Detroit Weather in 1942

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1942 based on NOAA data.

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1942 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 18
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 7
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 18
Lowest daily high	2 °F	January 7
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	May 15
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	April 11
Total annual precipitation	33.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1942?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1942 was 97 °F which happened on July 18.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 18
2	95 °F	Jul 17
2	95 °F	Jun 30
4	92 °F	Jul 13
4	92 °F	May 30
6	91 °F	Aug 20
6	91 °F	Jul 19
8	89 °F	Aug 23
8	89 °F	Aug 21
10	88 °F	Sep 2
10	88 °F	Aug 30
10	88 °F	Aug 22
10	88 °F	Aug 19
10	88 °F	Jul 27
10	88 °F	Jun 20

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1942?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1942 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 7
2	-6 °F	January 8
3	-4 °F	January 10
4	-2 °F	December 20
5	0 °F	February 19
5	0 °F	January 6
7	3 °F	January 5
8	5 °F	February 3
9	6 °F	January 9
10	7 °F	December 19
10	7 °F	February 18
10	7 °F	February 2
10	7 °F	January 13

January 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	32	0.52	0.0
January 2	37	18	0.00	0.4
January 3	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	13	3	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	0	0.00	0.5
January 7	2	-7	0.00	0.0
January 8	8	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	6	0.00	0.3
January 10	14	-4	0.00	0.0
January 11	24	12	0.12	0.9
January 12	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	43	17	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	37	0.03	0.0
January 19	37	31	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	52	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	35	31	0.00	0.3
January 27	36	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	36	26	0.30	0.0
January 31	41	25	0.43	0.0

February 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	15	7	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	24	0.40	1.6
February 5	36	33	0.20	1.1
February 6	34	33	0.40	1.8
February 7	33	25	0.10	1.0
February 8	25	13	0.00	1.3
February 9	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	18	0.20	2.6
February 11	23	12	0.10	1.9
February 12	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	32	11	0.27	0.0
February 15	35	27	0.32	4.0
February 16	37	32	0.42	0.0
February 17	37	18	0.05	0.0
February 18	18	7	0.01	0.0
February 19	11	0	0.02	0.5
February 20	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	24	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 23	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 24	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	24	0.07	0.7
February 28	33	26	0.02	0.1

March 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	28	0.06	0.5
March 3	35	28	0.00	0.5
March 4	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	46	31	0.02	0.0
March 6	39	30	0.02	1.0
March 7	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	39	0.80	0.0
March 9	47	26	0.13	2.0
March 10	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	30	0.29	0.0
March 12	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	32	0.01	0.0
March 15	38	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	33	0.98	0.0
March 17	55	39	0.93	0.0
March 18	41	34	0.07	0.0
March 19	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	36	0.19	0.0
March 22	36	31	0.02	0.0
March 23	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	56	37	0.08	0.0
March 28	40	30	0.14	1.5
March 29	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	38	33	0.05	0.7
March 31	44	32	0.00	0.0

April 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	68	41	0.00	0.0
April 3	49	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 6	75	39	0.30	0.0
April 7	45	37	0.56	0.0
April 8	46	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	43	33	0.21	0.0
April 10	36	32	0.53	2.0
April 11	44	31	0.35	4.0
April 12	46	29	0.00	0.0
April 13	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	67	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	78	55	0.00	0.0
April 16	81	50	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	43	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	47	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	37	0.00	0.0
April 22	64	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	74	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	78	43	0.00	0.0
April 25	80	51	0.00	0.0
April 26	81	48	0.00	0.0
April 27	78	59	0.00	0.0
April 28	80	53	0.00	0.0
April 29	77	49	0.00	0.0
April 30	86	56	0.00	0.0

