Detroit, MI: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 73.4°F in Detroit, MI, the warmest August since 2022, tied 28th warmest of 153 (with 1991).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 73.4°F; Warmest since 2022; 28th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 1.75 in; Driest since 2025; 41st driest of 153

A normal August in Detroit, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.9°F, between 69.5°F and 75.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.19 in of precipitation, between 1.14 in and 5.98 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Detroit, MI since 1874: 73.4°F in 2026; the highest is 77.1°F, in 1995.

Normal range, 69.5 to 75.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Detroit, MI from 1874 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	73.4	28	82.3	47	64.6	19	1.75	113
2025	71.1	80	80.5	77	61.8	81	1.31	130
2024	73.1	33	82.8	38	63.4	42	4.50	28
2023	70.3	99	79.2	107	61.5	90	6.50	9
2022	74.4	16	84.4	17	64.4	23	2.32	86
2021	75.7	6	84.8	9	66.6	7	5.17	19
2020	73.5	26	83.5	29	63.6	39	5.99	13
2019	73.1	33	82.5	43	63.7	36	3.14	61
2018	75.8	5	84.7	10	66.9	4	1.20	135
2017	71.1	80	81	67	61.1	97	3.91	43
2016	76.7	2	86.3	2	67.1	2	5.62	16
2015	71.7	66	80.8	70	62.7	54	3.16	60
2014	71.5	70	80.6	74	62.5	58	6.32	10
2013	71.9	59	80.9	68	62.9	48	5.98	14
2012	72.9	40	83.4	31	62.5	58	2.25	89
2011	73.2	31	82.6	41	63.7	36	2.16	95
2010	75.2	9	84.5	14	66	9	0.59	148
2009	71.1	80	80.1	86	62.2	71	2.76	76
2008	72.1	53	82.8	38	61.3	95	0.27	151
2007	73.8	23	82.5	43	65.2	13	6.61	7
2006	72.9	40	81.7	55	64.1	27	2.05	101
2005	74.8	12	84.1	21	65.6	11	1.33	128
2004	68.5	134	77.5	136	59.5	127	4.51	27
2003	72.9	40	81.8	53	63.9	33	4.36	33
2002	73	38	82.1	49	64	29	3.32	53
2001	74.1	21	83.7	27	64.5	21	2.87	72
2000	70.7	90	79.2	107	62.3	68	4.63	24
1999	70.2	103	78.9	115	61.4	91	1.31	130
1998	73.1	33	82.1	49	64.2	26	4.19	37
1997	68.1	137	76.1	144	60.1	114	3.22	57
1996	72.9	40	83.2	35	62.6	57	0.43	150
1995	77.1	1	85.3	4	69	1	3.71	48
1994	69.6	116	79.1	111	60.1	114	3.30	54
1993	74.4	16	84.5	14	64.4	23	1.60	121
1992	66.6	151	75.9	145	57.4	148	2.50	80
1991	73.4	28	83.9	23	62.8	51	4.31	34
1990	71.1	80	80.2	84	62.1	75	3.85	44
1989	69.9	110	79.8	94	60	117	2.14	96
1988	75	10	85.3	4	64.8	16	3.13	62
1987	71.6	67	80.9	68	62.3	68	6.87	6
1986	68.8	133	79.2	107	58.5	141	3.52	50
1985	69.1	125	78.1	133	60.2	111	4.88	23
1984	72.7	45	84.6	12	60.8	102	3.00	66
1983	73.6	25	84.6	12	62.5	58	1.57	122
1982	67.7	143	78.8	119	56.6	151	0.72	144
1981	69.9	110	80.4	79	59.5	127	2.32	86
1980	72.7	45	81.6	58	63.8	35	6.09	11
