Winston-Salem Weather in 1979

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

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1979 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	5 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 13
Lowest daily high	18 °F	February 18
Most daily precipitation	5.1 inches	September 22
Most daily snow	9.3 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	51.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1979 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 10
1	95 °F	Aug 9
3	94 °F	Aug 8
4	93 °F	Aug 11
5	92 °F	Aug 2
6	91 °F	Aug 30
6	91 °F	Aug 21
6	91 °F	Aug 19
6	91 °F	Aug 7
6	91 °F	Aug 6
6	91 °F	Aug 1
6	91 °F	Jul 15
6	91 °F	Jul 13
6	91 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1979 was 5 °F which happened on Feb 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	February 10
2	7 °F	February 18
2	7 °F	January 3
4	10 °F	January 4
5	11 °F	February 2
6	12 °F	February 19
7	13 °F	February 11
8	14 °F	February 12
8	14 °F	February 9
10	15 °F	December 3
10	15 °F	February 20
10	15 °F	January 10
10	15 °F	January 9

January 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	69	45	0.01
January 2	65	19	0.90
January 3	26	7	0.00
January 4	41	10	0.00
January 5	41	25	0.00
January 6	42	33	0.13
January 7	60	38	0.42
January 8	59	25	0.39
January 9	38	15	0.00
January 10	45	15	0.00
January 11	40	22	0.00
January 12	31	22	0.51
January 13	35	31	0.24
January 14	47	27	0.01
January 15	39	20	0.00
January 16	49	22	0.00
January 17	62	34	0.00
January 18	54	23	0.00
January 19	31	18	0.15
January 20	39	27	2.11
January 21	51	32	0.38
January 22	46	26	0.00
January 23	45	21	0.00
January 24	54	26	0.55
January 25	42	21	0.00
January 26	46	25	0.00
January 27	46	24	0.07
January 28	41	31	0.00
January 29	44	28	0.00
January 30	47	22	0.00
January 31	42	23	0.00

February 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	20	0.28	2.8
February 7	29	22	0.48	3.0
February 8	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	32	14	0.10	1.2
February 10	34	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 16	64	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	18	7	0.89	9.3
February 19	46	12	0.00	0.0
February 20	45	15	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	34	0.15	0.0
February 22	63	33	0.00	0.0
February 23	48	40	0.43	0.0
February 24	44	38	1.73	0.0
February 25	43	38	0.93	0.0
February 26	42	33	0.04	0.0
February 27	55	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	27	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	54	38	0.06
March 2	66	34	0.00
March 3	61	45	0.00
March 4	68	48	0.22
March 5	69	59	0.53
March 6	60	38	0.00
March 7	59	30	0.00
March 8	47	41	0.27
March 9	62	33	0.00
March 10	66	41	0.14
March 11	45	33	0.36
March 12	59	29	0.00
March 13	67	30	0.00
March 14	62	38	0.09
March 15	47	28	0.00
March 16	51	21	0.00
March 17	64	28	0.00
March 18	73	33	0.00
March 19	72	39	0.00
March 20	72	50	0.00
March 21	71	43	0.00
March 22	70	36	0.00
March 23	66	46	1.23
March 24	61	47	0.04
March 25	51	34	0.00
March 26	55	30	0.00
March 27	55	31	0.01
March 28	63	35	0.00
March 29	78	50	0.00
March 30	77	54	0.00
March 31	80	60	0.00

April 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	58	0.00
April 2	76	61	0.00
April 3	64	50	0.38
April 4	52	48	0.58
April 5	66	40	0.00
April 6	69	40	0.00
April 7	67	32	0.00
April 8	77	42	0.00
April 9	68	47	0.30
April 10	62	38	0.00
April 11	71	45	0.00
April 12	72	58	0.01
April 13	68	49	0.50
April 14	70	44	0.00
April 15	72	44	0.00
April 16	68	45	0.00
April 17	67	41	0.00
April 18	70	37	0.00
April 19	73	41	0.00
April 20	73	41	0.00
April 21	80	42	0.00
April 22	84	58	0.00
April 23	80	59	0.00
April 24	77	60	0.02
April 25	71	50	0.04
April 26	73	59	1.38
April 27	74	54	0.00
April 28	71	45	0.00
April 29	64	40	0.00
April 30	73	40	0.00