May 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	84	61	0.00	n/a
May 2	81	60	0.01	n/a
May 3	80	58	0.33	n/a
May 4	58	46	0.00	n/a
May 5	58	41	0.00	n/a
May 6	54	47	0.02	n/a
May 7	50	43	0.02	n/a
May 8	69	39	0.00	n/a
May 9	71	39	0.32	n/a
May 10	57	34	0.00	n/a
May 11	59	43	0.12	n/a
May 12	72	51	0.02	n/a
May 13	78	51	0.00	n/a
May 14	72	52	0.08	n/a
May 15	52	44	1.54	n/a
May 16	52	45	0.02	n/a
May 17	64	43	0.00	n/a
May 18	62	51	0.01	n/a
May 19	72	50	0.00	n/a
May 20	58	47	0.00	n/a
May 21	65	42	0.00	n/a
May 22	62	48	0.11	n/a
May 23	68	51	0.02	n/a
May 24	64	49	0.01	n/a
May 25	67	46	0.00	n/a
May 26	77	49	0.00	n/a
May 27	61	51	0.00	n/a
May 28	75	44	0.00	n/a
May 29	77	58	0.30	n/a
May 30	92	62	0.60	n/a
May 31	79	63	0.49	n/a

June 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	79	56	0.00	n/a
June 2	77	59	0.03	n/a
June 3	73	62	0.00	n/a
June 4	79	63	0.00	n/a
June 5	84	57	0.00	n/a
June 6	79	59	0.20	n/a
June 7	83	60	0.01	n/a
June 8	63	52	0.00	n/a
June 9	73	51	0.00	n/a
June 10	80	61	0.00	n/a
June 11	85	70	0.24	n/a
June 12	86	67	0.05	n/a
June 13	76	62	0.00	n/a
June 14	78	51	0.01	n/a
June 15	62	44	0.00	n/a
June 16	68	53	0.00	n/a
June 17	70	54	0.00	n/a
June 18	76	52	0.00	n/a
June 19	80	51	0.00	n/a
June 20	88	60	0.33	n/a
June 21	81	62	0.00	n/a
June 22	80	59	0.00	n/a
June 23	80	54	0.00	n/a
June 24	66	48	0.06	n/a
June 25	70	49	0.00	n/a
June 26	71	60	0.00	n/a
June 27	84	55	0.00	n/a
June 28	80	59	0.00	n/a
June 29	82	65	0.00	n/a
June 30	95	69	0.00	n/a

July 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	81	59	0.00	n/a
July 2	71	50	0.00	n/a
July 3	79	63	0.06	n/a
July 4	74	62	0.01	n/a
July 5	85	59	0.00	n/a
July 6	73	59	0.04	n/a
July 7	77	51	0.00	n/a
July 8	75	55	0.00	n/a
July 9	75	55	0.00	n/a
July 10	73	63	0.06	n/a
July 11	83	63	0.00	n/a
July 12	87	59	0.00	n/a
July 13	92	71	0.00	n/a
July 14	81	65	0.00	n/a
July 15	80	57	0.00	n/a
July 16	81	65	0.39	n/a
July 17	95	70	0.00	n/a
July 18	97	80	0.00	n/a
July 19	91	77	0.70	n/a
July 20	81	67	0.00	n/a
July 21	80	64	0.58	n/a
July 22	81	64	0.00	n/a
July 23	80	59	0.00	n/a
July 24	83	62	0.00	n/a
July 25	85	63	0.00	n/a
July 26	83	71	0.00	n/a
July 27	88	67	0.00	n/a
July 28	84	66	0.03	n/a
July 29	80	66	0.98	n/a
July 30	78	64	0.20	n/a
July 31	87	70	0.25	n/a

August 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	86	64	0.00	n/a
August 2	79	66	0.48	n/a
August 3	82	60	0.00	n/a
August 4	76	58	0.00	n/a
August 5	76	58	0.00	n/a
August 6	76	57	0.00	n/a
August 7	76	65	0.00	n/a
August 8	74	66	0.93	n/a
August 9	74	62	0.75	n/a
August 10	76	60	0.31	n/a
August 11	78	58	0.00	n/a
August 12	75	56	0.00	n/a
August 13	77	58	0.00	n/a
August 14	82	64	0.00	n/a
August 15	86	66	0.02	n/a
August 16	85	66	0.07	n/a
August 17	78	56	0.00	n/a
August 18	80	51	0.00	n/a
August 19	88	52	0.00	n/a
August 20	91	55	0.00	n/a
August 21	89	67	0.00	n/a
August 22	88	72	0.98	n/a
August 23	89	58	0.00	n/a
August 24	71	46	0.00	n/a
August 25	75	44	0.00	n/a
August 26	80	50	0.00	n/a
August 27	85	58	0.40	n/a
August 28	86	65	0.33	n/a
August 29	87	60	0.00	n/a
August 30	88	61	0.00	n/a
August 31	81	63	0.00	n/a

