Detroit Weather in 1970

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 30
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 2
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	August 19
Most daily snow	4.8 inches	February 9
Total annual precipitation	28.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	42.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1970 was 94 °F which happened on June 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 30
2	93 °F	Jul 1
3	92 °F	Aug 30
4	91 °F	Sep 21
5	90 °F	Aug 26
5	90 °F	Aug 15
5	90 °F	Aug 13
5	90 °F	Jul 3
9	89 °F	Aug 28
9	89 °F	Aug 14
9	89 °F	Aug 12
9	89 °F	Aug 11
9	89 °F	Jul 28
9	89 °F	Jul 2
9	89 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1970 was -10 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	January 22
2	-9 °F	January 24
3	-6 °F	February 14
4	-5 °F	January 23
4	-5 °F	January 21
4	-5 °F	January 20
4	-5 °F	January 19
4	-5 °F	January 8
9	-3 °F	January 18
10	-2 °F	February 13
10	-2 °F	January 9

January 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	10	0.13	1.4
January 2	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 3	23	6	0.01	0.2
January 4	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 5	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 6	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 7	14	1	0.01	0.1
January 8	6	-5	0.01	0.1
January 9	18	-2	0.01	0.1
January 10	21	4	0.03	0.8
January 11	21	4	0.10	1.1
January 12	29	15	0.01	0.1
January 13	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 15	24	3	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	20	0.36	3.7
January 18	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 19	18	-5	0.01	0.1
January 20	10	-5	0.02	0.2
January 21	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	-10	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	-5	0.10	1.4
January 24	29	-9	0.04	0.2
January 25	39	28	0.02	0.0
January 26	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	37	28	0.11	1.3
January 28	49	30	0.12	0.1
January 29	44	23	0.02	0.0
January 30	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	42	20	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	35	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	13	0.24	1.3
February 3	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	23	-1	0.05	0.8
February 5	37	22	0.01	0.1
February 6	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	31	0.37	4.8
February 10	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	24	7	0.05	0.7
February 13	17	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	18	-6	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	11	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	27	0.04	0.3
February 19	27	13	0.08	1.2
February 20	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	51	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	8	0.02	0.2
February 26	32	6	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	12	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	32	0.01	0.0
March 3	40	32	0.41	0.0
March 4	50	36	0.80	0.0
March 5	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 6	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	28	12	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	16	0.00	0.1
March 15	29	14	0.01	0.2
March 16	39	13	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 18	36	30	0.12	1.3
March 19	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	35	0.31	0.0
March 21	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	36	34	0.24	0.5
March 23	47	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	41	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	25	0.07	0.4
March 26	41	31	0.59	3.6
March 27	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	37	24	0.06	0.6
March 29	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	22	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	34	0.68	2.7
April 2	36	32	1.11	1.5
April 3	46	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	47	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	49	35	0.04	0.0
April 7	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 8	73	39	0.01	0.0
April 9	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 10	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	42	25	0.00	0.0
April 12	53	32	0.00	0.0
April 13	50	39	0.10	0.0
April 14	53	41	0.00	0.0
April 15	63	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	71	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	51	36	0.01	0.0
April 19	44	39	0.51	0.0
April 20	62	43	0.41	0.0
April 21	52	38	0.23	0.0
April 22	64	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	69	52	0.00	0.0
April 24	67	47	0.19	0.0
April 25	76	43	0.00	0.0
April 26	76	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	80	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	79	55	0.02	0.0
April 29	79	62	0.01	0.0
April 30	85	62	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	50	0.24
May 2	55	44	0.00
May 3	61	34	0.00
May 4	72	46	0.00
May 5	65	36	0.00
May 6	53	35	0.00
May 7	66	33	0.00
May 8	84	54	0.00
May 9	81	64	0.00
May 10	77	57	0.00
May 11	76	53	0.00
May 12	66	53	0.42
May 13	68	47	0.24
May 14	62	47	0.07
May 15	77	54	0.43
May 16	63	50	0.06
May 17	62	45	0.00
May 18	72	40	0.00
May 19	84	54	0.00
May 20	77	55	0.00
May 21	85	54	0.00
May 22	85	63	0.43
May 23	70	56	0.67
May 24	69	56	0.22
May 25	81	58	0.09
May 26	66	43	0.00
May 27	64	42	0.00
May 28	68	53	0.00
May 29	80	52	0.00
May 30	81	60	0.00
May 31	73	65	0.14

June 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	67	0.31
June 2	80	57	0.00
June 3	66	49	0.10
June 4	64	47	0.00
June 5	77	58	0.01
June 6	77	52	0.00
June 7	85	52	0.00
June 8	87	62	0.00
June 9	87	60	0.00
June 10	85	63	0.01
June 11	89	66	0.00
June 12	85	64	0.00
June 13	75	62	0.02
June 14	82	59	0.24
June 15	82	61	0.20
June 16	85	66	0.90
June 17	88	66	0.52
June 18	82	66	0.13
June 19	67	48	0.00
June 20	68	43	0.00
June 21	67	53	0.12
June 22	80	50	0.00
June 23	83	52	0.00
June 24	83	60	0.75
June 25	69	53	0.00
June 26	65	54	0.49
June 27	77	50	0.00
June 28	77	49	0.04
June 29	88	65	0.01
June 30	94	72	0.05

