Detroit Weather in 1939

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1939 based on NOAA data.

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1939 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	September 16
Lowest temperature	1 °F	January 25
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 6
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	February 19
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	February 26
Total annual precipitation	24.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1939?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1939 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Sep 16
1	98 °F	Sep 14
3	96 °F	Jul 13
4	94 °F	Sep 15
4	94 °F	Sep 7
4	94 °F	Jul 7
7	92 °F	Jul 27
8	91 °F	May 31
9	90 °F	Sep 3
9	90 °F	Jul 25

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1939?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1939 was 1 °F which happened on Jan 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	January 25
2	3 °F	January 26
3	4 °F	December 31
3	4 °F	February 16
3	4 °F	January 23
6	5 °F	February 25
7	6 °F	February 4
8	7 °F	January 27
8	7 °F	January 22
10	8 °F	December 30
10	8 °F	February 23
10	8 °F	February 22

January 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	13	0.00	0.0
January 2	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	22	0.05	0.0
January 5	51	35	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	31	0.01	0.0
January 7	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 9	52	32	0.02	0.0
January 10	56	34	0.01	0.0
January 11	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	23	0.30	3.0
January 14	37	22	0.20	2.0
January 15	30	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	29	21	0.08	0.0
January 18	24	20	0.03	1.0
January 19	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	9	0.02	1.0
January 21	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	4	0.01	0.5
January 24	28	17	0.03	1.5
January 25	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 26	14	3	0.04	1.5
January 27	27	7	0.06	0.0
January 28	37	20	0.00	0.2
January 29	36	25	0.08	0.6
January 30	26	20	0.80	4.0
January 31	32	16	0.13	1.0

February 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	11	0.26	0.0
February 2	39	26	0.13	0.0
February 3	27	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	32	0.11	1.1
February 7	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	16	0.22	0.0
February 10	46	16	0.28	0.0
February 11	20	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	21	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	21	0.06	1.1
February 18	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	53	34	1.60	0.0
February 20	48	20	0.38	0.5
February 21	22	12	0.07	1.0
February 22	20	8	0.02	0.5
February 23	26	8	0.20	1.5
February 24	28	12	0.18	1.5
February 25	23	5	0.00	0.0
February 26	29	21	0.96	4.0
February 27	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	24	0.25	0.0

March 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	21	0.02	0.2
March 2	33	17	0.00	0.0
March 3	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 4	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	31	0.27	0.0
March 6	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	30	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	17	0.03	0.0
March 9	38	30	0.10	0.0
March 10	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	30	27	0.20	0.0
March 12	31	28	0.48	0.0
March 13	43	25	0.10	1.0
March 14	37	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	24	0.04	0.0
March 16	27	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	23	13	0.00	0.0
March 18	21	11	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	9	0.00	0.0
March 20	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 21	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 22	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	79	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	43	0.09	0.0
March 26	67	35	0.34	0.0
March 27	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 29	36	24	0.03	0.0
March 30	36	31	0.35	0.0
March 31	42	29	0.00	0.0

April 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	48	33	0.03
April 2	42	30	0.00
April 3	49	28	0.00
April 4	46	29	0.00
April 5	48	31	0.06
April 6	42	28	0.12
April 7	35	23	0.01
April 8	37	25	0.00
April 9	40	24	0.00
April 10	38	32	0.90
April 11	47	33	0.10
April 12	37	23	0.00
April 13	48	25	0.00
April 14	43	32	0.50
April 15	45	35	0.02
April 16	46	33	0.00
April 17	60	36	1.05
April 18	54	39	0.10
April 19	44	38	0.04
April 20	56	39	0.00
April 21	48	40	0.50
April 22	58	42	0.00
April 23	72	45	0.00
April 24	82	50	0.00
April 25	76	54	0.00
April 26	78	53	0.00
April 27	78	46	0.00
April 28	55	41	0.00
April 29	63	38	0.00
April 30	56	35	0.40

