Detroit Weather in 1956

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 13
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 15
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 23
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	August 4
Most daily snow	5.3 inches	March 23
Total annual precipitation	32.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1956 was 96 °F which happened on June 13.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 13
2	94 °F	Jul 27
2	94 °F	Jun 14
2	94 °F	Jun 12
5	92 °F	Jul 1
5	92 °F	Jun 21
7	90 °F	Aug 28
8	89 °F	Aug 17
8	89 °F	Jun 15
10	88 °F	Aug 16
10	88 °F	Aug 8
10	88 °F	Jun 23
10	88 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1956 was 7 °F which happened on Jan 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 23
2	8 °F	January 24
3	9 °F	January 25
4	10 °F	February 1
5	11 °F	December 30
5	11 °F	January 26
5	11 °F	January 22
8	12 °F	November 23
8	12 °F	February 23
8	12 °F	February 3

January 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	27	0.20	2.0
January 3	36	32	0.08	0.0
January 4	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 7	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	26	17	0.01	0.1
January 10	36	26	0.07	0.0
January 11	35	31	0.08	1.0
January 12	31	27	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	27	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	21	0.22	2.9
January 20	29	23	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	24	0.06	0.8
January 22	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	21	0.07	0.1
January 29	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	22	0.30	4.1
January 31	29	17	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	10	0.03	0.3
February 2	32	19	0.24	2.9
February 3	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	21	0.20	0.0
February 7	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	45	32	0.01	0.0
February 9	35	32	0.21	2.0
February 10	37	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	29	0.16	1.1
February 12	34	29	0.03	0.3
February 13	37	28	0.01	0.1
February 14	49	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	32	23	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	18	0.10	1.2
February 17	34	22	0.22	1.3
February 18	34	24	0.34	1.4
February 19	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	15	0.00	0.0
February 23	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 24	47	22	0.33	0.0
February 25	50	24	0.41	0.0
February 26	45	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 29	33	18	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	55	27	0.03	0.0
March 2	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 4	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	36	0.67	0.0
March 6	43	36	0.56	0.0
March 7	41	32	0.44	0.0
March 8	35	22	0.06	0.4
March 9	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	32	24	0.02	0.4
March 13	39	26	0.02	0.2
March 14	33	27	0.20	3.0
March 15	33	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	28	18	0.09	1.4
March 17	27	17	0.17	1.6
March 18	32	20	0.03	0.3
March 19	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 20	36	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	33	0.03	0.0
March 23	34	27	0.55	5.3
March 24	29	16	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	14	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	34	29	0.70	0.7
March 29	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	45	27	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	71	38	0.43	0.0
April 3	72	54	0.05	0.0
April 4	64	41	0.00	0.0
April 5	65	39	0.00	0.0
April 6	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 7	47	32	0.24	0.2
April 8	45	31	0.03	0.3
April 9	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	49	29	0.00	0.0
April 11	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	66	35	0.00	0.0
April 13	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	66	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	44	35	0.05	0.0
April 17	45	33	0.04	0.2
April 18	41	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	47	27	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 23	46	28	0.00	0.0
April 24	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 25	52	35	0.12	0.0
April 26	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 27	74	43	0.59	0.0
April 28	71	38	0.81	0.0
April 29	60	38	1.42	0.0
April 30	50	37	0.00	0.0

May 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	34	0.00
May 2	60	44	0.22
May 3	66	42	0.00
May 4	56	40	0.19
May 5	59	45	0.04
May 6	54	42	0.36
May 7	53	36	0.00
May 8	53	34	0.00
May 9	64	39	1.75
May 10	65	46	0.09
May 11	79	48	0.48
May 12	81	63	0.66
May 13	82	66	0.92
May 14	75	56	0.00
May 15	61	49	0.23
May 16	52	36	0.03
May 17	52	42	0.52
May 18	62	42	0.00
May 19	60	42	0.00
May 20	60	36	0.03
May 21	81	47	0.00
May 22	86	56	0.33
May 23	58	38	0.05
May 24	53	35	0.00
May 25	64	41	0.00
May 26	74	50	0.00
May 27	75	52	0.00
May 28	68	46	0.00
May 29	79	51	0.00
May 30	87	70	0.09
May 31	76	53	0.04

June 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	54	42	0.00
June 2	55	46	0.00
June 3	54	45	0.28
June 4	68	52	0.01
June 5	67	51	0.00
June 6	74	50	0.00
June 7	83	52	0.00
June 8	78	59	0.00
June 9	84	56	0.00
June 10	87	63	0.00
June 11	88	61	0.00
June 12	94	73	0.00
June 13	96	71	0.00
June 14	94	74	0.00
June 15	89	74	0.02
June 16	82	69	0.02
June 17	82	67	0.20
June 18	76	60	0.65
June 19	76	59	0.00
June 20	80	63	0.00
June 21	92	69	0.00
June 22	87	68	0.00
June 23	88	70	0.00
June 24	83	65	0.26
June 25	73	59	0.00
June 26	81	55	0.17
June 27	80	64	0.00
June 28	72	56	0.00
June 29	76	53	0.00
June 30	84	62	0.00

