Detroit Weather in 1976

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1976 based on NOAA data.

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1976 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 14
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 11
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	May 6
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	March 1
Total annual precipitation	29.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1976?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1976 was 99 °F which happened on July 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1976

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 14
2	98 °F	Sep 8
3	95 °F	Aug 27
3	95 °F	Jul 15
5	94 °F	Jul 11
5	94 °F	Jul 10
5	94 °F	Jun 14
5	94 °F	Jun 11
9	93 °F	Aug 12
9	93 °F	Jun 15
9	93 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1976?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1976 was -18 °F which happened on Jan 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1976

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-18 °F	January 18
2	-12 °F	February 2
3	-9 °F	February 3
4	-5 °F	December 31
5	-4 °F	February 1
6	-3 °F	December 30
6	-3 °F	December 29
6	-3 °F	December 3
6	-3 °F	January 17
6	-3 °F	January 8

January 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	27	0.02	0.0
January 3	34	12	0.01	0.1
January 4	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	35	11	0.21	1.9
January 8	14	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	11	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	21	-2	0.05	0.4
January 11	36	20	0.15	1.4
January 12	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	24	0.42	6.0
January 14	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	4	0.05	0.6
January 16	35	10	0.03	0.3
January 17	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 18	11	-18	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	2	0.02	0.2
January 20	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	25	16	0.13	1.5
January 22	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 23	16	-1	0.04	0.6
January 24	23	11	0.01	0.1
January 25	44	14	0.54	0.0
January 26	46	25	0.08	0.0
January 27	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	20	0.15	2.0
January 31	28	19	0.00	0.0

February 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	-4	0.10	1.0
February 2	13	-12	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	-9	0.00	0.0
February 4	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	18	0.14	1.6
February 6	22	9	0.02	0.3
February 7	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	10	0.00	0.0
February 10	49	38	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	48	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	64	31	0.05	0.0
February 16	50	30	1.00	0.0
February 17	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 18	62	34	0.41	0.0
February 19	45	33	0.01	0.0
February 20	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	51	35	0.77	0.0
February 22	36	22	0.17	2.0
February 23	34	10	0.00	0.0
February 24	59	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	65	45	0.00	0.0
February 26	64	35	0.04	0.0
February 27	63	33	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	33	0.00	0.0
February 29	63	33	0.16	0.0

March 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	30	1.19	6.2
March 2	34	32	0.82	0.0
March 3	47	32	0.36	0.0
March 4	46	36	0.32	0.0
March 5	61	30	0.31	0.0
March 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	27	0.04	0.0
March 11	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	62	30	0.31	0.0
March 13	40	25	0.02	0.3
March 14	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	20	0.05	0.5
March 17	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 18	54	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	70	50	0.00	0.0
March 20	71	52	0.00	0.0
March 21	59	21	0.01	0.1
March 22	42	16	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	71	39	0.26	0.0
March 25	63	38	0.20	0.0
March 26	75	43	0.00	0.0
March 27	62	34	0.31	0.4
March 28	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	35	0.03	0.0
March 30	75	44	0.01	0.0
March 31	47	36	0.00	0.0

April 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	34	0.15	0.7
April 2	50	34	0.01	0.1
April 3	62	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	31	0.06	0.9
April 5	60	27	0.00	0.0
April 6	63	40	0.06	0.0
April 7	61	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 9	53	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	67	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	51	25	0.04	0.0
April 12	52	18	0.00	0.0
April 13	66	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	74	41	0.00	0.0
April 15	85	58	0.00	0.0
April 16	85	57	0.30	0.0
April 17	85	61	0.00	0.0
April 18	84	55	0.00	0.0
April 19	77	60	0.00	0.0
April 20	67	50	0.00	0.0
April 21	72	46	0.50	0.0
April 22	71	45	0.13	0.0
April 23	62	42	0.02	0.0
April 24	57	43	0.76	0.0
April 25	45	33	1.12	0.4
April 26	38	31	0.00	0.0
April 27	47	33	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	64	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	36	0.00	0.0

May 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	44	0.10
May 2	67	42	0.08
May 3	43	37	0.01
May 4	65	31	0.00
May 5	85	49	0.01
May 6	65	40	1.75
May 7	56	36	0.03
May 8	62	30	0.00
May 9	77	42	0.00
May 10	81	48	0.00
May 11	65	41	0.01
May 12	65	35	0.00
May 13	70	38	0.00
May 14	71	59	0.01
May 15	66	60	0.44
May 16	72	59	0.05
May 17	64	47	0.42
May 18	62	38	0.00
May 19	66	35	0.00
May 20	81	46	0.00
May 21	73	46	0.00
May 22	65	37	0.00
May 23	63	42	0.00
May 24	65	40	0.00
May 25	65	43	0.01
May 26	68	40	0.00
May 27	74	40	0.00
May 28	77	50	0.00
May 29	72	59	0.12
May 30	78	56	0.12
May 31	76	61	0.10

June 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	55	0.00
June 2	74	49	0.00
June 3	77	48	0.00
June 4	81	51	0.00
June 5	82	53	0.00
June 6	85	48	0.00
June 7	89	57	0.00
June 8	91	56	0.00
June 9	93	59	0.00
June 10	90	61	0.00
June 11	94	67	0.00
June 12	80	60	0.00
June 13	92	61	0.00
June 14	94	71	0.00
June 15	93	69	0.57
June 16	75	54	0.01
June 17	76	51	0.00
June 18	87	56	0.43
June 19	76	62	0.35
June 20	80	56	0.00
June 21	74	61	0.00
June 22	79	64	0.00
June 23	83	56	0.00
June 24	72	64	0.98
June 25	79	58	0.00
June 26	87	54	0.00
June 27	89	59	0.00
June 28	82	64	0.26
June 29	85	62	0.54
June 30	71	60	0.12

