Zürich Weather in 1978

Historical record of Zürich, Switzerland weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.
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1978 Zürich Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 28.5 °C July 29
Lowest temperature -9.0 °C January 7
Highest daily low 16.5 °C August 23
Lowest daily high -4.0 °C December 6
Most daily precipitation 9.7 cm August 7
Total annual precipitation 120.5 cm -
Highest Temperatures in Zürich in 1978
Rank Temperature Date
1 28.5 °C Jul 29
2 28.3 °C Jul 30
3 27.1 °C Jul 28
3 27.1 °C Jun 6
5 26.9 °C Aug 6
6 26.4 °C Jul 17
6 26.4 °C Jun 3
8 26.1 °C Aug 22
9 26.0 °C Aug 21
10 25.7 °C Jul 26
10 25.7 °C Jul 25
Lowest Temperatures in Zürich in 1978
Rank Temperature Date
1 -9.0 °C January 7
2 -7.3 °C January 6
3 -7.1 °C December 3
4 -6.1 °C February 10
5 -6.0 °C February 12
6 -5.9 °C December 8
6 -5.9 °C February 11
8 -5.8 °C December 2
9 -5.7 °C December 7
9 -5.7 °C December 6
9 -5.7 °C December 4
January 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
6.3 0.9 0.00
6.3 -1.7 0.56
5.3 2.7 0.55
2.4 -0.6 0.46
-1.3 -4.5 0.00
-0.8 -7.3 0.00
-3.4 -9.0 0.00
-0.8 -4.8 0.00
-1.4 -5.2 0.00
2.4 -2.5 0.02
3.1 -1.4 0.42
1.0 0.1 0.24
0.7 -0.7 0.00
0.3 -0.3 0.00
0.3 -0.8 0.00
0.2 -2.1 0.00
0.1 -4.2 0.00
2.0 -2.4 0.04
2.3 -0.3 0.00
3.0 -0.7 0.22
-0.1 -0.6 0.17
4.7 -1.3 0.00
4.6 -1.2 0.41
6.4 -1.0 1.71
4.7 1.5 0.00
3.0 0.4 0.79
4.6 -0.1 0.00
6.7 -1.1 0.81
3.0 0.1 0.02
1.5 0.1 0.14
2.7 0.2 0.03
February 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
5.9 -2.5 0.80
2.9 -0.3 1.64
0.7 -1.0 0.11
0.4 -2.4 0.00
0.3 -5.4 0.25
1.9 -0.7 0.77
1.6 n/a 0.32
n/a -3.9 0.00
-3.0 -5.5 0.00
-4.0 -6.1 0.00
-2.8 -5.9 0.24
-1.3 -6.0 0.00
0.5 -5.4 0.00
-1.2 -5.1 0.00
0.4 -5.1 0.22
0.1 -5.2 2.87
2.2 -2.7 1.55
-2.6 -4.4 0.57
3.5 -5.6 2.20
-1.9 -4.8 0.01
3.0 -3.1 0.08
8.2 -0.2 0.00
8.1 0.6 0.00
13.1 3.5 0.00
12.5 2.8 0.01
6.1 1.5 1.10
8.1 0.0 0.01
10.8 3.8 0.00
March 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
8.5 1.1 0.00
9.5 2.7 0.00
13.9 2.8 0.00
11.4 3.4 0.45
2.7 -0.3 1.63
2.3 -0.2 0.00
4.3 0.7 0.00
7.7 -1.8 0.00
12.3 5.2 0.00
9.7 2.3 0.00
13.7 3.2 0.00
14.8 3.5 0.81
6.5 4.4 0.52
10.5 1.0 0.06
7.8 3.3 0.24
11.1 0.4 0.67
4.6 0.3 0.92
3.2 -0.1 0.06
5.5 -0.3 0.67
8.4 1.2 4.01
3.7 0.6 0.21
5.4 -0.6 0.30
6.1 0.4 0.76
5.7 -0.2 0.84
