Detroit Weather in 1961

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 1
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 25
Highest daily low	73 °F	September 3
Lowest daily high	7 °F	February 2
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	August 27
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	April 16
Total annual precipitation	37.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1961 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 1
1	93 °F	Jun 30
3	92 °F	Jun 29
4	91 °F	Jun 12
5	90 °F	Sep 10
5	90 °F	Jul 23
7	88 °F	Sep 11
7	88 °F	Aug 19
7	88 °F	Jun 28
7	88 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1961 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 25
2	-4 °F	January 23
3	-3 °F	February 2
4	-2 °F	January 24
5	0 °F	December 29
5	0 °F	January 28
5	0 °F	January 27
8	1 °F	January 22
9	2 °F	January 30
10	3 °F	December 28
10	3 °F	February 1
10	3 °F	January 21

January 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 2	27	19	0.01	0.1
January 3	30	13	0.01	0.2
January 4	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 9	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 20	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	3	0.03	0.4
January 22	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	16	-4	0.00	0.0
January 24	14	-2	0.00	0.0
January 25	16	-5	0.00	0.0
January 26	16	8	0.07	0.9
January 27	18	0	0.01	0.2
January 28	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	2	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	17	0.14	1.9

February 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	3	0.01	0.1
February 2	7	-3	0.00	0.0
February 3	20	7	0.18	1.8
February 4	28	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	24	0.02	0.0
February 11	32	22	0.15	2.0
February 12	33	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	53	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 16	30	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	44	26	0.19	0.0
February 18	57	36	0.24	0.0
February 19	48	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	25	0.05	0.0
February 23	52	39	0.46	0.0
February 24	55	33	0.02	0.0
February 25	42	28	0.74	1.1
February 26	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	33	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	29	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	59	39	0.00	0.0
March 4	59	36	0.22	0.0
March 5	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	67	35	0.20	0.0
March 7	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	29	0.64	0.0
March 9	35	25	0.03	0.5
March 10	35	15	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	33	0.73	0.0
March 14	42	36	0.11	0.0
March 15	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 16	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	22	0.12	0.0
March 19	48	30	0.03	0.0
March 20	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	35	0.15	0.0
March 22	50	40	0.09	0.0
March 23	45	37	0.01	0.0
March 24	51	33	0.01	0.0
March 25	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 26	61	37	0.00	0.0
March 27	71	42	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	39	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 30	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	45	27	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	27	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	23	0.00	0.0
April 3	37	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	50	28	0.20	0.0
April 6	49	35	0.01	0.0
April 7	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	45	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	40	30	0.41	2.8
April 10	41	34	0.03	0.0
April 11	54	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	43	35	0.16	0.0
April 13	51	36	0.03	0.0
April 14	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	58	40	0.04	0.0
April 16	50	29	1.05	3.3
April 17	42	32	0.20	1.3
April 18	49	34	0.00	0.0
April 19	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 20	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 21	69	45	0.23	0.0
April 22	51	42	0.43	0.0
April 23	66	38	0.40	0.0
April 24	74	48	0.51	0.0
April 25	52	41	1.11	0.0
April 26	50	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	49	39	0.44	0.0
April 29	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 30	58	35	0.15	0.0

May 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	37	0.05
May 2	51	32	0.00
May 3	57	39	0.00
May 4	60	33	0.00
May 5	59	34	0.00
May 6	64	48	0.72
May 7	71	57	0.00
May 8	72	56	0.00
May 9	62	46	0.42
May 10	56	35	0.00
May 11	67	39	0.00
May 12	77	52	0.00
May 13	79	55	0.00
May 14	83	59	0.00
May 15	75	57	0.45
May 16	63	44	0.00
May 17	59	42	0.00
May 18	56	44	0.00
May 19	67	41	0.00
May 20	68	48	0.00
May 21	61	41	0.03
May 22	60	38	0.00
May 23	68	40	0.00
May 24	77	43	0.00
May 25	75	42	0.41
May 26	45	39	0.00
May 27	66	37	0.00
May 28	74	48	0.00
May 29	64	44	0.01
May 30	68	37	0.00
May 31	75	49	0.12

June 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	56	0.81
June 2	79	60	0.05
June 3	70	50	0.00
June 4	78	50	0.00
June 5	83	56	0.00
June 6	78	55	0.00
June 7	76	52	0.02
June 8	74	64	0.06
June 9	76	60	0.49
June 10	86	63	0.25
June 11	85	58	0.01
June 12	91	68	0.00
June 13	88	68	0.57
June 14	68	50	0.02
June 15	64	46	0.00
June 16	71	43	0.00
June 17	77	48	0.00
June 18	81	54	0.00
June 19	82	55	0.60
June 20	64	48	0.27
June 21	72	45	0.00
June 22	73	52	0.02
June 23	65	52	0.00
June 24	73	46	0.00
June 25	70	55	0.00
June 26	78	47	0.00
June 27	81	56	0.00
June 28	88	58	0.00
June 29	92	67	0.00
June 30	93	69	0.00

