Detroit Weather in 1949

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1949 based on NOAA data.

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1949 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 4
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 4
Lowest daily high	19 °F	January 30
Most daily precipitation	3.3 inches	October 11
Most daily snow	2.8 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	37.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1949?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1949 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 4
1	97 °F	Jul 3
3	94 °F	Aug 10
3	94 °F	Aug 9
3	94 °F	Jul 25
6	93 °F	Aug 26
6	93 °F	Jul 27
6	93 °F	Jul 2
6	93 °F	Jun 26
6	93 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1949?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1949 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 30
2	8 °F	January 29
3	9 °F	February 6
4	10 °F	November 26
4	10 °F	February 11
6	12 °F	February 2
7	13 °F	December 15
7	13 °F	March 19
7	13 °F	March 1
7	13 °F	January 20

January 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	29	0.05	0.0
January 5	49	30	0.36	0.0
January 6	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	35	0.00	0.0
January 9	55	37	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	28	0.01	0.0
January 11	28	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	40	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	48	31	0.23	0.0
January 16	55	35	0.07	0.0
January 17	35	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	55	27	0.77	0.0
January 19	56	15	0.12	0.0
January 20	27	13	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	25	0.10	0.1
January 24	43	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	27	0.01	0.0
January 26	28	24	0.34	2.8
January 27	32	23	0.47	0.0
January 28	39	24	0.11	0.0
January 29	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	14	0.10	1.7

February 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	20	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	33	15	0.22	1.9
February 4	34	29	0.12	0.8
February 5	29	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	9	0.03	0.0
February 7	35	15	0.00	0.0
February 8	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	15	0.02	0.2
February 11	28	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	51	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	35	0.51	0.0
February 14	37	33	0.64	0.0
February 15	50	28	0.56	0.0
February 16	38	24	0.01	0.0
February 17	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 19	46	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	24	0.13	0.0
February 22	41	31	0.11	0.0
February 23	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	46	35	0.25	0.0
February 25	42	26	0.01	0.0
February 26	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	25	0.04	0.0
February 28	33	14	0.03	0.2

March 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	13	0.01	0.1
March 2	32	22	0.00	0.0
March 3	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 5	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	29	25	0.07	1.3
March 11	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	21	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	27	18	0.00	0.0
March 16	30	18	0.02	0.4
March 17	38	15	0.00	0.0
March 18	31	19	0.01	0.3
March 19	27	13	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 21	67	39	0.00	0.0
March 22	58	45	0.42	0.0
March 23	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	73	37	0.11	0.0
March 26	49	42	0.10	0.0
March 27	68	42	0.01	0.0
March 28	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	72	41	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	36	0.33	0.0
March 31	40	33	1.52	0.0

April 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 3	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	54	29	0.00	0.0
April 5	48	33	0.25	0.0
April 6	53	37	0.15	0.0
April 7	51	38	0.11	0.0
April 8	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	62	38	0.00	0.0
April 12	70	39	0.00	0.0
April 13	73	44	0.00	0.0
April 14	56	39	0.09	0.0
April 15	50	31	0.79	0.2
April 16	44	29	0.01	0.1
April 17	47	29	0.06	0.0
April 18	43	36	0.14	0.0
April 19	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 20	64	36	0.00	0.0
April 21	70	49	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	54	0.32	0.0
April 23	64	40	0.06	0.0
April 24	46	35	0.02	0.0
April 25	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	77	53	0.03	0.0
April 27	73	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	71	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	74	46	0.00	0.0

May 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	57	0.52
May 2	73	56	0.21
May 3	84	55	0.00
May 4	89	63	0.07
May 5	89	70	0.00
May 6	90	55	0.08
May 7	61	47	0.00
May 8	70	41	0.00
May 9	63	44	0.00
May 10	53	37	0.00
May 11	56	33	0.00
May 12	68	45	0.00
May 13	82	51	0.00
May 14	75	47	0.00
May 15	71	44	0.00
May 16	78	56	0.00
May 17	84	60	0.00
May 18	88	66	0.16
May 19	80	42	1.68
May 20	59	42	0.04
May 21	65	39	0.06
May 22	73	57	1.14
May 23	75	55	0.00
May 24	66	47	0.00
May 25	59	39	0.00
May 26	57	40	0.00
May 27	57	41	0.00
May 28	60	44	0.00
May 29	67	41	0.00
May 30	75	50	0.00
May 31	80	58	0.00

June 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	55	0.00
June 2	87	58	0.00
June 3	88	66	0.00
June 4	87	69	0.00
June 5	78	58	0.00
June 6	84	54	0.00
June 7	67	44	0.00
June 8	62	39	0.00
June 9	72	43	0.00
June 10	80	50	0.00
June 11	88	65	0.00
June 12	88	69	0.00
June 13	88	69	0.03
June 14	87	67	0.16
June 15	78	62	0.81
June 16	78	60	0.22
June 17	73	68	0.09
June 18	85	68	0.00
June 19	86	69	0.00
June 20	91	68	0.00
June 21	87	70	0.21
June 22	84	62	0.00
June 23	86	60	0.00
June 24	93	71	0.00
June 25	84	72	0.19
June 26	93	72	0.00
June 27	86	70	0.00
June 28	90	67	0.00
June 29	90	72	0.14
June 30	90	71	0.00