7.2 0.1 0.64
7.8 0.2 0.71
6.2 0.6 1.08
16.7 3.0 0.00
18.5 5.5 0.00
18.6 6.7 0.00
10.8 7.1 0.00
April 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
13.7 6.1 0.01
11.9 6.0 0.00
10.9 5.5 0.42
11.7 6.5 0.00
9.5 6.4 0.03
7.0 3.7 0.00
10.2 -0.7 0.00
12.4 0.7 0.00
13.6 1.8 0.00
11.4 n/a 0.30
n/a 0.6 0.53
6.8 0.4 0.00
9.5 -1.3 0.00
10.2 0.4 0.00
5.9 1.3 0.03
5.5 1.2 0.21
6.8 -0.2 0.00
11.9 -1.5 0.01
11.1 4.8 0.00
14.9 2.9 0.52
10.3 5.3 0.00
13.1 3.2 0.00
14.4 5.0 0.00
17.1 4.2 0.00
16.8 5.9 0.00
17.8 6.4 0.00
9.3 6.9 2.65
15.3 5.3 0.01
19.0 6.3 0.00
17.1 8.4 0.07
May 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
9.9 7.9 1.37
9.7 6.2 0.02
17.5 4.3 0.00
19.7 9.4 0.00
22.4 10.6 0.03
14.6 9.6 0.00
9.6 7.3 0.15
9.1 6.1 0.02
10.8 7.8 0.11
14.6 6.8 0.00
8.4 4.4 0.13
9.2 3.3 1.97
9.1 3.4 0.32
12.4 4.1 0.01
12.1 6.2 0.33
15.6 5.6 0.00
16.6 8.1 0.02
17.7 9.9 0.86
12.5 10.4 1.37
17.1 8.4 0.01
18.7 8.2 0.00
14.6 n/a 3.05
n/a 6.6 2.86
10.4 7.6 0.93
14.7 7.8 0.00
17.9 10.2 0.00
18.7 8.4 0.00
20.6 8.4 0.00
21.8 9.2 0.00
22.2 11.0 0.00
20.9 10.1 0.01
June 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
23.1 11.6 0.00
24.9 11.3 0.00
26.4 13.0 0.25
25.6 11.9 0.00
25.0 14.9 0.00
27.1 14.5 0.24
24.4 14.7 0.53
19.0 14.5 0.55
24.2 13.0 1.15
19.5 14.4 0.00
16.6 11.6 0.00
23.1 7.3 0.22
15.7 7.6 0.00
19.0 6.5 0.00
19.8 7.8 1.10
13.3 10.1 1.13
11.0 6.3 0.75
15.9 7.0 0.02
18.8 7.9 0.03
20.3 9.8 0.09
19.3 10.0 0.58
20.5 11.2 0.00
16.7 10.2 1.16
14.0 7.7 1.38
14.2 7.9 1.15
15.6 6.9 0.26
11.4 7.4 0.41
14.7 7.4 0.00
20.3 9.4 0.02
21.5 10.6 2.60
July 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
15.9 13.1 0.01
20.7 11.0 0.13
23.2 13.3 0.05
14.5 12.0 0.24
16.2 10.1 0.21
15.1 10.5 0.48
11.3 8.8 1.79
14.6 8.5 1.51
14.9 10.6 0.90
17.6 10.5 0.00
21.8 10.4 2.10
22.5 13.6 0.01
24.5 14.6 0.00
25.1 13.9 0.07
19.0 13.7 0.00
23.8 11.3 0.00
26.4 11.6 0.00
19.8 15.2 0.81
14.9 11.6 1.10
20.1 12.1 0.00
16.1 12.0 0.00
19.0 10.2 0.00
22.3 9.1 0.00
24.3 11.7 0.00
25.7 13.4 0.00
25.7 13.8 0.50
24.7 15.0 0.00
27.1 14.3 0.00
28.5 15.8 0.00
28.3 15.7 0.00
25.2 16.5 0.09
August 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
18.4 14.7 0.36
24.8 14.1 0.00
23.5 15.4 0.08
21.3 15.7 0.00
23.8 14.1 0.00
26.9 15.2 2.53
16.7 n/a 9.72
n/a 7.8 0.99
15.7 10.1 0.20
16.4 10.6 0.04
18.6 9.8 0.00
20.0 9.5 0.00
16.8 11.2 0.77
