Detroit, MI

Michigan · Records since 1874–2026

☀️ 77°F
Currently in Detroit
As of 2:15 PM

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

95°F

September 11, 1931

+19° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

39°F

September 11, 1917

-18° from 57° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 57°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Detroit

🔥
105°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 24, 1934
❄
-21°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1984
🌧
4.74"
Wettest Day Ever
Jul 31, 1925
☃
24.1"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 6, 1886

First & Last Dates — Detroit

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
229 days
Longest growing season
2017
126 days
Shortest growing season
1883
185 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 95°F September 11, 1931
2 94°F September 11, 1895
3 93°F September 11, 1952
4 91°F September 11, 2013
5 91°F September 11, 1908
6 90°F September 11, 1947
7 89°F September 11, 2019
8 89°F September 11, 1978
9 89°F September 11, 1936
10 89°F September 11, 1900

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 39°F September 11, 1917
2 40°F September 11, 1943
3 43°F September 11, 1993
4 43°F September 11, 1977
5 43°F September 11, 1970
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Detroit

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
24
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1874–2026
12
2026 so far
12
Avg/year 1970–2025
14
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
39
Most in a year (1988)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Detroit

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 25, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 11 100°F (Sep 2) 96°F 69°F
2 Jul 14, 1977 – Jul 21, 1977 8 102°F (Jul 15) 95°F 69°F
3 Jul 24, 1941 – Jul 31, 1941 8 100°F (Jul 27) 95°F 73°F
4 Jul 19, 1940 – Jul 26, 1940 8 99°F (Jul 25) 96°F 73°F
5 Aug 9, 1944 – Aug 16, 1944 8 99°F (Aug 11) 96°F 70°F
6 Jul 2, 2020 – Jul 9, 2020 8 95°F (Jul 7) 92°F 70°F
7 Jul 18, 1987 – Jul 25, 1987 8 93°F (Jul 20) 92°F 70°F
8 Jul 8, 1936 – Jul 14, 1936 7 104°F (Jul 8) 102°F 74°F
9 Jul 17, 2011 – Jul 23, 2011 7 100°F (Jul 21) 95°F 74°F
10 Jun 15, 1994 – Jun 21, 1994 7 99°F (Jun 17) 94°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

49
2026 total
above-normal nights
38.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
64
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1874–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1874, annual totals have trended +0.15" per decade, about +2.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Detroit is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

133 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

20.71"
2026 YTD
Normal: 24.88"
-4.17"
1.95"
September so far
September normal: 3.22"
-1.27"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Detroit is 4.17" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
2026 is still under way for this window — totals and rankings appear once November 30 passes.

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Nov 30

1874–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.13° per decade (warming since 1874)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Nov 30

1874–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.04" per decade (wetter since 1874)

About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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