Detroit Weather in 1986

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1986 based on NOAA data.

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1986 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 18
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 27
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	June 7
Most daily snow	5.8 inches	February 16
Total annual precipitation	37.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1986?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1986 was 95 °F which happened on July 18.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1986

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 18
2	94 °F	Jul 19
2	94 °F	Jul 17
2	94 °F	Jul 6
5	91 °F	Jul 28
5	91 °F	Jul 5
7	90 °F	Jul 27
7	90 °F	Jun 22
9	89 °F	Jul 24
9	89 °F	Jul 20
9	89 °F	Jun 1
9	89 °F	May 31

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1986?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1986 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 27.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1986

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 27
2	-3 °F	January 8
3	-2 °F	January 15
4	0 °F	February 12
5	1 °F	March 8
5	1 °F	January 28
7	2 °F	January 7
8	3 °F	January 30
9	4 °F	February 13
10	5 °F	March 7
10	5 °F	February 11
10	5 °F	February 10

January 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	21	0.05	0.2
January 3	35	26	0.06	0.4
January 4	32	25	0.12	1.2
January 5	32	17	0.06	0.7
January 6	25	9	0.03	0.4
January 7	16	2	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	23	0.03	0.3
January 13	23	12	0.02	0.2
January 14	24	9	0.11	1.3
January 15	26	-2	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	48	37	0.05	0.0
January 18	51	41	0.10	0.0
January 19	44	32	0.33	0.0
January 20	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	32	0.08	0.3
January 26	32	10	0.04	0.7
January 27	10	-4	0.01	0.1
January 28	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	13	0.21	2.8
January 30	25	3	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	8	0.00	0.0

February 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	23	0.31	0.0
February 2	37	30	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	36	31	0.84	0.0
February 5	35	31	0.03	0.1
February 6	32	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	20	0.50	5.6
February 8	28	19	0.01	0.1
February 9	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	17	4	0.01	0.2
February 14	25	15	0.11	2.2
February 15	23	15	0.00	0.0
February 16	25	16	0.50	5.8
February 17	34	25	0.05	0.0
February 18	42	32	0.01	0.0
February 19	43	35	0.38	0.0
February 20	36	31	0.38	1.8
February 21	31	17	0.12	1.8
February 22	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	30	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	13	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	20	0.15	2.2
February 27	25	11	0.06	1.0
February 28	27	13	0.00	0.0

March 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	6	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	19	0.05	0.5
March 3	38	32	0.05	0.5
March 4	41	32	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	28	0.17	2.8
March 6	34	18	0.21	2.8
March 7	18	5	0.01	0.1
March 8	27	1	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	26	0.08	0.0
March 10	60	36	0.26	0.0
March 11	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	35	29	0.14	0.7
March 13	49	34	0.24	0.0
March 14	56	32	0.01	0.0
March 15	44	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	51	31	0.80	0.0
March 19	55	24	0.05	0.0
March 20	24	13	0.00	0.0
March 21	34	12	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	61	36	0.01	0.0
March 24	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	74	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	41	0.21	0.0
March 27	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	68	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	78	52	0.00	0.0
March 30	81	48	0.00	0.0
March 31	66	39	0.00	0.0

April 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	79	44	0.33	0.0
April 2	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 3	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 4	53	43	0.14	0.0
April 5	52	44	0.49	0.0
April 6	68	47	0.00	0.0
April 7	69	51	0.00	0.0
April 8	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 9	40	35	0.00	0.0
April 10	42	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	61	33	0.00	0.0
April 12	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	55	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	63	37	0.29	0.0
April 15	48	33	0.27	0.7
April 16	44	34	0.21	0.1
April 17	63	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	68	40	0.00	0.0
April 19	70	46	0.00	0.0
April 20	56	41	0.55	0.0
April 21	49	30	0.12	0.2
April 22	41	28	0.02	0.3
April 23	55	23	0.00	0.0
April 24	67	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	78	49	0.00	0.0
April 26	79	55	0.00	0.0
April 27	83	55	0.00	0.0
April 28	84	53	0.03	0.0
April 29	68	48	0.00	0.0
April 30	66	51	0.28	0.0

May 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	42	0.02
May 2	53	35	0.00
May 3	57	30	0.00
May 4	69	35	0.00
May 5	82	57	0.00
May 6	79	62	0.31
May 7	74	52	0.00
May 8	71	46	0.00
May 9	64	47	0.00
May 10	73	45	0.00
May 11	76	48	0.00
May 12	71	55	0.00
May 13	75	57	0.00
May 14	76	58	0.05
May 15	77	56	0.03
May 16	74	60	0.03
May 17	79	59	0.02
May 18	72	54	0.40
May 19	54	45	0.07
May 20	52	45	0.05
May 21	54	46	0.07
May 22	55	48	0.04
May 23	68	48	0.04
May 24	73	55	0.02
May 25	72	54	0.00
May 26	80	54	0.00
May 27	66	61	0.21
May 28	81	61	0.00
May 29	84	58	0.00
May 30	87	61	0.00
May 31	89	61	0.00

