Detroit Weather in 1974

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1974 based on NOAA data.

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1974 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 14
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 3
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	August 16
Most daily snow	18.4 inches	December 1
Total annual precipitation	31.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	75.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1974?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1974 was 97 °F which happened on July 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1974

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 14
2	94 °F	Jul 9
3	93 °F	Jul 8
4	92 °F	Jul 28
4	92 °F	Jul 27
4	92 °F	Jul 18
4	92 °F	Jul 3
8	90 °F	Aug 26
8	90 °F	Aug 16
8	90 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1974?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1974 was -8 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1974

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 12
1	-8 °F	January 8
3	-2 °F	January 13
4	0 °F	February 8
5	1 °F	January 7
5	1 °F	January 5
5	1 °F	January 2
8	2 °F	February 5
9	4 °F	March 25
9	4 °F	February 7
9	4 °F	February 4
9	4 °F	January 1

January 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	20	4	0.04	0.5
January 2	15	1	0.06	0.8
January 3	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	21	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	13	0.05	2.0
January 7	17	1	0.01	0.6
January 8	20	-8	0.17	2.0
January 9	28	20	0.15	1.6
January 10	29	21	0.09	1.0
January 11	27	15	0.03	0.3
January 12	20	-8	0.04	0.5
January 13	21	-2	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	23	0.01	0.1
January 18	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	50	32	0.89	0.0
January 21	50	36	0.03	0.0
January 22	37	35	0.36	0.0
January 23	41	27	0.01	0.0
January 24	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	56	26	0.79	0.0
January 27	56	36	0.03	0.0
January 28	36	33	0.50	4.7
January 29	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 30	51	33	0.00	0.0
January 31	47	23	0.00	0.0

February 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	19	0.13	1.6
February 2	22	15	0.00	0.0
February 3	22	12	0.01	0.1
February 4	20	4	0.02	0.5
February 5	17	2	0.08	1.0
February 6	20	15	0.44	5.2
February 7	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	23	0	0.00	0.0
February 9	25	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	6	0.15	2.5
February 11	24	14	0.01	0.1
February 12	41	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 14	23	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	16	0.04	0.0
February 19	40	33	0.40	0.0
February 20	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	30	0.28	0.0
February 22	49	25	0.67	0.0
February 23	27	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	24	15	0.01	0.2
February 25	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	47	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	53	35	0.13	0.0

March 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	52	34	0.41	0.0
March 3	67	42	0.00	0.0
March 4	61	39	0.97	0.0
March 5	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 6	57	37	0.00	0.0
March 7	59	39	0.05	0.0
March 8	39	33	0.95	0.0
March 9	48	33	0.37	0.0
March 10	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	41	30	0.22	1.1
March 16	37	33	0.07	0.5
March 17	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	41	27	0.10	0.0
March 19	41	28	0.02	0.0
March 20	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	29	0.15	1.5
March 22	45	27	0.05	0.7
March 23	40	18	0.06	0.7
March 24	21	7	0.01	0.1
March 25	30	4	0.00	0.0
March 26	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	34	30	0.60	1.1
March 29	35	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	35	0.17	0.0
March 31	44	35	0.00	0.0

April 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	35	0.20	0.0
April 2	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 3	62	41	0.75	0.0
April 4	63	38	0.00	0.0
April 5	38	33	0.19	1.3
April 6	49	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	31	0.60	0.4
April 8	36	28	0.00	0.0
April 9	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	57	43	0.00	0.0
April 12	69	45	0.24	0.0
April 13	73	51	0.00	0.0
April 14	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 15	47	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	66	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	59	36	0.37	0.0
April 19	51	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	65	30	0.00	0.0
April 21	76	44	0.00	0.0
April 22	71	45	0.26	0.0
April 23	46	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 25	62	29	0.00	0.0
April 26	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	79	46	0.00	0.0
April 28	77	62	0.08	0.0
April 29	75	61	0.03	0.0
April 30	68	47	0.03	0.0

May 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	39	0.00
May 2	63	37	0.05
May 3	60	43	0.05
May 4	55	35	0.00
May 5	64	37	0.06
May 6	49	31	0.00
May 7	54	27	0.00
May 8	45	38	0.85
May 9	47	41	0.06
May 10	58	37	0.00
May 11	67	44	0.89
May 12	66	47	0.03
May 13	55	43	0.00
May 14	77	50	0.39
May 15	66	50	0.45
May 16	72	47	0.30
May 17	73	57	0.11
May 18	70	47	0.00
May 19	66	50	0.00
May 20	69	46	0.00
May 21	81	50	0.00
May 22	76	61	0.00
May 23	76	54	0.00
May 24	64	52	0.00
May 25	61	46	0.00
May 26	66	42	0.00
May 27	66	40	0.00
May 28	61	44	0.14
May 29	73	58	0.11
May 30	72	50	0.00
May 31	80	57	0.00

June 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	47	0.00
June 2	75	47	0.00
June 3	77	48	0.00
June 4	85	55	0.00
June 5	82	61	0.00
June 6	81	65	0.04
June 7	85	66	0.15
June 8	78	65	0.23
June 9	86	68	0.00
June 10	77	54	0.02
June 11	67	51	0.16
June 12	72	48	0.00
June 13	72	49	0.01
June 14	78	51	0.00
June 15	75	54	0.60
June 16	63	50	0.00
June 17	63	48	0.06
June 18	75	54	0.12
June 19	76	60	0.31
June 20	85	64	0.00
June 21	85	66	0.02
June 22	75	58	0.00
June 23	66	50	0.00
June 24	72	48	0.00
June 25	77	53	0.00
June 26	76	57	0.50
June 27	77	52	0.00
June 28	77	56	0.00
June 29	82	57	0.00
June 30	83	57	0.16

