Williston Weather in 1979

Historical record of Williston, North Dakota weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Williston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	June 13
Lowest temperature	-29 °F	February 16
Highest daily low	64 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	-11 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	0.7 inches	April 12
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	April 12
Total annual precipitation	9.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Williston in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1979 was 101 °F which happened on June 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Williston in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jun 13
2	100 °F	Jun 14
3	98 °F	Jul 23
3	98 °F	Jul 22
5	97 °F	Jul 20
6	96 °F	Jul 21
7	95 °F	Sep 17
7	95 °F	Sep 16
9	94 °F	Jul 9
10	93 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Williston in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1979 was -29 °F which happened on Feb 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Williston in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-29 °F	February 16
2	-27 °F	January 15
3	-26 °F	February 4
3	-26 °F	January 5
5	-24 °F	February 15
6	-23 °F	February 2
6	-23 °F	January 14
6	-23 °F	January 4
9	-22 °F	January 31
9	-22 °F	January 13

January 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	-2	-18	0.00	0.0
January 2	-2	-16	0.00	0.0
January 3	-2	-13	0.00	0.0
January 4	-10	-23	0.00	0.0
January 5	5	-26	0.00	0.0
January 6	6	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	0	-13	0.00	0.0
January 8	12	-7	0.01	0.0
January 9	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 10	5	-20	0.00	0.0
January 11	0	-15	0.02	0.0
January 12	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 13	-10	-22	0.00	0.0
January 14	-10	-23	0.00	0.0
January 15	-11	-27	0.00	0.0
January 16	3	-16	0.08	2.0
January 17	20	-19	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	14	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	8	-16	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	0	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 26	11	-5	0.00	0.0
January 27	8	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	0	-15	0.00	0.0
January 29	0	-11	0.01	0.0
January 30	5	-15	0.00	0.0
January 31	-1	-22	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	-4	-17	0.00	0.0
February 2	-4	-23	0.00	0.0
February 3	3	-17	0.00	0.0
February 4	3	-26	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	-8	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	1	-6	0.02	1.0
February 8	5	-8	0.00	0.0
February 9	9	-11	0.00	0.0
February 10	12	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	5	-5	0.16	4.0
February 12	4	-14	0.13	3.0
February 13	18	-9	0.00	0.0
February 14	19	-6	0.05	1.0
February 15	-4	-24	0.16	2.0
February 16	-8	-29	0.00	0.0
February 17	3	-13	0.00	0.0
February 18	25	-4	0.00	0.0
February 19	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	8	0.02	0.0
February 21	15	-7	0.01	0.0
February 22	20	5	0.16	3.0
February 23	14	-9	0.02	1.0
February 24	14	-16	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	-8	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 28	15	7	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	n/a	1	0.11	1.0
March 2	17	2	0.10	1.0
March 3	17	-10	0.00	0.0
March 4	24	-3	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	9	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	24	-2	0.00	0.0
March 10	29	-8	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	38	14	0.04	1.0
March 14	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	13	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	33	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	33	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 23	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 24	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	21	3	0.00	0.0
March 27	26	16	0.08	0.0
March 28	25	11	0.27	4.0
March 29	36	13	0.01	0.0
March 30	35	11	0.00	0.0
March 31	35	23	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	24	3	0.00	0.0
April 2	27	10	0.00	0.0
April 3	36	10	0.00	0.0
April 4	33	16	0.05	1.0
April 5	29	-2	0.01	0.0
April 6	41	9	0.00	0.0
April 7	41	27	0.00	0.0
April 8	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	50	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	39	31	0.33	0.0
April 12	35	29	0.68	8.0
April 13	37	27	0.26	3.0
April 14	37	29	0.00	0.0
April 15	40	20	0.00	0.0
April 16	46	23	0.00	0.0
April 17	53	37	0.08	0.0
April 18	73	39	0.00	0.0
April 19	56	36	0.05	0.0
April 20	58	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	57	31	0.00	0.0
April 22	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 23	50	32	0.34	0.0
April 24	37	32	0.08	0.0
April 25	50	30	0.05	0.0
April 26	49	32	0.01	0.0
April 27	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 28	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 29	48	26	0.00	0.0
April 30	60	29	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	32	0.00
May 2	47	24	0.00
May 3	47	29	0.04
May 4	46	24	0.00
May 5	43	31	0.11
May 6	40	34	0.20
May 7	41	32	0.20
May 8	46	30	0.02
May 9	47	29	0.00
May 10	43	32	0.00
May 11	53	26	0.00
May 12	62	35	0.00
May 13	61	41	0.02
May 14	64	38	0.00
May 15	76	42	0.00
May 16	88	51	0.00
May 17	88	48	0.08
May 18	61	35	0.00
May 19	62	44	0.55
May 20	59	38	0.00
May 21	73	45	0.00
May 22	72	45	0.00
May 23	67	35	0.00
May 24	79	44	0.00
May 25	79	57	0.16
May 26	77	47	0.00
May 27	83	52	0.00
May 28	83	56	0.00
May 29	65	47	0.36
May 30	64	43	0.00
May 31	64	39	0.00

June 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	36	0.00
June 2	77	47	0.00
June 3	84	48	0.00
June 4	83	46	0.00
June 5	79	54	0.00
June 6	78	51	0.00
June 7	70	48	0.00
June 8	62	35	0.00
June 9	70	42	0.00
June 10	81	44	0.00
June 11	86	54	0.00
June 12	90	54	0.23
June 13	101	58	0.00
June 14	100	58	0.01
June 15	72	48	0.00
June 16	78	46	0.00
June 17	76	51	0.00
June 18	79	51	0.00
June 19	78	56	0.26
June 20	79	55	0.00
June 21	81	50	0.00
June 22	81	59	0.00
June 23	77	50	0.67
June 24	88	51	0.00
June 25	87	55	0.01
June 26	81	50	0.00
June 27	84	55	0.37
June 28	78	56	0.00
June 29	86	53	0.00
June 30	86	43	0.00

