Winston-Salem Weather in 1978

Historical record of Winston-Salem, North Carolina weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	24 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	July 16
Most daily snow	2.8 inches	March 2
Total annual precipitation	56.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1978 was 97 °F which happened on June 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 28
2	94 °F	Jul 23
2	94 °F	Jul 10
2	94 °F	Jun 27
5	93 °F	Jul 31
5	93 °F	Jul 24
5	93 °F	Jul 22
8	92 °F	Sep 19
8	92 °F	Sep 9
8	92 °F	Aug 29
8	92 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1978 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 11
2	5 °F	January 10
3	9 °F	February 7
4	11 °F	February 6
5	12 °F	February 8
5	12 °F	February 1
5	12 °F	January 30
5	12 °F	January 12
5	12 °F	January 9
10	14 °F	February 23
10	14 °F	January 31

January 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	38	0.01	0.0
January 2	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	52	25	0.01	0.0
January 6	45	35	0.36	0.0
January 7	43	37	0.00	0.0
January 8	62	40	1.60	0.0
January 9	55	12	0.10	0.0
January 10	24	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	34	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	12	0.01	0.0
January 13	33	28	1.07	0.3
January 14	35	27	0.06	0.1
January 15	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	29	0.79	0.0
January 18	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	28	0.68	0.0
January 20	35	28	0.23	0.0
January 21	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	17	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	20	0.16	0.0
January 25	62	34	2.55	0.0
January 26	53	21	0.07	0.0
January 27	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	14	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	23	0.15	1.5
February 3	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	20	0.03	0.3
February 6	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	9	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	54	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	26	0.09	0.0
February 14	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	37	30	0.01	0.0
February 17	54	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	44	31	0.01	0.0
February 19	35	24	0.11	1.1
February 20	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	23	0.06	0.0
February 22	33	16	0.06	0.9
February 23	38	14	0.00	0.0
February 24	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	66	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	29	0.21	2.1

March 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	27	0.04	0.4
March 2	33	16	0.27	2.8
March 3	34	25	0.52	0.4
March 4	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	15	0.00	0.0
March 6	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	28	0.23	0.0
March 9	35	28	0.43	0.0
March 10	51	31	1.25	0.0
March 11	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	63	45	0.03	0.0
March 13	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	51	0.29	0.0
March 15	69	41	0.00	0.0
March 16	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	72	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	73	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	73	50	0.00	0.0
March 22	65	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	74	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	74	48	0.00	0.0
March 25	53	36	0.44	0.0
March 26	41	31	0.88	0.0
March 27	49	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 31	77	35	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	85	53	0.00
April 2	84	51	0.00
April 3	60	46	0.00
April 4	80	46	0.00
April 5	80	50	0.00
April 6	71	45	0.00
April 7	80	50	0.00
April 8	79	43	0.00
April 9	76	48	0.00
April 10	84	51	0.00
April 11	77	54	0.15
April 12	69	43	0.00
April 13	72	54	0.01
April 14	73	40	0.00
April 15	73	41	0.00
April 16	62	40	0.00
April 17	54	45	0.03
April 18	55	48	0.06
April 19	68	48	0.25
April 20	62	41	0.00
April 21	55	38	0.00
April 22	64	32	0.00
April 23	70	35	0.00
April 24	77	46	0.00
April 25	60	43	1.75
April 26	47	34	1.59
April 27	61	36	0.19
April 28	70	41	0.00
April 29	72	38	0.00
April 30	64	54	0.10

May 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	48	0.00
May 2	67	43	0.00
May 3	68	38	0.00
May 4	58	47	3.11
May 5	67	46	0.00
May 6	75	49	0.00
May 7	58	50	0.71
May 8	54	49	0.61
May 9	78	53	0.00
May 10	72	49	0.00
May 11	75	44	0.00
May 12	75	53	0.22
May 13	70	53	0.31
May 14	66	49	0.00
May 15	55	47	0.09
May 16	63	49	0.02
May 17	72	45	0.00
May 18	78	48	0.00
May 19	83	55	0.00
May 20	83	54	0.00
May 21	86	62	0.00
May 22	76	59	0.00
May 23	80	58	0.01
May 24	81	65	0.00
May 25	85	62	0.00
May 26	85	56	0.00
May 27	81	55	0.00
May 28	78	59	0.00
May 29	83	55	0.00
May 30	87	62	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.01

June 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	62	0.00
June 2	89	57	0.00
June 3	80	63	0.00
June 4	80	58	0.00
June 5	85	55	0.00
June 6	82	62	0.00
June 7	82	65	0.60
June 8	81	67	0.99
June 9	83	66	0.62
June 10	79	60	0.00
June 11	80	61	0.00
June 12	84	63	0.00
June 13	82	59	0.00
June 14	73	50	0.00
June 15	78	49	0.00
June 16	80	61	0.00
June 17	84	62	0.00
June 18	87	64	0.00
June 19	86	66	0.00
June 20	85	64	0.02
June 21	85	66	0.27
June 22	85	62	0.52
June 23	82	61	0.00
June 24	84	65	0.10
June 25	84	64	0.07
June 26	83	69	0.53
June 27	94	70	0.00
June 28	97	71	0.00
June 29	90	66	0.00
June 30	92	70	0.00

