Wilmington Weather in 1979

Historical record of Wilmington, North Carolina weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 9
Lowest temperature	16 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	77 °F	September 22
Lowest daily high	38 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	4.0 inches	September 5
Most daily snow	0.2 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	56.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1979 was 99 °F which happened on August 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 9
2	97 °F	Aug 10
2	97 °F	Aug 8
2	97 °F	Jul 14
5	95 °F	Aug 7
5	95 °F	Jul 29
5	95 °F	Jul 15
5	95 °F	Jul 13
9	94 °F	Aug 20
9	94 °F	Aug 6
9	94 °F	Aug 1
9	94 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1979 was 16 °F which happened on Feb 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	16 °F	February 10
2	18 °F	January 4
3	21 °F	February 19
3	21 °F	February 18
3	21 °F	January 3
6	22 °F	January 10
7	23 °F	February 17
7	23 °F	February 11
7	23 °F	February 9
10	24 °F	January 11

January 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	72	56	0.25
January 2	69	38	1.33
January 3	40	21	0.00
January 4	42	18	0.00
January 5	52	27	0.00
January 6	59	42	0.00
January 7	70	42	1.22
January 8	66	36	0.06
January 9	41	27	0.00
January 10	48	22	0.00
January 11	53	24	0.00
January 12	44	35	0.82
January 13	57	44	0.29
January 14	60	35	0.05
January 15	45	28	0.00
January 16	55	26	0.00
January 17	62	31	0.00
January 18	63	37	0.00
January 19	42	26	0.00
January 20	65	33	1.08
January 21	69	43	0.34
January 22	51	31	0.00
January 23	57	30	0.00
January 24	66	34	0.64
January 25	47	30	0.00
January 26	53	30	0.00
January 27	51	32	0.04
January 28	50	38	0.00
January 29	52	32	0.00
January 30	54	29	0.00
January 31	45	30	0.11

February 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 2	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 3	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 4	58	40	0.02	0.0
February 5	46	33	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	27	0.33	0.0
February 7	43	33	0.22	0.0
February 8	52	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	23	0.06	0.0
February 10	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	56	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	52	27	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	72	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	73	40	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	21	0.68	0.2
February 19	46	21	0.00	0.0
February 20	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 21	65	46	0.04	0.0
February 22	69	53	0.06	0.0
February 23	65	51	0.84	0.0
February 24	73	61	0.95	0.0
February 25	70	56	1.01	0.0
February 26	57	42	0.00	0.0
February 27	54	36	0.00	0.0
February 28	53	32	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	69	42	0.00
March 2	67	44	0.00
March 3	64	41	0.00
March 4	71	49	0.00
March 5	66	58	1.15
March 6	65	51	0.45
March 7	61	42	0.00
March 8	53	40	0.87
March 9	59	41	0.00
March 10	69	39	0.00
March 11	61	38	0.34
March 12	60	31	0.00
March 13	66	33	0.00
March 14	68	50	0.39
March 15	54	34	0.00
March 16	48	28	0.00
March 17	59	29	0.00
March 18	72	35	0.00
March 19	63	41	0.00
March 20	66	41	0.00
March 21	66	41	0.00
March 22	64	39	0.00
March 23	73	45	0.17
March 24	72	47	1.45
March 25	64	45	0.00
March 26	60	39	0.00
March 27	66	38	0.00
March 28	65	43	0.00
March 29	77	51	0.00
March 30	78	55	0.00
March 31	83	60	0.00

April 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	85	63	0.00
April 2	82	58	0.00
April 3	78	65	0.09
April 4	76	66	0.56
April 5	71	51	0.00
April 6	79	45	0.00
April 7	70	42	0.00
April 8	80	48	0.00
April 9	76	58	0.40
April 10	66	46	0.00
April 11	72	46	0.00
April 12	79	57	0.00
April 13	82	63	1.73
April 14	77	56	0.00
April 15	81	51	0.00
April 16	73	48	0.00
April 17	70	45	0.00
April 18	75	45	0.00
April 19	75	46	0.00
April 20	73	46	0.00
April 21	76	51	0.00
April 22	80	57	0.00
April 23	82	61	0.00
April 24	78	60	0.00
April 25	79	59	0.13
April 26	78	66	2.69
April 27	83	65	0.00
April 28	82	59	0.00
April 29	72	53	0.00
April 30	74	55	0.00