May 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	52	35	0.00
May 2	53	33	0.00
May 3	59	34	0.00
May 4	72	43	0.00
May 5	80	48	0.00
May 6	85	56	0.00
May 7	80	55	0.00
May 8	78	60	0.05
May 9	72	55	0.31
May 10	72	48	0.00
May 11	58	37	0.00
May 12	57	33	0.00
May 13	59	39	0.00
May 14	66	45	0.00
May 15	62	44	0.01
May 16	65	39	0.00
May 17	73	45	0.00
May 18	61	36	0.00
May 19	88	44	0.00
May 20	75	55	0.09
May 21	76	55	0.12
May 22	70	54	0.00
May 23	79	49	0.00
May 24	70	44	0.00
May 25	77	49	0.00
May 26	81	50	0.00
May 27	83	61	0.26
May 28	82	55	0.01
May 29	66	52	0.00
May 30	86	53	0.00
May 31	91	65	0.00

June 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	76	58	0.00	n/a
June 2	80	59	0.00	n/a
June 3	85	60	0.41	n/a
June 4	78	54	0.00	n/a
June 5	86	57	0.00	n/a
June 6	75	58	0.00	n/a
June 7	88	63	1.03	n/a
June 8	84	67	0.01	n/a
June 9	80	62	0.00	n/a
June 10	76	62	0.40	n/a
June 11	70	55	0.04	n/a
June 12	62	49	0.00	n/a
June 13	64	45	0.00	n/a
June 14	69	48	0.00	n/a
June 15	79	57	0.04	n/a
June 16	70	53	0.01	n/a
June 17	80	60	0.00	n/a
June 18	71	59	0.00	n/a
June 19	76	61	0.00	n/a
June 20	85	65	0.09	n/a
June 21	81	59	0.00	n/a
June 22	85	62	0.48	n/a
June 23	76	56	0.00	n/a
June 24	83	62	0.00	n/a
June 25	83	56	0.00	n/a
June 26	82	60	0.00	n/a
June 27	85	65	0.00	n/a
June 28	85	66	0.06	n/a
June 29	83	67	0.76	n/a
June 30	78	63	0.04	n/a

July 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	79	57	0.00	n/a
July 2	75	51	0.00	n/a
July 3	81	62	0.00	n/a
July 4	85	66	0.26	n/a
July 5	84	65	0.00	n/a
July 6	88	72	0.00	n/a
July 7	94	70	0.00	n/a
July 8	88	66	0.31	n/a
July 9	89	63	0.00	n/a
July 10	72	59	0.00	n/a
July 11	84	55	0.00	n/a
July 12	88	65	0.00	n/a
July 13	96	70	0.00	n/a
July 14	77	58	0.00	n/a
July 15	75	50	0.00	n/a
July 16	74	50	0.00	n/a
July 17	73	56	0.00	n/a
July 18	78	60	0.00	n/a
July 19	81	55	0.00	n/a
July 20	85	58	0.00	n/a
July 21	83	61	0.00	n/a
July 22	78	65	0.00	n/a
July 23	87	64	0.00	n/a
July 24	82	61	0.00	n/a
July 25	90	65	0.00	n/a
July 26	82	71	0.20	n/a
July 27	92	68	0.00	n/a
July 28	81	65	0.07	n/a
July 29	73	64	0.02	n/a
July 30	72	64	0.37	n/a
July 31	89	62	0.00	n/a

August 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	88	67	0.66	n/a
August 2	85	63	0.00	n/a
August 3	86	66	0.07	n/a
August 4	83	59	0.00	n/a
August 5	83	58	0.00	n/a
August 6	86	63	0.00	n/a
August 7	84	63	0.00	n/a
August 8	84	66	0.46	n/a
August 9	79	64	0.00	n/a
August 10	80	60	0.00	n/a
August 11	84	62	0.00	n/a
August 12	83	66	0.08	n/a
August 13	84	65	0.01	n/a
August 14	83	57	0.00	n/a
August 15	85	60	0.00	n/a
August 16	84	61	0.00	n/a
August 17	84	56	0.00	n/a
August 18	87	61	0.00	n/a
August 19	80	70	0.00	n/a
August 20	75	64	0.01	n/a
August 21	75	61	0.00	n/a
August 22	79	61	0.00	n/a
August 23	76	63	0.01	n/a
August 24	84	58	0.00	n/a
August 25	77	54	0.00	n/a
August 26	78	55	0.00	n/a
August 27	82	58	0.00	n/a
August 28	82	54	0.00	n/a
August 29	84	63	0.12	n/a
August 30	79	60	0.00	n/a
August 31	79	60	0.00	n/a

