Detroit Weather in 1938

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	August 4
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	17 °F	February 1
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	February 13
Most daily snow	2.0 inches	March 5
Total annual precipitation	24.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	17.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1938 was 91 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Aug 4
1	91 °F	Jul 7
3	90 °F	Aug 14
3	90 °F	Aug 2
3	90 °F	Jul 13
6	89 °F	Aug 9
6	89 °F	Jun 24
8	88 °F	Aug 15
8	88 °F	Aug 10
8	88 °F	Aug 7
8	88 °F	Aug 3
8	88 °F	Jul 28
8	88 °F	Jul 12
8	88 °F	Jul 9
8	88 °F	Jul 8
8	88 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1938 was -2 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 28
2	4 °F	February 1
3	5 °F	January 25
3	5 °F	January 19
3	5 °F	January 9
6	6 °F	December 30
6	6 °F	March 3
8	7 °F	January 18
9	8 °F	December 28
9	8 °F	January 27

January 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	24	0.28	1.0
January 2	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 6	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	9	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	5	0.01	0.1
January 10	21	11	0.10	0.5
January 11	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	29	0.01	0.1
January 13	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	12	0.10	0.4
January 18	17	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 20	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	48	32	0.20	0.0
January 25	36	5	0.20	0.0
January 26	18	10	0.10	0.4
January 27	19	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 30	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	9	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	17	4	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	43	34	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	56	37	0.46	0.0
February 7	44	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	52	36	0.02	0.0
February 10	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	21	0.07	0.9
February 12	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	61	37	2.79	0.0
February 14	44	19	0.20	0.0
February 15	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	48	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	30	0.72	0.0
February 19	31	30	0.07	0.0
February 20	31	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	21	0.05	1.0
February 24	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	25	0.10	1.0
February 27	40	18	0.10	0.0
February 28	25	10	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	39	22	0.00	0.0
March 3	22	6	0.00	0.0
March 4	26	10	0.10	0.0
March 5	39	24	0.40	2.0
March 6	35	17	0.10	1.0
March 7	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	25	0.10	0.0
March 16	56	35	0.20	0.0
March 17	47	36	0.23	0.0
March 18	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	63	46	0.03	0.0
March 21	67	42	0.00	0.0
March 22	80	48	0.10	0.0
March 23	59	33	0.73	0.0
March 24	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	38	0.04	0.0
March 26	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 27	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	59	41	0.40	0.0
March 30	66	46	0.04	0.0
March 31	66	40	0.28	0.0

April 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	34	0.00	0.0
April 2	37	28	0.00	0.0
April 3	39	24	0.10	0.7
April 4	37	23	0.10	0.5
April 5	39	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	33	23	0.00	0.0
April 7	41	29	0.00	0.0
April 8	35	31	0.90	1.0
April 9	41	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	64	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 13	75	42	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	52	0.00	0.0
April 15	71	47	0.00	0.0
April 16	60	45	0.02	0.0
April 17	71	51	0.05	0.0
April 18	68	51	0.01	0.0
April 19	77	45	0.15	0.0
April 20	70	36	0.18	0.0
April 21	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	50	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	51	43	0.00	0.0
April 25	60	44	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	39	0.00	0.0
April 27	82	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	77	53	0.12	0.0
April 29	53	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	55	39	0.01	0.0

May 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	36	0.00
May 2	72	47	0.00
May 3	74	51	0.21
May 4	77	51	0.00
May 5	80	53	0.00
May 6	69	50	0.00
May 7	63	42	0.01
May 8	62	47	0.19
May 9	53	44	0.11
May 10	58	41	0.00
May 11	52	34	0.00
May 12	55	33	0.00
May 13	57	33	0.00
May 14	53	46	0.62
May 15	63	44	0.05
May 16	70	49	0.00
May 17	64	47	0.08
May 18	62	51	0.14
May 19	77	56	0.16
May 20	72	52	0.00
May 21	62	47	0.00
May 22	65	47	0.00
May 23	62	52	0.68
May 24	57	42	0.00
May 25	62	44	0.00
May 26	72	54	0.00
May 27	71	56	0.00
May 28	75	60	0.00
May 29	75	58	0.00
May 30	69	58	0.00
May 31	70	54	0.00

June 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	57	0.00
June 2	75	57	0.00
June 3	82	50	0.00
June 4	75	58	0.06
June 5	75	52	0.00
June 6	82	58	0.91
June 7	72	54	0.14
June 8	71	50	0.00
June 9	73	49	0.00
June 10	75	61	0.00
June 11	80	65	0.03
June 12	72	53	0.13
June 13	74	54	0.00
June 14	72	54	0.00
June 15	79	62	0.00
June 16	80	64	0.00
June 17	70	56	0.00
June 18	67	56	0.00
June 19	75	59	0.00
June 20	83	56	0.00
June 21	86	60	0.00
June 22	88	63	0.00
June 23	86	64	0.00
June 24	89	66	0.00
June 25	85	60	0.00
June 26	64	55	0.01
June 27	64	51	0.00
June 28	70	53	0.00
June 29	74	51	0.00
June 30	76	60	0.24

