October
October · September · April
73climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Detroit.
October leads for comfortable weather in Detroit: typically 24.7°C by day, 7.8°C at night, with 98 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortOctober
Typical high24.7°C
Typical low7.8°C
Rain in October98 mm
September
September · August · June
64climate match
October
October · March · November
67climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 8 against October’s 73 — days reach only 11.6°C, 12° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -2.7°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
811.6° / -2.7°
Feb
1814.4° / -1.1°
Mar
4319.5° / 2.5°
Apr
6324.2° / 6.7°
May
6228° / 12.1°
Jun
5431.6° / 17.2°
Jul
4333.2° / 19.5°
Aug
4833.1° / 18.8°
Sep
6730.5° / 15°
Oct
7324.7° / 7.8°
Nov
4118.1° / 1.6°
Dec
1213.1° / -0.9°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C | -2.7°C | 139 mm | 8.8 | 10 h 07 | 8 | Strong coverage |
| February | 14.4°C | -1.1°C | 151 mm | 8.6 | 10 h 54 | 18 | Strong coverage |
| March | 19.5°C | 2.5°C | 135 mm | 9.2 | 11 h 52 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.2°C | 6.7°C | 157 mm | 7.8 | 12 h 59 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| May | 28°C | 12.1°C | 146 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 55 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.6°C | 17.2°C | 120 mm | 8.8 | 14 h 24 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 19.5°C | 127 mm | 8.8 | 14 h 13 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.1°C | 18.8°C | 110 mm | 8 | 13 h 25 | 48 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.5°C | 15°C | 99 mm | 5.8 | 12 h 21 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24.7°C | 7.8°C | 98 mm | 6 | 11 h 16 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.1°C | 1.6°C | 116 mm | 7.5 | 10 h 21 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.1°C | -0.9°C | 165 mm | 8.7 | 9 h 54 | 12 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Detroit runs +0.6°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.1
Feb
+2.1
Mar
+1.4
Apr
-0.1
May
+0.2
Jun
+0.5
Jul
+0.2
Aug
-0.4
Sep
+0.5
Oct
+0.5
Nov
-0.2
Dec
+1.3
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C31 Jan 2002 | -28.3°C30 Jan 1966 | 128 mm1 Jan 2011 | 263 mm1982 · driest 20 mm in 1986 | 63 |
| February | 30.6°C24 Feb 1996 | -18.3°C1 Feb 1966 | 130 mm11 Feb 2020 | 437 mm2020 · driest 26 mm in 1978 | 63 |
| March | 32.2°C30 Mar 2007 | -15.0°C4 Mar 1980 | 230 mm16 Mar 1973 | 435 mm1980 · driest 15 mm in 2007 | 63 |
| April | 35.0°C22 Apr 1987 | -6.1°C1 Apr 1987 | 134 mm13 Apr 2020 | 445 mm1991 · driest 9 mm in 1986 | 62 |
| May | 36.7°C26 May 1996 | -1.1°C4 May 1976 | 138 mm3 May 1997 | 411 mm1991 · driest 10 mm in 1992 | 63 |
| June | 39.4°C30 Jun 2012 | 2.8°C1 Jun 1966 | 87 mm10 Jun 1975 | 276 mm1989 · driest 7 mm in 1988 | 64 |
| July | 41.7°C16 Jul 1980 | 8.9°C8 Jul 1972 | 116 mm4 Jul 2015 | 273 mm2005 · driest 15 mm in 1993 | 64 |
| August | 42.8°C16 Aug 2007 | 7.8°C29 Aug 1986 | 121 mm30 Aug 2005 | 220 mm1965 · driest 3 mm in 1999 | 63 |
| September | 40.0°C5 Sep 2000 | -1.1°C29 Sep 1967 | 136 mm14 Sep 2007 | 309 mm1988 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 63 |
| October | 38.9°C4 Oct 2019 | -6.1°C26 Oct 1962 | 102 mm17 Oct 1975 | 293 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 63 |
| November | 32.8°C2 Nov 2016 | -12.8°C30 Nov 1976 | 139 mm24 Nov 2004 | 280 mm2004 · driest 13 mm in 2012 | 63 |
| December | 27.2°C6 Dec 1998 | -20.6°C23 Dec 1989 | 175 mm26 Dec 2015 | 422 mm1990 · driest 24 mm in 1980 | 62 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| March | 8 | <1 | 13 | 5 |
| April | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| May | 25 | 12 | <1 | 4 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 31 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 27 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| November | 3 | <1 | 15 | 4 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6% | 29% | 14% | 35% | 8.2–14.4°C |
| February | 15% | 29% | 15% | 35% | 10.8–17.4°C |
| March | 36% | 29% | 15% | 34% | 15.9–21.8°C |
| April | 59% | 27% | 15% | 30% | 21.8–26.2°C |
| May | 71% | 27% | 14% | 31% | 25.9–30.0°C |
| June | 73% | 28% | 12% | 33% | 29.7–33.1°C |
| July | 70% | 30% | 13% | 34% | 31.4–34.6°C |
| August | 76% | 25% | 11% | 27% | 31.0–35.2°C |
| September | 78% | 22% | 10% | 19% | 27.9–32.1°C |
| October | 69% | 19% | 9% | 17% | 22.7–26.5°C |
| November | 33% | 25% | 12% | 28% | 15.4–20.8°C |
| December | 8% | 28% | 15% | 31% | 10.8–15.2°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 4058738
- NOAA station
- USC00013645 · HAMILTON
- Station distance
- 20.3 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 28 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 34.03°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.