September 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	85	56	0.00	n/a
September 2	88	63	0.00	n/a
September 3	90	64	0.00	n/a
September 4	79	62	0.32	n/a
September 5	70	52	0.00	n/a
September 6	70	54	0.00	n/a
September 7	94	64	0.05	n/a
September 8	79	60	0.00	n/a
September 9	70	56	0.00	n/a
September 10	70	50	0.00	n/a
September 11	67	43	0.00	n/a
September 12	67	58	0.21	n/a
September 13	74	58	0.00	n/a
September 14	98	64	0.00	n/a
September 15	94	67	0.00	n/a
September 16	98	67	0.00	n/a
September 17	70	49	0.00	n/a
September 18	68	49	0.00	n/a
September 19	74	44	0.00	n/a
September 20	69	49	0.00	n/a
September 21	70	44	0.00	n/a
September 22	80	47	0.00	n/a
September 23	75	55	0.00	n/a
September 24	68	51	0.11	n/a
September 25	80	47	0.10	n/a
September 26	56	39	0.13	n/a
September 27	67	47	0.18	n/a
September 28	71	43	0.00	n/a
September 29	84	47	0.00	n/a
September 30	52	38	0.10	n/a

October 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	56	33	0.00	n/a
October 2	65	38	0.00	n/a
October 3	66	42	0.00	n/a
October 4	75	45	0.00	n/a
October 5	75	51	0.45	n/a
October 6	78	52	0.00	n/a
October 7	70	43	0.00	n/a
October 8	87	61	0.42	n/a
October 9	84	60	0.26	n/a
October 10	75	51	0.66	n/a
October 11	65	45	0.00	n/a
October 12	55	39	0.00	n/a
October 13	55	36	0.07	n/a
October 14	45	29	0.00	n/a
October 15	52	26	0.00	n/a
October 16	64	41	0.04	n/a
October 17	45	29	0.00	n/a
October 18	56	26	0.00	n/a
October 19	76	48	0.00	n/a
October 20	62	35	0.00	n/a
October 21	64	47	0.15	n/a
October 22	52	40	0.00	n/a
October 23	46	34	0.00	n/a
October 24	52	35	0.00	n/a
October 25	58	46	0.12	n/a
October 26	62	53	0.01	n/a
October 27	71	43	0.20	n/a
October 28	43	32	0.00	0.0
October 29	47	28	0.00	n/a
October 30	46	39	0.18	n/a
October 31	47	32	0.01	0.0

November 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	47	33	0.03
November 2	44	30	0.00
November 3	41	26	0.00
November 4	40	24	0.00
November 5	48	30	0.00
November 6	47	30	0.00
November 7	46	26	0.13
November 8	42	29	0.00
November 9	45	23	0.00
November 10	53	30	0.21
November 11	40	26	0.00
November 12	45	26	0.00
November 13	51	27	0.00
November 14	47	31	0.00
November 15	58	27	0.00
November 16	65	37	0.00
November 17	55	31	0.00
November 18	55	33	0.00
November 19	45	33	0.00
November 20	36	28	0.00
November 21	41	30	0.00
November 22	40	31	0.00
November 23	38	29	0.00
November 24	41	32	0.00
November 25	37	24	0.00
November 26	44	20	0.00
November 27	45	27	0.00
November 28	54	23	0.00
November 29	48	23	0.00
November 30	44	35	0.06

December 1939 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	38	0.38	0.0
December 2	47	37	0.06	0.0
December 3	42	32	0.01	0.0
December 4	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	33	26	0.05	0.0
December 6	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	54	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	54	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	35	0.09	0.0
December 11	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	46	30	0.02	0.0
December 13	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 17	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 18	51	35	0.14	0.0
December 19	53	39	0.02	0.0
December 20	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 28	23	13	0.01	0.3
December 29	28	20	0.01	0.2
December 30	25	8	0.24	1.3
December 31	15	4	0.00	0.0

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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