09	2.3
February 8	27	16	0.00	0.0
February 9	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	29	25	0.09	1.3
February 14	27	16	0.17	2.3
February 15	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	8	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	19	0.03	0.4
February 19	22	5	0.00	0.1
February 20	26	-2	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 22	22	7	0.00	0.0
February 23	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	24	0.08	1.8
February 26	30	22	0.00	0.1
February 27	25	15	0.00	0.0
February 28	29	5	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	13	0.00	0.0
March 2	24	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	23	14	0.18	2.8
March 4	24	12	0.01	0.2
March 5	24	6	0.00	0.0
March 6	27	5	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	13	0.00	0.0
March 8	30	14	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 12	45	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	35	0.58	0.0
March 15	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	34	29	0.16	2.8
March 17	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	35	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	62	38	0.06	0.0
March 22	48	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	24	0.05	0.6
March 26	39	31	0.76	0.1
March 27	47	38	0.50	0.0
March 28	53	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	55	32	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	77	44	0.00	0.0
April 2	44	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	33	22	0.08	0.6
April 4	51	31	0.24	0.0
April 5	49	40	0.02	0.0
April 6	51	33	0.20	0.0
April 7	65	41	0.18	0.0
April 8	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	61	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	47	0.15	0.0
April 12	67	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 14	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	45	33	0.01	0.3
April 16	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	61	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	50	44	0.12	0.0
April 20	50	40	0.66	0.0
April 21	44	35	0.01	0.0
April 22	53	35	0.00	0.0
April 23	60	28	0.00	0.0
April 24	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	64	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 27	66	43	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	49	35	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	46	29	0.00
May 2	59	37	0.00
May 3	61	37	0.00
May 4	58	32	0.07
May 5	44	39	0.67
May 6	51	41	0.01
May 7	60	46	0.01
May 8	58	40	0.09
May 9	74	53	0.25
May 10	59	50	0.00
May 11	72	44	0.00
May 12	73	54	0.00
May 13	64	56	0.03
May 14	60	54	1.15
May 15	56	51	0.01
May 16	55	50	1.09
May 17	56	50	0.17
May 18	65	50	0.29
May 19	75	48	0.00
May 20	87	54	0.00
May 21	72	52	0.06
May 22	77	42	0.00
May 23	79	49	0.00
May 24	65	56	0.39
May 25	82	55	0.00
May 26	86	56	0.00
May 27	82	58	0.00
May 28	81	63	0.00
May 29	80	63	0.00
May 30	85	60	0.00
May 31	82	65	0.01

June 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	62	0.00
June 2	89	59	0.55
June 3	67	53	0.53
June 4	67	47	0.00
June 5	73	49	0.02
June 6	72	44	0.00
June 7	70	53	0.09
June 8	74	63	0.10
June 9	70	58	0.02
June 10	75	52	0.00
June 11	83	52	0.00
June 12	84	60	0.00
June 13	70	46	0.78
June 14	62	44	0.00
June 15	69	39	0.00
June 16	73	43	0.00
June 17	63	58	0.00
June 18	84	60	0.24
June 19	82	58	0.00
June 20	82	53	0.00
June 21	81	59	0.02
June 22	76	59	0.00
June 23	78	52	0.00
June 24	75	49	0.00
June 25	81	49	0.00
June 26	71	63	0.05
June 27	88	69	0.08
June 28	82	66	0.00
June 29	82	59	0.00
June 30	78	55	0.00

July 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	73	48	0.00
July 2	74	48	0.00
July 3	62	52	0.51
July 4	61	50	0.07
July 5	80	49	0.00
July 6	84	55	0.00
July 7	85	58	0.00
July 8	87	63	0.00
July 9	86	69	0.00
July 10	86	62	0.07
July 11	72	50	0.00
July 12	80	46	0.00
July 13	82	52	0.00
July 14	80	67	0.00
July 15	84	66	0.02
July 16	81	64	0.59
July 17	75	63	0.03
July 18	83	55	0.00
July 19	88	58	0.00
July 20	88	67	0.00
July 21	91	68	0.00
July 22	92	70	0.00
July 23	93	71	0.39
July 24	80	64	0.00
July 25	75	64	0.00
July 26	78	60	0.00
July 27	87	67	0.09
July 28	78	58	0.03
July 29	76	52	0.16
July 30	71	55	0.00
July 31	66	55	0.20

