Detroit Weather in 1960

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 1
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	December 23
Highest daily low	67 °F	August 29
Lowest daily high	4 °F	December 23
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	June 14
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	25.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1960 was 94 °F which happened on September 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 1
2	92 °F	Sep 8
3	91 °F	Sep 7
4	90 °F	Sep 4
4	90 °F	Jul 22
6	89 °F	Jul 29
6	89 °F	Jun 4
8	88 °F	Aug 26
9	87 °F	Aug 31
9	87 °F	Aug 28
9	87 °F	Aug 27
9	87 °F	Jul 28
9	87 °F	Jul 27
9	87 °F	Jul 11
9	87 °F	Jun 29
9	87 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1960 was -9 °F which happened on Dec 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	December 23
2	-4 °F	December 22
3	-2 °F	December 24
4	1 °F	December 13
5	3 °F	March 8
5	3 °F	March 6
7	4 °F	December 28
7	4 °F	December 21
7	4 °F	March 13
7	4 °F	March 1

January 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 2	39	27	0.22	0.0
January 3	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	14	0.01	0.0
January 5	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 7	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 9	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	52	28	1.30	0.0
January 13	54	33	0.11	0.0
January 14	37	33	0.01	0.0
January 15	34	23	0.29	0.1
January 16	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	25	0.00	0.0
January 18	34	28	0.19	2.5
January 19	31	23	0.01	0.1
January 20	25	16	0.01	0.1
January 21	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 22	29	11	0.03	0.3
January 23	25	19	0.06	0.7
January 24	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	11	0.02	0.2
January 26	30	22	0.01	0.2
January 27	37	28	0.40	0.7
January 28	35	33	0.01	0.0
January 29	36	31	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	26	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	24	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	16	0.02	0.2
February 3	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	18	0.03	0.0
February 5	45	33	0.37	0.0
February 6	38	31	0.12	0.0
February 7	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	30	0.25	2.0
February 10	48	30	0.55	0.0
February 11	43	23	0.01	0.1
February 12	27	18	0.01	0.1
February 13	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	16	0.00	0.1
February 16	41	28	0.02	0.2
February 17	39	30	0.03	0.3
February 18	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 19	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	23	0.15	1.4
February 22	32	24	0.06	0.6
February 23	32	16	0.02	0.2
February 24	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	27	20	0.54	6.2
February 26	31	23	0.01	0.1
February 27	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	27	13	0.06	0.6
February 29	28	11	0.00	0.0

March 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	4	0.00	0.0
March 2	27	6	0.00	0.0
March 3	22	15	0.18	1.5
March 4	20	9	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	7	0.01	0.2
March 6	26	3	0.00	0.0
March 7	27	8	0.12	1.4
March 8	30	3	0.00	0.0
March 9	24	9	0.00	0.0
March 10	31	15	0.00	0.0
March 11	24	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	28	7	0.00	0.0
March 13	34	4	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	19	0.01	0.2
March 15	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 16	34	22	0.21	2.4
March 17	34	27	0.11	1.0
March 18	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 20	33	26	0.01	0.1
March 21	30	14	0.06	0.7
March 22	32	21	0.07	1.1
March 23	30	14	0.01	0.2
March 24	32	16	0.03	0.4
March 25	27	7	0.00	0.0
March 26	37	22	0.02	0.4
March 27	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	71	50	0.06	0.0
March 31	50	33	0.02	0.0

April 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 2	57	35	0.02	0.0
April 3	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 4	45	35	0.01	0.0
April 5	37	27	0.02	0.0
April 6	36	23	0.05	0.0
April 7	48	32	0.02	0.0
April 8	47	29	0.01	0.1
April 9	42	27	0.06	0.0
April 10	45	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	30	0.01	0.0
April 12	67	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	80	44	0.00	0.0
April 14	71	58	0.04	0.0
April 15	70	49	0.11	0.0
April 16	69	45	0.32	0.0
April 17	72	42	0.25	0.0
April 18	50	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	54	29	0.00	0.0
April 20	69	35	0.00	0.0
April 21	68	50	0.10	0.0
April 22	81	43	0.00	0.0
April 23	84	58	0.00	0.0
April 24	85	60	0.00	0.0
April 25	79	48	0.00	0.0
April 26	59	43	0.11	0.0
April 27	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	55	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	59	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	41	0.67	0.0

May 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	33	0.00
May 2	69	40	0.00
May 3	73	44	0.00
May 4	78	46	0.00
May 5	80	51	0.00
May 6	73	61	0.10
May 7	65	44	0.01
May 8	52	40	0.00
May 9	44	36	0.46
May 10	48	35	0.17
May 11	43	39	0.04
May 12	49	40	0.00
May 13	55	42	0.01
May 14	64	45	0.04
May 15	82	41	0.00
May 16	79	46	0.00
May 17	74	53	0.12
May 18	71	49	0.00
May 19	74	55	0.34
May 20	82	61	0.03
May 21	72	58	0.11
May 22	66	55	0.10
May 23	66	53	0.00
May 24	69	45	0.00
May 25	69	44	0.00
May 26	72	49	0.00
May 27	73	59	0.22
May 28	72	56	0.13
May 29	71	54	0.00
May 30	70	54	0.88
May 31	77	54	0.00