May 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	46	0.00
May 2	77	45	0.00
May 3	75	54	0.18
May 4	82	61	0.00
May 5	68	54	0.00
May 6	70	53	0.00
May 7	81	55	0.00
May 8	82	61	0.00
May 9	78	65	0.11
May 10	82	66	0.02
May 11	88	62	0.01
May 12	82	64	1.38
May 13	81	64	1.03
May 14	68	53	0.92
May 15	79	47	0.00
May 16	76	53	0.00
May 17	74	47	0.00
May 18	75	45	0.00
May 19	72	55	0.10
May 20	76	52	0.00
May 21	71	60	0.00
May 22	78	60	0.00
May 23	83	66	0.02
May 24	74	56	0.31
May 25	67	46	0.00
May 26	67	43	0.00
May 27	76	47	0.10
May 28	79	57	0.16
May 29	81	56	0.00
May 30	83	55	0.00
May 31	81	68	0.12

June 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	67	0.01
June 2	85	64	0.00
June 3	80	62	0.68
June 4	76	60	0.02
June 5	81	57	0.00
June 6	82	61	0.00
June 7	81	62	0.01
June 8	81	66	0.00
June 9	86	65	0.00
June 10	87	68	0.09
June 11	76	56	0.15
June 12	82	51	0.00
June 13	81	50	0.00
June 14	79	54	0.00
June 15	78	49	0.00
June 16	65	60	1.50
June 17	68	56	0.01
June 18	91	60	0.00
June 19	78	66	0.04
June 20	75	62	0.00
June 21	69	61	0.11
June 22	87	64	0.01
June 23	88	65	0.00
June 24	81	59	0.09
June 25	74	55	0.00
June 26	76	50	0.00
June 27	77	54	0.00
June 28	83	53	0.00
June 29	82	62	0.00
June 30	85	68	0.00

July 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	59	0.00
July 2	88	63	0.00
July 3	90	57	0.00
July 4	88	66	0.00
July 5	81	56	0.00
July 6	78	53	0.00
July 7	70	57	0.00
July 8	82	53	0.00
July 9	77	61	0.00
July 10	78	64	0.11
July 11	85	63	0.00
July 12	86	69	0.25
July 13	91	74	0.01
July 14	90	71	0.02
July 15	91	71	0.00
July 16	90	72	0.00
July 17	90	70	0.02
July 18	88	69	0.20
July 19	85	70	0.00
July 20	77	69	2.67
July 21	79	71	0.16
July 22	79	70	0.05
July 23	86	71	0.14
July 24	88	70	0.06
July 25	85	70	0.00
July 26	83	72	0.13
July 27	87	69	0.48
July 28	90	70	0.00
July 29	86	73	0.00
July 30	87	70	0.00
July 31	90	67	0.00

August 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	72	0.00
August 2	92	73	0.00
August 3	89	71	0.00
August 4	88	64	0.00
August 5	87	66	0.00
August 6	91	68	0.00
August 7	91	69	0.00
August 8	94	71	0.00
August 9	95	70	0.00
August 10	95	73	0.00
August 11	93	71	0.12
August 12	71	58	0.49
August 13	79	52	0.00
August 14	84	60	0.00
August 15	83	60	0.00
August 16	76	52	0.00
August 17	78	50	0.00
August 18	86	59	0.00
August 19	91	67	0.02
August 20	90	68	0.00
August 21	91	68	0.00
August 22	75	65	0.01
August 23	83	67	0.15
August 24	87	69	0.00
August 25	88	69	0.28
August 26	88	69	0.00
August 27	88	70	0.02
August 28	87	69	0.02
August 29	85	70	0.00
August 30	91	68	0.00
August 31	88	67	0.02

