Detroit, MI: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 67°F in Detroit, MI, the warmest September since 2025, tied 25th warmest of 153 (with 1959 and 1922).

September 2026

Mean temperature: 67°F; Warmest since 2025; 25th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 3.33 in; Wettest since 2021; 51st wettest of 153

A normal September in Detroit, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.5°F, between 62.3°F and 68.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.22 in of precipitation, between 0.91 in and 6.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Detroit, MI since 1874: 67°F in 2026; the highest is 72.2°F, in 1881.

Normal range, 62.3 to 68.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	67	25	75.5	50	58.4	18	3.33	51
2025	67.1	23	77.9	10	56.2	55	1.87	100
2024	68.2	13	77.9	10	58.4	18	1.22	134
2023	66.3	37	74.6	63	57.9	23	2.28	86
2022	66.9	28	76.3	35	57.4	30	0.99	139
2021	66.9	28	76.5	31	57.3	33	5.43	15
2020	63.4	93	73.2	86	53.5	100	3.95	39
2019	68.6	8	76.9	22	60.2	6	3.44	47
2018	68.9	5	77.5	13	60.4	4	6.46	4
2017	67.1	23	77.2	16	56.9	40	0.91	141
2016	68.2	13	76.9	22	59.4	9	6.28	5
2015	69.3	4	79.2	3	59.4	9	1.29	131
2014	63.5	92	73.3	84	53.7	96	4.71	16
2013	64.1	82	73.7	76	54.5	87	1.20	135
2012	64	85	74.4	65	53.7	96	2.47	78
2011	64.4	76	72.5	99	56.3	51	6.28	5
2010	64.5	73	73.7	76	55.3	72	3.32	52
2009	66	48	75.5	50	56.6	46	1.46	124
2008	66.3	37	76.3	35	56.3	51	5.99	9
2007	66.7	32	76.6	28	56.8	43	1.44	125
2006	62	121	70.5	129	53.5	100	1.73	112
2005	68.4	11	79	5	57.7	26	1.63	117
2004	67.4	21	77.1	20	57.8	25	0.65	148
2003	63.1	97	72.1	108	54.2	89	4.27	26
2002	68.9	5	79.8	2	57.9	23	1.95	95
2001	62.3	116	71.6	113	53	113	4.28	25
2000	62.5	114	71.6	113	53.3	107	6.71	2
1999	65.5	55	77.2	16	53.8	94	3.11	56
1998	68	15	78.6	6	57.3	33	1.50	122
1997	62.7	110	72.2	107	53.1	111	3.41	49
1996	64.1	82	72.8	96	55.3	72	4.42	21
1995	62.8	105	73.8	75	51.7	132	0.62	149
1994	66.2	43	76.8	25	55.6	67	2.38	80
1993	61	135	69.4	139	52.6	119	4.26	27
1992	61.4	129	71	123	51.8	131	5.55	12
1991	63.1	97	73.9	72	52.3	123	0.90	142
1990	64.5	73	74	69	54.9	80	6.06	8
1989	61.9	122	71.1	120	52.6	119	3.03	57
1988	63.3	95	73	88	53.6	99	3.65	45
1987	64.6	72	74	69	55.1	76	2.69	73
1986	65.9	49	75.6	48	56.1	58	7.52	1
1985	64.3	78	73.9	72	54.6	84	2.59	75
1984	61.2	132	71.4	118	50.9	139	2.30	84
1983	64	85	76.7	26	51.3	136	2.49	77
1982	61.8	125	72.8	96	50.8	141	2.55	76
1981	60.8	136	69.5	136	52.2	125	5.47	14
1980	63.8	89	74.1	68	53.4	104	2.94	62
1979	62.6	112	74.7	62	50.4	144	0.94	140
1978	67.5	18	79.2	3	55.7	65	1.82	104