July 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	59	0.16
July 2	86	59	0.00
July 3	85	61	0.00
July 4	86	62	0.00
July 5	84	62	0.00
July 6	84	56	0.00
July 7	82	59	0.00
July 8	93	57	0.00
July 9	94	62	0.00
July 10	90	54	0.00
July 11	90	59	0.00
July 12	87	56	0.04
July 13	79	55	0.00
July 14	78	52	0.00
July 15	77	51	0.00
July 16	76	47	0.00
July 17	82	52	0.00
July 18	90	54	0.00
July 19	92	57	0.00
July 20	97	61	0.00
July 21	96	62	0.00
July 22	98	64	0.12
July 23	98	64	0.36
July 24	81	57	0.20
July 25	76	52	0.00
July 26	75	54	0.15
July 27	79	55	0.00
July 28	84	53	0.00
July 29	84	63	0.15
July 30	75	55	0.06
July 31	83	51	0.00

August 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	58	0.00
August 2	88	57	0.00
August 3	83	55	0.00
August 4	81	54	0.00
August 5	81	62	0.00
August 6	85	62	0.00
August 7	86	54	0.00
August 8	89	56	0.00
August 9	89	55	0.65
August 10	73	50	0.00
August 11	88	50	0.00
August 12	86	59	0.00
August 13	75	47	0.00
August 14	66	41	0.00
August 15	81	56	0.00
August 16	91	53	0.00
August 17	91	55	0.00
August 18	90	56	0.00
August 19	90	58	0.00
August 20	90	56	0.00
August 21	83	55	0.00
August 22	81	60	0.00
August 23	75	43	0.00
August 24	80	43	0.00
August 25	80	45	0.00
August 26	77	51	0.00
August 27	77	50	0.00
August 28	84	54	0.00
August 29	83	54	0.00
August 30	83	53	0.00
August 31	83	51	0.00

September 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	51	0.11
September 2	84	50	0.00
September 3	90	58	0.00
September 4	90	60	0.00
September 5	77	52	0.00
September 6	76	40	0.00
September 7	78	50	0.00
September 8	85	50	0.00
September 9	83	62	0.00
September 10	64	52	0.27
September 11	69	43	0.12
September 12	62	43	0.00
September 13	60	39	0.00
September 14	77	36	0.00
September 15	86	47	0.00
September 16	95	52	0.00
September 17	95	57	0.00
September 18	76	40	0.00
September 19	80	48	0.00
September 20	77	38	0.00
September 21	78	38	0.00
September 22	78	45	0.00
September 23	74	39	0.00
September 24	76	41	0.00
September 25	79	43	0.00
September 26	85	56	0.00
September 27	82	48	0.01
September 28	84	45	0.00
September 29	84	43	0.00
September 30	73	43	0.00

October 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	39	0.00
October 2	67	49	0.00
October 3	61	40	0.00
October 4	77	34	0.00
October 5	79	50	0.00
October 6	69	38	0.00
October 7	68	47	0.00
October 8	64	42	0.06
October 9	53	30	0.00
October 10	76	45	0.00
October 11	76	49	0.00
October 12	n/a	31	0.00
October 13	63	24	0.00
October 14	70	35	0.00
October 15	71	40	0.00
October 16	67	34	0.00
October 17	67	37	0.00
October 18	64	37	0.00
October 19	56	33	0.00
October 20	54	34	0.17
October 21	41	31	0.00
October 22	46	26	0.00
October 23	61	30	0.00
October 24	60	32	0.00
October 25	58	33	0.00
October 26	58	40	0.00
October 27	62	35	0.00
October 28	61	37	0.00
October 29	55	31	0.00
October 30	49	23	0.00
October 31	46	25	0.00

November 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	37	19	0.00	0.0
November 2	37	17	0.00	0.0
November 3	43	18	0.00	0.0
November 4	39	21	0.00	0.0
November 5	32	16	0.00	0.0
November 6	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 7	36	16	0.00	0.0
November 8	31	11	0.00	0.0
November 9	24	14	0.00	0.0
November 10	30	9	0.00	0.0
November 11	28	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	16	0.00	0.0
November 13	36	18	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	60	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	26	0.08	0.0
November 20	40	15	0.00	0.0
November 21	40	11	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	16	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	8	0.00	0.0
November 25	23	8	0.00	0.0
November 26	25	9	0.04	0.5
November 27	24	10	0.03	0.5
November 28	16	9	0.00	0.0
November 29	19	1	0.00	0.0
November 30	26	10	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	26	3	0.00
December 2	36	13	0.00
December 3	41	20	0.00
December 4	59	24	0.00
December 5	56	26	0.00
December 6	48	26	0.00
December 7	40	15	0.00
December 8	44	7	0.00
December 9	44	27	0.00
December 10	46	13	0.02
December 11	14	-9	0.01
December 12	37	-3	0.00
December 13	35	-1	0.00
December 14	44	10	0.00
December 15	40	-12	0.00
December 16	6	-20	0.00
December 17	37	-1	0.00
December 18	57	29	0.00
December 19	49	28	0.00
December 20	45	27	0.00
December 21	45	23	0.00
December 22	39	18	0.00
December 23	33	18	0.00
December 24	28	20	0.00
December 25	38	24	0.00
December 26	40	30	0.05
December 27	43	14	0.00
December 28	41	14	0.00
December 29	35	8	0.00
December 30	35	8	0.00
December 31	28	7	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1957–2024	Williston Experimental Farm	location
1894–1956	Sloulin Field International Airport	location