Detroit Weather in 1962

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1962 based on NOAA data.

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1962 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	May 18
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	January 10
Highest daily low	69 °F	August 25
Lowest daily high	13 °F	December 13
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	July 11
Most daily snow	6.6 inches	December 6
Total annual precipitation	29.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	42.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1962?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1962 was 92 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	May 18
1	92 °F	May 17
1	92 °F	May 16
1	92 °F	May 15
5	91 °F	Jul 11
5	91 °F	Jul 8
7	90 °F	Sep 13
7	90 °F	Aug 4
7	90 °F	Jul 7
7	90 °F	Jun 30
7	90 °F	Jun 29
7	90 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1962?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1962 was -6 °F which happened on Jan 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	January 10
2	-4 °F	February 2
3	-3 °F	December 11
3	-3 °F	January 9
5	-1 °F	December 12
5	-1 °F	February 7
5	-1 °F	February 1
8	1 °F	December 31
8	1 °F	December 27
8	1 °F	December 13
8	1 °F	February 10
8	1 °F	January 11

January 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	19	0.03	0.3
January 3	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	23	0.01	0.0
January 5	43	26	0.33	0.0
January 6	35	29	0.23	0.0
January 7	35	23	0.10	1.0
January 8	29	15	0.02	0.2
January 9	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 12	21	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	26	0.06	0.0
January 15	36	22	0.57	0.0
January 16	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	14	6	0.00	0.0
January 18	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 19	16	6	0.07	0.7
January 20	24	10	0.01	0.1
January 21	34	17	0.03	0.0
January 22	34	13	0.03	0.0
January 23	23	12	0.02	0.2
January 24	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 25	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	39	28	0.34	0.0
January 27	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	24	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	30	17	0.07	1.1
January 30	35	3	0.01	0.1
January 31	15	2	0.05	1.4

February 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	-4	0.11	1.8
February 3	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	48	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	16	2	0.07	1.7
February 7	17	-1	0.04	0.4
February 8	22	10	0.03	0.3
February 9	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 10	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 11	20	5	0.28	3.5
February 12	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	13	0.11	0.0
February 14	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 18	24	17	0.60	2.1
February 19	34	20	0.07	0.1
February 20	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	21	0.40	4.2
February 22	35	22	0.01	0.0
February 23	25	17	0.18	2.5
February 24	29	11	0.05	0.6
February 25	33	11	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	24	0.37	0.0
February 27	32	27	0.05	0.2
February 28	28	8	0.02	0.0

March 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	13	2	0.00	0.0
March 2	18	4	0.00	0.0
March 3	24	11	0.00	0.0
March 4	25	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	34	30	0.19	1.9
March 10	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	41	32	0.15	0.0
March 12	44	33	0.39	0.0
March 13	38	32	0.06	0.4
March 14	34	26	0.03	0.1
March 15	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	24	0.01	0.1
March 17	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	37	26	0.20	0.0
March 20	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	32	0.03	0.1
March 22	38	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	57	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	75	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	58	32	0.02	0.0
March 31	44	28	0.00	0.0

April 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	23	0.00	0.0
April 2	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 3	48	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	25	0.00	0.0
April 5	52	32	0.13	0.0
April 6	54	37	0.28	0.0
April 7	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	54	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	47	35	0.25	0.0
April 10	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 12	54	31	0.02	0.0
April 13	39	35	0.08	0.0
April 14	43	25	0.02	0.3
April 15	39	23	0.02	0.2
April 16	46	23	0.00	0.0
April 17	51	22	0.00	0.0
April 18	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	52	30	0.23	0.0
April 20	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 21	66	31	0.00	0.0
April 22	80	47	0.23	0.0
April 23	58	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	68	37	0.00	0.0
April 25	83	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	85	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	84	53	0.00	0.0
April 28	80	51	0.09	0.0
April 29	76	47	0.00	0.0
April 30	81	50	1.55	0.0

May 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	51	0.00
May 2	56	45	0.26
May 3	66	44	0.00
May 4	71	42	0.00
May 5	79	43	0.00
May 6	71	45	0.08
May 7	54	36	0.00
May 8	52	40	0.00
May 9	55	39	0.00
May 10	57	42	0.00
May 11	65	48	0.00
May 12	60	43	0.01
May 13	83	48	0.00
May 14	88	60	0.00
May 15	92	62	0.00
May 16	92	62	0.00
May 17	92	62	0.00
May 18	92	63	0.00
May 19	84	65	0.23
May 20	87	60	0.00
May 21	69	55	0.00
May 22	77	47	0.00
May 23	86	59	0.00
May 24	74	50	0.00
May 25	77	45	0.00
May 26	61	51	0.06
May 27	72	45	0.00
May 28	79	54	0.00
May 29	86	62	0.67
May 30	81	67	0.10
May 31	87	61	0.22

June 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	56	0.00
June 2	65	47	0.00
June 3	76	43	0.00
June 4	81	59	0.00
June 5	78	65	0.11
June 6	78	58	0.01
June 7	80	51	0.00
June 8	82	50	0.00
June 9	86	59	0.00
June 10	82	64	0.13
June 11	84	59	0.65
June 12	69	55	0.05
June 13	67	52	0.03
June 14	74	53	0.00
June 15	83	52	0.00
June 16	87	50	0.00
June 17	90	61	0.00
June 18	86	62	0.69
June 19	72	60	0.00
June 20	74	56	0.00
June 21	78	49	0.04
June 22	85	62	0.05
June 23	84	64	0.38
June 24	83	61	0.04
June 25	86	58	0.45
June 26	79	58	0.00
June 27	80	53	0.00
June 28	88	55	0.00
June 29	90	62	0.00
June 30	90	65	0.02