September 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	66	0.29
September 2	85	69	0.00
September 3	87	70	0.89
September 4	82	69	0.09
September 5	73	71	3.25
September 6	89	69	0.00
September 7	88	69	0.00
September 8	78	57	0.00
September 9	74	53	0.00
September 10	76	52	0.00
September 11	82	51	0.00
September 12	81	57	0.00
September 13	79	66	0.33
September 14	84	65	0.02
September 15	75	57	0.00
September 16	72	53	0.00
September 17	73	51	0.00
September 18	82	53	0.00
September 19	83	60	0.00
September 20	71	56	0.00
September 21	77	65	0.66
September 22	84	65	5.11
September 23	65	56	0.01
September 24	60	53	0.08
September 25	65	56	0.00
September 26	68	60	0.07
September 27	74	62	0.05
September 28	73	63	0.53
September 29	74	67	1.68
September 30	78	67	0.02

October 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	63	0.00
October 2	79	58	0.38
October 3	72	52	0.00
October 4	75	51	0.42
October 5	63	45	0.71
October 6	69	41	0.00
October 7	68	48	0.00
October 8	71	40	0.00
October 9	80	58	0.00
October 10	61	42	0.80
October 11	54	42	0.00
October 12	76	42	0.00
October 13	63	37	0.08
October 14	59	34	0.00
October 15	64	33	0.00
October 16	72	44	0.00
October 17	74	44	0.00
October 18	76	47	0.00
October 19	75	52	0.00
October 20	80	59	0.00
October 21	80	60	0.00
October 22	81	56	0.00
October 23	75	52	0.25
October 24	66	41	0.00
October 25	60	33	0.00
October 26	61	34	0.00
October 27	59	29	0.00
October 28	74	40	0.00
October 29	67	51	0.00
October 30	67	53	0.00
October 31	66	48	0.00

November 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	75	49	0.00
November 2	72	60	0.86
November 3	60	44	0.03
November 4	59	34	0.00
November 5	59	29	0.00
November 6	62	32	0.00
November 7	60	35	0.00
November 8	60	32	0.00
November 9	69	46	0.00
November 10	68	60	0.94
November 11	60	47	1.64
November 12	49	44	0.01
November 13	60	38	0.01
November 14	50	31	0.00
November 15	53	26	0.00
November 16	61	36	0.00
November 17	66	33	0.00
November 18	73	37	0.00
November 19	73	39	0.00
November 20	77	42	0.00
November 21	75	46	0.00
November 22	74	43	0.00
November 23	74	55	0.05
November 24	73	63	0.02
November 25	74	54	0.09
November 26	68	43	1.13
November 27	69	37	0.00
November 28	61	40	0.00
November 29	45	25	0.00
November 30	41	19	0.00

December 1979 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	20	0.00
December 2	40	20	0.00
December 3	44	15	0.00
December 4	56	25	0.00
December 5	60	26	0.00
December 6	51	42	0.35
December 7	55	40	0.00
December 8	53	30	0.00
December 9	47	25	0.00
December 10	62	28	0.00
December 11	64	32	0.00
December 12	69	44	0.00
December 13	64	54	0.32
December 14	54	29	0.00
December 15	45	23	0.00
December 16	46	35	0.06
December 17	43	23	0.00
December 18	42	17	0.00
December 19	54	25	0.00
December 20	37	26	0.00
December 21	43	30	0.00
December 22	46	31	0.00
December 23	60	43	0.00
December 24	67	46	0.38
December 25	51	41	0.00
December 26	55	35	0.00
December 27	61	28	0.00
December 28	53	26	0.00
December 29	59	24	0.00
December 30	49	33	0.01
December 31	51	27	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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