Detroit Weather in 1971

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	70 °F	September 4
Lowest daily high	8 °F	January 31
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	December 30
Most daily snow	3.1 inches	January 3
Total annual precipitation	22.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1971 was 99 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jun 28
1	99 °F	Jun 27
3	95 °F	Aug 10
4	94 °F	Sep 8
5	93 °F	Aug 22
5	93 °F	Jun 30
7	92 °F	Aug 20
7	92 °F	Aug 9
7	92 °F	Jun 29
10	91 °F	Aug 21
10	91 °F	Jul 13
10	91 °F	Jun 20

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1971 was -9 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	February 2
2	-7 °F	February 1
3	-5 °F	January 31
4	-2 °F	January 19
5	0 °F	January 30
6	3 °F	February 14
6	3 °F	January 8
8	4 °F	January 7
9	5 °F	January 28
9	5 °F	January 18

January 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	7	0.00	0.1
January 2	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	25	0.31	3.1
January 4	47	26	0.15	0.1
January 5	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 7	20	4	0.00	0.0
January 8	22	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	29	18	0.04	0.0
January 14	33	25	0.02	0.0
January 15	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	24	18	0.06	1.0
January 17	20	7	0.02	0.2
January 18	23	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	22	0.01	0.1
January 22	36	16	0.03	0.7
January 23	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	36	12	0.16	0.9
January 27	13	9	0.00	0.0
January 28	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	7	0.21	2.3
January 30	22	0	0.02	0.2
January 31	8	-5	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	9	-7	0.00	0.1
February 2	12	-9	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	12	0.14	2.7
February 4	36	25	0.98	0.0
February 5	47	27	0.21	0.0
February 6	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	16	0.00	0.0
February 8	24	15	0.04	0.4
February 9	19	7	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	23	0.01	0.0
February 12	37	19	0.20	2.1
February 13	20	8	0.01	0.1
February 14	22	3	0.00	0.0
February 15	28	21	0.01	0.1
February 16	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	29	0.19	0.0
February 18	46	34	0.26	0.0
February 19	46	35	0.36	0.0
February 20	47	33	0.03	0.0
February 21	34	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	28	0.15	0.0
February 23	35	32	0.04	0.4
February 24	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	34	0.02	0.0
February 27	49	35	0.03	0.0
February 28	41	29	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 3	27	18	0.01	0.3
March 4	37	14	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	26	0.01	0.1
March 6	38	34	0.56	0.0
March 7	35	21	0.12	1.1
March 8	24	19	0.02	0.4
March 9	31	12	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	27	0.25	2.9
March 11	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	33	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	63	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	37	0.16	0.0
March 16	37	24	0.02	0.2
March 17	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	22	0.09	0.8
March 19	40	32	0.21	0.2
March 20	36	28	0.02	0.2
March 21	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	27	0.05	1.3
March 23	30	22	0.06	1.1
March 24	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	22	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	23	0.01	0.1
March 28	54	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 31	57	27	0.00	0.0

April 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	37	0.37	0.0
April 2	44	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	34	22	0.04	0.5
April 4	38	19	0.00	0.0
April 5	41	21	0.00	0.0
April 6	52	24	0.00	0.0
April 7	61	25	0.00	0.0
April 8	57	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	69	34	0.00	0.0
April 10	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	73	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	81	46	0.00	0.0
April 13	63	35	0.28	0.0
April 14	48	26	0.00	0.0
April 15	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 16	67	32	0.00	0.0
April 17	62	44	0.13	0.0
April 18	61	41	0.00	0.0
April 19	67	38	0.00	0.0
April 20	72	36	0.00	0.0
April 21	55	46	0.00	0.0
April 22	59	42	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	53	29	0.01	0.1
April 25	55	37	0.00	0.0
April 26	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	49	30	0.05	0.0
April 28	56	41	0.04	0.0
April 29	51	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	35	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	36	0.04
May 2	57	39	0.00
May 3	56	35	0.00
May 4	65	32	0.00
May 5	67	45	0.06
May 6	68	42	0.13
May 7	66	41	0.00
May 8	73	47	0.00
May 9	71	42	0.00
May 10	75	38	0.00
May 11	76	46	0.00
May 12	60	38	0.08
May 13	70	30	0.00
May 14	65	43	0.00
May 15	80	44	0.00
May 16	81	53	0.01
May 17	78	44	0.00
May 18	88	56	0.00
May 19	85	54	1.07
May 20	69	43	0.02
May 21	65	45	0.00
May 22	65	37	0.00
May 23	68	36	0.00
May 24	77	52	0.48
May 25	62	49	0.08
May 26	52	47	0.00
May 27	64	42	0.00
May 28	68	38	0.00
May 29	73	39	0.00
May 30	81	41	0.00
May 31	75	53	0.00

June 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	50	0.29
June 2	77	51	0.20
June 3	80	49	0.00
June 4	84	55	0.00
June 5	84	62	0.35
June 6	83	60	0.25
June 7	85	64	0.30
June 8	71	49	0.00
June 9	70	47	0.00
June 10	73	46	0.00
June 11	80	50	0.00
June 12	85	66	0.00
June 13	81	66	0.42
June 14	78	62	0.00
June 15	80	58	0.00
June 16	80	53	0.00
June 17	82	55	0.00
June 18	85	52	0.00
June 19	89	64	0.00
June 20	91	67	0.17
June 21	76	60	0.00
June 22	81	55	0.00
June 23	86	55	0.04
June 24	88	65	0.00
June 25	90	64	0.00
June 26	80	60	0.07
June 27	99	65	0.00
June 28	99	70	0.00
June 29	92	70	0.00
June 30	93	68	0.08

