Detroit Weather in 1978

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	March 2
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	14 °F	February 6
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	January 26
Most daily snow	7.8 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	27.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	50.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1978 was 97 °F which happened on September 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Sep 8
2	96 °F	Jul 26
2	96 °F	Jul 20
4	95 °F	Sep 6
4	95 °F	Jul 22
4	95 °F	Jul 21
7	94 °F	Sep 7
8	93 °F	Jul 19
9	91 °F	Sep 20
9	91 °F	Sep 5
9	91 °F	Jul 7
9	91 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1978 was -4 °F which happened on Mar 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	March 2
2	-3 °F	February 4
3	-2 °F	February 23
4	0 °F	February 20
4	0 °F	January 23
6	1 °F	December 28
6	1 °F	March 9
6	1 °F	February 21
6	1 °F	January 15
6	1 °F	January 4

January 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	16	0.42	7.0
January 2	20	4	0.01	0.2
January 3	21	5	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	1	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	36	17	0.23	2.2
January 9	17	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	9	0.00	0.0
January 11	21	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	23	5	0.05	0.6
January 13	27	20	0.21	2.7
January 14	28	8	0.02	0.3
January 15	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 16	21	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	23	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	29	17	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	21	0.21	2.1
January 21	25	9	0.09	1.3
January 22	20	6	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	10	0.20	2.9
January 25	35	31	0.29	1.9
January 26	37	22	1.39	7.8
January 27	23	12	0.03	0.4
January 28	27	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	7	0.00	0.1
January 31	22	6	0.01	0.1

February 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	5	0.07	0.8
February 2	23	5	0.05	0.6
February 3	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	16	-3	0.00	0.0
February 5	20	9	0.13	1.9
February 6	14	5	0.00	0.0
February 7	21	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	27	4	0.00	0.0
February 9	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	4	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	26	6	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 18	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 19	24	2	0.00	0.0
February 20	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	1	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	25	-2	0.04	0.4
February 24	31	17	0.02	0.2
February 25	34	20	0.12	1.2
February 26	29	20	0.02	0.2
February 27	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 28	30	18	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	28	9	0.00	0.0
March 2	26	-4	0.00	0.0
March 3	27	17	0.09	1.5
March 4	22	8	0.00	0.0
March 5	24	5	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	11	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	5	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	17	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	1	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	30	0.03	0.0
March 12	44	28	0.02	0.0
March 13	35	24	0.04	0.0
March 14	41	34	0.44	0.0
March 15	38	33	0.01	0.2
March 16	39	27	0.01	0.2
March 17	33	21	0.02	0.2
March 18	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	25	0.23	0.0
March 21	48	35	0.50	0.0
March 22	47	32	0.08	0.0
March 23	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 25	32	26	0.11	0.4
March 26	35	32	0.17	0.0
March 27	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	32	0.07	0.0
March 29	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	65	37	0.23	0.0

April 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	65	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	30	0.20	0.0
April 3	50	32	0.18	0.0
April 4	62	38	0.17	0.0
April 5	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 6	47	39	0.63	0.0
April 7	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 8	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 9	39	26	0.11	0.0
April 10	69	33	0.36	0.0
April 11	64	42	0.05	0.0
April 12	68	33	0.00	0.0
April 13	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 14	57	30	0.00	0.0
April 15	50	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	48	38	0.33	0.0
April 19	62	46	0.11	0.0
April 20	49	37	0.26	0.0
April 21	50	33	0.03	0.3
April 22	57	25	0.00	0.0
April 23	51	34	0.06	0.0
April 24	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 27	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	70	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	52	32	0.00	0.0

May 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	26	0.00
May 2	59	29	0.00
May 3	63	28	0.00
May 4	54	38	0.13
May 5	45	39	0.15
May 6	58	42	0.00
May 7	63	38	0.00
May 8	63	49	0.55
May 9	59	48	0.06
May 10	66	44	0.00
May 11	73	47	0.09
May 12	70	57	0.11
May 13	65	51	0.63
May 14	59	48	0.29
May 15	55	50	0.35
May 16	66	50	0.00
May 17	78	49	0.00
May 18	81	55	0.05
May 19	85	59	0.00
May 20	78	57	0.24
May 21	63	44	0.00
May 22	70	39	0.00
May 23	73	49	0.00
May 24	79	57	0.00
May 25	85	51	0.00
May 26	86	56	0.00
May 27	87	55	0.00
May 28	88	57	0.00
May 29	88	58	0.00
May 30	86	63	0.93
May 31	82	59	0.00

June 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	58	0.00
June 2	67	55	0.05
June 3	70	46	0.00
June 4	77	43	0.00
June 5	71	52	0.10
June 6	80	46	0.00
June 7	74	62	0.24
June 8	67	46	0.00
June 9	76	43	0.00
June 10	83	45	0.00
June 11	88	54	0.00
June 12	77	49	0.33
June 13	64	45	0.00
June 14	65	42	0.00
June 15	73	51	0.00
June 16	76	55	0.15
June 17	88	66	0.00
June 18	81	66	0.00
June 19	84	60	0.00
June 20	88	52	0.11
June 21	75	52	0.55
June 22	77	47	0.00
June 23	81	52	0.00
June 24	83	55	0.00
June 25	85	61	0.45
June 26	83	67	0.70
June 27	89	65	0.01
June 28	89	61	0.00
June 29	91	61	0.00
June 30	90	66	0.00