May 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	54	0.00
May 2	79	56	0.00
May 3	80	53	0.00
May 4	87	69	0.00
May 5	75	58	0.20
May 6	75	53	0.00
May 7	78	58	0.00
May 8	81	67	0.00
May 9	82	69	0.70
May 10	78	69	0.63
May 11	87	72	0.78
May 12	85	70	0.00
May 13	87	72	0.00
May 14	77	67	1.27
May 15	74	61	0.00
May 16	82	58	0.00
May 17	77	56	0.00
May 18	76	52	0.09
May 19	76	60	0.06
May 20	79	58	0.00
May 21	79	59	0.00
May 22	82	65	0.12
May 23	89	70	0.00
May 24	84	68	0.87
May 25	76	57	0.00
May 26	73	51	0.00
May 27	82	53	0.00
May 28	85	65	0.00
May 29	85	65	0.53
May 30	87	61	0.00
May 31	87	73	0.02

June 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	74	0.43
June 2	91	73	0.03
June 3	82	70	0.13
June 4	81	65	0.04
June 5	86	62	0.00
June 6	86	64	0.00
June 7	85	61	0.00
June 8	85	66	0.00
June 9	89	66	0.00
June 10	92	67	0.00
June 11	77	60	1.61
June 12	81	57	0.00
June 13	83	59	0.00
June 14	80	63	0.00
June 15	81	60	0.00
June 16	80	68	1.83
June 17	78	65	0.00
June 18	93	66	0.00
June 19	91	72	0.00
June 20	81	61	0.00
June 21	81	56	0.00
June 22	87	70	0.06
June 23	91	72	0.00
June 24	91	72	0.45
June 25	74	61	0.14
June 26	80	60	0.00
June 27	80	64	0.02
June 28	84	63	0.00
June 29	85	62	0.00
June 30	89	68	0.00

July 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	72	0.00
July 2	92	69	0.00
July 3	93	66	0.00
July 4	94	65	0.00
July 5	85	66	0.00
July 6	81	63	0.00
July 7	78	64	0.00
July 8	83	61	0.00
July 9	83	62	0.00
July 10	85	68	0.00
July 11	89	71	0.00
July 12	93	73	0.13
July 13	95	73	0.00
July 14	97	76	0.00
July 15	95	74	0.52
July 16	91	74	0.00
July 17	91	73	0.00
July 18	91	74	0.18
July 19	82	74	0.93
July 20	91	74	0.00
July 21	92	76	0.05
July 22	92	73	0.08
July 23	89	74	0.00
July 24	84	74	0.30
July 25	88	72	0.63
July 26	91	76	0.00
July 27	92	75	0.00
July 28	93	75	0.00
July 29	95	76	0.00
July 30	88	73	0.00
July 31	92	73	0.00

August 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	76	0.00
August 2	91	75	0.00
August 3	92	75	0.18
August 4	92	74	0.14
August 5	93	74	0.00
August 6	94	73	0.00
August 7	95	75	0.14
August 8	97	75	0.00
August 9	99	77	0.00
August 10	97	77	0.00
August 11	92	77	0.00
August 12	91	65	0.80
August 13	82	63	0.00
August 14	86	63	0.00
August 15	87	69	0.00
August 16	82	62	0.00
August 17	80	59	0.00
August 18	85	60	0.00
August 19	92	71	0.00
August 20	94	71	0.40
August 21	92	69	0.55
August 22	88	68	0.00
August 23	89	70	0.00
August 24	85	71	0.00
August 25	90	71	0.00
August 26	89	73	0.14
August 27	86	73	0.08
August 28	87	74	0.04
August 29	93	71	0.01
August 30	93	73	0.00
August 31	91	72	0.00

