Detroit Weather in 1987

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 2
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 25
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	8 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	June 21
Most daily snow	7.2 inches	December 28
Total annual precipitation	38.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	56.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1987 was 96 °F which happened on August 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 2
2	94 °F	Aug 16
3	93 °F	Jul 20
3	93 °F	Jun 14
5	92 °F	Aug 15
5	92 °F	Aug 14
5	92 °F	Jul 30
5	92 °F	Jul 25
5	92 °F	Jul 24
5	92 °F	Jul 22
5	92 °F	Jul 19
5	92 °F	May 30
5	92 °F	May 29
5	92 °F	May 28

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1987 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 25
2	-5 °F	January 24
3	-1 °F	January 23
4	1 °F	December 30
4	1 °F	January 27
6	3 °F	January 26
7	4 °F	February 15
8	6 °F	February 16
9	7 °F	December 29
10	9 °F	January 21

January 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	33	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	29	0.18	2.3
January 3	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	30	0.00	0.0
January 9	31	28	0.35	3.5
January 10	34	30	0.52	4.6
January 11	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	34	0.11	0.0
January 15	40	27	0.01	0.0
January 16	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	23	0.25	3.3
January 19	27	20	0.36	5.0
January 20	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	21	0.01	0.3
January 23	21	-1	0.02	0.4
January 24	8	-5	0.00	0.0
January 25	17	-7	0.00	0.0
January 26	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	1	0.05	0.8
January 28	33	19	0.02	0.2
January 29	31	22	0.27	2.7
January 30	34	28	0.20	0.9
January 31	33	22	0.00	0.0

February 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	33	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	44	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	14	0.01	0.3
February 9	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 11	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	27	15	0.09	1.0
February 15	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 16	22	6	0.03	0.7
February 17	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	34	0.40	0.0

March 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	34	0.26	0.0
March 2	46	31	0.02	0.2
March 3	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 4	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	31	0.20	3.4
March 6	61	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	72	35	0.00	0.0
March 8	74	39	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	28	13	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	18	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	34	29	0.46	5.3
March 15	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	42	0.13	0.0
March 26	51	40	0.04	0.0
March 27	55	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 29	70	39	0.28	0.0
March 30	49	30	0.80	4.4
March 31	33	23	0.00	0.0

April 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	21	0.36	0.9
April 2	36	28	0.08	0.2
April 3	36	22	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	29	0.24	0.0
April 5	45	37	0.80	0.0
April 6	53	42	0.07	0.0
April 7	65	42	0.00	0.0
April 8	57	35	0.00	0.0
April 9	65	32	0.00	0.0
April 10	69	38	0.00	0.0
April 11	56	46	0.15	0.0
April 12	56	44	0.00	0.0
April 13	62	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	61	50	0.12	0.0
April 15	66	51	0.11	0.0
April 16	57	48	0.00	0.0
April 17	68	51	0.00	0.0
April 18	73	47	0.00	0.0
April 19	74	47	0.00	0.0
April 20	81	52	0.00	0.0
April 21	86	48	0.00	0.0
April 22	59	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	67	48	0.08	0.0
April 24	57	41	0.00	0.0
April 25	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	68	40	0.13	0.0
April 28	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 29	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	36	0.00	0.0

May 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	39	0.00
May 2	65	47	0.00
May 3	55	42	0.36
May 4	62	37	0.00
May 5	68	38	0.00
May 6	73	42	0.00
May 7	69	47	0.06
May 8	69	42	0.00
May 9	82	44	0.00
May 10	85	59	0.00
May 11	86	62	0.13
May 12	65	47	0.00
May 13	72	40	0.00
May 14	86	50	0.54
May 15	67	50	0.00
May 16	76	43	0.00
May 17	86	52	0.00
May 18	69	53	0.30
May 19	58	52	0.18
May 20	75	57	0.00
May 21	84	62	0.00
May 22	86	60	0.00
May 23	63	52	0.00
May 24	61	48	0.00
May 25	70	48	0.00
May 26	86	58	0.07
May 27	88	63	0.04
May 28	92	66	0.00
May 29	92	66	0.00
May 30	92	66	0.82
May 31	86	66	0.00

June 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	65	2.02
June 2	82	64	0.59
June 3	80	60	0.00
June 4	74	54	0.00
June 5	83	49	0.00
June 6	75	55	0.09
June 7	89	60	0.00
June 8	81	61	0.04
June 9	68	53	0.00
June 10	71	46	0.00
June 11	81	54	0.03
June 12	87	68	0.38
June 13	87	64	0.00
June 14	93	63	0.00
June 15	89	66	0.00
June 16	91	61	0.00
June 17	83	64	0.00
June 18	87	57	0.00
June 19	90	62	0.00
June 20	79	71	0.03
June 21	81	68	2.23
June 22	80	67	0.00
June 23	84	65	0.01
June 24	85	66	0.00
June 25	85	66	0.32
June 26	80	62	0.00
June 27	72	57	0.02
June 28	80	51	0.01
June 29	81	60	0.98
June 30	74	67	0.29