July 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	55	0.00
July 2	87	65	0.04
July 3	92	74	0.00
July 4	90	68	0.00
July 5	79	60	0.00
July 6	81	52	0.00
July 7	89	52	0.00
July 8	93	63	0.00
July 9	94	69	0.00
July 10	86	64	0.00
July 11	81	58	0.00
July 12	83	50	0.00
July 13	89	51	0.00
July 14	97	71	0.04
July 15	85	64	0.00
July 16	81	55	0.00
July 17	85	52	0.00
July 18	92	72	0.00
July 19	89	67	0.00
July 20	76	58	0.00
July 21	80	52	0.00
July 22	73	57	0.10
July 23	73	58	0.06
July 24	80	52	0.00
July 25	83	55	0.00
July 26	87	67	0.00
July 27	92	62	0.00
July 28	92	55	0.00
July 29	84	64	0.35
July 30	80	56	0.00
July 31	83	53	0.00

August 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	52	0.00
August 2	84	64	0.04
August 3	84	66	0.00
August 4	72	53	0.00
August 5	79	57	0.00
August 6	82	50	0.00
August 7	85	59	0.00
August 8	82	67	0.01
August 9	83	65	0.00
August 10	82	65	0.00
August 11	79	70	0.01
August 12	86	67	0.00
August 13	88	66	0.00
August 14	83	61	0.00
August 15	83	59	0.00
August 16	90	55	2.81
August 17	84	63	0.04
August 18	86	55	0.00
August 19	86	61	0.00
August 20	88	63	0.00
August 21	87	64	0.00
August 22	88	62	0.00
August 23	87	66	0.03
August 24	78	64	0.00
August 25	83	63	0.00
August 26	90	59	0.00
August 27	84	68	0.00
August 28	76	61	0.00
August 29	80	61	0.00
August 30	84	59	0.00
August 31	80	55	0.01

September 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	52	0.00
September 2	62	50	0.41
September 3	67	49	0.09
September 4	69	40	0.00
September 5	72	42	0.00
September 6	73	52	0.00
September 7	76	52	0.00
September 8	80	53	0.00
September 9	82	58	0.00
September 10	83	58	0.00
September 11	87	63	0.03
September 12	82	68	0.86
September 13	71	56	0.00
September 14	66	45	0.00
September 15	76	46	0.00
September 16	70	45	0.00
September 17	79	50	0.11
September 18	66	47	0.00
September 19	81	41	0.00
September 20	66	55	0.00
September 21	66	45	0.03
September 22	54	30	0.00
September 23	59	29	0.00
September 24	64	38	0.00
September 25	69	40	0.00
September 26	80	35	0.00
September 27	74	47	0.11
September 28	73	62	0.02
September 29	64	43	0.56
September 30	57	43	0.00

October 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	53	35	0.08
October 2	46	29	0.00
October 3	52	24	0.00
October 4	66	35	0.02
October 5	73	50	0.00
October 6	77	49	0.13
October 7	55	34	0.00
October 8	59	31	0.00
October 9	66	38	0.00
October 10	70	36	0.00
October 11	74	37	0.00
October 12	64	45	0.09
October 13	57	40	0.01
October 14	63	52	0.21
October 15	53	39	0.00
October 16	60	30	0.00
October 17	63	35	0.00
October 18	44	28	0.00
October 19	45	24	0.00
October 20	43	20	0.00
October 21	51	17	0.00
October 22	67	30	0.00
October 23	60	43	0.00
October 24	64	32	0.00
October 25	64	45	0.00
October 26	66	27	0.00
October 27	68	31	0.00
October 28	71	33	0.00
October 29	63	42	0.02
October 30	69	57	0.25
October 31	72	60	0.00

November 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	74	52	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	58	49	0.76	0.0
November 4	49	43	0.22	0.0
November 5	46	43	0.71	0.0
November 6	44	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	59	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	46	0.15	0.0
November 12	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 13	37	33	0.38	3.7
November 14	33	24	0.15	2.0
November 15	33	24	0.02	0.1
November 16	41	19	0.01	0.0
November 17	50	35	0.01	0.0
November 18	55	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	53	41	0.00	0.0
November 20	51	38	0.10	0.0
November 21	42	32	0.03	0.2
November 22	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	62	32	0.02	0.0
November 24	56	34	0.17	0.4
November 25	35	18	0.01	0.1
November 26	31	14	0.00	0.0
November 27	34	26	0.12	1.2
November 28	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	35	26	0.00	0.0

December 1974 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	30	1.69	18.4
December 2	40	29	0.11	0.9
December 3	33	16	0.01	0.2
December 4	29	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	25	6	0.00	0.0
December 6	32	8	0.00	0.0
December 7	38	28	0.28	0.0
December 8	36	25	0.13	0.3
December 9	26	14	0.01	0.2
December 10	32	18	0.01	0.1
December 11	35	16	0.06	0.0
December 12	36	33	0.24	2.0
December 13	35	33	0.03	0.0
December 14	35	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	31	0.43	3.0
December 16	36	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	26	0.02	0.3
December 18	26	20	0.05	0.5
December 19	34	26	0.16	1.9
December 20	29	18	0.07	1.1
December 21	33	23	0.23	2.9
December 22	35	10	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	29	0.01	0.0
December 24	40	30	0.19	1.2
December 25	33	25	0.04	0.4
December 26	26	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	32	0.02	0.0
December 30	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	23	0.21	1.5

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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