July 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	62	0.00
July 2	71	60	0.40
July 3	74	61	0.52
July 4	81	58	0.00
July 5	87	60	0.00
July 6	87	63	0.00
July 7	90	61	0.00
July 8	91	65	0.27
July 9	77	55	0.00
July 10	83	48	0.00
July 11	91	59	2.10
July 12	86	60	0.05
July 13	84	55	0.00
July 14	77	61	0.06
July 15	74	54	0.00
July 16	81	57	0.00
July 17	82	63	0.12
July 18	84	59	0.00
July 19	83	57	0.00
July 20	81	63	1.04
July 21	83	62	0.00
July 22	80	58	0.28
July 23	75	57	0.09
July 24	78	49	0.00
July 25	84	60	0.07
July 26	72	50	0.00
July 27	79	47	0.00
July 28	76	53	0.00
July 29	81	63	0.06
July 30	80	60	0.00
July 31	78	52	0.02

August 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	49	0.00
August 2	78	50	0.00
August 3	84	52	0.00
August 4	90	61	0.05
August 5	82	62	0.00
August 6	72	59	0.74
August 7	87	56	0.15
August 8	85	60	0.25
August 9	76	56	0.00
August 10	77	51	0.00
August 11	79	50	0.00
August 12	80	59	0.36
August 13	71	58	0.00
August 14	75	55	0.00
August 15	76	46	0.00
August 16	83	53	0.30
August 17	73	52	0.00
August 18	79	47	0.00
August 19	86	58	0.00
August 20	86	63	0.37
August 21	86	59	0.00
August 22	78	54	0.00
August 23	85	53	0.00
August 24	87	58	0.00
August 25	86	69	0.24
August 26	76	64	0.50
August 27	77	57	0.00
August 28	85	53	0.00
August 29	87	56	0.00
August 30	88	56	0.00
August 31	79	64	0.14

September 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	63	0.00
September 2	81	53	0.00
September 3	81	57	0.00
September 4	76	65	0.52
September 5	67	44	0.00
September 6	68	40	0.00
September 7	72	41	0.00
September 8	76	45	0.00
September 9	79	66	0.13
September 10	81	55	0.10
September 11	74	50	0.00
September 12	87	48	0.00
September 13	90	63	1.28
September 14	79	57	0.00
September 15	77	50	0.00
September 16	75	56	0.27
September 17	72	53	0.55
September 18	70	47	0.12
September 19	64	43	0.02
September 20	57	36	0.00
September 21	63	35	0.00
September 22	62	48	0.13
September 23	68	44	0.00
September 24	72	44	0.00
September 25	64	53	0.20
September 26	62	46	0.00
September 27	61	49	0.04
September 28	56	48	0.05
September 29	66	42	0.00
September 30	71	36	0.00

October 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	45	0.00
October 2	69	49	0.18
October 3	66	58	0.72
October 4	68	57	0.00
October 5	71	49	0.00
October 6	73	43	0.00
October 7	74	44	0.01
October 8	68	60	0.06
October 9	67	49	0.01
October 10	72	46	0.00
October 11	86	63	0.00
October 12	76	50	0.00
October 13	67	42	0.00
October 14	78	49	0.00
October 15	80	55	0.00
October 16	80	45	0.37
October 17	64	37	0.00
October 18	70	41	0.00
October 19	74	43	0.00
October 20	63	51	0.24
October 21	59	41	0.00
October 22	62	38	0.17
October 23	46	34	0.00
October 24	46	29	0.00
October 25	44	26	0.00
October 26	43	24	0.00
October 27	54	22	0.00
October 28	66	41	0.00
October 29	49	26	0.00
October 30	49	37	0.54
October 31	45	31	0.00

November 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	51	26	0.00
November 2	50	39	0.00
November 3	47	35	0.08
November 4	44	32	0.23
November 5	45	26	0.00
November 6	48	20	0.00
November 7	50	41	0.03
November 8	48	33	0.00
November 9	49	33	0.02
November 10	48	40	0.55
November 11	44	40	0.00
November 12	44	36	0.00
November 13	49	29	0.01
November 14	49	25	0.00
November 15	55	38	0.00
November 16	46	40	0.22
November 17	42	35	0.17
November 18	43	24	0.00
November 19	41	20	0.00
November 20	42	32	0.00
November 21	46	40	0.02
November 22	40	32	0.00
November 23	45	23	0.01
November 24	46	26	0.00
November 25	47	24	0.00
November 26	48	20	0.00
November 27	50	20	0.00
November 28	57	23	0.00
November 29	57	27	0.00
November 30	61	26	0.00

December 1962 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	59	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	60	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	34	0.04	0.2
December 6	35	29	0.34	6.6
December 7	36	29	0.15	1.2
December 8	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	24	13	0.10	2.2
December 10	23	9	0.02	0.3
December 11	16	-3	0.00	0.0
December 12	17	-1	0.01	0.2
December 13	13	1	0.11	1.8
December 14	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 15	29	18	0.04	0.5
December 16	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	18	0.01	0.2
December 21	28	18	0.05	0.8
December 22	30	22	0.11	1.1
December 23	36	18	0.09	0.9
December 24	19	7	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	14	0.04	0.9
December 26	27	3	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	1	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	13	0.02	0.4
December 30	15	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	17	1	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