September 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	81	62	0.00	n/a
September 2	88	61	0.41	n/a
September 3	70	52	0.09	n/a
September 4	72	49	0.00	n/a
September 5	73	53	0.00	n/a
September 6	71	55	0.00	n/a
September 7	79	56	0.00	n/a
September 8	78	69	0.60	n/a
September 9	80	69	0.10	n/a
September 10	70	63	0.05	n/a
September 11	80	60	0.00	n/a
September 12	80	59	0.00	n/a
September 13	75	51	0.00	n/a
September 14	83	58	0.20	n/a
September 15	81	65	0.12	n/a
September 16	82	66	0.01	n/a
September 17	84	68	0.00	n/a
September 18	84	68	0.00	n/a
September 19	79	54	0.75	n/a
September 20	60	45	0.00	n/a
September 21	61	40	0.00	n/a
September 22	58	45	0.00	n/a
September 23	61	39	0.10	n/a
September 24	55	42	0.00	n/a
September 25	50	37	0.44	n/a
September 26	68	43	0.26	n/a
September 27	51	37	0.17	n/a
September 28	50	31	0.00	n/a
September 29	55	30	0.00	n/a
September 30	65	46	0.00	n/a

October 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	45	0.00
October 2	65	53	0.00
October 3	75	53	0.00
October 4	73	60	0.51
October 5	60	47	0.10
October 6	66	40	0.00
October 7	69	47	0.00
October 8	81	49	0.00
October 9	65	47	0.01
October 10	63	42	0.00
October 11	70	40	0.00
October 12	63	46	0.00
October 13	63	47	0.00
October 14	59	53	0.20
October 15	59	56	0.35
October 16	57	53	0.80
October 17	60	49	0.03
October 18	64	45	0.00
October 19	63	40	0.00
October 20	62	40	0.00
October 21	62	45	0.03
October 22	49	39	0.13
October 23	47	35	0.00
October 24	50	31	0.00
October 25	54	36	0.00
October 26	40	30	0.00
October 27	44	30	0.00
October 28	49	30	0.00
October 29	54	44	0.00
October 30	68	51	1.07
October 31	61	40	0.00

November 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	34	0.00	n/a
November 2	50	38	0.01	n/a
November 3	44	34	n/a	n/a
November 4	48	31	n/a	n/a
November 5	50	41	0.13	n/a
November 6	50	35	n/a	n/a
November 7	52	34	n/a	n/a
November 8	52	35	n/a	n/a
November 9	60	38	0.53	n/a
November 10	60	31	0.30	0.0
November 11	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	26	0.01	0.1
November 13	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	31	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	53	26	n/a	n/a
November 16	59	39	n/a	n/a
November 17	60	45	0.00	n/a
November 18	60	35	n/a	n/a
November 19	61	36	0.00	n/a
November 20	66	46	0.32	n/a
November 21	46	30	0.17	n/a
November 22	38	29	n/a	n/a
November 23	41	31	0.17	n/a
November 24	44	39	0.49	n/a
November 25	44	38	n/a	n/a
November 26	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 27	32	23	0.00	0.0
November 28	36	22	0.06	0.9
November 29	34	29	0.26	2.6
November 30	34	22	0.00	0.0

December 1942 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	24	0.04	0.2
December 2	26	14	0.02	0.2
December 3	20	10	0.00	0.0
December 4	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 5	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	32	18	n/a	n/a
December 7	32	15	n/a	n/a
December 8	36	10	n/a	n/a
December 9	36	19	n/a	n/a
December 10	35	30	0.40	2.2
December 11	34	22	0.01	0.1
December 12	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	20	9	0.00	0.0
December 14	26	9	0.00	0.0
December 15	29	19	0.04	0.8
December 16	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	27	18	0.19	2.7
December 18	27	17	0.01	0.1
December 19	18	7	n/a	n/a
December 20	15	-2	n/a	n/a
December 21	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	20	0.10	n/a
December 23	34	32	n/a	n/a
December 24	36	32	n/a	n/a
December 25	34	30	n/a	n/a
December 26	35	28	0.46	n/a
December 27	39	34	0.88	n/a
December 28	36	32	0.05	n/a
December 29	35	32	0.12	n/a
December 30	34	26	0.04	0.0
December 31	34	24	0.00	n/a

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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