Detroit Weather in 1981

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 8
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 4
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 15
Lowest daily high	8 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	October 27
Most daily snow	8.1 inches	February 10
Total annual precipitation	33.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	39.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1981 was 94 °F which happened on July 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 8
2	93 °F	Jul 7
3	92 °F	Jul 9
4	91 °F	Jul 18
4	91 °F	Jul 13
4	91 °F	Jul 12
7	90 °F	Jun 29
8	89 °F	Jun 15
9	88 °F	Jul 6
9	88 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1981 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 4
2	-10 °F	January 8
3	-8 °F	January 5
4	-6 °F	January 11
5	-5 °F	January 10
6	-4 °F	February 12
6	-4 °F	January 12
6	-4 °F	January 9
6	-4 °F	January 7
10	-2 °F	January 3

January 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	22	0.07	1.0
January 2	28	11	0.01	0.2
January 3	13	-2	0.03	0.4
January 4	8	-12	0.00	0.0
January 5	17	-8	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	14	0.28	2.9
January 7	27	-4	0.00	0.0
January 8	16	-10	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	-4	0.01	0.1
January 10	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	-6	0.00	0.0
January 12	17	-4	0.01	0.1
January 13	26	15	0.01	0.1
January 14	27	22	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	23	0.02	0.4
January 16	26	14	0.10	2.1
January 17	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	39	11	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	14	0.00	0.0
January 26	46	34	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	30	0.01	0.1
January 28	31	24	0.02	0.2
January 29	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 31	26	2	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	25	0.70	2.3
February 2	30	5	0.12	1.6
February 3	10	1	0.00	0.0
February 4	14	3	0.00	0.0
February 5	20	1	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	20	0.05	0.7
February 7	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 8	28	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	14	1.24	8.1
February 11	42	2	0.30	0.5
February 12	14	-4	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	6	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	34	0.06	0.0
February 17	44	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	38	0.00	0.0
February 19	49	42	0.03	0.0
February 20	46	35	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	32	0.00	0.0
February 22	49	32	0.41	0.0
February 23	47	35	0.14	0.1
February 24	42	30	0.04	0.1
February 25	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	23	0.01	0.0
February 28	47	35	0.03	0.0

March 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	38	29	0.04	0.2
March 5	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	23	0.02	0.2
March 7	33	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	28	0.02	0.0
March 10	43	29	0.01	0.0
March 11	34	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	17	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	32	0.01	0.0
March 16	34	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	22	0.01	0.1
March 18	32	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	28	21	0.01	0.1
March 20	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	23	0.00	0.0
March 23	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	32	0.47	0.0
March 27	55	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	50	0.04	0.0
March 30	61	50	0.19	0.0
March 31	70	41	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	67	48	0.01
April 2	68	34	0.00
April 3	75	57	0.00
April 4	70	49	0.02
April 5	49	35	0.00
April 6	53	26	0.00
April 7	66	29	0.00
April 8	74	48	0.00
April 9	64	39	0.09
April 10	66	33	0.00
April 11	71	53	0.75
April 12	53	43	0.23
April 13	54	42	0.09
April 14	62	36	0.87
April 15	48	29	0.00
April 16	63	31	0.06
April 17	76	50	0.13
April 18	62	40	0.00
April 19	52	39	0.01
April 20	49	29	0.00
April 21	46	25	0.00
April 22	55	37	0.39
April 23	64	46	0.33
April 24	47	38	0.05
April 25	49	35	0.00
April 26	53	32	0.00
April 27	64	38	0.00
April 28	69	49	0.39
April 29	59	47	0.02
April 30	62	40	0.00

May 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	41	0.06
May 2	58	37	0.00
May 3	63	36	0.00
May 4	78	42	0.00
May 5	69	48	0.04
May 6	55	41	0.00
May 7	59	33	0.00
May 8	68	33	0.00
May 9	64	51	0.03
May 10	57	43	0.67
May 11	48	43	0.09
May 12	62	42	0.00
May 13	65	35	0.00
May 14	51	45	0.51
May 15	49	45	0.28
May 16	72	43	0.00
May 17	61	42	0.00
May 18	59	36	0.00
May 19	66	41	0.00
May 20	71	33	0.00
May 21	80	44	0.00
May 22	81	49	0.00
May 23	79	55	0.00
May 24	82	59	0.03
May 25	76	63	0.03
May 26	78	60	0.16
May 27	63	58	0.27
May 28	73	57	0.00
May 29	78	52	0.00
May 30	71	52	0.43
May 31	68	41	0.00

June 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	44	0.00
June 2	76	51	0.00
June 3	81	62	0.26
June 4	78	58	0.00
June 5	83	57	0.00
June 6	80	56	0.00
June 7	78	53	0.00
June 8	83	62	0.30
June 9	75	58	0.00
June 10	78	57	0.00
June 11	78	53	0.00
June 12	82	57	0.00
June 13	74	61	1.03
June 14	88	69	0.19
June 15	89	75	0.00
June 16	81	62	0.03
June 17	75	52	0.00
June 18	80	54	0.00
June 19	76	58	0.04
June 20	74	56	0.00
June 21	79	60	0.97
June 22	71	61	0.51
June 23	74	56	0.00
June 24	81	60	0.00
June 25	80	53	0.00
June 26	72	46	0.00
June 27	74	49	0.00
June 28	78	51	0.00
June 29	90	65	0.00
June 30	80	66	0.00

