All-time weather records — Detroit, TX

Record high
115.0°F
August 10, 1936
Record low
-43.1°F
March 6, 1918
Wettest day
8.30 in
May 22, 1933

Climate change signal in Detroit

0%

of Detroit's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
49
22
1910s
84
31
1920s
57
24
1930s
85
48
1940s
13
26
1950s
22
28
1960s
17
31
1970s
6
70
1980s
8
45
1990s
13
24
2000s
12
17
2010s
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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 1905, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1903-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 91.9°F — Jan 11, 1911 -7.1°F — Jan 18, 1930 4.73 in — Jan 30, 1969
February 90.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -5.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 3.94 in — Feb 28, 1927
March 96.1°F — Mar 19, 1908 -43.1°F — Mar 6, 1918 6.15 in — Mar 29, 1945
April 96.1°F — Apr 7, 1930 23.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.92 in — Apr 4, 1986
May 100.0°F — May 19, 1934 35.1°F — May 1, 1903 8.30 in — May 22, 1933
June 106.0°F — Jun 23, 1933 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 4.56 in — Jun 8, 1938
July 109.9°F — Jul 11, 1933 46.9°F — Jul 9, 1995 4.25 in — Jul 19, 1992
August 115.0°F — Aug 10, 1936 52.0°F — Aug 15, 1929 4.10 in — Aug 23, 1919
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1998 36.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 5.26 in — Sep 29, 1980
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 1938 19.9°F — Oct 25, 2009 7.45 in — Oct 1, 1955
November 91.9°F — Nov 2, 1909 8.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 5.50 in — Nov 4, 1956
December 89.1°F — Dec 22, 1933 1.9°F — Dec 17, 1932 4.76 in — Dec 3, 1982

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