August 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	76	60	0.03
August 2	85	64	0.00
August 3	86	68	0.64
August 4	79	64	0.26
August 5	76	62	0.00
August 6	83	68	0.22
August 7	82	69	0.35
August 8	81	66	0.00
August 9	81	63	0.00
August 10	79	64	0.00
August 11	75	63	0.17
August 12	80	65	0.31
August 13	81	64	0.00
August 14	85	59	0.00
August 15	85	63	0.00
August 16	87	70	0.00
August 17	85	69	0.00
August 18	79	61	0.00
August 19	87	57	0.00
August 20	76	57	0.00
August 21	77	50	0.00
August 22	79	50	0.00
August 23	83	50	0.00
August 24	85	58	0.00
August 25	71	60	0.00
August 26	76	59	0.00
August 27	78	55	0.02
August 28	76	66	0.29
August 29	84	68	0.00
August 30	76	64	0.03
August 31	66	62	0.96

September 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	56	0.01
September 2	78	50	0.00
September 3	76	54	0.00
September 4	72	54	0.00
September 5	80	50	0.00
September 6	84	55	0.00
September 7	79	61	0.00
September 8	61	52	0.49
September 9	69	46	0.00
September 10	68	44	0.02
September 11	75	59	0.01
September 12	79	54	0.00
September 13	67	50	0.00
September 14	65	47	0.00
September 15	69	54	0.07
September 16	72	54	0.02
September 17	71	48	0.14
September 18	80	63	1.35
September 19	66	57	0.58
September 20	67	58	0.00
September 21	81	57	0.18
September 22	69	51	0.19
September 23	66	43	0.00
September 24	68	43	0.00
September 25	66	45	0.00
September 26	61	36	0.00
September 27	67	40	0.00
September 28	61	44	0.00
September 29	64	35	0.00
September 30	68	44	0.00

October 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	58	0.00
October 2	59	45	0.00
October 3	68	41	0.00
October 4	64	51	0.49
October 5	69	45	0.21
October 6	64	53	0.33
October 7	56	44	0.06
October 8	50	39	0.04
October 9	58	35	0.00
October 10	67	36	0.00
October 11	74	44	0.00
October 12	74	55	0.00
October 13	73	53	0.56
October 14	53	43	0.82
October 15	51	39	0.01
October 16	54	37	0.01
October 17	52	34	0.00
October 18	53	28	0.00
October 19	58	46	0.05
October 20	55	38	0.09
October 21	67	35	0.00
October 22	74	42	0.00
October 23	68	40	0.08
October 24	50	34	0.00
October 25	62	38	0.00
October 26	61	50	0.52
October 27	53	37	0.08
October 28	59	31	0.00
October 29	52	32	0.00
October 30	54	29	0.00
October 31	60	31	0.00

November 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 2	57	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	58	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	66	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	68	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	39	0.10	0.0
November 8	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	39	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	39	0.00	0.0
November 13	44	35	0.01	0.0
November 14	59	44	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	38	0.05	0.0
November 16	45	33	0.03	0.0
November 17	61	30	0.22	0.0
November 18	62	43	0.06	0.0
November 19	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 20	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	29	0.03	0.8
November 22	33	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	43	30	0.28	0.0
November 24	44	38	0.01	0.0
November 25	39	25	0.00	0.1
November 26	26	19	0.00	0.0
November 27	31	19	0.14	2.1
November 28	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	23	0.09	1.1
November 30	43	30	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	23	0.12	0.0
December 4	61	39	0.08	0.0
December 5	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	40	0.46	0.0
December 9	41	23	0.62	0.9
December 10	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 11	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	26	0.12	2.3
December 18	33	14	0.01	0.3
December 19	19	7	0.00	0.0
December 20	32	16	0.26	0.0
December 21	35	30	0.29	0.1
December 22	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	19	0.56	1.9
December 25	33	24	0.38	2.2
December 26	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	17	0.01	0.2
December 28	22	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	30	0.18	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Wilkes-Barre International Airport	location
1893–1948	Wilkes-Barre	location