1977	65	62	74.3	66	55.8	61	4.23	29
1976	62.1	119	75.3	54	48.8	151	3.66	43
1975	59.1	150	67.8	146	50.3	146	3.18	55
1974	59.6	145	71.5	116	47.8	152	2.22	87
1973	64.9	64	76.5	31	53.3	107	1.82	104
1972	63	102	72.5	99	53.4	104	3.40	50
1971	66.6	35	76.7	26	56.5	48	2.72	70
1970	64.5	73	75.4	53	53.5	100	1.63	117
1969	64.8	66	74.9	60	54.6	84	0.68	146
1968	65.5	55	75.9	42	55.1	76	1.87	100
1967	60.3	139	73.6	79	47.1	153	1.96	94
1966	62.1	119	73.4	81	50.9	139	1.51	120
1965	66.2	43	75.2	55	57.2	35	4.15	33
1964	64.4	76	73.6	79	55.2	74	2.12	90
1963	63.1	97	74	69	52.1	126	1.28	132
1962	61.4	129	70	132	52.7	117	2.99	58
1961	68.8	7	77.5	13	60	7	5.55	12
1960	66.9	28	76.9	22	56.9	40	0.78	144
1959	67	25	76.4	34	57.5	28	4.69	17
1958	63.8	89	73	88	54.6	84	3.83	40
1957	62.9	103	72.4	102	53.3	107	2.91	63
1956	60.4	138	70.4	130	50.3	146	0.58	150
1955	65.7	51	76.5	31	54.8	81	1.82	104
1954	65.6	53	74.6	63	56.5	48	2.38	80
1953	64.7	70	76.3	35	53	113	1.80	107
1952	64.8	66	76.1	40	53.5	100	2.30	84
1951	62.5	114	72.3	104	52.7	117	1.97	93
1950	63.1	97	71.9	112	54.2	89	2.21	88
1949	59.6	145	68.9	141	50.4	144	1.90	97
1948	66.2	43	76.3	35	56.2	55	1.79	109
1947	65.4	57	74.9	60	55.8	61	3.96	38
1946	65.2	61	76.6	28	53.8	94	1.65	115
1945	64.7	70	73.4	81	56	60	4.40	23
1944	65.6	53	75.8	43	55.4	71	1.33	129
1943	61.2	132	70.9	124	51.5	135	2.35	82
1942	62.6	112	72.3	104	52.9	115	2.95	61
1941	67.5	18	78.1	8	57	39	0.81	143
1940	62.8	105	72.5	99	53.1	111	1.73	112
1939	65.9	49	77.3	15	54.5	87	2.70	71
1938	61.8	125	70.7	128	52.8	116	1.51	120
1937	61.9	122	72.4	102	51.3	136	1.80	107
1936	66.3	37	76.2	39	56.3	51	5.90	10
1935	61.9	122	73.1	87	50.7	142	1.37	126
1934	66.3	37	75.6	48	57.1	36	2.90	64
1933	68.5	10	76.6	28	60.4	4	1.94	96
1932	64.8	66	73	88	56.7	45	4.05	37
1931	69.8	2	78	9	61.6	3	2.97	59
1930	66.3	37	75.1	58	57.4	30	2.97	59
1929	64.9	64	73.4	81	56.3	51	1.75	111
1928	60.7	137	68.9	141	52.6	119	1.68	114
1927	67.2	22	75.7	46	58.7	15	3.44	47
1926	62.9	103	69.9	134	55.8	61	5.67	11
1925	66.1	47	73.3	84	58.8	14	4.54	19
1924	59.4	148	66.6	151	52.1	126	2.61	74
1923	64	85	71.1	120	56.8	43	1.90	97
1922	67	25	75.8	43	58.3	20	3.83	40
1921	69.5	3	77.2	16	61.8	2	4.64	18
1920	65.7	51	73.9	72	57.5	28	1.37	126
1919	66.7	32	75.5	50	58	22	4.09	36
1918	57.4	153	65.7	153	49.1	150	4.10	34
1917	61.2	132	69.8	135	52.5	122	1.84	103
1916	63.1	97	71.1	120	55.1	76	2.74	69
1915	65	62	72.9	94	57.1	36	4.47	20
1914	62.8	105	71.4	118	54.2	89	2.87	65
1913	62.3	116	70.9	124	53.7	96	1.18	136
1912	65.4	57	73.7	76	57.1	36	3.55	46
1911	64.2	81	72.3	104	56.2	55	4.32	24
1910	63.3	95	71.5	116	55.1	76	2.02	92
