Detroit Weather in 1973

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	15 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	July 20
Most daily snow	8.7 inches	December 19
Total annual precipitation	34.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1973 was 96 °F which happened on August 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 28
2	95 °F	Aug 27
3	93 °F	Sep 3
3	93 °F	Sep 2
5	92 °F	Sep 4
5	92 °F	Jul 13
7	91 °F	Aug 29
8	90 °F	Sep 1
8	90 °F	Aug 8
10	89 °F	Aug 26
10	89 °F	Jun 11
10	89 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1973 was -4 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 17
2	-1 °F	February 18
3	0 °F	February 16
4	6 °F	February 9
5	7 °F	February 11
5	7 °F	January 12
7	8 °F	December 22
7	8 °F	January 10
9	9 °F	February 15
10	10 °F	January 11

January 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	19	0.65	0.0
January 4	44	25	0.01	0.0
January 5	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	23	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	22	12	0.01	0.6
January 10	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	30	0.00	0.0
January 16	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 17	54	38	0.00	0.0
January 18	58	44	0.02	0.0
January 19	50	32	0.01	0.1
January 20	32	21	0.01	0.1
January 21	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	34	0.74	0.0
January 23	35	31	0.03	0.2
January 24	35	23	0.02	0.4
January 25	52	26	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	29	0.00	0.0
January 27	46	35	0.01	0.0
January 28	38	21	0.14	1.0
January 29	22	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	19	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	32	0.14	0.0
February 2	52	36	0.12	0.0
February 3	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 4	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	29	0.08	1.0
February 8	29	16	0.07	2.0
February 9	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 11	22	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	28	0.12	1.2
February 15	35	9	0.20	3.2
February 16	15	0	0.00	0.0
February 17	17	-4	0.00	0.0
February 18	29	-1	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	31	0.07	0.8
February 21	33	18	0.17	2.7
February 22	25	14	0.05	0.8
February 23	30	11	0.02	0.4
February 24	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	28	23	0.03	0.5
February 26	29	16	0.01	0.2
February 27	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	12	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	38	0.33	0.0
March 6	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 7	63	44	0.26	0.0
March 8	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	33	0.05	0.0
March 10	52	38	0.23	0.0
March 11	69	48	0.82	0.0
March 12	52	43	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	40	0.01	0.0
March 14	60	42	0.77	0.0
March 15	65	47	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	33	0.21	1.5
March 17	35	26	0.97	8.4
March 18	34	28	0.02	0.2
March 19	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	51	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	37	0.05	0.0
March 26	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	52	32	0.04	0.0
March 29	61	46	0.58	0.0
March 30	53	45	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	40	0.14	0.0

April 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	66	46	0.01	0.0
April 2	51	44	0.00	0.0
April 3	45	41	0.09	0.0
April 4	42	37	0.01	0.0
April 5	52	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	62	43	0.00	0.0
April 7	53	40	0.00	0.0
April 8	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 9	40	32	0.49	0.1
April 10	38	29	0.00	0.0
April 11	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 12	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	47	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 15	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 16	67	45	0.09	0.0
April 17	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	63	50	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	55	0.00	0.0
April 20	76	53	0.00	0.0
April 21	77	59	0.01	0.0
April 22	69	53	0.72	0.0
April 23	68	48	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	42	0.00	0.0
April 27	54	46	0.00	0.0
April 28	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	47	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	53	0.13
May 2	76	51	0.51
May 3	51	37	0.02
May 4	58	36	0.00
May 5	63	35	0.00
May 6	67	36	0.00
May 7	70	52	0.23
May 8	70	57	0.54
May 9	75	54	0.00
May 10	74	52	0.35
May 11	67	50	0.00
May 12	60	45	0.07
May 13	48	39	0.01
May 14	53	36	0.00
May 15	57	33	0.00
May 16	65	40	0.03
May 17	55	31	0.01
May 18	60	32	0.00
May 19	62	45	0.00
May 20	71	47	0.00
May 21	74	46	0.00
May 22	60	50	0.52
May 23	60	54	0.37
May 24	70	49	0.00
May 25	67	58	0.00
May 26	71	52	0.00
May 27	65	51	0.50
May 28	76	58	0.16
May 29	66	53	0.00
May 30	54	49	0.27
May 31	74	48	0.00

June 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	58	0.00
June 2	77	53	0.00
June 3	76	58	0.63
June 4	83	63	0.06
June 5	80	63	0.34
June 6	71	57	0.13
June 7	80	56	0.00
June 8	83	62	0.00
June 9	85	63	0.00
June 10	89	54	0.00
June 11	89	70	0.00
June 12	87	67	0.00
June 13	78	61	0.00
June 14	82	51	0.00
June 15	83	55	0.00
June 16	88	65	0.76
June 17	65	60	0.00
June 18	75	61	0.00
June 19	87	62	0.00
June 20	82	63	0.48
June 21	81	60	0.00
June 22	80	60	0.00
June 23	77	54	0.11
June 24	77	56	0.00
June 25	80	54	0.00
June 26	87	65	1.19
June 27	76	65	0.02
June 28	74	61	1.14
June 29	70	60	0.00
June 30	75	56	0.00

