All-time weather records — Detroit, MI

Record high
100.0°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-14.1°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
6.31 in
August 12, 2014

Climate change signal in Detroit

52.5%

of Detroit's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (192 of 366 records since 2015).

35.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (131 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2000s
64
125
2010s
197
186
2020s
105
55

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2006, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2005-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 8, 2008 -14.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 1.14 in — Jan 26, 2024
February 73.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -11.9°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.40 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 2012 0.0°F — Mar 1, 2014 1.96 in — Mar 31, 2017
April 86.0°F — Apr 25, 2009 19.9°F — Apr 6, 2016 2.08 in — Apr 3, 2025
May 95.0°F — May 29, 2012 28.0°F — May 9, 2020 2.60 in — May 26, 2011
June 98.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 4, 2009 3.70 in — Jun 12, 2009
July 100.0°F — Jul 8, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 2, 2007 2.42 in — Jul 17, 2021
August 97.0°F — Aug 2, 2007 48.9°F — Aug 31, 2009 6.31 in — Aug 12, 2014
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 2011 37.9°F — Sep 29, 2020 4.34 in — Sep 29, 2016
October 90.0°F — Oct 8, 2007 25.0°F — Oct 31, 2008 1.72 in — Oct 11, 2017
November 79.0°F — Nov 5, 2015 10.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 1.92 in — Nov 23, 2011
December 63.0°F — Dec 9, 2023 -0.9°F — Dec 29, 2017 1.70 in — Dec 1, 2006

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