July 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	65	0.00
July 2	89	73	0.01
July 3	90	65	0.41
July 4	71	60	0.04
July 5	80	55	0.00
July 6	81	53	0.00
July 7	84	59	0.00
July 8	73	60	0.45
July 9	78	60	0.01
July 10	72	65	0.00
July 11	84	64	0.00
July 12	84	64	0.00
July 13	86	68	0.35
July 14	88	71	0.04
July 15	86	69	0.00
July 16	83	64	0.00
July 17	86	58	0.00
July 18	81	63	0.13
July 19	78	63	0.32
July 20	67	51	0.47
July 21	77	50	0.00
July 22	79	49	0.00
July 23	77	60	0.13
July 24	81	66	0.00
July 25	86	64	0.01
July 26	84	66	0.02
July 27	84	67	0.00
July 28	89	69	0.00
July 29	86	71	0.63
July 30	80	70	0.28
July 31	87	70	0.00

August 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	65	0.52
August 2	80	60	0.00
August 3	82	63	0.00
August 4	71	49	0.00
August 5	80	55	0.00
August 6	81	58	0.00
August 7	82	57	0.00
August 8	84	62	0.00
August 9	85	66	0.00
August 10	84	66	0.00
August 11	89	65	0.00
August 12	89	63	0.00
August 13	90	62	0.00
August 14	89	62	0.00
August 15	90	64	0.00
August 16	87	62	0.00
August 17	86	55	0.00
August 18	85	62	0.00
August 19	83	69	1.87
August 20	84	66	0.00
August 21	79	56	0.00
August 22	72	55	0.26
August 23	79	57	0.00
August 24	80	55	0.00
August 25	84	54	0.00
August 26	90	61	0.00
August 27	86	65	0.00
August 28	89	68	0.00
August 29	74	63	0.10
August 30	92	66	0.00
August 31	76	49	0.00

September 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	43	0.00
September 2	80	47	0.00
September 3	82	64	0.24
September 4	86	68	0.00
September 5	83	58	0.00
September 6	80	56	0.00
September 7	85	70	0.00
September 8	86	64	0.00
September 9	81	63	0.00
September 10	74	49	0.00
September 11	76	43	0.00
September 12	78	42	0.00
September 13	63	52	0.06
September 14	58	50	0.21
September 15	84	56	0.09
September 16	74	53	0.00
September 17	71	53	0.15
September 18	75	54	0.07
September 19	78	46	0.00
September 20	80	53	0.00
September 21	91	65	0.00
September 22	81	68	0.00
September 23	68	61	0.21
September 24	84	65	0.00
September 25	78	54	0.00
September 26	76	52	0.57
September 27	62	45	0.02
September 28	56	36	0.01
September 29	57	33	0.00
September 30	60	43	0.00

October 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	36	0.00
October 2	75	47	0.00
October 3	56	43	0.00
October 4	61	35	0.00
October 5	74	38	0.00
October 6	81	55	0.00
October 7	78	52	0.00
October 8	78	57	0.00
October 9	79	62	0.04
October 10	70	40	0.10
October 11	62	37	0.00
October 12	58	49	0.21
October 13	68	56	0.23
October 14	65	50	0.40
October 15	54	37	0.00
October 16	50	30	0.00
October 17	59	27	0.00
October 18	66	35	0.00
October 19	64	33	0.00
October 20	55	48	0.42
October 21	63	46	0.02
October 22	61	40	0.00
October 23	62	37	0.00
October 24	64	46	0.00
October 25	64	47	0.00
October 26	61	47	0.00
October 27	63	53	0.00
October 28	60	51	0.02
October 29	55	50	0.39
October 30	61	41	0.04
October 31	62	41	0.04

November 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	38	0.08	0.0
November 2	54	43	0.42	0.0
November 3	46	40	0.00	0.0
November 4	47	37	0.03	0.0
November 5	47	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 7	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	43	0.24	0.0
November 10	53	49	0.08	0.0
November 11	52	47	0.00	0.0
November 12	52	43	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	42	0.00	0.0
November 14	42	34	0.16	1.0
November 15	34	21	0.01	0.2
November 16	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	52	40	0.66	0.0
November 21	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	27	18	0.00	0.0
November 24	32	17	0.00	0.0
November 25	30	18	0.05	0.5
November 26	42	30	0.00	0.0
November 27	46	41	0.42	0.0
November 28	41	35	0.28	0.0
November 29	48	35	0.30	0.0
November 30	41	37	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	64	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	56	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	60	30	0.15	0.0
December 4	51	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 6	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 7	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 10	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	28	0.55	0.4
December 12	29	26	0.19	2.5
December 13	32	27	0.09	1.2
December 14	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	27	12	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	21	0.35	2.8
December 17	35	32	0.01	0.0
December 18	34	32	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 20	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	24	0.11	0.2
December 23	35	22	0.04	0.1
December 24	26	16	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	14	0.02	0.4
December 26	30	7	0.08	2.0
December 27	30	11	0.02	0.2
December 28	27	4	0.00	0.0
December 29	24	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	26	7	0.00	0.0
December 31	28	16	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