Yakima Weather in 1979

Historical record of Yakima, Washington weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Yakima Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	11 °F	February 2
Most daily precipitation	0.6 inches	January 10
Most daily snow	10.4 inches	January 10
Total annual precipitation	6.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	35.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Yakima in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Yakima, Washington in 1979 was 104 °F which happened on July 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Yakima in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 19
2	103 °F	Jul 20
2	103 °F	Jul 18
4	102 °F	Jul 17
5	98 °F	Jul 27
6	97 °F	Jul 31
7	96 °F	Aug 10
7	96 °F	Jul 16
7	96 °F	Jun 28
7	96 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Yakima in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Yakima, Washington in 1979 was -10 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Yakima in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	February 2
1	-10 °F	January 7
1	-10 °F	January 1
4	-9 °F	February 1
5	-8 °F	January 31
6	-7 °F	January 6
7	-5 °F	January 29
8	-4 °F	January 26
9	-3 °F	January 5
10	0 °F	February 3
10	0 °F	January 30
10	0 °F	January 28
10	0 °F	January 25
10	0 °F	January 8

January 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	11	-10	0.00	0.0
January 2	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 3	24	2	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	2	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	-3	0.00	0.0
January 6	20	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	16	-10	0.00	0.0
January 8	18	0	0.01	0.1
January 9	23	4	0.07	0.9
January 10	24	8	0.64	10.4
January 11	28	14	0.03	0.4
January 12	26	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	18	0.14	1.0
January 15	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 17	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 18	25	2	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	25	0.00	0.0
January 21	42	14	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	7	0.01	0.0
January 24	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	0	0.00	0.0
January 26	19	-4	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	13	-5	0.01	0.2
January 30	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 31	20	-8	0.00	0.1

February 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	15	-9	0.00	0.0
February 2	11	-10	0.00	0.0
February 3	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 4	23	7	0.00	0.0
February 5	50	9	0.00	0.0
February 6	49	26	0.06	0.0
February 7	47	31	0.02	0.0
February 8	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	30	0.04	0.0
February 11	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	42	34	0.22	0.0
February 13	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 14	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	38	22	0.02	0.3
February 16	42	27	0.01	0.2
February 17	42	26	0.02	0.0
February 18	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	49	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	43	23	0.10	0.9
February 21	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 22	39	33	0.03	0.4
February 23	38	30	0.01	0.1
February 24	44	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	52	36	0.01	0.0
February 26	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 27	54	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	45	25	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	46	25	0.00
March 2	48	24	0.00
March 3	40	27	0.04
March 4	42	36	0.01
March 5	57	32	0.00
March 6	66	43	0.00
March 7	59	38	0.00
March 8	53	27	0.00
March 9	56	25	0.00
March 10	58	25	0.00
March 11	62	27	0.00
March 12	62	32	0.00
March 13	61	27	0.00
March 14	63	28	0.00
March 15	56	43	0.04
March 16	57	31	0.00
March 17	58	25	0.00
March 18	58	37	0.00
March 19	65	29	0.00
March 20	62	29	0.00
March 21	63	28	0.00
March 22	65	30	0.00
March 23	69	28	0.00
March 24	70	29	0.00
March 25	60	33	0.00
March 26	56	28	0.00
March 27	47	39	0.14
March 28	48	38	0.00
March 29	56	32	0.00
March 30	55	33	0.00
March 31	56	28	0.00

April 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	27	0.00
April 2	57	37	0.00
April 3	59	30	0.00
April 4	69	32	0.00
April 5	68	34	0.00
April 6	70	42	0.00
April 7	63	34	0.00
April 8	60	43	0.00
April 9	59	33	0.00
April 10	58	26	0.00
April 11	57	31	0.00
April 12	56	30	0.00
April 13	61	37	0.00
April 14	58	28	0.00
April 15	59	38	0.00
April 16	52	39	0.12
April 17	58	35	0.02
April 18	57	27	0.00
April 19	57	26	0.00
April 20	61	28	0.00
April 21	64	33	0.00
April 22	68	36	0.00
April 23	61	48	0.00
April 24	65	43	0.00
April 25	71	35	0.00
April 26	75	37	0.00
April 27	78	39	0.00
April 28	76	50	0.00
April 29	78	48	0.00
April 30	77	43	0.00

May 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	57	0.00
May 2	75	49	0.00
May 3	75	42	0.00
May 4	70	54	0.00
May 5	64	43	0.00
May 6	63	35	0.01
May 7	63	35	0.01
May 8	67	34	0.00
May 9	68	48	0.00
May 10	70	35	0.00
May 11	72	35	0.00
May 12	76	47	0.00
May 13	77	49	0.00
May 14	80	48	0.00
May 15	82	47	0.00
May 16	73	53	0.00
May 17	78	41	0.00
May 18	74	50	0.00
May 19	74	40	0.00
May 20	81	41	0.00
May 21	84	47	0.00
May 22	87	49	0.02
May 23	79	62	0.00
May 24	79	51	0.00
May 25	84	48	0.00
May 26	78	49	0.00
May 27	66	39	0.00
May 28	63	35	0.00
May 29	68	38	0.00
May 30	78	36	0.00
May 31	85	41	0.00

