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United States / Texas / No Metro Area / Red River County / Detroit / Zip Codes
Detroit, TX has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Average high temperatures range from 75°F in January to 93°F in July. Rainfall is abundant throughout the year, with frequent thunderstorms during the summer months. Winters are usually mild with occasional snowfall during the colder months of December through February. The climate in Detroit is great for outdoor activities such as camping, fishing, and hiking all year round.

Detroit, Texas gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Detroit averages 1 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 216 sunny days per year in Detroit. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Detroit gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 89 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 93 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 30
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 1 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Detroit is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Texas.

4.6 Summer - 7 Winter
October, May and April are the most pleasant months in Detroit, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateDetroit, TexasUnited States
  49.2 in.38.1 in.
  1.2 in.27.8 in.
  89.0 days106.2 days
  216 days205 days
  93.4°85.8°
  30.4°21.7°
  77
  5.34.3
  482 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for Detroit with an average high temperature of 94.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Texas. In Detroit, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Detroit are October, May and April.
In Detroit, there are 75.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Texas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Detroit with an average of 30.4°. This is colder than most places in Texas.
In Detroit, there are 57.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Texas.
In Detroit, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.
Humidity in Detroit can be uncomfortable during the summer, but comfortable for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, August and June. The humid season runs from May-September and the most comfortable months are October-April.
May is the wettest month in Detroit with 5.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.2 inches in Detroit means that it is wetter than most places in Texas.
May is the rainiest month in Detroit with 9.6 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 5.3 rainy days. There are 89.0 rainy days annually in Detroit, which is rainier than most places in Texas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 1.2 inches in Detroit means that it is snowier than most places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in Detroit with 0.5 inches of snow, and 1 month of the year have significant snowfall.
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