Detroit Weather in 1979

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	6 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	3.1 inches	July 11
Most daily snow	4.7 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	33.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on August 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 7
2	87 °F	Aug 30
2	87 °F	Aug 8
2	87 °F	Jul 23
2	87 °F	Jul 22
2	87 °F	Jul 15
2	87 °F	Jun 17
2	87 °F	Jun 16
2	87 °F	Jun 15
2	87 °F	Jun 10
2	87 °F	May 11

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1979 was -11 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1979

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

January 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	22	0.21	1.8
January 2	22	-4	0.00	0.0
January 3	10	-4	0.00	0.0
January 4	15	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	16	4	0.03	0.3
January 6	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 7	21	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	15	-1	0.00	0.1
January 11	17	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	20	0.70	4.7
January 14	32	9	0.14	1.4
January 15	10	-11	0.06	1.1
January 16	27	7	0.01	0.1
January 17	34	13	0.21	2.1
January 18	24	2	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	3	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	24	0.02	0.0
January 21	30	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	25	0.07	0.8
January 25	29	24	0.03	0.3
January 26	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	30	0.01	0.1
January 29	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	15	0.03	0.5

February 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	11	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	3	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	6	0.05	0.5
February 4	24	8	0.01	0.1
February 5	14	-6	0.00	0.0
February 6	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 7	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 8	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	14	-6	0.00	0.0
February 10	13	-3	0.00	0.0
February 11	13	1	0.00	0.0
February 12	18	8	0.11	1.5
February 13	17	0	0.00	0.0
February 14	13	3	0.06	0.6
February 15	18	12	0.01	0.1
February 16	14	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	6	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	-2	0.07	0.9
February 19	25	2	0.01	0.2
February 20	31	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	24	0.09	0.0
February 22	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	33	0.16	0.0
February 24	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	21	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	20	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	33	0.12	0.0
March 2	38	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	52	28	0.14	0.0
March 4	62	36	0.08	0.0
March 5	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 6	39	27	0.03	0.3
March 7	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	29	0.28	0.5
March 10	34	16	0.01	0.1
March 11	21	11	0.01	0.1
March 12	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 13	57	25	0.15	0.0
March 14	47	15	0.03	0.0
March 15	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 17	55	24	0.20	0.0
March 18	60	36	0.02	0.0
March 19	46	37	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	64	44	0.13	0.0
March 24	52	33	0.09	0.0
March 25	33	21	0.17	1.7
March 26	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 27	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	23	0.09	0.0
March 29	61	45	0.79	0.0
March 30	63	50	0.08	0.0
March 31	60	36	0.02	0.0

April 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	34	0.10	0.0
April 2	56	35	0.23	0.0
April 3	50	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	39	32	0.25	2.3
April 5	49	20	0.28	0.0
April 6	32	20	0.00	0.0
April 7	41	20	0.00	0.0
April 8	36	31	0.75	0.1
April 9	41	29	0.21	0.6
April 10	49	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	41	29	0.17	0.0
April 12	59	40	0.06	0.0
April 13	60	42	1.52	0.0
April 14	62	40	0.11	0.0
April 15	48	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	61	31	0.00	0.0
April 19	61	29	0.00	0.0
April 20	65	34	0.00	0.0
April 21	62	41	0.01	0.0
April 22	66	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 24	69	46	0.00	0.0
April 25	70	53	0.17	0.0
April 26	69	46	0.70	0.0
April 27	53	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	48	39	0.36	0.0
April 29	50	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	49	39	0.05	0.0

May 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	33	0.00
May 2	64	39	0.05
May 3	65	42	0.68
May 4	49	39	0.00
May 5	51	33	0.00
May 6	72	44	0.00
May 7	81	48	0.00
May 8	85	55	0.00
May 9	86	62	0.00
May 10	85	60	0.00
May 11	87	62	0.00
May 12	63	49	0.34
May 13	65	41	0.00
May 14	71	46	0.12
May 15	67	47	0.03
May 16	66	36	0.00
May 17	67	38	0.00
May 18	78	50	0.00
May 19	79	49	0.00
May 20	74	54	0.00
May 21	65	46	0.00
May 22	63	39	0.00
May 23	72	45	0.01
May 24	52	44	0.69
May 25	47	43	0.71
May 26	52	44	0.03
May 27	61	40	0.00
May 28	63	48	0.10
May 29	69	43	0.00
May 30	61	45	0.06
May 31	71	49	0.00

June 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	57	0.04
June 2	77	51	0.00
June 3	83	52	0.00
June 4	85	51	0.00
June 5	74	57	0.01
June 6	78	56	0.00
June 7	81	59	0.88
June 8	83	68	0.00
June 9	86	68	0.00
June 10	87	54	0.28
June 11	72	48	0.00
June 12	69	45	0.00
June 13	72	44	0.00
June 14	84	53	0.00
June 15	87	61	0.00
June 16	87	61	0.00
June 17	87	59	0.00
June 18	73	52	0.00
June 19	77	50	0.00
June 20	82	57	0.82
June 21	85	64	0.04
June 22	78	58	0.00
June 23	59	47	0.00
June 24	69	46	0.00
June 25	73	43	0.00
June 26	79	44	0.00
June 27	85	55	0.09
June 28	81	60	0.28
June 29	75	60	1.14
June 30	65	60	0.46

