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January - Detroit Records 1874 - Present

January Normals
(1991-2020)
Maximum Minimum Average Daily
Temperature
Precipitation
Date Max Min Avg Record
High
Lowest
Max
Highest
Min
Record
Low
Highest Lowest Greatest Date
1 34 21 27.5 65/1876 10/1968 41/1876 -7/1968 53/1876 2/1968 1.41/1932 1
2 33 21 27.3 62/1876 8/1920 47/1897 -12/1879 52/1897 4/1945 0.67/1999 2
3 33 21 27.1 59/1950 7/1879 50/1950 -15/1879 55/1950 -4/1879 1.11/1907 3
4 33 21 27.0 61/1997 4/1884 51/1993 -12/1981 54/1993 -2/1981 1.59/1993 4
5 33 21 26.8 59/1997 5/1912 45/2007 -10/1999 49/2007 -2/1999 0.91/1955 5
6 33 20 26.6 62/1946 5/1912 49/1998 -14/2014 55/1946 2/1912 0.72/1918 6
7 33 20 26.5 64/2008 -1/2014 55/2008 -14/2014 60/2008 -7/2014 0.69/1998 7
8 33 20 26.3 62/1965 6/1970 51/2008 -10/1981 56/2008 1/1970 1.31/1874 8
9 33 20 26.2 55/1949 7/1912 40/2016 -12/1875 47/1880 2/1912 0.92/1964 9
10 32 20 26.0 59/1950 2/1893 43/2020 -15/1875 46/2020 -3/1893 0.79/1975 10
11 32 20 25.9 66/1890 8/1893 43/2018 -9/1984 50/2018 0/1893 2.06/2020 11
12 32 19 25.8 63/1890 10/1903 40/2013 -16/1918 50/2013 3/1903 1.76/1908 12
13 32 19 25.7 62/1995 8/1918 50/1932 -9/1977 54/1995 3/1918 0.98/1927 13
14 32 19 25.6 58/1995 7/1893 46/1995 -9/1893 52/1995 -1/1893 0.78/1940 14
15 32 19 25.5 59/1932 0/1972 47/1953 -12/1972 52/1953 -6/1972 0.82/1962 15
16 32 19 25.4 55/1953 3/2009 37/1913 -15/2009 45/1949 -6/2009 0.47/1924 16
17 32 19 25.3 63/1952 -1/1982 44/1990 -15/1982 50/1990 -8/1982 1.28/2012 17
18 32 19 25.2 58/1996 1/1994 44/1973 -18/1976 51/1973 -7/1994 0.87/1929 18
19 32 19 25.2 60/1907 -4/1994 36/2023 -20/1994 46/1907 -12/1994 1.15/2023 19
20 32 18 25.1 64/1906 2/1985 37/2006 -14/1985 50/1906 -6/1985 0.92/1898 20
21 32 18 25.1 65/1906 1/1984 51/1906 -21/1984 58/1906 -10/1984 0.88/1959 21
22 32 18 25.1 62/1906 0/1883 44/1909 -10/1970 51/1933 -4/1883 1.19/1874 22
23 32 18 25.0 61/1967 6/1883 51/1909 -12/1963 55/1909 0/1963 0.70/2019 23
24 32 18 25.0 61/1909 4/1963 41/1967 -13/1963 49/1909 -4/1963 0.49/1918 24
25 32 18 25.0 67/1950 2/1897 55/1950 -16/1897 61/1950 -7/1897 0.55/1952 25
26 32 18 25.0 64/1944 5/1924 48/1944 -9/1897 56/1944 0/1897 1.39/1978 26
27 32 18 25.1 61/1916 5/1925 41/1916 -6/1936 51/1916 2/1925 0.77/1944 27
28 32 18 25.1 57/2002 6/2014 36/2002 -10/2014 47/2002 -2/2014 0.84/1994 28
29 32 18 25.2 58/1914 7/1977 41/2006 -7/1885 48/2006 2/1977 0.84/1969 29
30 32 18 25.2 62/2013 1/2019 41/1988 -13/2019 48/2013 -6/2019 1.15/1916 30
31 32 18 25.3 60/1989 3/2019 48/1988 -14/2019 51/1988 -5/2019 1.48/1878 31

Normal High: 32.3

Normal HDD: Month: 1216

Normal Monthly Precip: 2.23
Normal Low : 19.2 Normal HDD Season: 3510 Normal Yearly Precip: 1.96
Normal Mean: 25.8 Normal CDD: Month: 0 Ave Snow this Month : 14.0
Normal CDD Season: 0 Ave Snow for the Season: 23.7

Precip: Greatest Monthly Total: 5.02/1932

Snow: Greatest Monthly Total: 29.6/1978
Precip: Least Monthly Total: 0.23/1961 Snow: Least Monthly Total: 0.4/1933


January Daily Snowfall Records

Date Snowfall (Inches) Year Date
1 7.0 1978 1
2 10.6 1999 2
3 5.1 1914 3
4 2.8 2004 4
5 10.2 2014 5
6 10.1 1994 6
7 4.3 2010 7
8 5.8 1912 8
9 7.4 1930 9
10 6.4 2009 10
11 5.0 1903 11
12 8.0 1908 12
13 9.8 1927 13
14 11.1 1992 14
15 4.0 1997 15
16 4.2 1959 16
17 4.6 2009 17
18 6.8 2020 18
19 5.8 2019 19
20 2.7 1950 20
21 6.1 1917 21
22 12.2 2005 22
23 4.8 1920 23
24 3.5 1918 24
25 6.5 2023 25
26 7.8 1978 26
27 4.3 1951 27
28 5.0 2009 28
29 4.5 1909 29
30 7.6 1939 30
31 10.0 1982 31