Detroit Weather in 1959

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 22
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 28
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 23
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	October 6
Most daily snow	3.6 inches	November 12
Total annual precipitation	36.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	39.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 was 93 °F which happened on August 22.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 22
2	92 °F	Sep 8
2	92 °F	Aug 25
2	92 °F	Aug 20
2	92 °F	Aug 14
6	91 °F	Sep 9
6	91 °F	Aug 26
6	91 °F	Aug 24
6	91 °F	Aug 23
6	91 °F	Aug 15
6	91 °F	Jul 30
6	91 °F	Jun 29
6	91 °F	Jun 28
6	91 °F	Jun 25

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 5
2	-3 °F	February 2
3	-1 °F	January 26
3	-1 °F	January 6
5	0 °F	January 18
6	1 °F	February 20
6	1 °F	January 27
8	2 °F	February 19
9	3 °F	February 1
9	3 °F	January 23
9	3 °F	January 4

January 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	31	0.27	0.0
January 2	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	20	0.07	0.5
January 4	22	3	0.14	2.1
January 5	11	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	13	0.00	0.0
January 9	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	23	0.05	0.0
January 15	37	27	0.01	0.1
January 16	27	10	0.12	1.7
January 17	16	6	0.03	0.3
January 18	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	7	0.17	2.3
January 20	31	5	0.40	2.1
January 21	35	25	0.90	0.0
January 22	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	9	3	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	6	0.11	1.6
January 25	36	15	0.23	2.7
January 26	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	9	0.21	0.0
January 30	39	22	0.08	0.0
January 31	22	7	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	3	0.00	0.0
February 2	19	-3	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	10	0.23	0.0
February 4	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	17	9	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	16	0.53	0.0
February 10	37	21	0.37	0.0
February 11	23	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	42	18	0.02	0.0
February 13	40	31	0.07	0.0
February 14	39	31	0.30	0.0
February 15	32	25	0.02	0.1
February 16	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	26	0.05	0.5
February 18	27	11	0.04	0.4
February 19	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 20	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	31	0.31	2.0
February 24	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	28	0.05	0.0
February 27	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	39	33	0.00	0.0

March 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	30	0.02	0.2
March 4	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	27	0.36	0.0
March 6	41	26	0.59	0.2
March 7	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	19	0.23	1.8
March 9	35	21	0.02	0.2
March 10	37	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	21	0.05	1.0
March 14	39	30	0.10	0.0
March 15	52	27	0.22	0.1
March 16	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	20	0.16	3.1
March 18	37	13	0.00	0.0
March 19	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	43	15	0.00	0.0
March 22	32	10	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	42	35	0.29	0.0
March 27	40	24	0.24	0.2
March 28	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	25	0.07	0.0
March 30	45	36	0.02	0.0
March 31	62	38	0.04	0.0

April 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	35	1.21
April 2	52	35	0.02
April 3	53	37	0.42
April 4	52	34	0.00
April 5	61	43	0.03
April 6	56	35	0.00
April 7	72	35	0.43
April 8	55	40	0.15
April 9	47	37	0.06
April 10	40	35	0.01
April 11	45	33	0.00
April 12	45	31	0.00
April 13	50	27	0.00
April 14	66	33	0.00
April 15	70	38	0.00
April 16	73	47	0.00
April 17	77	49	0.00
April 18	73	48	0.00
April 19	48	35	0.08
April 20	49	34	0.16
April 21	52	28	0.00
April 22	60	29	0.00
April 23	65	34	0.00
April 24	66	43	0.03
April 25	74	47	0.03
April 26	52	37	0.26
April 27	50	38	0.10
April 28	63	43	1.06
April 29	70	46	0.35
April 30	57	40	0.03

May 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	34	0.00
May 2	80	43	0.00
May 3	71	53	0.00
May 4	74	54	0.05
May 5	80	50	0.00
May 6	85	52	0.02
May 7	71	45	0.00
May 8	61	39	0.00
May 9	66	38	0.00
May 10	77	53	0.06
May 11	74	58	0.49
May 12	75	60	0.02
May 13	71	47	0.08
May 14	51	42	0.00
May 15	49	37	0.00
May 16	56	33	0.01
May 17	63	39	0.00
May 18	72	41	0.00
May 19	85	60	0.53
May 20	83	62	1.21
May 21	81	65	0.05
May 22	75	50	0.09
May 23	60	50	0.21
May 24	68	49	0.00
May 25	69	45	0.00
May 26	79	59	0.13
May 27	84	66	0.00
May 28	82	59	0.00
May 29	83	65	0.25
May 30	76	62	0.00
May 31	81	61	0.00

June 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	52	0.00
June 2	70	46	0.00
June 3	79	47	0.00
June 4	82	55	0.00
June 5	83	55	0.00
June 6	80	59	0.00
June 7	83	53	0.00
June 8	90	61	0.00
June 9	90	65	0.00
June 10	87	69	0.00
June 11	83	68	1.01
June 12	86	68	0.09
June 13	68	52	0.00
June 14	71	45	0.00
June 15	73	49	0.00
June 16	73	53	0.00
June 17	72	47	0.00
June 18	71	50	0.00
June 19	80	49	0.00
June 20	82	58	0.00
June 21	85	55	0.02
June 22	69	54	0.15
June 23	72	50	0.00
June 24	74	58	0.16
June 25	91	61	0.00
June 26	82	69	0.28
June 27	90	72	0.00
June 28	91	75	0.00
June 29	91	69	0.13
June 30	77	53	0.28