July 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	63	0.00
July 2	80	53	0.00
July 3	81	48	0.00
July 4	86	53	0.25
July 5	79	65	0.38
July 6	87	63	0.00
July 7	90	55	0.00
July 8	87	63	0.00
July 9	87	70	0.00
July 10	87	69	0.00
July 11	85	63	0.00
July 12	80	58	0.00
July 13	91	67	0.00
July 14	82	56	0.00
July 15	70	50	0.18
July 16	85	55	0.00
July 17	77	51	0.03
July 18	81	49	0.00
July 19	71	52	0.00
July 20	80	48	0.00
July 21	84	52	0.00
July 22	89	61	0.00
July 23	85	63	0.00
July 24	81	66	0.19
July 25	84	63	0.00
July 26	78	60	0.81
July 27	78	48	0.00
July 28	80	52	0.03
July 29	79	50	0.00
July 30	70	61	0.08
July 31	76	51	0.00

August 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	48	0.00
August 2	84	51	0.00
August 3	78	61	0.00
August 4	75	57	0.00
August 5	80	53	0.00
August 6	85	49	0.00
August 7	90	50	0.00
August 8	90	59	0.00
August 9	92	58	0.00
August 10	95	66	1.08
August 11	79	52	0.00
August 12	80	48	0.00
August 13	86	55	0.00
August 14	88	62	0.00
August 15	72	62	0.00
August 16	80	56	0.00
August 17	84	50	0.00
August 18	87	52	0.00
August 19	89	56	0.05
August 20	92	69	0.00
August 21	91	66	0.00
August 22	93	62	0.00
August 23	77	55	0.00
August 24	78	43	0.00
August 25	85	67	0.00
August 26	83	62	0.49
August 27	76	61	0.00
August 28	79	61	0.00
August 29	87	55	0.00
August 30	90	56	0.00
August 31	70	60	0.00

September 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	61	0.00
September 2	82	63	0.02
September 3	80	66	0.03
September 4	87	70	0.20
September 5	89	68	0.00
September 6	78	69	0.28
September 7	87	69	0.00
September 8	94	66	0.00
September 9	82	63	0.00
September 10	84	60	0.00
September 11	78	61	0.00
September 12	73	59	0.00
September 13	75	55	0.00
September 14	82	49	0.00
September 15	77	59	0.00
September 16	72	56	0.03
September 17	75	55	0.00
September 18	72	51	0.00
September 19	71	60	0.00
September 20	66	50	0.88
September 21	68	42	0.00
September 22	70	41	0.00
September 23	73	47	0.00
September 24	66	36	0.00
September 25	60	37	0.10
September 26	63	52	0.09
September 27	71	60	1.09
September 28	86	59	0.00
September 29	82	58	0.00
September 30	78	53	0.00

October 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	84	56	0.00
October 2	86	55	0.00
October 3	83	58	0.00
October 4	74	50	0.02
October 5	74	47	0.02
October 6	63	49	0.01
October 7	57	39	0.00
October 8	63	35	0.08
October 9	63	50	0.10
October 10	60	41	0.00
October 11	62	40	0.00
October 12	63	35	0.00
October 13	63	41	0.00
October 14	63	47	0.00
October 15	76	42	0.00
October 16	73	50	0.00
October 17	65	52	0.00
October 18	73	56	0.00
October 19	73	48	0.00
October 20	75	41	0.00
October 21	73	56	0.15
October 22	62	60	0.58
October 23	62	59	0.05
October 24	61	56	0.00
October 25	61	55	0.00
October 26	69	51	0.00
October 27	71	52	0.00
October 28	70	46	0.00
October 29	67	41	0.00
October 30	74	48	0.00
October 31	65	40	0.00

November 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	70	38	0.13	0.0
November 3	51	34	0.01	0.0
November 4	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 5	61	32	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	29	0.04	0.0
November 7	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	16	0.00	0.0
November 9	33	30	0.16	1.6
November 10	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 14	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	67	43	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	67	44	0.00	0.0
November 19	61	34	0.15	0.0
November 20	44	34	0.25	0.0
November 21	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 22	30	15	0.00	0.0
November 23	33	10	0.00	0.0
November 24	32	24	0.07	0.7
November 25	37	21	0.00	0.0
November 26	39	31	0.01	0.0
November 27	38	33	0.24	1.5
November 28	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 29	36	33	0.27	0.3
November 30	33	25	0.01	0.1

December 1971 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 3	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	33	0.13	0.0
December 6	43	37	0.56	0.0
December 7	43	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	39	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	39	0.14	0.0
December 10	64	45	0.72	0.0
December 11	53	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	21	0.15	0.3
December 15	60	36	0.44	0.0
December 16	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	29	20	0.07	1.7
December 19	35	24	0.04	0.0
December 20	35	33	0.06	0.6
December 21	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	23	0.08	0.0
December 26	43	35	0.01	0.0
December 27	58	32	0.02	0.0
December 28	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	18	0.03	0.0
December 30	48	20	1.34	0.0
December 31	30	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