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Detroit, MI

42.231°N, 83.331°W · station DTWthr · 153 years of record
60°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Detroit.
74°WED9/275°THU9/370°FRI9/466°SAT9/562°SUN9/663°MON9/760°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Detroit — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#85 / 152
coldest Sep 8 in 152 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

39°F
set in 1986

Mildest Sep 8 ever

73°F
set in 1919
Forecast low 60°F — 85th coldest Sep 8 of 152 years · record 39°F (1986) · coldest since 2025.
1874: 66°F1875: 63°F1876: 60°F1877: 55°F1878: 69°F1879: 49°F1880: 49°F1881: 61°F1882: 52°F1883: 43°F1884: 72°F1885: 58°F1886: 68°F1887: 46°F1888: 57°F1889: 56°F1890: 56°F1891: 47°F1892: 53°F1893: 52°F1894: 66°F1895: 55°F1896: 49°F1897: 64°F1898: 54°F1899: 62°F1900: 60°F1901: 53°F1902: 58°F1903: 60°F1904: 60°F1905: 60°F1906: 65°F1907: 61°F1908: 54°F1909: 51°F1910: 65°F1911: 59°F1912: 67°F1913: 55°F1914: 48°F1915: 66°F1916: 66°F1917: 47°F1918: 56°F1919: 73°F1920: 54°F1921: 66°F1922: 70°F1923: 57°F1924: 51°F1925: 61°F1926: 66°F1927: 65°F1928: 55°F1929: 61°F1930: 53°F1931: 62°F1932: 51°F1933: 68°F1934: 57°F1935: 56°F1936: 69°F1937: 57°F1938: 58°F1939: 61°F1940: 65°F1941: 58°F1942: 70°F1943: 54°F1944: 48°F1945: 70°F1946: 61°F1947: 65°F1948: 67°F1949: 51°F1950: 60°F1951: 45°F1952: 51°F1953: 49°F1954: 53°F1955: 47°F1956: 47°F1957: 48°F1958: 52°F1959: 73°F1960: 61°F1961: 64°F1962: 50°F1963: 59°F1964: 65°F1965: 61°F1966: 49°F1967: 50°F1968: 44°F1969: 53°F1970: 64°F1971: 66°F1972: 53°F1973: 49°F1974: 53°F1975: 52°F1976: 48°F1977: 59°F1978: 65°F1979: 44°F1980: 54°F1981: 54°F1982: 47°F1983: 52°F1984: 52°F1985: 70°F1986: 39°F1987: 65°F1988: 45°F1989: 67°F1990: 54°F1991: 64°F1992: 65°F1993: 55°F1994: 53°F1995: 48°F1996: 65°F1997: 61°F1998: 50°F1999: 60°F2000: 54°F2001: 70°F2002: 63°F2003: 61°F2004: 64°F2005: 66°F2006: 59°F2007: 64°F2008: 59°F2009: 65°F2010: 54°F2011: 60°F2012: 60°F2013: 59°F2014: 56°F2015: 72°F2016: 73°F2017: 50°F2018: 59°F2019: 57°F2020: 66°F2021: 61°F2022: 55°F2023: 61°F2024: 47°F2025: 45°F60° forecast354045505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 860°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record39°F
This-date rank#85 of 152
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-21°F (1984)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Detroit in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan67°FJan 25, 1950-21°FJan 21, 1984
Feb73°FFeb 27, 2024-20°FFeb 9, 1875
Mar86°FMar 22, 2012-4°FMar 2, 1978
Apr89°FApr 12, 19778°FApr 18, 1875
May95°FMay 31, 189525°FMay 10, 1966
Jun104°FJun 28, 193436°FJun 1, 1966
Jul105°FJul 24, 193442°FJul 6, 1972
Aug104°FAug 6, 191838°FAug 29, 1982
Sep100°FSep 15, 193929°FSep 23, 1974
Oct92°FOct 7, 196317°FOct 21, 1974
Nov81°FNov 1, 19500°FNov 22, 1880
Dec69°FDec 6, 1998-11°FDec 29, 1880
All-time105°FJul 24, 1934-21°FJan 21, 1984

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Detroit so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 5, 1921

Coldest high ever

-4°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 19, 1994
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan55°FJan 25, 1950-4°FJan 19, 1994
Feb49°FFeb 20, 2018-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar60°FMar 31, 199810°FMar 14, 1895
Apr66°FApr 17, 189624°FApr 13, 1950
May73°FMay 30, 192938°FMay 8, 1947
Jun79°FJun 25, 195247°FJun 1, 1910
Jul80°FJul 5, 192160°FJul 15, 1945
Aug80°FAug 1, 200657°FAug 30, 1915
Sep77°FSep 6, 188141°FSep 30, 1899
Oct68°FOct 4, 188432°FOct 29, 1925
Nov64°FNov 1, 195012°FNov 21, 1880
Dec57°FDec 8, 1966-3°FDec 29, 1880
All-time80°FJul 5, 1921-4°FJan 19, 1994

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

101 days
record run, ended Mar 9 1920

So far in 2026

73 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Detroit's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 32°FJan: 19°FFeb: 35°FFeb: 21°FMar: 46°FMar: 29°FApr: 59°FApr: 39°FMay: 71°FMay: 50°FJun: 80°FJun: 60°FJul: 84°FJul: 64°FAug: 82°FAug: 63°FSep: 75°FSep: 56°FOct: 62°FOct: 44°FNov: 49°FNov: 34°FDec: 37°FDec: 25°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:58 AM
Sunset6:08 PM
Solar noon11:33 AM
Daylight13h 09m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.23°N, 83.33°W

Nearby Stations

Toledo, OH50 mi SWFlint, MI55 mi NWLansing, MI74 mi NWCleveland, OH95 mi SESaginaw, MI97 mi NWBattle Creek, MI97 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Detroit's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Detroit, MI — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Detroit's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Detroit, MI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1874

Each cell is one day's low at Detroit, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Detroit, MI daily low heat map 1874–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Detroit — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
73 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 135th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 84. Record: 103 in 1874.

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