July 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	70	0.00
July 2	81	68	0.00
July 3	79	62	0.00
July 4	73	63	0.00
July 5	70	61	0.00
July 6	82	62	0.00
July 7	85	64	0.01
July 8	86	69	0.13
July 9	77	60	0.00
July 10	82	59	0.00
July 11	86	60	0.00
July 12	77	64	0.23
July 13	84	65	0.02
July 14	81	61	0.00
July 15	81	61	0.11
July 16	81	62	0.00
July 17	75	61	0.00
July 18	77	54	0.00
July 19	77	58	0.00
July 20	78	65	0.10
July 21	83	63	0.00
July 22	82	63	0.31
July 23	83	63	0.00
July 24	86	64	0.00
July 25	83	66	0.15
July 26	83	67	0.02
July 27	94	70	0.00
July 28	83	63	0.03
July 29	73	57	0.00
July 30	76	56	0.00
July 31	71	65	0.09

August 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	61	0.00
August 2	76	56	0.00
August 3	76	54	0.00
August 4	83	63	3.65
August 5	76	68	0.35
August 6	76	66	0.01
August 7	84	62	0.00
August 8	88	66	0.00
August 9	82	69	0.12
August 10	84	63	0.00
August 11	84	61	0.26
August 12	78	60	0.00
August 13	83	68	0.03
August 14	84	65	0.00
August 15	80	65	0.01
August 16	88	68	0.00
August 17	89	71	0.00
August 18	83	69	0.19
August 19	73	60	0.00
August 20	69	54	0.00
August 21	72	51	0.00
August 22	74	58	0.02
August 23	73	55	0.85
August 24	73	50	0.00
August 25	76	52	0.00
August 26	75	55	0.02
August 27	85	62	0.29
August 28	90	71	0.00
August 29	84	69	0.07
August 30	82	68	0.66
August 31	87	68	0.00

September 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	63	0.08
September 2	77	56	0.00
September 3	78	54	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	85	61	0.00
September 6	74	53	0.00
September 7	65	47	0.00
September 8	65	44	0.00
September 9	65	44	0.00
September 10	69	50	0.12
September 11	76	58	0.07
September 12	79	56	0.00
September 13	83	64	0.00
September 14	77	51	0.00
September 15	59	50	0.00
September 16	71	52	0.15
September 17	66	51	0.00
September 18	63	43	0.00
September 19	57	44	0.08
September 20	54	36	0.00
September 21	61	36	0.02
September 22	74	52	0.00
September 23	71	51	0.00
September 24	71	47	0.00
September 25	68	45	0.00
September 26	65	50	0.00
September 27	66	44	0.00
September 28	70	42	0.00
September 29	75	54	0.00
September 30	64	47	0.06

October 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	40	0.00
October 2	76	54	0.00
October 3	70	45	0.00
October 4	76	48	0.00
October 5	62	43	0.00
October 6	71	43	0.36
October 7	58	45	0.00
October 8	76	45	0.00
October 9	54	40	0.00
October 10	53	33	0.00
October 11	57	33	0.00
October 12	70	47	0.00
October 13	80	55	0.00
October 14	80	58	0.00
October 15	80	57	0.00
October 16	79	59	0.00
October 17	81	51	0.00
October 18	65	49	0.00
October 19	62	47	0.00
October 20	70	48	0.00
October 21	71	56	0.08
October 22	69	51	0.00
October 23	73	46	0.00
October 24	55	42	0.00
October 25	63	48	0.00
October 26	57	49	0.16
October 27	59	41	0.00
October 28	63	38	0.00
October 29	68	49	0.00
October 30	73	47	0.00
October 31	69	54	0.01

November 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	55	1.21	0.0
November 2	68	48	0.00	0.0
November 3	59	53	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	54	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	48	0.08	0.0
November 7	58	44	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	36	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	36	0.00	0.0
November 13	49	35	0.00	0.0
November 14	67	45	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	51	0.41	0.0
November 16	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 19	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	40	0.35	0.0
November 21	55	32	0.75	0.1
November 22	32	15	0.09	1.3
November 23	25	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	17	0.00	0.0
November 25	32	25	0.31	3.8
November 26	34	25	0.06	0.6
November 27	30	19	0.00	0.0
November 28	34	26	0.01	0.1
November 29	33	19	0.00	0.1
November 30	27	20	0.05	0.7

December 1956 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	26	0.01	0.1
December 2	40	31	0.02	0.3
December 3	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	58	38	0.24	0.0
December 6	62	50	0.30	0.0
December 7	50	36	0.08	0.0
December 8	37	29	0.21	2.5
December 9	32	23	0.01	0.1
December 10	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	28	0.04	0.0
December 15	45	36	0.22	0.0
December 16	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	39	34	0.15	0.0
December 21	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	37	0.57	0.0
December 23	48	36	0.07	0.0
December 24	47	33	0.04	0.0
December 25	33	25	0.03	0.3
December 26	34	28	0.19	2.1
December 27	39	31	0.01	0.0
December 28	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 29	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	11	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	18	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