20.4 8.6 0.00
25.0 10.5 0.63
20.5 13.2 0.71
19.5 12.4 0.00
20.5 11.1 0.00
22.3 9.3 0.00
25.2 11.4 0.00
26.0 14.3 0.00
26.1 14.2 0.00
25.4 16.5 0.00
20.4 15.9 0.00
22.8 12.3 0.00
16.3 12.5 0.00
18.0 6.9 0.00
17.0 11.2 0.00
20.0 6.8 0.00
14.1 8.8 1.81
12.9 6.8 0.10
September 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
12.2 8.0 0.15
15.9 7.8 0.00
17.9 6.6 0.00
20.0 7.3 0.00
19.9 10.3 0.34
19.2 13.2 0.33
16.6 12.0 0.43
19.1 13.0 0.00
20.1 12.1 0.85
22.2 13.9 0.00
24.0 12.5 1.13
13.3 9.8 0.47
18.2 6.8 0.00
21.7 7.9 0.00
20.6 11.6 0.00
20.4 9.6 0.00
23.4 10.2 0.00
19.4 13.6 0.00
16.6 7.4 0.00
13.5 7.9 0.00
14.8 3.6 0.00
18.2 6.8 0.04
17.5 12.0 0.00
22.6 11.2 0.00
23.6 11.2 0.00
21.4 11.3 0.02
12.8 8.9 0.25
10.2 7.3 0.79
16.6 7.1 0.05
11.9 6.9 0.31
October 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
10.5 4.2 0.01
9.4 3.1 0.00
9.1 7.4 1.85
7.4 5.9 2.16
10.7 6.9 0.02
15.2 5.7 0.00
13.4 7.0 0.00
18.2 6.3 0.00
18.5 7.3 0.01
18.5 8.0 0.01
15.3 7.3 0.00
11.0 9.4 0.00
17.5 8.8 0.00
16.7 6.2 0.00
15.7 5.8 0.00
12.1 7.7 0.16
10.3 5.5 4.88
7.3 3.7 0.17
6.9 5.7 0.01
7.5 4.5 0.03
9.6 5.0 0.00
9.5 2.0 0.08
11.1 7.9 0.07
9.8 6.2 0.00
10.6 6.2 0.16
10.5 8.5 0.66
10.4 4.1 0.00
11.7 2.8 0.00
12.1 2.5 0.00
7.6 4.6 0.00
9.9 5.1 0.00
November 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
6.2 3.7 0.00
8.6 4.1 0.00
5.0 2.9 0.00
5.0 2.8 0.00
5.5 3.5 0.00
5.3 3.6 0.00
6.1 2.7 0.00
7.3 2.0 0.00
3.0 0.7 0.00
6.3 0.8 0.00
7.4 1.0 0.00
4.2 0.4 0.00
11.2 1.2 0.00
11.4 4.4 0.00
10.4 2.3 0.00
10.5 4.9 0.49
7.6 3.3 0.00
8.2 2.2 0.00
7.7 -0.2 0.00
9.1 0.2 0.00
5.8 2.3 0.11
6.3 3.9 0.00
6.8 2.9 0.00
6.6 1.7 0.00
6.6 -0.7 0.31
0.8 -0.4 0.46
0.8 -2.0 0.09
-1.7 -2.7 0.19
-1.8 -4.8 0.00
-1.3 -2.5 0.00
December 1978 Zürich Weather
Day High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
-2.0 -3.2 0.01
-1.5 -5.8 0.00
-3.3 -7.1 0.00
-2.9 -5.7 0.00
-2.8 -3.6 0.00
-4.0 -5.7 0.00
-2.8 -5.7 0.00
7.6 -5.9 2.38
10.9 1.2 0.00
8.4 3.0 0.00
8.7 2.3 0.00
11.3 2.2 1.20
9.2 5.3 0.34
7.3 3.4 0.27
7.6 2.9 0.02
5.3 1.4 1.45
4.2 n/a 0.56
n/a -2.7 0.01
-3.1 -5.6 0.21
0.0 -5.6 0.00
-0.6 -3.1 0.00
-1.1 -3.1 0.00
0.5 -3.7 0.05
7.7 -1.5 0.07
10.1 2.5 0.00
9.6 4.8 0.01
10.0 2.9 0.18
10.7 4.6 0.20
9.2 6.2 1.27
7.9 5.5 0.85
10.0 n/a 0.45
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1901–2024 Zürich / Fluntern location