July 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	69	0.05
July 2	84	69	0.74
July 3	87	70	0.43
July 4	86	71	0.00
July 5	75	65	0.00
July 6	82	60	0.00
July 7	85	59	0.00
July 8	87	61	0.00
July 9	91	72	0.00
July 10	94	70	1.73
July 11	80	65	0.93
July 12	77	60	0.00
July 13	78	61	0.20
July 14	85	66	0.13
July 15	81	66	0.58
July 16	78	64	3.61
July 17	84	62	0.00
July 18	88	63	0.00
July 19	87	67	0.00
July 20	87	62	0.00
July 21	89	66	0.00
July 22	93	70	0.00
July 23	94	73	0.00
July 24	93	72	0.07
July 25	87	68	0.02
July 26	89	69	0.00
July 27	88	69	0.28
July 28	88	69	0.40
July 29	87	66	0.00
July 30	90	68	0.00
July 31	93	70	0.06

August 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	69	0.00
August 2	87	70	0.00
August 3	83	68	1.85
August 4	86	67	1.31
August 5	85	65	0.90
August 6	81	71	1.16
August 7	85	72	0.03
August 8	86	70	0.14
August 9	87	65	1.00
August 10	84	67	0.09
August 11	83	68	0.20
August 12	86	69	0.00
August 13	88	68	0.00
August 14	85	69	0.00
August 15	87	68	0.00
August 16	90	72	0.00
August 17	91	71	0.00
August 18	88	65	0.00
August 19	91	70	0.00
August 20	90	71	0.00
August 21	81	61	0.00
August 22	85	59	0.00
August 23	87	58	0.00
August 24	90	61	0.00
August 25	91	68	1.78
August 26	82	67	0.10
August 27	85	67	0.00
August 28	90	69	0.00
August 29	92	70	0.03
August 30	88	68	0.01
August 31	88	70	1.00

September 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	69	0.04
September 2	76	66	0.03
September 3	83	67	1.38
September 4	83	62	0.00
September 5	83	64	0.00
September 6	84	62	0.00
September 7	89	62	0.00
September 8	87	64	0.00
September 9	92	66	0.00
September 10	77	67	0.00
September 11	84	62	0.00
September 12	87	63	0.00
September 13	83	61	0.00
September 14	72	58	0.00
September 15	74	63	0.01
September 16	86	64	0.00
September 17	89	64	0.00
September 18	91	66	0.00
September 19	92	69	0.00
September 20	79	67	0.00
September 21	84	66	0.00
September 22	90	67	1.20
September 23	69	59	0.00
September 24	66	59	0.00
September 25	77	60	0.00
September 26	72	55	0.00
September 27	74	50	0.00
September 28	81	54	0.00
September 29	65	51	0.00
September 30	71	54	0.04

October 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	55	1.10
October 2	75	51	0.00
October 3	75	54	0.00
October 4	74	59	0.00
October 5	72	60	0.10
October 6	71	49	0.00
October 7	62	42	0.00
October 8	62	40	0.00
October 9	62	35	0.00
October 10	70	42	0.00
October 11	70	39	0.00
October 12	78	45	0.00
October 13	77	54	0.00
October 14	71	47	0.00
October 15	60	39	0.00
October 16	63	38	0.00
October 17	59	38	0.00
October 18	65	35	0.00
October 19	70	40	0.00
October 20	71	45	0.00
October 21	74	40	0.00
October 22	78	43	0.00
October 23	81	49	0.00
October 24	66	41	0.00
October 25	70	35	0.00
October 26	71	53	0.05
October 27	71	51	0.00
October 28	57	50	0.00
October 29	69	45	0.00
October 30	65	44	0.00
October 31	69	40	0.00

November 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	73	40	0.00
November 2	72	40	0.00
November 3	68	39	0.00
November 4	68	44	0.00
November 5	75	40	0.00
November 6	76	40	0.00
November 7	74	44	0.25
November 8	59	42	0.09
November 9	56	41	0.00
November 10	60	40	0.00
November 11	72	49	0.00
November 12	70	45	0.00
November 13	67	42	0.00
November 14	67	46	0.00
November 15	66	58	0.09
November 16	65	48	0.83
November 17	62	47	0.43
November 18	73	48	0.00
November 19	58	41	0.00
November 20	55	39	0.00
November 21	56	35	0.00
November 22	56	39	0.00
November 23	52	44	0.34
November 24	67	45	0.04
November 25	54	32	0.00
November 26	46	30	0.00
November 27	44	36	0.58
November 28	62	42	0.00
November 29	44	38	0.52
November 30	52	40	0.00

December 1978 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	53	32	0.00
December 2	57	30	0.00
December 3	62	34	0.23
December 4	69	50	1.37
December 5	58	35	0.47
December 6	64	33	0.00
December 7	64	31	0.00
December 8	73	55	0.00
December 9	70	31	1.21
December 10	41	24	0.00
December 11	41	22	0.00
December 12	51	22	0.00
December 13	60	27	0.00
December 14	45	24	0.00
December 15	53	23	0.00
December 16	51	32	0.12
December 17	50	33	0.00
December 18	47	30	0.00
December 19	47	40	0.02
December 20	52	40	0.01
December 21	63	34	0.11
December 22	51	24	0.00
December 23	55	23	0.00
December 24	43	35	0.69
December 25	52	34	0.00
December 26	59	27	0.00
December 27	43	27	0.00
December 28	39	23	0.00
December 29	43	17	0.00
December 30	46	28	0.04
December 31	56	34	0.18

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location