June 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	52	0.00
June 2	74	60	0.38
June 3	80	53	0.00
June 4	89	56	0.80
June 5	76	54	0.00
June 6	67	46	0.00
June 7	69	52	0.00
June 8	72	44	0.00
June 9	72	44	0.00
June 10	78	47	0.00
June 11	87	58	0.00
June 12	71	57	0.28
June 13	63	57	1.02
June 14	70	60	1.75
June 15	78	58	0.44
June 16	82	62	1.23
June 17	70	52	0.02
June 18	66	48	0.00
June 19	80	57	0.00
June 20	73	50	0.00
June 21	75	60	0.00
June 22	78	61	0.29
June 23	80	66	0.04
June 24	73	57	0.00
June 25	82	51	0.00
June 26	80	53	0.00
June 27	84	57	0.00
June 28	81	67	0.18
June 29	87	66	0.00
June 30	85	62	0.17

July 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	55	0.37
July 2	83	57	0.06
July 3	76	57	0.77
July 4	71	52	0.00
July 5	75	52	0.00
July 6	74	51	0.00
July 7	78	53	0.00
July 8	84	56	0.00
July 9	84	60	0.00
July 10	82	64	0.00
July 11	87	58	0.00
July 12	86	63	0.00
July 13	73	61	0.17
July 14	73	55	0.00
July 15	78	49	0.00
July 16	82	57	0.00
July 17	83	58	0.08
July 18	82	61	0.34
July 19	80	62	0.13
July 20	75	56	0.00
July 21	80	54	0.00
July 22	90	64	0.00
July 23	85	62	0.00
July 24	83	59	0.00
July 25	84	56	0.00
July 26	81	67	0.27
July 27	87	62	0.00
July 28	87	61	0.00
July 29	89	65	0.00
July 30	86	59	0.00
July 31	77	52	0.00

August 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	56	0.00
August 2	86	64	0.00
August 3	81	67	0.73
August 4	69	62	0.11
August 5	79	57	0.00
August 6	77	57	0.00
August 7	84	58	0.25
August 8	83	64	0.08
August 9	78	61	0.45
August 10	72	60	0.00
August 11	78	54	0.00
August 12	81	55	0.00
August 13	81	59	0.00
August 14	82	61	0.27
August 15	76	60	0.00
August 16	77	55	0.00
August 17	84	58	0.00
August 18	86	66	0.00
August 19	84	65	0.00
August 20	83	63	0.05
August 21	77	64	0.05
August 22	81	61	0.00
August 23	83	60	0.02
August 24	78	55	0.00
August 25	80	54	0.00
August 26	88	56	0.00
August 27	87	62	0.00
August 28	87	65	0.00
August 29	86	67	0.36
August 30	84	63	0.00
August 31	87	62	0.00

September 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	94	65	0.02
September 2	82	62	0.00
September 3	80	56	0.00
September 4	90	64	0.00
September 5	80	60	0.00
September 6	85	55	0.00
September 7	91	58	0.00
September 8	92	63	0.00
September 9	80	58	0.01
September 10	70	51	0.00
September 11	76	49	0.00
September 12	74	48	0.01
September 13	66	45	0.03
September 14	73	37	0.00
September 15	75	54	0.00
September 16	74	50	0.00
September 17	80	58	0.00
September 18	73	57	0.00
September 19	73	57	0.27
September 20	67	57	0.00
September 21	72	58	0.00
September 22	77	59	0.00
September 23	72	62	0.00
September 24	83	62	0.00
September 25	82	64	0.00
September 26	74	56	0.00
September 27	77	53	0.00
September 28	73	49	0.00
September 29	76	44	0.08
September 30	60	40	0.01

October 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	33	0.00
October 2	71	50	0.04
October 3	62	42	0.00
October 4	66	44	0.00
October 5	76	44	0.11
October 6	69	48	0.01
October 7	63	36	0.00
October 8	68	41	0.00
October 9	73	46	0.00
October 10	78	44	0.00
October 11	76	54	0.00
October 12	74	44	0.00
October 13	81	51	0.00
October 14	79	54	0.30
October 15	63	57	0.78
October 16	65	48	0.00
October 17	71	45	0.00
October 18	59	36	0.00
October 19	50	39	0.18
October 20	46	31	0.00
October 21	48	37	0.00
October 22	60	30	0.00
October 23	56	38	0.00
October 24	42	30	0.00
October 25	51	26	0.00
October 26	56	37	0.32
October 27	55	48	0.01
October 28	60	45	0.00
October 29	59	40	0.00
October 30	65	38	0.00
October 31	57	46	0.56

November 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	48	41	0.02	0.0
November 2	45	39	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	38	0.01	0.0
November 4	56	37	0.07	0.0
November 5	45	33	0.04	0.0
November 6	43	28	0.03	0.3
November 7	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	29	0.09	0.0
November 9	44	32	0.17	0.0
November 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 12	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	39	0.00	0.0
November 14	62	42	0.00	0.0
November 15	66	57	0.34	0.0
November 16	60	42	0.11	0.0
November 17	47	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	44	31	0.00	0.0
November 21	50	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	57	35	0.01	0.0
November 23	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	61	38	0.00	0.0
November 27	57	47	0.00	0.0
November 28	63	51	0.22	0.0
November 29	51	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	23	0.03	0.3

December 1960 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	51	43	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	38	0.11	0.0
December 6	51	31	0.04	0.0
December 7	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 9	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 11	23	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	5	0.00	0.0
December 13	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	16	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	26	0.05	0.8
December 16	32	19	0.01	0.1
December 17	28	16	0.01	0.1
December 18	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 20	24	14	0.22	3.4
December 21	21	4	0.02	0.5
December 22	7	-4	0.00	0.0
December 23	4	-9	0.00	0.0
December 24	22	-2	0.00	0.0
December 25	39	10	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	26	4	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	26	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