July 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	73	0.16
July 2	93	75	0.00
July 3	97	70	0.00
July 4	97	77	0.00
July 5	89	73	0.21
July 6	86	70	1.08
July 7	81	66	0.00
July 8	85	68	0.00
July 9	90	74	0.45
July 10	81	61	0.00
July 11	74	56	0.00
July 12	78	58	0.00
July 13	81	64	0.00
July 14	67	58	0.05
July 15	81	55	0.00
July 16	84	60	0.00
July 17	78	65	0.00
July 18	87	67	0.00
July 19	90	73	0.00
July 20	84	66	0.00
July 21	85	68	0.21
July 22	86	68	0.67
July 23	81	61	0.00
July 24	89	65	0.02
July 25	94	72	0.24
July 26	91	76	0.00
July 27	93	72	0.16
July 28	90	72	1.57
July 29	88	76	0.00
July 30	77	64	0.03
July 31	77	58	0.00

August 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	58	0.00
August 2	71	63	0.33
August 3	83	65	0.03
August 4	81	60	0.00
August 5	81	60	0.00
August 6	87	61	0.00
August 7	85	66	0.50
August 8	92	69	0.00
August 9	94	71	0.00
August 10	94	72	0.02
August 11	81	69	1.01
August 12	80	66	0.03
August 13	84	65	0.00
August 14	84	66	0.00
August 15	84	65	0.00
August 16	83	70	0.00
August 17	77	65	1.41
August 18	79	58	0.00
August 19	67	53	0.00
August 20	70	48	0.00
August 21	76	50	0.00
August 22	80	54	0.00
August 23	86	57	0.00
August 24	78	62	0.00
August 25	87	57	0.00
August 26	93	70	0.00
August 27	89	70	0.04
August 28	78	65	0.28
August 29	77	61	0.00
August 30	75	54	0.00
August 31	77	56	0.75

September 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	64	50	0.00
September 2	73	50	0.00
September 3	83	55	0.00
September 4	83	65	0.13
September 5	79	56	0.18
September 6	67	50	0.01
September 7	63	55	0.34
September 8	65	51	0.00
September 9	67	45	0.00
September 10	73	51	0.00
September 11	76	58	0.00
September 12	77	63	0.00
September 13	70	49	0.24
September 14	59	44	0.00
September 15	67	47	0.00
September 16	72	48	0.00
September 17	74	53	0.00
September 18	71	57	0.93
September 19	66	54	0.00
September 20	65	52	0.00
September 21	71	51	0.00
September 22	68	50	0.02
September 23	58	44	0.00
September 24	57	41	0.00
September 25	70	44	0.00
September 26	73	51	0.00
September 27	70	57	0.00
September 28	58	43	0.05
September 29	57	38	0.00
September 30	71	39	0.00

October 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	42	0.00
October 2	77	52	0.00
October 3	65	60	0.05
October 4	75	56	0.10
October 5	64	48	0.00
October 6	69	54	1.27
October 7	79	62	0.03
October 8	83	58	0.00
October 9	86	64	0.00
October 10	84	65	0.00
October 11	75	60	3.27
October 12	60	46	0.28
October 13	66	42	0.00
October 14	67	43	0.00
October 15	61	46	0.00
October 16	65	40	0.00
October 17	68	45	0.00
October 18	67	49	0.00
October 19	69	42	0.00
October 20	76	52	0.00
October 21	68	62	0.35
October 22	68	46	0.15
October 23	64	44	0.00
October 24	48	37	0.00
October 25	54	36	0.00
October 26	49	35	0.00
October 27	53	32	0.00
October 28	65	38	0.00
October 29	66	45	0.00
October 30	64	49	0.00
October 31	49	31	0.00

November 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 2	56	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	40	34	0.01	0.0
November 4	37	33	0.07	0.0
November 5	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 6	50	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	36	0.00	0.0
November 8	64	43	0.00	0.0
November 9	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	49	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	49	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	47	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	44	0.07	0.0
November 14	46	40	0.06	0.0
November 15	42	33	0.05	0.0
November 16	40	33	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	33	0.13	0.8
November 18	40	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	43	32	0.07	0.2
November 20	41	30	0.03	0.3
November 21	31	19	0.02	0.2
November 22	32	17	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	25	0.00	0.0
November 24	35	26	0.56	2.6
November 25	32	16	0.00	0.0
November 26	31	10	0.10	1.1
November 27	34	30	0.05	0.3
November 28	40	30	0.01	0.0
November 29	43	35	0.00	0.0
November 30	44	30	0.00	0.0

December 1949 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	27	0.17	1.7
December 2	29	17	0.03	0.3
December 3	37	18	0.04	0.0
December 4	42	32	0.06	0.0
December 5	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	34	22	0.21	2.0
December 7	37	22	0.03	0.0
December 8	26	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	37	24	0.01	0.0
December 11	58	36	0.42	0.0
December 12	61	30	0.03	0.0
December 13	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	25	16	0.00	0.0
December 15	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	26	0.01	0.0
December 18	42	36	0.38	0.0
December 19	38	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	55	36	0.42	0.0
December 21	57	49	0.73	0.0
December 22	55	29	0.29	0.0
December 23	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	19	0.03	0.7
December 25	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	39	0.39	0.0
December 27	48	32	0.10	0.0
December 28	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	31	0.16	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