July 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	63	60	0.25
July 2	76	58	0.00
July 3	73	52	0.00
July 4	75	53	0.21
July 5	73	48	0.00
July 6	78	48	0.00
July 7	81	52	0.00
July 8	81	51	0.00
July 9	75	61	1.06
July 10	82	60	0.00
July 11	84	62	3.08
July 12	86	64	0.00
July 13	85	70	0.00
July 14	86	69	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.00
July 16	86	63	0.00
July 17	76	57	0.00
July 18	78	51	0.00
July 19	81	53	0.00
July 20	83	56	0.00
July 21	84	58	0.00
July 22	87	61	0.00
July 23	87	61	0.00
July 24	82	68	0.00
July 25	80	71	0.24
July 26	78	66	0.00
July 27	83	61	0.00
July 28	81	69	0.00
July 29	84	62	0.00
July 30	83	59	0.02
July 31	84	68	0.10

August 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	76	66	0.14
August 2	79	62	0.16
August 3	81	56	0.00
August 4	86	60	0.06
August 5	83	62	0.01
August 6	81	61	0.00
August 7	92	58	0.00
August 8	87	62	0.00
August 9	78	60	0.06
August 10	84	66	0.04
August 11	71	53	0.00
August 12	76	49	0.00
August 13	74	53	0.07
August 14	72	50	0.01
August 15	71	46	0.00
August 16	74	43	0.00
August 17	62	56	0.91
August 18	75	59	0.16
August 19	78	62	0.00
August 20	71	61	0.03
August 21	79	59	0.00
August 22	78	58	0.05
August 23	78	61	1.26
August 24	79	54	0.00
August 25	75	52	0.00
August 26	76	60	0.00
August 27	75	57	0.00
August 28	78	64	0.02
August 29	78	64	0.01
August 30	87	58	0.00
August 31	82	60	0.00

September 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	63	0.00
September 2	81	66	0.00
September 3	83	60	0.00
September 4	79	61	0.00
September 5	85	59	0.00
September 6	84	59	0.00
September 7	70	50	0.00
September 8	62	44	0.00
September 9	70	40	0.00
September 10	82	54	0.00
September 11	73	53	0.00
September 12	81	51	0.00
September 13	81	61	0.76
September 14	68	50	0.18
September 15	69	43	0.00
September 16	74	43	0.00
September 17	75	46	0.00
September 18	81	53	0.00
September 19	63	43	0.00
September 20	71	40	0.00
September 21	65	51	0.00
September 22	63	47	0.00
September 23	64	42	0.00
September 24	71	43	0.00
September 25	78	50	0.00
September 26	78	43	0.00
September 27	77	44	0.00
September 28	70	51	0.00
September 29	78	50	0.00
September 30	80	52	0.00

October 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	53	0.07
October 2	68	55	0.00
October 3	67	55	0.00
October 4	62	50	0.04
October 5	61	39	0.03
October 6	50	39	0.45
October 7	53	38	0.00
October 8	57	36	0.01
October 9	54	42	0.00
October 10	51	30	0.02
October 11	48	30	0.18
October 12	51	35	0.20
October 13	48	34	0.00
October 14	53	29	0.00
October 15	63	35	0.00
October 16	58	40	0.00
October 17	62	52	0.00
October 18	63	53	0.00
October 19	73	46	0.17
October 20	78	59	0.00
October 21	78	64	0.00
October 22	80	61	0.06
October 23	61	40	0.01
October 24	44	39	0.00
October 25	39	33	0.00
October 26	42	25	0.00
October 27	54	25	0.00
October 28	53	39	0.00
October 29	55	31	0.00
October 30	55	34	0.00
October 31	68	43	0.00

November 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	35	0.29	0.0
November 2	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 4	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	37	0.07	0.0
November 7	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	27	0.01	0.1
November 9	46	28	0.46	0.0
November 10	40	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	18	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 15	43	32	0.18	0.6
November 16	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	61	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	65	37	0.00	0.0
November 19	61	38	0.01	0.0
November 20	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 21	58	42	0.02	0.0
November 22	58	52	0.70	0.0
November 23	58	39	1.06	0.0
November 24	45	30	0.09	0.0
November 25	50	29	0.68	0.0
November 26	57	41	0.16	0.0
November 27	46	33	0.27	0.3
November 28	34	24	0.17	2.0
November 29	30	21	0.01	0.1
November 30	30	22	0.01	0.1

December 1979 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	30	21	0.10	1.3
December 2	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	51	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	26	0.03	0.0
December 8	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 9	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	47	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	59	42	0.00	0.0
December 12	56	26	0.14	0.0
December 13	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	10	0.10	1.0
December 17	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 18	28	10	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	40	22	0.08	0.0
December 22	44	39	0.27	0.0
December 23	51	42	0.06	0.0
December 24	52	45	1.23	0.0
December 25	46	30	0.35	0.0
December 26	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 30	42	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	29	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