June 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	45	0.00
June 2	94	48	0.00
June 3	93	51	0.00
June 4	83	51	0.00
June 5	75	51	0.00
June 6	67	45	0.00
June 7	74	43	0.00
June 8	80	41	0.00
June 9	87	46	0.00
June 10	91	57	0.00
June 11	92	51	0.00
June 12	86	47	0.00
June 13	72	50	0.00
June 14	74	42	0.00
June 15	75	40	0.00
June 16	67	49	0.57
June 17	72	52	0.00
June 18	78	56	0.00
June 19	73	47	0.00
June 20	77	40	0.00
June 21	79	47	0.00
June 22	81	43	0.00
June 23	86	49	0.00
June 24	89	48	0.00
June 25	94	55	0.00
June 26	96	59	0.00
June 27	92	54	0.00
June 28	96	53	0.00
June 29	87	50	0.00
June 30	71	45	0.00

July 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	66	49	0.00
July 2	72	35	0.00
July 3	83	41	0.00
July 4	87	59	0.00
July 5	87	51	0.00
July 6	89	60	0.03
July 7	84	50	0.00
July 8	84	53	0.00
July 9	91	55	0.01
July 10	78	58	0.00
July 11	77	52	0.00
July 12	76	44	0.00
July 13	82	42	0.00
July 14	85	54	0.00
July 15	92	50	0.00
July 16	96	51	0.00
July 17	102	57	0.00
July 18	103	63	0.00
July 19	104	74	0.00
July 20	103	62	0.00
July 21	90	66	0.00
July 22	92	58	0.00
July 23	91	52	0.00
July 24	92	62	0.00
July 25	91	62	0.00
July 26	95	55	0.00
July 27	98	65	0.00
July 28	92	58	0.00
July 29	90	50	0.00
July 30	94	62	0.00
July 31	97	56	0.00

August 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	59	0.00
August 2	92	51	0.00
August 3	86	64	0.00
August 4	87	50	0.00
August 5	86	50	0.00
August 6	86	49	0.00
August 7	90	51	0.00
August 8	89	50	0.00
August 9	93	50	0.00
August 10	96	53	0.00
August 11	92	60	0.00
August 12	92	55	0.00
August 13	89	62	0.00
August 14	77	60	0.20
August 15	84	55	0.00
August 16	87	60	0.00
August 17	86	54	0.00
August 18	80	48	0.00
August 19	68	56	0.10
August 20	82	57	0.02
August 21	76	56	0.10
August 22	84	54	0.00
August 23	84	59	0.00
August 24	82	51	0.00
August 25	87	56	0.00
August 26	86	57	0.00
August 27	86	51	0.00
August 28	84	52	0.00
August 29	87	59	0.00
August 30	80	61	0.00
August 31	81	49	0.00

September 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	57	0.14
September 2	74	60	0.15
September 3	74	54	0.00
September 4	75	49	0.00
September 5	80	44	0.00
September 6	81	49	0.00
September 7	86	50	0.07
September 8	78	50	0.00
September 9	76	44	0.00
September 10	75	44	0.00
September 11	78	43	0.00
September 12	80	41	0.00
September 13	84	43	0.00
September 14	87	46	0.00
September 15	92	48	0.00
September 16	86	53	0.00
September 17	85	45	0.00
September 18	86	46	0.00
September 19	89	54	0.00
September 20	87	49	0.00
September 21	82	51	0.00
September 22	79	52	0.00
September 23	80	45	0.00
September 24	83	44	0.00
September 25	82	44	0.00
September 26	78	53	0.00
September 27	72	42	0.00
September 28	72	43	0.00
September 29	77	39	0.00
September 30	76	43	0.00

October 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	40	0.00
October 2	75	41	0.00
October 3	77	35	0.00
October 4	79	37	0.00
October 5	81	39	0.00
October 6	80	42	0.00
October 7	82	52	0.00
October 8	79	47	0.00
October 9	72	41	0.00
October 10	75	36	0.00
October 11	77	34	0.00
October 12	78	37	0.00
October 13	72	37	0.00
October 14	70	49	0.00
October 15	72	42	0.00
October 16	64	43	0.00
October 17	63	32	0.00
October 18	49	39	0.13
October 19	57	39	0.11
October 20	51	32	0.00
October 21	54	29	0.00
October 22	55	43	0.00
October 23	62	42	0.00
October 24	53	44	0.42
October 25	64	48	0.05
October 26	62	40	0.03
October 27	63	37	0.00
October 28	60	36	0.00
October 29	59	36	0.00
October 30	50	35	0.00
October 31	56	28	0.00

November 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 2	47	30	0.15	0.0
November 3	49	41	0.06	0.0
November 4	50	43	0.27	0.0
November 5	49	44	0.18	0.0
November 6	57	39	0.13	0.0
November 7	57	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	37	27	0.00	0.0
November 10	39	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	39	36	0.00	0.0
November 14	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 16	36	33	0.14	0.0
November 17	40	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	48	22	0.00	0.0
November 20	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 21	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	35	27	0.29	3.3
November 23	31	23	0.00	0.0
November 24	37	26	0.30	5.7
November 25	33	25	0.01	0.1
November 26	31	20	0.00	0.1
November 27	25	8	0.00	0.0
November 28	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	31	15	0.00	0.0
November 30	33	17	0.00	0.1

December 1979 Yakima Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	29	22	0.36	3.3
December 2	37	20	0.02	0.0
December 3	38	31	0.06	0.0
December 4	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	30	0.02	0.0
December 8	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	57	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 13	51	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	57	35	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	29	0.18	1.6
December 16	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	29	0.09	0.0
December 18	42	35	0.04	0.0
December 19	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	29	0.01	0.0
December 21	42	32	0.01	0.0
December 22	46	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	25	0.24	2.9
December 24	36	26	0.03	0.5
December 25	33	17	0.01	0.1
December 26	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	32	0.09	1.2
December 30	37	29	0.09	0.9
December 31	35	30	0.08	0.9

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1946–2024	Yakima Air Terminal	location
1892–1945	Moxee	location