1979	67.9	141	77.9	135	57.8	147	2.99	67
1978	71.9	59	83.3	32	60.5	107	1.73	114
1977	70.6	93	82	51	59.2	135	2.23	92
1976	70.1	105	84.2	18	56.1	152	1.68	118
1975	72.3	48	81.8	53	62.7	54	7.83	2
1974	72.3	48	83.3	32	61.3	95	2.95	70
1973	72.9	40	83.3	32	62.5	58	1.67	119
1972	69	127	79.5	101	58.6	139	3.07	65
1971	70.3	99	83.7	27	56.8	150	1.62	120
1970	72.1	53	83.5	29	60.6	105	2.75	77
1969	73.1	33	84.2	18	62	78	1.06	139
1968	72.5	47	82.4	45	62.5	58	1.83	111
1967	67.3	145	78.9	115	55.7	153	2.01	105
1966	69	127	79.8	94	58.3	143	5.03	22
1965	70	109	79.1	111	60.9	100	3.24	56
1964	69	127	78.4	125	59.7	123	5.87	15
1963	70.1	105	80	89	60.2	111	1.71	115
1962	71	85	80.6	74	61.4	91	3.56	49
1961	72.2	50	81.1	66	63.3	44	5.12	20
1960	71.9	59	81.5	62	62.2	71	2.50	80
1959	76.3	4	85.5	3	67	3	7.07	5
1958	71	85	81.6	58	60.3	109	2.25	89
1957	70.1	105	79.6	97	60.7	103	1.99	107
1956	71.2	77	80.1	86	62.2	71	6.53	8
1955	75.7	6	85.2	6	66.2	8	3.75	46
1954	70.3	99	80.3	82	60.3	109	2.07	100
1953	74.2	19	84.9	8	63.6	39	1.52	125
1952	71.5	70	81.9	52	61.1	97	2.18	94
1951	69.4	118	79.6	97	59.3	133	2.99	67
1950	70.1	105	80.7	72	59.6	124	1.51	126
1949	71.9	59	81.7	55	62.1	75	4.40	32
1948	72.1	53	82.6	41	61.6	87	2.05	101
1947	76.5	3	86.4	1	66.7	6	2.85	74
1946	68.3	136	78.4	125	58.3	143	2.01	105
1945	71.5	70	81.6	58	61.4	91	1.54	124
1944	74.3	18	85	7	63.7	36	2.33	85
1943	72.2	50	81.6	58	62.8	51	1.12	136
1942	70.6	93	79.5	101	61.8	81	4.12	39
1941	71	85	81.2	65	60.7	103	3.94	42
1940	70.5	97	79.1	111	61.8	81	7.51	3
1939	73	38	83.2	35	62.9	48	1.39	127
1938	74.9	11	84.7	10	65	15	2.48	83
1937	73.9	22	83.9	23	64	29	2.51	79
1936	73.1	33	84.5	14	61.7	84	1.07	138
1935	71.6	67	80.3	82	62.9	48	3.10	63
1934	69.2	123	80.1	86	58.3	143	1.84	109
1933	71.9	59	80.4	79	63.5	41	2.24	91
1932	73.7	24	82.7	40	64.7	18	4.02	41
1931	73.3	30	81.7	55	64.8	16	0.84	143
1930	73.5	26	82.4	45	64.6	19	0.90	141
1929	68.9	131	78.3	129	59.6	124	0.52	149
1928	73.2	31	82.3	47	64.1	27	2.02	103
1927	66.6	151	75.1	149	58.2	146	1.06	139
1926	72	58	79.6	97	64.4	23	8.33	1
1925	72.1	53	80.8	70	63.4	42	2.81	75
1924	70.7	90	79.6	97	61.7	84	1.71	115
1923	69.3	122	78.7	122	59.8	120	1.70	117
1922	70.9	88	79.5	101	62.3	68	3.36	52
1921	70.5	97	78.3	129	62.7	54	3.43	51
1920	69.4	118	76.9	141	62	78	4.20	36
1919	70.2	103	79	114	61.4	91	2.49	82
1918	74.8	12	84.2	18	65.4	12	1.29	134
1917	69.9	110	78.1	133	61.6	87	2.56	78
1916	74.6	14	83.9	23	65.2	13	2.98	69
1915	65.9	153	73.3	153	58.6	139	4.63	24
1914	71.4	74	80.6	74	62.1	75	3.84	45
1913	71.9	59	81.4	63	62.5	58	2.13	97
1912	67.3	145	75.3	148	59.4	131	4.05	40
1911	70.6	93	78.9	115	62.4	66	1.31	130