July 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	64	0.04
July 2	81	64	0.00
July 3	80	63	0.00
July 4	82	64	0.00
July 5	85	64	0.00
July 6	88	64	0.00
July 7	93	68	0.00
July 8	94	70	0.00
July 9	92	71	0.10
July 10	86	57	0.00
July 11	87	59	0.00
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	91	71	0.32
July 14	82	63	0.00
July 15	79	65	0.00
July 16	79	64	0.00
July 17	87	59	0.00
July 18	91	61	0.00
July 19	80	69	1.08
July 20	83	69	0.86
July 21	79	60	0.36
July 22	75	52	0.00
July 23	75	50	0.00
July 24	80	60	0.00
July 25	84	57	0.00
July 26	77	68	0.40
July 27	72	62	0.00
July 28	71	59	1.13
July 29	75	56	0.00
July 30	80	51	0.00
July 31	81	54	0.00

August 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	56	0.00
August 2	83	63	0.00
August 3	82	67	0.04
August 4	85	65	0.00
August 5	82	61	0.00
August 6	80	64	0.00
August 7	84	64	0.00
August 8	79	61	0.00
August 9	81	62	0.02
August 10	82	62	0.01
August 11	80	59	0.04
August 12	81	55	0.00
August 13	86	63	0.00
August 14	78	64	0.09
August 15	79	64	0.59
August 16	72	56	0.05
August 17	75	46	0.00
August 18	76	46	0.00
August 19	79	53	0.00
August 20	80	57	0.00
August 21	81	58	0.00
August 22	82	57	0.00
August 23	83	52	0.00
August 24	78	60	0.00
August 25	78	52	0.00
August 26	80	54	0.00
August 27	77	64	0.03
August 28	82	67	0.23
August 29	80	64	1.14
August 30	80	63	0.08
August 31	82	64	0.00

September 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	65	0.07
September 2	71	65	0.01
September 3	69	64	1.04
September 4	66	59	1.16
September 5	70	63	0.00
September 6	72	60	0.00
September 7	78	55	0.00
September 8	72	54	0.05
September 9	70	43	0.00
September 10	79	54	0.00
September 11	85	60	0.00
September 12	81	60	0.00
September 13	83	58	0.05
September 14	81	60	0.17
September 15	70	53	0.00
September 16	63	52	0.75
September 17	58	51	0.19
September 18	61	45	0.09
September 19	73	49	0.00
September 20	62	42	0.00
September 21	56	41	0.90
September 22	61	41	0.00
September 23	62	40	0.00
September 24	69	35	0.00
September 25	64	53	0.01
September 26	80	58	0.04
September 27	71	54	0.04
September 28	61	42	0.00
September 29	56	41	0.00
September 30	58	48	0.90

October 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	64	46	0.70	0.0
October 2	49	39	0.03	0.0
October 3	56	33	0.00	0.0
October 4	58	37	0.00	0.0
October 5	64	51	0.00	0.0
October 6	69	46	0.05	0.0
October 7	55	42	0.00	0.0
October 8	57	35	0.00	0.0
October 9	58	37	0.00	0.0
October 10	57	46	0.00	0.0
October 11	61	41	0.00	0.0
October 12	62	40	0.00	0.0
October 13	62	40	0.00	0.0
October 14	60	42	0.00	0.0
October 15	60	47	0.00	0.0
October 16	58	35	0.00	0.0
October 17	60	33	0.10	0.0
October 18	60	38	0.41	0.0
October 19	47	35	0.00	0.0
October 20	66	36	0.00	0.0
October 21	55	39	0.29	0.0
October 22	41	36	0.74	0.0
October 23	42	28	0.01	0.1
October 24	42	22	0.00	0.0
October 25	53	24	0.00	0.0
October 26	55	43	0.11	0.0
October 27	53	40	1.48	0.0
October 28	59	35	0.00	0.0
October 29	53	40	0.00	0.0
October 30	62	39	0.00	0.0
October 31	62	42	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	47	0.00	0.0
November 3	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	48	0.10	0.0
November 6	50	38	0.07	0.0
November 7	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	45	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 13	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	30	0.00	0.0
November 16	59	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	51	39	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	38	0.27	0.0
November 20	46	31	0.51	0.7
November 21	33	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	32	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	39	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	60	36	0.31	0.0
November 27	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	34	0.00	0.0
November 29	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	39	21	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	36	0.36	0.0
December 2	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	32	0.08	0.0
December 5	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	24	0.01	0.0
December 9	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	29	0.01	0.0
December 14	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	33	22	0.00	0.1
December 17	27	21	0.10	1.5
December 18	24	5	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 20	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	8	0.35	5.0
December 22	37	31	0.53	2.6
December 23	36	21	0.30	3.6
December 24	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 25	30	12	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	29	0.33	3.0
December 28	29	24	0.11	1.5
December 29	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 30	23	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	20	0.20	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