Detroit Weather in 1968

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 23
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 24
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	May 26
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	35.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 was 93 °F which happened 5 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 23
1	93 °F	Aug 22
1	93 °F	Jun 11
1	93 °F	Jun 9
1	93 °F	Jun 7
6	92 °F	Aug 24
6	92 °F	Jul 17
8	91 °F	Aug 19
8	91 °F	Aug 6
8	91 °F	Jul 22
8	91 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 8
2	-7 °F	January 1
3	-6 °F	January 5
4	-3 °F	January 7
5	0 °F	February 21
5	0 °F	January 16
7	1 °F	December 31
8	3 °F	January 4
9	4 °F	January 25
9	4 °F	January 24

January 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	10	-7	0.00	0.0
January 2	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 3	25	17	0.00	0.1
January 4	18	3	0.01	0.1
January 5	22	-6	0.00	0.0
January 6	23	11	0.08	1.8
January 7	11	-3	0.02	0.2
January 8	10	-8	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	10	0.04	0.6
January 10	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	15	0.63	5.6
January 14	34	28	0.24	2.0
January 15	32	9	0.11	1.1
January 16	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	7	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	29	0.08	0.0
January 20	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	10	0.02	0.2
January 24	20	4	0.00	0.0
January 25	21	4	0.00	0.1
January 26	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	31	0.11	0.0
January 28	42	35	0.42	0.0
January 29	44	35	0.52	0.0
January 30	41	26	0.01	0.0
January 31	38	28	0.01	0.0

February 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	37	1.11	0.0
February 2	50	24	0.17	0.3
February 3	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 4	42	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	48	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	31	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	7	0.05	0.5
February 10	13	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	19	6	0.02	0.4
February 12	17	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	24	5	0.00	0.1
February 14	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	29	8	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	13	0.00	0.0
February 19	33	10	0.04	0.5
February 20	27	5	0.00	0.0
February 21	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	14	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	14	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	24	0.06	0.7
February 28	34	24	0.03	0.3
February 29	30	18	0.00	0.0

March 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 2	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 3	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 4	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	48	22	0.01	0.3
March 6	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 7	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	58	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	39	0.24	0.0
March 10	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	31	20	0.15	2.0
March 13	28	11	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	11	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	30	0.41	0.0
March 16	55	36	0.19	0.0
March 17	60	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	65	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	58	40	0.08	0.0
March 21	41	34	0.14	0.0
March 22	34	25	0.48	4.5
March 23	30	22	0.29	3.2
March 24	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	38	0.02	0.0
March 27	70	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	52	0.00	0.0
March 29	69	43	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	70	38	0.03	0.0

April 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 3	61	43	0.41	0.0
April 4	68	38	0.72	0.0
April 5	43	30	0.00	0.0
April 6	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	62	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	69	50	0.00	0.0
April 9	64	45	0.00	0.0
April 10	61	42	0.00	0.0
April 11	63	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	79	45	0.00	0.0
April 13	79	54	0.00	0.0
April 14	68	45	0.30	0.0
April 15	58	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	62	34	0.00	0.0
April 17	63	41	0.01	0.0
April 18	63	53	0.00	0.0
April 19	69	48	0.00	0.0
April 20	62	47	0.05	0.0
April 21	63	47	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	49	0.00	0.0
April 23	71	47	0.10	0.0
April 24	51	36	0.02	0.1
April 25	40	36	0.02	0.0
April 26	50	32	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	66	42	0.03	0.0
April 30	65	46	0.05	0.0

May 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	38	0.00
May 2	75	34	0.00
May 3	64	47	0.04
May 4	57	39	0.33
May 5	52	37	0.00
May 6	59	32	0.00
May 7	64	36	0.00
May 8	73	45	0.03
May 9	74	52	0.26
May 10	66	46	0.00
May 11	55	48	0.25
May 12	65	50	0.01
May 13	67	48	0.00
May 14	68	49	0.19
May 15	85	61	0.03
May 16	70	53	0.79
May 17	62	46	0.00
May 18	65	39	0.00
May 19	56	46	0.17
May 20	65	46	0.00
May 21	68	49	0.02
May 22	67	43	0.00
May 23	62	52	0.03
May 24	71	53	0.00
May 25	71	50	0.00
May 26	61	54	2.56
May 27	62	50	1.05
May 28	63	50	0.08
May 29	63	51	0.04
May 30	64	49	0.00
May 31	76	53	0.00

June 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	56	0.10
June 2	80	57	0.01
June 3	75	54	0.00
June 4	76	54	0.00
June 5	84	54	0.00
June 6	87	58	0.00
June 7	93	63	0.00
June 8	90	68	0.00
June 9	93	65	0.00
June 10	86	68	0.01
June 11	93	68	0.35
June 12	75	53	0.01
June 13	73	52	0.00
June 14	84	53	0.00
June 15	72	59	0.22
June 16	71	55	0.00
June 17	73	53	0.10
June 18	71	48	0.00
June 19	80	55	0.00
June 20	72	49	0.00
June 21	85	54	1.25
June 22	74	58	0.00
June 23	81	52	0.15
June 24	85	69	0.04
June 25	73	64	2.17
June 26	65	61	0.38
June 27	65	56	0.04
June 28	69	55	0.02
June 29	81	63	0.14
June 30	91	68	0.00