1909	61.4	129	69.5	136	53.3	107	0.75	145
1908	68.6	8	78.3	7	59	12	0.56	151
1907	62.8	105	70	132	55.6	67	4.10	34
1906	68.4	11	77.9	10	58.9	13	1.85	102
1905	65.3	59	74.3	66	56.4	50	3.27	54
1904	63.7	91	71.6	113	55.7	65	4.23	29
1903	64.1	82	73	88	55.2	74	2.78	68
1902	62.2	118	70.4	130	54	93	6.50	3
1901	64.8	66	73	88	56.6	46	1.65	115
1900	66.8	31	75.2	55	58.5	16	1.88	99
1899	59.7	144	67.6	148	51.9	129	2.18	89
1898	67.5	18	75.8	43	59.1	11	3.30	53
1897	66.3	37	75.7	46	56.9	40	1.02	138
1896	59.6	145	67.5	149	51.7	132	4.23	29
1895	66.7	32	75.2	55	58.2	21	1.15	137
1894	66.2	43	75.1	58	57.4	30	2.47	78
1893	61.6	128	70.9	124	52.3	123	1.37	126
1892	63.4	93	72.1	108	54.7	83	3.66	43
1891	67.8	17	77.1	20	58.5	16	1.33	129
1890	59.9	142	67.8	146	51.9	129	2.31	83
1889	62.7	110	72	110	53.4	104	0.56	151
1888	60	141	69.4	139	50.5	143	1.26	133
1887	60.1	140	68.5	143	51.6	134	4.41	22
1886	65.3	59	72.9	94	57.6	27	4.20	32
1885	62.8	105	70.8	127	54.8	81	1.54	119
1884	67.9	16	76.1	40	59.7	8	2.70	71
1883	59.2	149	68.2	145	50.2	148	1.50	122
1882	64	85	72	110	56.1	58	1.77	110
1881	72.2	1	80.6	1	63.7	1	2.86	66
1880	61.8	125	69.5	136	54.1	92	4.26	27
1879	58.6	152	67	150	50.2	148	6.24	7
1878	64.3	78	72.8	96	55.8	61	3.74	42
1877	64.3	78	73	88	55.6	67	0.39	153
1876	59	151	66	152	52	128	2.81	67
1875	59.9	142	68.5	143	51.2	138	2.10	91
1874	66.4	36	77.2	16	55.6	67	0.67	147

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1881	72.2
1931	69.8
1921	69.5
2015	69.3
2018	68.9
2002	68.9
1961	68.8
2019	68.6
1908	68.6
1933	68.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	57.4
1879	58.6
1876	59
1975	59.1
1883	59.2
1924	59.4
1974	59.6
1949	59.6
1896	59.6
1899	59.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	7.52
2000	6.71
1902	6.50
2018	6.46
2016	6.28
2011	6.28
1879	6.24
1990	6.06
2008	5.99
1936	5.90

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1877	0.39
1908	0.56
1889	0.56
1956	0.58
1995	0.62
2004	0.65
1874	0.67
1969	0.68
1909	0.75
1960	0.78

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 2 September 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 25 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 4 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 3.33 in of precipitation in Detroit, MI, the wettest September since 2021, 51st wettest of 153.
The hottest day of September 2026 in Detroit, MI: 96°F on Wednesday 2 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Detroit, MI: a low of 47°F on Friday 25 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Detroit, MI: 0.87 in on Friday 4 September 2026.