Detroit Weather in 1972

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	June 20
Most daily snow	3.8 inches	December 4
Total annual precipitation	31.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1972 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 22
1	93 °F	Jul 21
3	92 °F	Jul 23
4	91 °F	Jul 20
4	91 °F	Jul 11
6	90 °F	Jul 18
7	89 °F	Jul 12
8	88 °F	Aug 18
8	88 °F	Aug 14
8	88 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1972 was -14 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 16
2	-12 °F	January 15
3	-3 °F	February 8
3	-3 °F	February 7
5	-2 °F	February 10
5	-2 °F	January 14
7	1 °F	January 29
8	2 °F	February 11
8	2 °F	January 6
10	3 °F	February 5
10	3 °F	January 31

January 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	27	0.08	0.6
January 3	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	21	0.15	1.9
January 5	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	24	2	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	34	0.06	0.0
January 10	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	14	0.19	2.8
January 14	24	-2	0.01	0.1
January 15	0	-12	0.00	0.0
January 16	11	-14	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	11	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	30	0.28	0.0
January 21	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	53	30	0.21	0.0
January 23	40	23	0.07	0.7
January 24	48	16	0.03	0.0
January 25	35	10	0.01	0.0
January 26	14	9	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	8	0.13	1.2
January 28	22	7	0.03	0.3
January 29	20	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	20	9	0.01	0.1
January 31	25	3	0.02	0.2

February 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	26	0.03	0.3
February 3	35	26	0.19	1.7
February 4	26	8	0.01	0.1
February 5	19	3	0.01	0.1
February 6	22	15	0.20	2.0
February 7	16	-3	0.00	0.0
February 8	18	-3	0.00	0.0
February 9	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	-2	0.00	0.0
February 11	26	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	33	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	38	24	0.10	0.0
February 16	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	28	0.05	0.3
February 19	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 20	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 23	32	17	0.07	0.7
February 24	34	27	0.01	0.1
February 25	33	19	0.18	2.7
February 26	32	13	0.02	0.3
February 27	40	14	0.04	0.0
February 28	42	30	0.09	1.0
February 29	43	28	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	53	31	0.31	0.0
March 2	35	16	0.16	0.2
March 3	27	12	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	19	0.05	0.6
March 5	24	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	8	0.04	0.5
March 7	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 9	27	12	0.00	0.1
March 10	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 11	51	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	35	32	0.96	0.0
March 14	35	32	0.37	0.0
March 15	38	32	0.04	0.0
March 16	44	33	0.09	0.0
March 17	38	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	41	22	0.00	0.0
March 20	51	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	66	35	0.12	0.0
March 22	52	28	0.05	0.0
March 23	28	23	0.03	0.5
March 24	36	21	0.00	0.1
March 25	42	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 27	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	39	27	0.33	0.5
March 30	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	25	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	29	0.00	0.0
April 2	42	26	0.00	0.0
April 3	49	30	0.26	0.3
April 4	41	28	0.15	1.5
April 5	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 6	57	25	0.11	0.7
April 7	25	19	0.00	0.0
April 8	40	18	0.00	0.0
April 9	47	20	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	64	38	0.00	0.0
April 12	65	37	0.08	0.0
April 13	70	44	0.10	0.0
April 14	48	38	0.01	0.0
April 15	57	43	0.76	0.0
April 16	48	40	1.10	0.0
April 17	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	74	43	0.00	0.0
April 19	72	44	0.36	0.0
April 20	54	36	0.15	0.0
April 21	53	33	0.08	0.0
April 22	52	41	0.42	0.0
April 23	54	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	46	33	0.00	0.0
April 25	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	57	34	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	64	44	0.00	0.0
April 30	70	48	0.05	0.0

May 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	53	0.68
May 2	74	51	0.00
May 3	62	45	0.00
May 4	60	40	0.01
May 5	65	36	0.00
May 6	79	51	0.22
May 7	55	41	0.38
May 8	48	43	0.26
May 9	60	43	0.00
May 10	65	36	0.00
May 11	75	42	0.00
May 12	71	42	0.00
May 13	67	46	0.20
May 14	68	54	0.36
May 15	66	56	0.10
May 16	68	54	0.00
May 17	75	51	0.00
May 18	84	52	0.00
May 19	80	53	0.00
May 20	81	56	0.00
May 21	86	55	0.00
May 22	80	56	0.00
May 23	83	55	0.00
May 24	84	54	0.00
May 25	81	58	0.00
May 26	75	50	0.00
May 27	75	48	0.00
May 28	80	47	0.00
May 29	86	53	0.00
May 30	66	47	0.47
May 31	54	45	0.00

June 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	44	0.00
June 2	80	55	0.10
June 3	79	63	0.03
June 4	80	58	0.00
June 5	76	51	0.00
June 6	79	51	0.00
June 7	80	46	0.00
June 8	83	52	0.00
June 9	71	47	0.00
June 10	61	41	0.00
June 11	74	36	0.00
June 12	70	54	0.06
June 13	83	62	0.05
June 14	88	69	0.02
June 15	80	62	0.50
June 16	68	50	0.00
June 17	71	47	0.00
June 18	76	49	0.00
June 19	84	56	0.00
June 20	85	66	1.96
June 21	66	51	0.00
June 22	59	48	0.23
June 23	64	48	0.02
June 24	60	53	0.04
June 25	74	56	0.01
June 26	75	58	0.00
June 27	78	54	0.00
June 28	80	54	0.00
June 29	73	64	0.22
June 30	76	62	0.06