July 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	67	0.00
July 2	77	58	0.00
July 3	71	54	0.00
July 4	78	51	0.00
July 5	79	61	0.45
July 6	77	54	0.00
July 7	81	54	0.00
July 8	87	63	0.01
July 9	86	65	0.60
July 10	78	60	0.00
July 11	81	57	0.00
July 12	84	60	0.00
July 13	81	62	0.00
July 14	89	67	0.00
July 15	90	68	0.00
July 16	84	70	0.00
July 17	92	72	0.00
July 18	90	75	0.00
July 19	84	66	0.00
July 20	81	56	0.00
July 21	86	60	0.00
July 22	91	65	0.07
July 23	81	62	1.12
July 24	81	68	1.63
July 25	80	66	0.00
July 26	81	57	0.00
July 27	81	62	0.25
July 28	76	55	0.00
July 29	76	51	0.00
July 30	77	54	0.00
July 31	81	60	1.01

August 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	64	0.00
August 2	80	56	0.00
August 3	82	57	0.00
August 4	84	68	0.00
August 5	81	69	0.01
August 6	91	75	0.00
August 7	89	73	0.01
August 8	89	68	0.31
August 9	85	66	0.00
August 10	77	60	0.00
August 11	73	51	0.00
August 12	76	50	0.00
August 13	82	60	0.00
August 14	84	63	0.00
August 15	80	60	0.00
August 16	88	69	1.17
August 17	84	65	0.01
August 18	80	62	0.00
August 19	91	67	0.32
August 20	89	76	0.00
August 21	89	67	0.00
August 22	93	74	0.00
August 23	93	75	0.00
August 24	92	76	0.00
August 25	77	62	0.00
August 26	67	54	0.00
August 27	74	50	0.00
August 28	74	48	0.00
August 29	77	50	0.00
August 30	76	54	0.00
August 31	79	50	0.00

September 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	56	0.54
September 2	75	52	0.00
September 3	80	51	0.00
September 4	84	57	0.00
September 5	79	66	0.51
September 6	71	53	0.00
September 7	70	44	0.00
September 8	80	57	0.00
September 9	76	63	0.17
September 10	71	62	0.04
September 11	62	48	0.04
September 12	74	46	0.00
September 13	80	56	0.00
September 14	82	55	0.00
September 15	80	54	0.00
September 16	81	57	0.00
September 17	79	64	0.00
September 18	79	63	0.25
September 19	72	60	0.02
September 20	82	66	0.19
September 21	83	65	0.00
September 22	80	63	0.01
September 23	86	63	0.00
September 24	79	59	0.10
September 25	69	49	0.00
September 26	68	44	0.00
September 27	71	43	0.00
September 28	67	44	0.00
September 29	68	43	0.00
September 30	77	49	0.00

October 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	58	0.00
October 2	80	65	0.02
October 3	67	41	0.12
October 4	56	37	0.00
October 5	59	35	0.00
October 6	56	44	0.24
October 7	63	48	0.00
October 8	65	46	0.00
October 9	68	48	0.00
October 10	66	40	0.24
October 11	63	36	0.00
October 12	73	41	0.00
October 13	73	44	0.00
October 14	81	53	0.00
October 15	83	60	0.00
October 16	82	58	0.00
October 17	81	62	0.09
October 18	70	49	0.25
October 19	67	40	0.00
October 20	61	37	0.00
October 21	65	32	0.00
October 22	66	44	0.00
October 23	57	36	0.00
October 24	52	35	0.04
October 25	49	37	0.06
October 26	50	34	0.00
October 27	60	37	0.00
October 28	48	39	0.03
October 29	42	32	0.00
October 30	49	26	0.00
October 31	59	26	0.00

November 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	77	43	0.00
November 2	63	42	0.00
November 3	53	33	0.00
November 4	53	28	0.00
November 5	59	36	0.00
November 6	50	43	0.10
November 7	47	40	0.03
November 8	46	35	0.01
November 9	36	30	0.04
November 10	46	20	0.00
November 11	45	25	0.00
November 12	46	32	0.00
November 13	42	23	0.00
November 14	47	28	0.00
November 15	55	43	0.89
November 16	43	39	0.37
November 17	48	39	0.08
November 18	47	35	0.25
November 19	36	32	0.00
November 20	36	28	0.00
November 21	49	28	0.00
November 22	51	34	0.00
November 23	62	35	0.00
November 24	52	33	0.00
November 25	45	27	0.00
November 26	52	32	0.00
November 27	43	31	0.00
November 28	54	31	1.52
November 29	46	34	0.02
November 30	42	28	0.00

December 1968 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	27	0.14	0.6
December 2	42	36	0.01	0.0
December 3	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	34	0.01	0.1
December 5	36	26	0.06	0.4
December 6	27	21	0.01	0.1
December 7	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 8	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 10	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 12	53	40	0.11	0.0
December 13	48	21	0.18	0.0
December 14	30	19	0.02	0.3
December 15	21	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	33	0.29	0.0
December 20	35	31	0.09	1.3
December 21	33	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	32	0.45	1.8
December 23	36	22	0.00	0.1
December 24	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 25	18	10	0.00	0.0
December 26	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	24	1.14	0.0
December 28	48	22	0.99	0.5
December 29	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	17	0.09	0.7
December 31	36	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