July 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	60	0.23
July 2	74	60	0.00
July 3	78	55	0.00
July 4	78	55	0.00
July 5	83	62	0.00
July 6	85	67	0.00
July 7	91	68	0.00
July 8	88	72	0.00
July 9	88	68	0.00
July 10	82	63	0.02
July 11	86	64	0.53
July 12	88	63	0.00
July 13	90	71	0.00
July 14	85	65	0.00
July 15	75	57	0.00
July 16	85	58	0.00
July 17	73	66	0.12
July 18	82	63	0.07
July 19	81	57	0.00
July 20	83	66	0.00
July 21	83	57	0.05
July 22	83	60	0.00
July 23	82	62	0.18
July 24	81	61	0.00
July 25	87	63	0.00
July 26	81	67	0.31
July 27	81	67	0.01
July 28	88	67	0.09
July 29	84	62	0.00
July 30	83	63	0.00
July 31	76	66	0.84

August 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	82	69	0.00	n/a
August 2	90	68	0.00	n/a
August 3	88	72	0.00	n/a
August 4	91	n/a	0.00	n/a
August 5	n/a	64	0.00	n/a
August 6	84	68	0.67	n/a
August 7	88	70	0.00	n/a
August 8	87	68	0.00	n/a
August 9	89	66	0.00	n/a
August 10	88	72	1.75	n/a
August 11	83	68	0.00	n/a
August 12	82	60	0.00	n/a
August 13	84	60	0.00	n/a
August 14	90	64	0.00	n/a
August 15	88	77	0.00	n/a
August 16	85	76	0.68	n/a
August 17	78	72	0.00	n/a
August 18	82	60	0.00	n/a
August 19	87	64	0.00	n/a
August 20	86	68	0.00	n/a
August 21	75	66	0.77	n/a
August 22	85	59	0.00	n/a
August 23	86	63	0.00	n/a
August 24	79	61	0.00	n/a
August 25	73	56	0.00	n/a
August 26	80	61	0.00	n/a
August 27	81	56	0.00	n/a
August 28	76	56	0.00	n/a
August 29	85	62	0.00	n/a
August 30	75	60	0.00	n/a
August 31	81	60	0.00	n/a

September 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	70	48	0.00
September 2	69	48	0.00
September 3	74	54	0.00
September 4	85	55	0.00
September 5	67	49	0.00
September 6	67	53	0.00
September 7	76	60	0.15
September 8	66	56	0.00
September 9	68	53	0.00
September 10	69	59	0.85
September 11	74	63	0.00
September 12	85	64	0.61
September 13	76	60	0.00
September 14	68	59	0.12
September 15	70	53	0.20
September 16	64	51	0.00
September 17	65	54	0.01
September 18	68	50	0.00
September 19	60	45	0.00
September 20	59	48	0.03
September 21	60	46	0.06
September 22	67	48	0.03
September 23	79	51	0.00
September 24	68	50	0.00
September 25	67	50	0.00
September 26	83	60	0.00
September 27	73	53	0.00
September 28	76	47	0.00
September 29	63	48	0.00
September 30	65	45	0.00

October 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	42	0.00
October 2	62	38	0.00
October 3	66	50	0.00
October 4	66	41	0.03
October 5	70	53	0.00
October 6	54	39	0.06
October 7	56	34	0.00
October 8	68	49	0.00
October 9	63	42	0.00
October 10	81	49	0.00
October 11	79	54	0.00
October 12	77	58	0.00
October 13	70	43	0.03
October 14	67	42	0.00
October 15	73	53	0.00
October 16	80	52	0.00
October 17	80	51	0.00
October 18	77	48	0.00
October 19	64	42	0.47
October 20	49	39	0.00
October 21	61	43	0.00
October 22	63	48	0.00
October 23	54	40	0.35
October 24	47	37	0.00
October 25	58	35	0.00
October 26	66	45	0.00
October 27	48	35	0.00
October 28	55	34	0.00
October 29	59	33	0.00
October 30	55	43	0.00
October 31	58	37	0.00

November 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	61	32	0.00
November 2	69	50	0.00
November 3	70	51	0.00
November 4	63	51	0.00
November 5	62	50	0.04
November 6	65	43	0.00
November 7	66	52	0.08
November 8	65	32	0.02
November 9	50	26	0.00
November 10	53	39	0.00
November 11	63	42	0.00
November 12	60	41	0.07
November 13	63	39	0.04
November 14	38	20	0.00
November 15	35	23	0.00
November 16	47	23	0.00
November 17	53	39	0.00
November 18	50	39	0.35
November 19	46	34	0.00
November 20	55	33	0.00
November 21	53	36	0.00
November 22	49	29	0.00
November 23	31	25	0.01
November 24	35	23	0.00
November 25	35	20	0.00
November 26	32	22	0.05
November 27	30	12	0.00
November 28	30	24	0.00
November 29	45	27	0.00
November 30	40	29	0.00

December 1938 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	28	0.07	0.0
December 3	46	39	0.09	0.0
December 4	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	37	0.04	0.0
December 6	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	32	0.04	0.0
December 8	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	37	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	34	0.05	0.0
December 12	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	26	0.06	0.0
December 18	29	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	25	0.10	1.0
December 21	35	27	0.10	1.0
December 22	32	16	0.02	0.4
December 23	34	29	0.10	1.0
December 24	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	32	0.20	1.5
December 27	34	10	0.04	0.5
December 28	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 30	22	6	0.00	0.0
December 31	27	9	0.04	1.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1959–2024	Detroit Metro Airport	location
1948–1958	Detroit City Airport	location
1896–1947	Mt Clemens Army National Guard Base	location