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Detroit in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Detroit is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 13 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Detroit is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
13h 49mon average

Is August a good time to visit Detroit?

A good month, just outside Detroit's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in August, against 36°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 2°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in August, against 27% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in August, against 37% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 49m in August, against 9h 08m to 15h 13m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July85°29°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August83°28°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September77°25°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Detroit sits, in August

America/Detroit
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:39 AMsets 8:36 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Chicago382 km west

The land around Detroit, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Detroit

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Detroit. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.