Detroit Area Average Monthly Temperatures from 1870 to 1880 | |||||||||||||
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Avg for Year |
1870 | 39.5 | 26.6 | |||||||||||
1871 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 39.8 | 48.9 | 60.1 | 67.3 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 33.3 | 22.9 | 48.2 |
1872 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 25.6 | 47.4 | 57.7 | 69.5 | 74.2 | 73.4 | 63.6 | 49.7 | 32.6 | 18.3 | 46.6 |
1873 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 30.9 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 70.7 | 72.2 | 70.8 | 61.3 | 48.1 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 46.8 |
1874 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 34.3 | 37.6 | 58.8 | 69.1 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 66.4 | 51.1 | 37.8 | 29.7 | 48.4 |
1875 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 40.5 | 56.7 | 66.0 | 69.6 | 66.8 | 59.9 | 46.5 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 44.1 |
1876 | 32.1 | 28.1 | 29.5 | 43.7 | 56.8 | 68.8 | 72.8 | 71.6 | 59.0 | 45.8 | 39.1 | 17.8 | 47.1 |
1877 | 19.2 | 33.6 | 26.0 | 45.4 | 56.4 | 66.1 | 72.0 | 71.2 | 64.3 | 53.8 | 39.2 | 38.1 | 48.8 |
1878 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 41.4 | 53.4 | 55.4 | 63.8 | 74.0 | 71.2 | 64.3 | 51.7 | 38.9 | 22.8 | 49.5 |
1879 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 34.3 | 45.2 | 59.1 | 65.1 | 72.8 | 69.4 | 58.6 | 59.6 | 38.1 | 28.7 | 47.8 |
1880 | 36.7 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 46.2 | 63.7 | 68.4 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 61.8 | 48.6 | 29.8 | 21.8 | 48.5 |
http://www.weather.gov/dtx/dtwtemp1870-1880
Last 50 or so year average:
ANNUAL | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | YEARS | # CITIES | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average Temperature (F) | 52.8 | 31.9 | 35.3 | 42.4 | 52 | 60.8 | 68.7 | 73.3 | 72.1 | 65.2 | 54.8 | 43.5 | 34.5 | 59 | 11,877 |
Average High Temperature (F) | 62.9 | 42.2 | 46.3 | 53.8 | 64.3 | 73.2 | 81.1 | 85.7 | 84.4 | 77.4 | 66.7 | 53.8 | 44.8 | 56 | 12,609 |
Average Low Temperature (F) | 49.4 | 33.7 | 35.7 | 42.1 | 49.5 | 57.9 | 64.9 | 68.8 | 67.8 | 62.4 | 50.1 | 41 | 35.7 | 60 | 185 |
Average Precipitation (in) | 34.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 55 | 15,497 |
* Years is the average number of years used to compute the average. # Cities is the total number of locations used to compute the average. |
http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/state.php3?c=US&name=United-States-of-America
Nope- sorry- not much different today than it was 100 years ago
Yeah, it is called “Summer”..