July 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	58	0.13
July 2	80	51	0.00
July 3	82	58	0.00
July 4	83	58	0.00
July 5	87	67	0.00
July 6	80	58	0.00
July 7	82	54	0.00
July 8	87	57	0.00
July 9	85	67	0.00
July 10	87	57	0.10
July 11	82	62	0.16
July 12	80	55	0.00
July 13	83	55	0.00
July 14	84	59	0.00
July 15	85	58	0.00
July 16	88	62	0.00
July 17	85	62	0.10
July 18	82	69	0.38
July 19	86	62	0.02
July 20	80	62	0.36
July 21	83	59	0.00
July 22	88	65	0.00
July 23	82	71	0.14
July 24	83	61	0.00
July 25	76	55	0.00
July 26	85	56	0.00
July 27	86	60	0.00
July 28	87	66	0.00
July 29	82	73	0.50
July 30	91	74	0.01
July 31	85	67	0.00

August 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	60	0.00
August 2	77	50	0.00
August 3	77	53	0.02
August 4	82	63	0.28
August 5	88	65	0.00
August 6	86	62	0.00
August 7	76	65	0.76
August 8	82	63	0.00
August 9	74	62	0.00
August 10	80	59	0.00
August 11	83	58	0.00
August 12	89	65	0.00
August 13	89	70	0.00
August 14	92	68	0.00
August 15	91	72	0.00
August 16	86	69	0.78
August 17	84	70	0.10
August 18	85	68	0.00
August 19	85	63	0.00
August 20	92	65	0.00
August 21	90	71	1.10
August 22	93	72	0.00
August 23	91	73	0.05
August 24	91	71	0.00
August 25	92	69	0.00
August 26	91	71	0.24
August 27	86	68	0.11
August 28	88	71	0.14
August 29	85	68	0.96
August 30	86	69	0.03
August 31	79	64	0.00

September 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	62	0.56
September 2	81	66	0.12
September 3	82	59	0.00
September 4	84	57	0.00
September 5	85	58	0.00
September 6	89	61	0.00
September 7	90	68	0.00
September 8	92	70	0.00
September 9	91	72	0.00
September 10	76	52	0.02
September 11	65	49	0.00
September 12	73	43	0.00
September 13	75	48	0.00
September 14	74	46	0.00
September 15	60	45	0.00
September 16	56	39	0.00
September 17	59	33	0.00
September 18	66	36	0.00
September 19	67	40	0.00
September 20	81	52	0.00
September 21	86	63	0.08
September 22	81	66	0.05
September 23	88	69	0.22
September 24	69	58	0.36
September 25	74	52	0.00
September 26	76	63	0.08
September 27	78	60	0.40
September 28	86	65	1.40
September 29	72	53	0.10
September 30	65	51	0.00

October 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	52	0.00
October 2	71	48	0.00
October 3	82	62	0.00
October 4	67	57	0.06
October 5	72	59	0.34
October 6	68	60	2.11
October 7	67	56	0.01
October 8	71	54	0.00
October 9	67	44	0.16
October 10	65	40	0.38
October 11	62	40	0.24
October 12	47	42	0.00
October 13	48	41	0.00
October 14	49	41	0.00
October 15	55	37	0.00
October 16	68	45	0.00
October 17	52	36	0.00
October 18	57	31	0.00
October 19	58	27	0.00
October 20	62	39	0.00
October 21	52	34	0.00
October 22	64	34	0.00
October 23	61	54	0.42
October 24	57	44	0.08
October 25	48	40	0.00
October 26	45	39	0.12
October 27	41	33	0.01
October 28	40	32	0.00
October 29	51	30	0.00
October 30	57	40	0.00
October 31	51	47	0.21

November 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	40	0.00	0.0
November 2	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	46	0.85	0.0
November 5	69	45	0.08	0.0
November 6	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 10	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	54	29	0.11	0.0
November 12	35	23	0.32	3.6
November 13	38	30	0.63	1.6
November 14	37	24	0.60	0.0
November 15	37	19	0.00	0.0
November 16	42	31	0.05	0.0
November 17	32	12	0.00	0.0
November 18	32	10	0.00	0.0
November 19	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 21	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	56	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	57	39	0.00	0.0
November 24	42	34	0.13	0.0
November 25	35	24	0.02	0.2
November 26	32	23	0.00	0.0
November 27	35	27	0.13	2.7
November 28	35	27	0.07	1.5
November 29	30	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	36	24	0.00	0.0

December 1959 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	31	0.09	1.7
December 2	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	33	0.22	0.0
December 6	35	29	0.07	0.0
December 7	35	24	0.05	0.5
December 8	38	27	0.09	1.0
December 9	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	45	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	35	0.62	0.0
December 12	43	35	0.53	0.0
December 13	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 16	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	31	17	0.02	0.1
December 21	27	23	0.13	1.6
December 22	24	6	0.00	0.0
December 23	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	26	0.03	0.3
December 25	37	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	48	35	0.03	0.0
December 27	54	44	0.29	0.0
December 28	52	30	0.42	0.0
December 29	31	25	0.06	0.3
December 30	29	21	0.11	1.6
December 31	32	14	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