National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Coldest/Warmest Decembers in Southeast Lower Michigan
 
Rank Detroit Area* Flint Bishop** Saginaw Area***
Coldest Warmest Coldest Warmest Coldest Warmest
Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year Temp Year
1 17.8 1876 41.1 2015 16.1 1989 41.0 2015 16.2 1989 39.1 2015
2 18.0 1989 40.6 1881 16.6 2000 39.2 2023 17.2 2000 38.0 2023
3 19.2 2000 40.1 2023 17.4 1976 37.2 1982 18.8 1983 35.3 1923
4 20.8 1983 39.3 1889 17.8 1958 36.8 1923 18.9 1976 34.5 1982
5 21.5 1976 38.1 1877 20.1 1983 35.4 2006 19.0 1958 34.4 2006
6 21.8 1917 37.7 1923 20.5 1944 35.4 1965 19.1 1917 34.2 1931
7 21.9 1880 37.4 2006 20.8 1963 34.7 1931 19.5 1919 34.1 2012
8 22.2 1985 37.3 1982 21.3 1985 34.4 2021 20.1 1963 33.5 2001
9 22.4 1958 37.2 2021 21.7 1960 34.2 2019 21.0 1924 33.4 2021
10 22.5 1903 37.2 1931 22.2 1945 34.1 2001 21.3 1944 33.4 1941
11 22.8 1878 36.3 1918 22.4 1950 33.6 1941 21.5 1960 33.0 2011
12 23.0 1909 35.9 2012 22.6 2017 33.5 2012 21.6 1985 33.0 1965
13 23.1 1919 35.9 1965 22.9 1962 33.4 1984 22.0 1980 32.8 1936
14 23.2 1924 35.8 2001 23.0 1995 33.3 2011 22.0 1914 32.5 2019
15 23.3 1910 35.8 1891 23.1 1942 33.1 2020 22.2 1962 32.3 1994
16 23.8 1963 35.5 2011 23.2 1924 32.8 2014 22.4 1926 32.2 1913
17 23.8 1914 35.5 1941 23.9 1937 32.8 1939 22.5 1950 32.1 2014
18 23.9 1886 35.4 1994 24.0 1926 32.4 1971 22.5 1945 32.0 1998
19 24.7 1945 35.3 1998 24.3 2010 32.3 1998 22.5 1942 32.0 1918
20 24.8 1944 35.1 2019 24.3 2005 32.2 1987 22.8 2013 31.7 2020
* Detroit Area temperature records date back to January 1874.

** Flint Bishop temperature records date back to January 1921.

*** Saginaw Area temperature records date back to January 1912.