July 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	56	0.00
July 2	86	60	1.09
July 3	85	67	0.00
July 4	82	64	0.00
July 5	81	58	0.00
July 6	83	58	0.00
July 7	87	63	0.00
July 8	88	65	0.00
July 9	87	70	0.00
July 10	85	65	0.05
July 11	75	58	0.00
July 12	79	50	0.00
July 13	92	68	0.00
July 14	82	68	0.00
July 15	80	60	0.00
July 16	78	53	0.00
July 17	82	55	0.00
July 18	85	55	0.00
July 19	88	60	0.00
July 20	77	67	1.48
July 21	80	64	0.00
July 22	82	62	0.00
July 23	83	63	0.00
July 24	83	68	0.00
July 25	88	71	0.00
July 26	81	68	1.10
July 27	85	66	0.23
July 28	78	63	0.18
July 29	78	62	0.00
July 30	82	62	0.00
July 31	78	68	0.53

August 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	66	0.00
August 2	81	60	0.00
August 3	82	60	0.00
August 4	82	59	0.00
August 5	84	59	0.00
August 6	85	64	0.00
August 7	85	62	0.00
August 8	90	66	0.00
August 9	88	69	0.86
August 10	83	64	0.36
August 11	84	62	0.00
August 12	82	62	0.00
August 13	82	59	0.00
August 14	80	66	0.00
August 15	82	62	0.00
August 16	82	57	0.00
August 17	85	65	0.00
August 18	83	64	0.00
August 19	83	61	0.00
August 20	83	61	0.43
August 21	74	55	0.00
August 22	72	50	0.00
August 23	69	49	0.00
August 24	76	60	0.00
August 25	82	57	0.00
August 26	89	69	0.00
August 27	95	75	0.00
August 28	96	72	0.00
August 29	91	69	0.00
August 30	87	66	0.00
August 31	86	66	0.02

September 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	70	0.00
September 2	93	67	0.00
September 3	93	66	0.00
September 4	92	67	0.00
September 5	86	67	0.00
September 6	80	58	0.00
September 7	78	49	0.00
September 8	73	49	0.00
September 9	75	55	0.00
September 10	80	45	0.00
September 11	79	54	0.00
September 12	74	43	0.00
September 13	73	44	0.00
September 14	77	54	0.00
September 15	79	46	0.00
September 16	68	50	0.00
September 17	61	47	0.34
September 18	67	49	0.00
September 19	69	40	0.00
September 20	64	43	0.00
September 21	65	38	0.01
September 22	81	54	0.00
September 23	73	50	0.00
September 24	73	47	0.00
September 25	81	55	0.02
September 26	86	64	0.00
September 27	87	60	0.37
September 28	64	57	0.04
September 29	67	56	1.04
September 30	68	54	0.00

October 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	51	0.00
October 2	76	58	0.29
October 3	72	54	0.00
October 4	77	55	0.00
October 5	68	45	0.00
October 6	67	38	0.00
October 7	71	56	0.05
October 8	75	53	0.00
October 9	68	57	0.00
October 10	77	59	0.00
October 11	77	55	0.00
October 12	80	57	0.00
October 13	68	59	0.18
October 14	69	47	0.00
October 15	68	46	0.00
October 16	55	37	0.00
October 17	57	43	0.00
October 18	55	33	0.00
October 19	66	29	0.00
October 20	59	40	0.00
October 21	62	34	0.00
October 22	66	36	0.00
October 23	71	34	0.00
October 24	73	36	0.00
October 25	78	49	0.00
October 26	65	44	0.00
October 27	59	38	0.05
October 28	53	45	0.68
October 29	50	45	0.28
October 30	52	48	0.04
October 31	54	46	0.44

November 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	44	0.01	0.0
November 2	52	39	0.08	0.0
November 3	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 6	42	20	0.00	0.0
November 7	42	20	0.00	0.0
November 8	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	36	27	0.02	0.1
November 10	41	23	0.00	0.0
November 11	40	21	0.01	0.0
November 12	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	47	0.00	0.0
November 14	66	43	0.05	0.0
November 15	57	36	0.73	0.0
November 16	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	49	33	0.04	0.0
November 19	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	51	43	0.00	0.0
November 21	58	44	0.49	0.0
November 22	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	58	36	0.00	0.0
November 24	62	36	0.27	0.0
November 25	49	40	0.30	0.0
November 26	47	40	0.04	0.0
November 27	56	46	0.02	0.0
November 28	49	36	1.15	0.0
November 29	39	31	0.00	0.0
November 30	50	29	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	37	0.00	0.0
December 4	54	49	0.29	0.0
December 5	54	31	0.03	0.0
December 6	33	27	0.03	0.3
December 7	36	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	41	22	0.02	0.1
December 10	33	25	0.05	0.5
December 11	28	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	27	0.86	2.3
December 14	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	22	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	21	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	24	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	20	0.70	8.7
December 20	28	17	0.27	2.5
December 21	24	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	45	34	0.44	0.0
December 26	37	26	0.64	0.0
December 27	36	32	0.04	0.2
December 28	35	31	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	20	0.09	1.0
December 30	21	13	0.01	0.3
December 31	23	18	0.04	0.5

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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