National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Coldest/Warmest Years in Southeast Lower Michigan
 
Rank Detroit Area* Flint Bishop** Saginaw Area***
Coldest Warmest Coldest Warmest Coldest Warmest
Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year
1 44.0 1875 53.8 2012 40.6 1926 51.6 2012 43.0 1917 51.7 1931
2 45.6 1917 53.4 1998 45.3 1980 51.5 2016 44.1 1924 51.4 2012
3 46.1 1904 52.9 1931 45.4 1958 51.4 1931 44.3 1978 51.4 1998
4 46.3 1888 52.8 2016 45.5 1967 50.8 1998 44.3 1926 50.5 2016
5 46.5 1912 52.6 1921 45.5 1966 50.7 2021 44.7 1950 50.4 1921
6 46.6 1907 52.5 2023 45.5 1962 50.7 2020 44.8 1972 50.3 2021
7 46.8 1893 52.5 2021 45.6 1963 50.7 1933 45.0 1979 50.2 2023
8 46.9 1979 52.4 2017 45.6 1960 50.6 1921 45.0 1943 49.9 2020
9 47.0 1926 52.2 2006 45.7 1997 50.3 2023 45.1 1962 49.6 1938
10 47.1 1924 52.0 1991 45.7 1978 50.3 1938 45.3 1980 49.5 2017
11 47.1 1885 51.9 2020 45.8 1996 50.1 1987 45.3 1912 49.4 2010
12 47.1 1876 51.9 2010 45.8 1972 50.1 1934 45.4 1963 49.3 1933
13 47.2 1980 51.9 1953 45.9 1950 49.9 1941 45.4 1951 49.3 1930
14 47.2 1978 51.6 2001 46.1 1989 49.8 1939 45.5 1989 49.1 2001
15 47.3 1972 51.4 2018 46.2 2014 49.6 2015 45.6 2003 49.1 1987
16 47.3 1895 51.4 1987 46.2 1969 49.3 2010 45.6 1940 49.0 2015
17 47.4 1940 51.3 1999 46.3 2009 49.3 2001 45.7 1982 49.0 1932
18 47.5 1883 51.3 1990 46.3 1979 49.3 1991 45.7 1945 48.9 2006
19 47.6 2014 51.3 1955 46.4 1976 49.3 1953 45.8 1981 48.9 1975
20 47.6 1892 51.3 1949 46.4 1957 49.2 1990 45.8 2014 48.5 1953
* Detroit Area temperature records date back to November 1874.
** Flint Bishop temperature records date back to January 1921.
*** Saginaw Area temperature records date back to January 1912.