July 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	67	60	0.12
July 2	65	61	0.33
July 3	65	62	0.00
July 4	75	58	0.00
July 5	78	57	0.00
July 6	89	60	0.00
July 7	91	62	0.00
July 8	79	66	0.00
July 9	83	57	0.00
July 10	76	58	0.00
July 11	74	47	0.00
July 12	77	43	0.00
July 13	80	62	0.07
July 14	85	63	0.00
July 15	90	64	0.00
July 16	79	53	0.00
July 17	85	46	0.00
July 18	87	58	0.00
July 19	93	64	0.00
July 20	96	68	0.00
July 21	95	71	0.16
July 22	95	69	0.00
July 23	81	64	0.00
July 24	81	59	0.00
July 25	87	59	0.00
July 26	96	65	0.73
July 27	88	61	0.00
July 28	78	48	0.00
July 29	84	61	0.56
July 30	72	55	0.00
July 31	78	49	0.00

August 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	56	0.00
August 2	83	54	0.38
August 3	83	62	0.00
August 4	78	52	0.00
August 5	78	53	0.00
August 6	81	58	0.00
August 7	74	62	0.87
August 8	88	61	0.00
August 9	85	68	0.00
August 10	77	59	0.00
August 11	79	59	0.00
August 12	82	62	0.00
August 13	87	58	0.00
August 14	88	62	0.00
August 15	90	68	0.00
August 16	86	65	0.37
August 17	88	59	0.00
August 18	87	59	0.04
August 19	90	60	0.01
August 20	77	53	0.00
August 21	81	54	0.00
August 22	85	58	0.00
August 23	88	60	0.00
August 24	89	63	0.00
August 25	84	67	0.00
August 26	84	66	0.00
August 27	84	68	0.00
August 28	87	68	0.06
August 29	82	64	0.00
August 30	75	60	0.00
August 31	78	58	0.00

September 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	52	0.00
September 2	85	56	0.00
September 3	83	59	0.00
September 4	82	51	0.00
September 5	91	60	0.00
September 6	95	64	0.00
September 7	94	62	0.00
September 8	97	65	0.00
September 9	79	65	0.00
September 10	90	63	0.00
September 11	89	67	0.22
September 12	76	58	0.28
September 13	67	57	0.13
September 14	76	65	0.52
September 15	77	56	0.00
September 16	77	61	0.24
September 17	81	59	0.23
September 18	85	63	0.03
September 19	82	62	0.00
September 20	91	66	0.00
September 21	78	57	0.00
September 22	65	49	0.00
September 23	69	45	0.00
September 24	76	45	0.00
September 25	67	49	0.00
September 26	71	42	0.00
September 27	78	46	0.08
September 28	62	39	0.00
September 29	63	41	0.00
September 30	71	48	0.09

October 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	48	0.00
October 2	65	42	0.00
October 3	62	51	0.35
October 4	62	47	0.00
October 5	66	47	0.18
October 6	57	44	0.07
October 7	55	39	0.00
October 8	52	33	0.00
October 9	62	32	0.00
October 10	71	43	0.00
October 11	66	46	0.02
October 12	70	49	0.31
October 13	59	45	0.01
October 14	54	37	0.00
October 15	51	38	0.28
October 16	50	36	0.71
October 17	54	29	0.00
October 18	60	43	0.00
October 19	58	44	0.00
October 20	67	37	0.00
October 21	76	42	0.00
October 22	74	48	0.00
October 23	63	33	0.21
October 24	52	26	0.00
October 25	61	38	0.23
October 26	59	39	0.12
October 27	60	33	0.00
October 28	55	37	0.00
October 29	52	30	0.00
October 30	65	32	0.00
October 31	63	39	0.00

November 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	67	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	74	49	0.00	0.0
November 6	63	38	0.08	0.0
November 7	49	31	0.02	0.0
November 8	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	39	0.00	0.0
November 11	58	37	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	36	0.13	0.0
November 14	62	35	0.26	0.0
November 15	39	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	60	40	0.83	0.0
November 18	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	34	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	27	0.06	0.5
November 22	37	30	0.04	0.2
November 23	47	35	0.51	0.0
November 24	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	28	0.03	0.2
November 27	30	26	0.36	4.3
November 28	33	21	0.09	0.9
November 29	39	10	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	19	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	25	0.07	0.7
December 2	31	23	0.01	0.1
December 3	54	25	0.62	0.0
December 4	42	21	0.01	0.0
December 5	37	25	0.03	0.1
December 6	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	28	0.38	0.4
December 8	39	24	0.08	0.7
December 9	24	16	0.06	2.4
December 10	20	4	0.01	0.2
December 11	32	4	0.01	0.1
December 12	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	26	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	41	26	0.23	0.0
December 21	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	28	0.13	1.3
December 25	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	27	15	0.04	0.5
December 27	24	9	0.01	0.1
December 28	27	1	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	38	33	0.33	0.0
December 31	38	34	0.79	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