July 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	56	0.00
July 2	80	54	0.00
July 3	77	51	0.11
July 4	82	56	0.00
July 5	89	58	0.00
July 6	89	60	0.04
July 7	87	59	0.13
July 8	84	62	0.01
July 9	81	52	0.01
July 10	94	68	0.06
July 11	94	72	0.00
July 12	79	57	0.00
July 13	84	48	0.00
July 14	99	57	0.00
July 15	95	68	0.00
July 16	81	55	0.00
July 17	79	52	0.05
July 18	87	52	0.00
July 19	88	61	0.00
July 20	87	64	0.46
July 21	87	66	0.25
July 22	84	62	0.00
July 23	91	67	0.00
July 24	86	64	0.02
July 25	80	55	0.00
July 26	89	59	0.00
July 27	91	67	0.11
July 28	87	66	0.16
July 29	80	64	0.06
July 30	86	62	0.00
July 31	82	58	0.00

August 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	52	0.00
August 2	78	48	0.00
August 3	84	46	0.00
August 4	86	49	0.00
August 5	86	62	0.01
August 6	70	59	0.01
August 7	72	58	0.00
August 8	81	56	0.00
August 9	87	50	0.00
August 10	88	52	0.00
August 11	87	64	0.00
August 12	93	71	0.06
August 13	84	64	1.57
August 14	77	63	0.00
August 15	77	57	0.00
August 16	78	49	0.00
August 17	85	48	0.00
August 18	87	51	0.00
August 19	88	51	0.00
August 20	89	53	0.00
August 21	87	52	0.00
August 22	92	59	0.00
August 23	91	62	0.00
August 24	88	63	0.00
August 25	89	65	0.00
August 26	90	67	0.00
August 27	95	67	0.00
August 28	85	59	0.03
August 29	70	49	0.00
August 30	75	41	0.00
August 31	90	51	0.00

September 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	55	0.00
September 2	72	46	0.00
September 3	85	43	0.00
September 4	88	62	0.00
September 5	75	46	0.00
September 6	78	41	0.00
September 7	90	48	0.00
September 8	98	54	0.00
September 9	89	54	1.21
September 10	71	49	0.01
September 11	85	50	0.00
September 12	86	51	0.00
September 13	88	52	0.00
September 14	86	55	0.00
September 15	67	60	0.18
September 16	67	61	0.19
September 17	72	59	0.49
September 18	78	54	0.00
September 19	79	52	0.08
September 20	67	51	0.34
September 21	62	41	0.12
September 22	62	38	0.00
September 23	70	42	0.04
September 24	64	34	0.00
September 25	71	38	0.00
September 26	59	54	0.98
September 27	68	53	0.02
September 28	62	41	0.00
September 29	71	40	0.00
September 30	76	41	0.00

October 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	43	0.00
October 2	75	45	0.00
October 3	75	46	0.00
October 4	77	49	0.00
October 5	80	55	0.16
October 6	64	46	0.88
October 7	56	43	0.00
October 8	54	41	0.00
October 9	54	44	0.00
October 10	58	36	0.00
October 11	68	47	0.00
October 12	76	44	0.00
October 13	74	47	0.00
October 14	64	35	0.00
October 15	66	39	0.00
October 16	51	36	0.00
October 17	47	28	0.00
October 18	49	24	0.00
October 19	47	38	0.18
October 20	47	36	0.01
October 21	49	34	0.02
October 22	45	27	0.00
October 23	50	27	0.12
October 24	50	43	0.24
October 25	46	36	0.00
October 26	45	28	0.00
October 27	39	22	0.00
October 28	48	21	0.00
October 29	56	32	0.00
October 30	46	38	0.28
October 31	46	27	0.12

November 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	25	0.00	0.0
November 2	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 4	40	25	0.01	0.1
November 5	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	42	26	0.05	0.5
November 8	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	39	19	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	43	22	0.00	0.0
November 15	44	20	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	50	23	0.00	0.0
November 18	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	46	20	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	21	0.02	0.2
November 22	33	20	0.00	0.1
November 23	31	27	0.02	0.3
November 24	32	19	0.00	0.0
November 25	49	28	0.01	0.2
November 26	54	48	0.53	0.0
November 27	57	35	0.15	0.0
November 28	35	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	20	11	0.00	0.0
November 30	24	10	0.00	0.0

December 1976 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	28	16	0.06	0.6
December 2	24	-2	0.02	0.4
December 3	21	-3	0.13	1.6
December 4	27	15	0.01	0.1
December 5	27	7	0.00	0.1
December 6	33	24	0.15	1.8
December 7	31	14	0.07	0.7
December 8	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	13	0.01	0.1
December 10	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	10	0.00	0.0
December 12	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	24	8	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	30	0.02	0.2
December 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	28	0.01	0.0
December 20	48	17	0.11	0.5
December 21	21	8	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	11	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	11	0.03	0.3
December 24	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	31	14	0.07	0.9
December 27	24	5	0.06	1.7
December 28	27	18	0.02	0.4
December 29	18	-3	0.02	0.4
December 30	16	-3	0.00	0.0
December 31	19	-5	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