Detroit MI Highest Temperature Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Detroit, Michigan. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Detroit rose above 100 °F? What was the highest temperature in Detroit five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Detroit and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Detroit Metro Airport and go back to 1959. The highest temperature measured during that time was 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) on June 25, 1988.

Highest Detroit temperatures in recent years
Max °F	Date	Max °C
90	July 05, 2023 +	32
96	June 21, 2022	36
92	August 29, 2021 +	33
95	July 07, 2020	35
97	July 20, 2019	36
96	July 05, 2018 +	36
93	September 26, 2017	34
98	July 23, 2016	37
92	September 07, 2015 +	33
94	July 22, 2014	34
95	July 19, 2013	35
102	July 17, 2012 +	39
100	July 21, 2011	38
94	July 07, 2010	34

Highest temperature recorded at Detroit each year
Max °F	Date	Max °C
94	August 09, 2009	34
93	September 03, 2008 +	34
95	August 01, 2007 +	35
97	August 01, 2006	36
95	June 25, 2005	35
91	July 22, 2004	33
92	July 04, 2003	33
97	July 03, 2002	36
99	August 08, 2001	37
91	June 10, 2000	33
94	July 31, 1999 +	34
96	June 25, 1998	36
95	July 14, 1997	35
94	June 29, 1996	34
100	July 14, 1995	38
99	June 18, 1994 +	37
96	August 27, 1993	36
92	June 17, 1992	33
96	July 20, 1991	36
98	July 04, 1990	37
92	July 10, 1989	33
104	June 25, 1988	40
96	August 02, 1987	36
95	July 18, 1986	35
91	September 07, 1985 +	33
96	July 23, 1984	36
95	June 26, 1983	35
91	July 17, 1982 +	33
94	July 08, 1981	34
93	July 15, 1980	34
92	August 07, 1979	33
97	September 08, 1978	36
102	July 15, 1977	39
99	July 14, 1976	37
95	August 01, 1975	35
97	July 14, 1974	36
96	August 28, 1973	36
93	July 22, 1972 +	34
99	June 28, 1971 +	37
94	June 30, 1970	34
93	June 26, 1969	34
93	August 23, 1968 +	34
93	June 16, 1967 +	34
98	July 03, 1966	37
96	August 15, 1965 +	36
97	August 02, 1964	36
94	July 01, 1963 +	34
92	May 18, 1962 +	33
93	July 01, 1961 +	34
94	September 01, 1960	34
93	August 22, 1959	34

Detroit - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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