United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Southgate.

September leads for comfortable weather in Southgate: typically 23.8°C by day, 13°C at night, with 82 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember

Typical high23.8°C

Typical low13°C

Rain in September82 mm

Comfort

September

September · June · August

85climate match

Beach

July

July · August · June

76climate match

Outdoors

May

May · October · September

77climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 85 — days reach only 0.3°C, 24° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

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

50.3° / -7.1°

Feb

51.9° / -6.2°

Mar

87.8° / -1.9°

Apr

3815° / 3.9°

May

6821.4° / 10.1°

Jun

7926.6° / 15.7°

Jul

6628.8° / 18°

Aug

7327.7° / 17.4°

Sep

8523.8° / 13°

Oct

5316.8° / 6.7°

Nov

189.3° / 1.1°

Dec

53° / -3.7°

Monthly climate evidence for Southgate — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 32 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	0.3°C	-7.1°C	57 mm	9.6	1.1°C	9 h 25	5	Strong coverage
February	1.9°C	-6.2°C	53 mm	7.8	0.4°C	10 h 30	5	Strong coverage
March	7.8°C	-1.9°C	62 mm	8.4	1.3°C	11 h 48	8	Strong coverage
April	15°C	3.9°C	83 mm	9.7	5.0°C	13 h 18	38	Strong coverage
May	21.4°C	10.1°C	94 mm	10.2	11.3°C	14 h 33	68	Strong coverage
June	26.6°C	15.7°C	83 mm	8.3	17.7°C	15 h 15	79	Strong coverage
July	28.8°C	18°C	89 mm	8.3	22.1°C	14 h 58	66	Strong coverage
August	27.7°C	17.4°C	83 mm	7.4	22.9°C	13 h 53	73	Strong coverage
September	23.8°C	13°C	82 mm	7.5	20.1°C	12 h 26	85	Strong coverage
October	16.8°C	6.7°C	64 mm	7.9	13.9°C	10 h 59	53	Strong coverage
November	9.3°C	1.1°C	65 mm	7.8	8.4°C	9 h 44	18	Strong coverage
December	3°C	-3.7°C	57 mm	8.7	4.1°C	9 h 06	5	Strong coverage

What has changed

Southgate runs +1.2°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

+1.5

Feb

+1.6

Mar

+1.8

Apr

+0.5

May

+1.2

Jun

+1.1

Jul

+0.8

Aug

+0.7

Sep

+1.2

Oct

+1.1

Nov

+0.6

Dec

+2.4

September daytime highs, 2011–2025. Last recorded: 25.5°C.

Records at DETROIT METRO AP, 1958–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	17.8°C7 Jan 2008	-29.4°C21 Jan 1984	52 mm11 Jan 2020	133 mm2024 · driest 7 mm in 1961	68
February	22.8°C27 Feb 2024	-26.1°C3 Feb 1985	58 mm22 Feb 1990	128 mm1990 · driest 4 mm in 1969	68
March	30.0°C22 Mar 2012	-20.0°C2 Mar 1978	50 mm30 Mar 2017	124 mm2016 · driest 19 mm in 2005	68
April	31.7°C12 Apr 1977	-12.2°C7 Apr 1982	91 mm20 Apr 2000	148 mm2019 · driest 18 mm in 2004	68
May	35.0°C28 May 2012	-3.9°C10 May 1966	65 mm26 May 1968	215 mm2004 · driest 22 mm in 1988	68
June	40.0°C25 Jun 1988	2.2°C1 Jun 1966	66 mm19 Jun 2009	179 mm1987 · driest 24 mm in 2011	68
July	38.9°C15 Jul 1977	5.0°C1 Jul 1965	110 mm7 Jul 1998	195 mm2011 · driest 15 mm in 1974	68
August	37.8°C17 Aug 1988	3.3°C29 Aug 1982	116 mm11 Aug 2014	199 mm1975 · driest 7 mm in 2008	67
September	36.7°C8 Sep 1976	-1.7°C23 Sep 1974	94 mm11 Sep 2000	191 mm1986 · driest 11 mm in 1960	67
October	32.8°C6 Oct 1963	-8.3°C21 Oct 1974	54 mm6 Oct 1959	172 mm2001 · driest 3 mm in 2005	67
November	25.6°C1 Nov 2016	-13.8°C13 Nov 2019	58 mm15 Nov 2005	153 mm2011 · driest 16 mm in 2009	67
December	20.6°C6 Dec 1998	-23.3°C25 Dec 1983	68 mm24 Dec 1965	152 mm1965 · driest 12 mm in 1960	68

Typical days per month at DETROIT METRO AP, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)	Snow days
January	0	0	27	2	11
February	0	0	25	2	9
March	<1	0	21	2	5
April	2	<1	6	3	2
May	9	3	<1	3	<1
June	21	7	0	3	0
July	28	12	0	3	0
August	26	8	0	3	0
September	13	3	0	3	0
October	3	<1	2	2	<1
November	<1	0	14	2	3
December	0	0	24	2	8

How often, not how much — every day in DETROIT METRO AP’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	0%	28%	5%	33%	-3.6–3.2°C
February	<1%	26%	5%	28%	-1.6–4.6°C
March	4%	29%	6%	38%	4.3–10.8°C
April	16%	32%	9%	40%	12.5–17.0°C
May	43%	30%	9%	36%	18.6–24.1°C
June	68%	28%	10%	32%	24.7–28.1°C
July	74%	26%	8%	27%	27.2–30.4°C
August	75%	24%	9%	23%	25.9–29.2°C
September	60%	25%	8%	26%	21.9–25.4°C
October	24%	24%	6%	26%	14.5–18.9°C
November	3%	27%	7%	30%	6.1–12.3°C
December	0%	30%	6%	34%	-0.8–5.7°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.

1959Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 67-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 1963.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 5010646
NOAA station: USW00094847 · DETROIT METRO AP
Station distance: 11.5 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 30 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 42.21°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 32 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from DETROIT METRO AP is what differs

Westland→Taylor→Romulus→Wayne→Flat Rock→Eloise→

Or put two places side by side: Southgate vs Westland

Best time to visitSouthgate.

September

July

May

The whole year,without the guesswork.

Southgate runs +1.2°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Southgate.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Southgate runs +1.2°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.