June 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	48	0.02
June 2	63	44	0.00
June 3	71	40	0.00
June 4	87	46	0.00
June 5	69	59	1.77
June 6	68	58	0.00
June 7	79	60	2.23
June 8	81	63	0.00
June 9	73	51	0.00
June 10	74	53	0.53
June 11	82	68	0.21
June 12	76	60	0.00
June 13	79	59	0.00
June 14	77	58	0.00
June 15	83	61	0.11
June 16	88	58	0.00
June 17	72	48	0.00
June 18	78	48	0.00
June 19	82	60	0.67
June 20	75	59	0.00
June 21	80	54	0.00
June 22	90	65	0.00
June 23	85	66	0.00
June 24	69	53	0.06
June 25	73	47	0.00
June 26	78	56	0.00
June 27	87	68	0.02
June 28	87	67	0.00
June 29	83	58	0.00
June 30	64	56	0.13

July 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	56	0.00
July 2	77	63	0.15
July 3	74	53	0.00
July 4	84	52	0.00
July 5	91	67	0.00
July 6	94	66	0.00
July 7	87	72	0.00
July 8	85	68	1.02
July 9	80	62	0.05
July 10	82	57	0.00
July 11	70	63	0.17
July 12	83	64	0.25
July 13	85	70	0.00
July 14	80	63	0.00
July 15	83	62	0.56
July 16	84	67	0.18
July 17	94	71	0.00
July 18	95	74	0.00
July 19	94	78	0.00
July 20	89	72	0.00
July 21	80	65	0.00
July 22	83	59	0.00
July 23	87	64	0.00
July 24	89	66	0.00
July 25	87	71	0.09
July 26	88	67	0.00
July 27	90	65	0.00
July 28	91	67	0.00
July 29	79	64	0.00
July 30	87	60	0.00
July 31	87	63	0.00

August 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	65	0.00
August 2	83	61	0.03
August 3	78	55	0.07
August 4	81	54	0.00
August 5	82	60	0.00
August 6	83	65	1.09
August 7	79	65	0.02
August 8	81	62	0.00
August 9	83	63	0.00
August 10	75	62	0.17
August 11	72	55	0.00
August 12	76	51	0.00
August 13	81	53	0.00
August 14	81	60	0.00
August 15	86	68	1.31
August 16	85	65	0.00
August 17	88	69	0.00
August 18	84	63	0.00
August 19	84	63	0.00
August 20	82	59	0.00
August 21	87	65	0.00
August 22	81	60	0.00
August 23	82	60	0.07
August 24	76	53	0.00
August 25	74	57	0.00
August 26	77	61	0.76
August 27	65	52	0.00
August 28	65	43	0.00
August 29	68	48	0.00
August 30	73	46	0.00
August 31	75	50	0.00

September 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	52	0.00
September 2	82	57	0.00
September 3	84	60	0.00
September 4	84	64	0.02
September 5	76	57	0.00
September 6	69	49	0.00
September 7	64	43	0.00
September 8	70	39	0.00
September 9	74	42	0.00
September 10	83	60	0.00
September 11	77	67	1.15
September 12	68	53	0.01
September 13	72	44	0.00
September 14	64	49	0.00
September 15	80	49	0.00
September 16	65	43	0.00
September 17	65	42	0.00
September 18	70	57	0.09
September 19	70	61	0.00
September 20	76	63	0.00
September 21	72	60	0.07
September 22	83	61	1.84
September 23	74	64	0.80
September 24	76	61	0.00
September 25	83	64	1.40
September 26	86	67	0.84
September 27	77	66	0.50
September 28	85	63	0.00
September 29	87	65	0.38
September 30	73	62	0.42

October 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	57	0.24
October 2	66	57	0.00
October 3	73	62	1.21
October 4	65	52	0.13
October 5	64	43	0.05
October 6	53	38	0.00
October 7	63	34	0.00
October 8	73	46	0.05
October 9	60	39	0.02
October 10	53	36	0.00
October 11	63	37	0.00
October 12	65	58	0.32
October 13	62	51	0.52
October 14	51	39	0.05
October 15	49	39	0.00
October 16	48	32	0.00
October 17	54	38	0.00
October 18	59	34	0.00
October 19	61	34	0.00
October 20	65	35	0.00
October 21	72	48	0.00
October 22	74	46	0.00
October 23	72	52	0.00
October 24	55	48	0.00
October 25	56	46	0.11
October 26	61	54	0.22
October 27	57	49	0.11
October 28	66	42	0.00
October 29	59	47	0.02
October 30	53	34	0.00
October 31	60	38	0.00

November 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	68	45	0.29	0.0
November 2	48	32	0.02	0.0
November 3	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 4	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 5	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	44	0.00	0.0
November 8	69	52	0.14	0.0
November 9	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 11	38	26	0.01	0.2
November 12	36	20	0.01	0.1
November 13	23	13	0.00	0.0
November 14	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 15	39	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 18	38	26	0.05	0.4
November 19	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	33	0.63	2.6
November 21	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	46	31	0.03	0.0
November 24	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	36	0.70	0.0
November 27	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	30	0.00	0.0

December 1986 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	30	0.21	1.1
December 2	41	33	0.63	2.1
December 3	42	31	0.05	0.0
December 4	35	28	0.02	0.4
December 5	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	32	0.23	0.5
December 8	36	32	0.33	1.8
December 9	40	36	0.35	0.0
December 10	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	33	16	0.01	0.1
December 13	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	35	0.25	0.0
December 18	37	33	0.05	0.0
December 19	34	31	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	31	0.15	0.0
December 25	37	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	33	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