1910	70.6	93	79.5	101	61.7	84	1.11	137
1909	71.5	70	80.5	77	62.5	58	3.75	46
1908	69.7	115	78.9	115	60.5	107	4.49	29
1907	68	139	77.2	137	58.8	137	0.62	145
1906	74.5	15	83.1	37	65.8	10	3.25	55
1905	71.4	74	79.9	93	62.8	51	4.18	38
1904	68.1	137	77.2	137	59.1	136	3.20	58
1903	67.4	144	74.7	151	60	117	4.27	35
1902	68	139	76.5	143	59.4	131	0.60	147
1901	71.9	59	79.8	94	64	29	3.20	58
1900	75.5	8	84.1	21	66.9	4	2.08	99
1899	72.2	50	81.3	64	63.1	46	0.62	145
1898	72.1	53	80.2	84	63.9	33	1.84	109
1897	67.8	142	75.8	146	59.8	120	3.10	63
1896	70.3	99	78.4	125	62.2	71	4.60	26
1895	71.2	77	80.7	72	61.6	87	1.97	108
1894	69.4	118	79.2	107	59.6	124	0.16	153
1893	69.9	110	79.3	105	60.6	105	1.78	112
1892	70.9	88	79.3	105	62.5	58	2.21	93
1891	69.5	117	78.2	132	60.9	100	2.86	73
1890	67	147	75.7	147	58.4	142	4.46	30
1889	69.9	110	80	89	59.8	120	0.19	152
1888	68.9	131	78.5	123	59.3	133	5.27	18
1887	68.5	134	76.9	141	60.2	111	2.30	88
1886	70.7	90	78.4	125	63.1	46	2.02	103
1885	66.8	149	74.2	152	59.5	127	5.05	21
1884	69.2	123	78.3	129	60.1	114	1.55	123
1883	67	147	77.1	140	57	149	0.90	141
1882	71.4	74	78.8	119	64	29	4.43	31
1881	74.2	19	83.9	23	64.5	21	1.32	129
1880	69.1	125	77.2	137	61	99	5.51	17
1879	69.4	118	78.8	119	60	117	1.31	130
1878	71.1	80	80.4	79	61.9	80	2.92	71
1877	71.2	77	80	89	62.4	66	7.29	4
1876	71.6	67	80	89	63.2	45	2.46	84
1875	66.8	149	74.8	150	58.7	138	6.04	12
1874	69	127	78.5	123	59.5	127	2.11	98

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1995	77.1
2016	76.7
1947	76.5
1959	76.3
2018	75.8
2021	75.7
1955	75.7
1900	75.5
2010	75.2
1988	75

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	65.9
1992	66.6
1927	66.6
1885	66.8
1875	66.8
1890	67
1883	67
1967	67.3
1912	67.3
1903	67.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	8.33
1975	7.83
1940	7.51
1877	7.29
1959	7.07
1987	6.87
2007	6.61
1956	6.53
2023	6.50
2014	6.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	0.16
1889	0.19
2008	0.27
1996	0.43
1929	0.52
2010	0.59
1902	0.60
1907	0.62
1899	0.62
1982	0.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 8 August 2026
Coldest night: 54°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.41 in; 22 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 1.75 in of precipitation in Detroit, MI, the driest August since 2025, 41st driest of 153.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Detroit, MI: 90°F on Saturday 8 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Detroit, MI: a low of 54°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Detroit, MI: 0.41 in on Saturday 22 August 2026.