July 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	64	0.01
July 2	82	67	0.36
July 3	77	60	0.00
July 4	74	51	0.00
July 5	76	55	0.00
July 6	79	55	0.00
July 7	75	56	0.00
July 8	77	53	0.00
July 9	78	48	0.00
July 10	80	54	0.00
July 11	87	62	0.00
July 12	85	61	0.00
July 13	74	61	0.29
July 14	80	60	0.02
July 15	85	65	0.00
July 16	82	66	0.35
July 17	82	59	0.00
July 18	86	62	0.00
July 19	82	65	0.96
July 20	86	66	0.00
July 21	86	64	0.00
July 22	87	71	0.39
July 23	90	68	0.54
July 24	84	67	0.27
July 25	75	67	0.00
July 26	84	62	0.00
July 27	85	63	0.00
July 28	83	65	0.38
July 29	87	68	0.00
July 30	87	68	0.00
July 31	82	66	0.00

August 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	64	0.03
August 2	82	70	0.00
August 3	84	62	0.05
August 4	83	63	0.80
August 5	77	63	1.59
August 6	74	62	0.01
August 7	80	58	0.00
August 8	84	63	0.00
August 9	86	69	0.00
August 10	86	66	0.14
August 11	84	66	1.39
August 12	80	59	0.00
August 13	70	50	0.00
August 14	81	55	0.00
August 15	85	60	0.00
August 16	80	60	0.00
August 17	79	54	0.00
August 18	85	51	0.00
August 19	88	63	0.25
August 20	70	59	0.05
August 21	74	58	0.00
August 22	77	53	0.00
August 23	75	64	0.67
August 24	79	68	0.01
August 25	78	65	0.00
August 26	80	60	0.00
August 27	83	62	2.27
August 28	86	64	0.04
August 29	82	68	0.00
August 30	86	65	0.00
August 31	87	63	0.00

September 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	69	2.02
September 2	84	72	0.07
September 3	87	73	0.01
September 4	83	68	0.01
September 5	81	69	0.00
September 6	86	65	0.13
September 7	83	63	0.00
September 8	83	62	0.00
September 9	85	61	0.00
September 10	90	68	0.00
September 11	88	70	0.41
September 12	72	68	0.33
September 13	86	68	0.00
September 14	78	56	0.02
September 15	64	49	0.00
September 16	72	47	0.00
September 17	72	49	0.00
September 18	72	47	0.00
September 19	75	49	0.00
September 20	75	60	0.07
September 21	80	62	0.00
September 22	84	65	0.00
September 23	74	61	0.34
September 24	78	62	1.73
September 25	74	55	0.40
September 26	66	50	0.00
September 27	70	44	0.14
September 28	57	40	0.00
September 29	60	35	0.00
September 30	81	47	0.15

October 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	47	0.00
October 2	54	40	0.00
October 3	57	39	0.00
October 4	58	37	0.00
October 5	74	46	0.00
October 6	76	51	0.00
October 7	74	48	0.00
October 8	75	48	0.00
October 9	78	45	0.00
October 10	81	58	0.00
October 11	76	58	0.00
October 12	78	54	0.00
October 13	67	48	0.29
October 14	48	35	0.00
October 15	53	33	0.02
October 16	59	35	0.00
October 17	75	41	0.00
October 18	75	50	0.00
October 19	68	45	0.20
October 20	55	48	0.00
October 21	50	47	0.00
October 22	61	40	0.00
October 23	64	37	0.00
October 24	61	50	0.06
October 25	61	42	0.45
October 26	50	42	0.00
October 27	52	36	0.00
October 28	58	45	0.00
October 29	68	50	0.08
October 30	64	49	0.03
October 31	60	44	0.00

November 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	39	0.00
November 2	71	46	0.00
November 3	70	34	0.16
November 4	49	27	0.00
November 5	57	35	0.00
November 6	46	28	0.00
November 7	45	33	0.00
November 8	41	29	0.00
November 9	44	29	0.00
November 10	45	25	0.00
November 11	63	27	0.00
November 12	58	44	0.00
November 13	61	46	1.02
November 14	49	32	0.00
November 15	46	31	0.00
November 16	66	43	1.28
November 17	44	30	0.00
November 18	39	24	0.00
November 19	38	22	0.01
November 20	43	26	0.00
November 21	42	24	0.00
November 22	43	26	0.08
November 23	45	42	0.25
November 24	46	29	0.00
November 25	51	27	0.00
November 26	56	36	0.00
November 27	48	24	0.00
November 28	33	21	0.00
November 29	42	20	0.00
November 30	45	26	0.00

December 1961 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	59	44	0.44	0.0
December 5	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	19	0.03	0.4
December 9	34	19	0.17	1.4
December 10	40	31	0.01	0.0
December 11	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	19	0.06	0.0
December 13	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	17	0.06	0.0
December 17	39	31	0.18	0.0
December 18	37	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	33	0.14	1.2
December 20	34	28	0.01	0.1
December 21	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	29	24	0.04	0.4
December 24	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	20	0.02	0.5
December 28	21	3	0.04	0.5
December 29	16	0	0.00	0.0
December 30	17	8	0.00	0.0
December 31	24	15	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