July 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	61	0.00
July 2	82	62	0.06
July 3	74	55	0.16
July 4	67	49	0.00
July 5	69	47	0.00
July 6	75	42	0.00
July 7	75	51	0.16
July 8	75	58	0.03
July 9	81	62	0.02
July 10	85	63	0.00
July 11	91	63	0.00
July 12	89	66	0.15
July 13	80	64	0.04
July 14	87	69	0.11
July 15	78	63	0.30
July 16	82	61	0.00
July 17	84	60	0.00
July 18	90	70	0.97
July 19	86	69	0.00
July 20	91	67	0.00
July 21	93	73	0.00
July 22	93	71	0.00
July 23	92	71	0.00
July 24	87	67	0.00
July 25	79	63	0.00
July 26	72	53	0.16
July 27	73	59	0.05
July 28	76	55	0.00
July 29	80	52	0.00
July 30	83	51	0.00
July 31	85	56	0.00

August 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	63	0.05
August 2	82	66	0.02
August 3	82	61	0.00
August 4	73	52	0.00
August 5	77	45	0.00
August 6	71	57	0.05
August 7	68	59	0.41
August 8	62	54	0.17
August 9	71	51	0.00
August 10	74	45	0.00
August 11	74	49	0.01
August 12	79	60	0.00
August 13	84	55	0.00
August 14	88	62	0.60
August 15	74	58	0.00
August 16	77	51	0.40
August 17	85	69	0.54
August 18	88	66	0.22
August 19	82	62	0.48
August 20	82	59	0.00
August 21	84	60	0.00
August 22	83	68	0.03
August 23	85	69	0.05
August 24	83	68	0.01
August 25	82	58	0.00
August 26	83	65	0.03
August 27	75	63	0.00
August 28	83	57	0.00
August 29	84	57	0.00
August 30	82	54	0.00
August 31	83	54	0.00

September 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	60	0.09
September 2	67	56	0.34
September 3	72	53	0.00
September 4	72	46	0.00
September 5	75	43	0.00
September 6	78	51	0.00
September 7	79	53	0.00
September 8	77	62	0.00
September 9	72	48	0.00
September 10	71	41	0.00
September 11	73	60	0.07
September 12	70	64	0.00
September 13	80	66	0.48
September 14	72	50	0.00
September 15	73	46	0.00
September 16	76	54	0.00
September 17	86	66	0.65
September 18	78	62	0.48
September 19	73	61	0.00
September 20	73	53	0.00
September 21	72	50	0.00
September 22	62	45	0.00
September 23	59	45	0.01
September 24	75	59	0.00
September 25	74	65	0.13
September 26	79	64	0.60
September 27	64	47	0.00
September 28	69	44	0.00
September 29	66	49	0.38
September 30	52	39	0.17

October 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	59	40	0.01
October 2	72	43	0.00
October 3	74	50	0.00
October 4	66	54	0.00
October 5	71	55	0.01
October 6	67	54	0.01
October 7	57	42	0.00
October 8	65	38	0.00
October 9	55	32	0.00
October 10	58	29	0.00
October 11	67	46	0.00
October 12	61	37	0.00
October 13	52	31	0.00
October 14	64	37	0.00
October 15	53	30	0.02
October 16	59	43	0.02
October 17	53	29	0.00
October 18	41	27	0.00
October 19	45	22	0.00
October 20	50	19	0.00
October 21	48	41	0.31
October 22	53	46	0.98
October 23	67	44	0.35
October 24	45	37	0.00
October 25	47	36	0.00
October 26	54	32	0.00
October 27	60	29	0.00
October 28	52	49	0.41
October 29	49	38	0.12
October 30	44	35	0.00
October 31	44	33	0.00

November 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	48	42	0.09	0.0
November 2	71	47	0.57	0.0
November 3	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	45	41	0.09	0.0
November 5	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	44	0.64	0.0
November 8	50	41	0.11	0.0
November 9	41	40	0.00	0.0
November 10	44	41	0.05	0.0
November 11	44	40	0.01	0.0
November 12	47	40	0.00	0.0
November 13	41	33	0.55	0.0
November 14	35	32	0.33	2.5
November 15	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 16	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	38	33	0.26	1.0
November 20	40	30	0.01	0.0
November 21	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	35	27	0.02	0.3
November 23	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	42	27	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	30	0.18	1.2
November 26	34	32	0.28	2.1
November 27	35	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	28	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	20	0.20	3.2
December 2	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	28	24	0.20	3.8
December 5	34	25	0.02	0.0
December 6	37	12	0.75	0.0
December 7	21	7	0.00	0.0
December 8	31	21	0.04	0.4
December 9	34	30	0.04	0.5
December 10	31	15	0.01	0.1
December 11	20	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	18	0.90	0.5
December 13	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	25	0.09	1.6
December 16	25	15	0.03	0.6
December 17	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	25	0.06	0.0
December 20	35	33	0.02	0.0
December 21	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	35	0.00	0.0
December 23	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	33	0.01	0.0
December 25	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	30	0.11	1.1
December 27	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	29	0.37	0.7
December 30	53	34	0.25	0.0
December 31	55	34	0.01	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