September 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	70	0.28
September 2	90	74	0.01
September 3	90	71	0.41
September 4	81	73	3.44
September 5	84	74	3.99
September 6	88	74	2.00
September 7	87	73	0.01
September 8	82	71	0.03
September 9	80	63	0.00
September 10	80	63	0.00
September 11	83	65	0.00
September 12	83	70	0.18
September 13	82	74	0.47
September 14	84	75	0.55
September 15	77	67	0.00
September 16	69	60	0.56
September 17	65	61	0.26
September 18	81	63	0.00
September 19	86	64	0.00
September 20	81	65	0.55
September 21	85	70	0.08
September 22	87	77	0.83
September 23	78	65	0.00
September 24	68	63	0.00
September 25	68	62	0.00
September 26	76	66	0.00
September 27	78	64	0.37
September 28	84	71	0.00
September 29	79	69	0.87
September 30	80	70	0.28

October 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	70	0.00
October 2	84	66	0.00
October 3	79	59	0.25
October 4	80	56	0.00
October 5	70	53	0.12
October 6	72	48	0.00
October 7	73	51	0.00
October 8	74	45	0.00
October 9	81	52	0.00
October 10	85	46	0.00
October 11	64	41	0.00
October 12	76	46	0.00
October 13	85	49	0.00
October 14	63	44	0.00
October 15	70	43	0.00
October 16	76	47	0.00
October 17	78	58	0.00
October 18	80	59	0.00
October 19	80	57	0.00
October 20	82	60	0.00
October 21	82	58	0.00
October 22	81	57	0.00
October 23	82	57	0.01
October 24	69	46	0.00
October 25	68	42	0.00
October 26	65	40	0.00
October 27	62	37	0.00
October 28	73	40	0.00
October 29	77	48	0.00
October 30	76	52	0.00
October 31	73	54	0.00

November 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	79	56	0.00
November 2	79	65	0.00
November 3	72	44	0.05
November 4	60	41	0.00
November 5	67	40	0.00
November 6	72	44	0.00
November 7	68	41	0.00
November 8	66	39	0.00
November 9	76	50	0.00
November 10	82	67	0.02
November 11	80	55	0.39
November 12	56	51	0.02
November 13	54	50	0.02
November 14	56	37	0.00
November 15	56	32	0.00
November 16	63	39	0.00
November 17	71	33	0.00
November 18	75	45	0.00
November 19	74	43	0.00
November 20	76	40	0.00
November 21	73	41	0.00
November 22	76	49	0.00
November 23	78	52	0.00
November 24	77	59	0.00
November 25	78	55	0.14
November 26	76	49	1.37
November 27	69	43	0.00
November 28	75	45	0.00
November 29	63	38	0.00
November 30	46	27	0.00

December 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	55	27	0.00
December 2	49	29	0.00
December 3	47	27	0.00
December 4	56	27	0.00
December 5	63	28	0.00
December 6	62	46	1.51
December 7	62	49	0.00
December 8	62	40	0.00
December 9	54	32	0.00
December 10	61	30	0.00
December 11	68	32	0.00
December 12	73	38	0.00
December 13	74	48	0.00
December 14	65	37	0.06
December 15	59	35	0.07
December 16	61	47	0.02
December 17	54	28	0.00
December 18	46	25	0.00
December 19	57	27	0.00
December 20	57	34	0.00
December 21	54	41	0.00
December 22	56	43	0.00
December 23	67	48	0.00
December 24	74	47	0.45
December 25	56	45	0.03
December 26	59	36	0.00
December 27	63	32	0.00
December 28	55	32	0.00
December 29	59	31	0.00
December 30	62	35	0.21
December 31	56	41	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Wilmington International Airport	location
1870–1947	Wilmington WB City	location