July 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	73	66	0.00
July 2	81	65	0.00
July 3	84	65	0.29
July 4	81	58	0.00
July 5	78	61	0.04
July 6	82	69	0.00
July 7	86	70	0.00
July 8	88	72	0.00
July 9	89	70	0.62
July 10	87	71	0.00
July 11	91	72	0.00
July 12	91	72	0.00
July 13	87	64	0.33
July 14	71	58	0.00
July 15	70	52	0.27
July 16	76	58	0.01
July 17	83	59	0.00
July 18	91	64	0.00
July 19	92	69	0.00
July 20	93	73	0.43
July 21	91	70	0.00
July 22	92	71	0.00
July 23	91	69	0.00
July 24	92	70	0.00
July 25	92	74	0.00
July 26	88	69	0.15
July 27	85	66	0.00
July 28	84	62	0.00
July 29	88	64	0.02
July 30	92	68	0.00
July 31	87	68	0.04

August 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	68	0.76
August 2	96	71	0.12
August 3	91	73	0.00
August 4	89	69	0.00
August 5	78	62	0.00
August 6	81	56	0.00
August 7	89	62	0.00
August 8	76	68	0.04
August 9	89	66	0.39
August 10	81	66	0.00
August 11	81	62	0.00
August 12	83	62	0.00
August 13	89	71	0.00
August 14	92	73	0.40
August 15	92	73	0.00
August 16	94	74	0.00
August 17	88	71	0.14
August 18	85	62	0.15
August 19	81	60	0.00
August 20	82	55	0.00
August 21	80	65	0.24
August 22	81	62	1.99
August 23	71	53	0.00
August 24	71	48	0.00
August 25	71	53	0.00
August 26	63	57	2.11
August 27	65	58	0.19
August 28	61	56	0.29
August 29	74	50	0.00
August 30	81	54	0.00
August 31	74	52	0.05

September 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	49	0.00
September 2	71	56	0.05
September 3	71	50	0.00
September 4	74	50	0.00
September 5	81	55	0.00
September 6	77	59	0.00
September 7	83	62	0.00
September 8	83	65	0.19
September 9	78	62	0.00
September 10	80	61	0.00
September 11	76	66	0.23
September 12	74	65	0.35
September 13	75	57	0.00
September 14	74	53	0.00
September 15	71	54	0.77
September 16	74	63	0.35
September 17	77	64	0.39
September 18	68	61	0.07
September 19	74	57	0.05
September 20	70	52	0.02
September 21	67	47	0.00
September 22	69	51	0.00
September 23	72	53	0.00
September 24	70	50	0.00
September 25	65	43	0.00
September 26	75	43	0.00
September 27	84	51	0.00
September 28	83	54	0.00
September 29	70	55	0.11
September 30	63	45	0.11

October 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	38	0.00
October 2	60	44	0.04
October 3	50	34	0.00
October 4	64	36	0.00
October 5	72	42	0.20
October 6	55	44	0.04
October 7	49	39	0.01
October 8	51	34	0.00
October 9	63	38	0.04
October 10	52	40	0.15
October 11	50	35	0.05
October 12	51	33	0.00
October 13	58	32	0.00
October 14	63	34	0.00
October 15	69	45	0.00
October 16	72	40	0.00
October 17	58	50	0.15
October 18	62	45	0.00
October 19	60	40	0.00
October 20	50	41	0.08
October 21	44	35	0.07
October 22	44	32	0.13
October 23	54	33	0.00
October 24	45	34	0.43
October 25	51	29	0.00
October 26	53	28	0.09
October 27	55	38	0.52
October 28	50	32	0.00
October 29	50	34	0.00
October 30	65	31	0.00
October 31	57	37	0.00

November 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	50	0.55	0.0
November 2	64	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	56	0.02	0.0
November 4	69	54	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	56	35	0.04	0.0
November 8	59	42	0.09	0.0
November 9	47	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	42	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 14	55	41	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	64	51	0.22	0.0
November 18	51	35	0.04	0.0
November 19	45	30	0.01	0.1
November 20	36	20	0.03	0.6
November 21	30	14	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	21	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	35	0.04	0.0
November 24	44	40	0.03	0.0
November 25	42	38	1.52	0.0
November 26	43	36	0.00	0.0
November 27	40	36	0.08	0.0
November 28	52	40	0.25	0.0
November 29	50	37	0.22	0.0
November 30	42	33	0.03	0.0

December 1987 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	30	0.19	1.0
December 2	33	28	0.01	0.1
December 3	34	31	0.33	3.6
December 4	33	28	0.06	0.6
December 5	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	29	0.10	0.0
December 8	50	37	0.38	0.0
December 9	54	43	0.09	0.0
December 10	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	27	0.21	0.0
December 12	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	32	0.00	0.1
December 15	45	31	1.45	2.3
December 16	36	32	0.02	0.2
December 17	32	29	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	32	0.34	0.0
December 20	49	32	0.36	0.0
December 21	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	30	0.02	0.2
December 23	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 24	48	32	0.37	0.0
December 25	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	28	0.67	7.2
December 29	30	7	0.00	0.0
December 30	26	1	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	24	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