First snow 2026-27 ยท Detroit, MI

When does Detroit get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 19.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 19 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 12, 2006
Latest on record
Dec 29, 1998
Record since
1874 (147 winters)
Station
Detroit Metro Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Detroit get its first snow?

Around Nov 19. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Detroit Metro Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Detroit had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 19.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Detroit?

Oct 12, 2006, in a record that goes back to 1874.

What is the latest first snow on record in Detroit?

Dec 29, 1998.

Every winter on record

First snow in Detroit by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 92.2 in
2024-25Nov 210.2 in
2023-24Oct 310.2 in
2022-23Nov 120.5 in
2021-22Nov 140.7 in
2020-21Nov 170.2 in
2019-20Nov 70.2 in
2018-19Nov 91.3 in
2017-18Dec 70.6 in
2016-17Nov 190.1 in
2015-16Nov 216 in
2014-15Nov 130.5 in
2013-14Nov 110.5 in
2012-13Nov 230.1 in
2011-12Nov 300.6 in
2010-11Dec 10.1 in
2009-10Dec 70.2 in
2008-09Nov 160.9 in
2007-08Nov 250.2 in
2006-07Oct 120.2 in
2005-06Nov 232.3 in
2004-05Nov 250.1 in
2003-04Nov 280.2 in
2002-03Nov 221.1 in
2001-02Dec 230.5 in
2000-01Nov 140.2 in
1999-00Dec 61.3 in
1998-99Dec 290.1 in
1997-98Oct 270.1 in
1996-97Nov 110.1 in
1995-96Nov 80.1 in
1994-95Dec 61 in
1993-94Oct 300.3 in
1992-93Oct 200.4 in
1991-92Nov 71 in
1990-91Dec 33.4 in
1989-90Oct 192.7 in
1988-89Nov 60.4 in
1987-88Nov 190.1 in
1986-87Nov 110.2 in
1985-86Nov 150.1 in
1984-85Nov 114.1 in
1983-84Nov 111.7 in
1982-83Nov 261.8 in
1981-82Oct 230.1 in
1980-81Oct 272.3 in
1979-80Nov 80.1 in
1978-79Nov 210.5 in
1977-78Nov 110.4 in
1976-77Nov 40.1 in
1975-76Nov 210.1 in
1974-75Nov 133.7 in
1973-74Nov 90.1 in
1972-73Nov 142.5 in
1971-72Nov 91.6 in
1970-71Nov 141 in
1969-70Nov 191.4 in
1968-69Dec 10.6 in
1967-68Nov 40.1 in
1966-67Nov 24.7 in
1965-66Nov 280.2 in
1964-65Nov 191.9 in
1963-64Dec 21.2 in
1962-63Nov 170.2 in
1961-62Dec 92.2 in
1960-61Nov 290.2 in
1959-60Nov 123.1 in
1958-59Nov 241.2 in
1957-58Nov 210.2 in
1956-57Nov 210.1 in
1955-56Nov 80.3 in
1954-55Nov 20.7 in
1953-54Nov 71.6 in
1952-53Dec 10.2 in
1951-52Nov 20.1 in
1950-51Nov 100.2 in
1949-50Nov 170.8 in
1948-49Dec 191.5 in
1946-47Nov 260.3 in
1945-46Nov 50.1 in
1944-45Dec 10.1 in
1943-44Oct 160.1 in
1942-43Nov 280.6 in
1941-42Nov 230.5 in
1940-41Nov 160.5 in
1939-40Dec 50.1 in
1938-39Nov 230.8 in
1937-38Nov 180.3 in
1936-37Oct 260.3 in
1935-36Nov 290.2 in
1934-35Dec 62.8 in
1933-34Nov 60.4 in
1932-33Nov 111 in
1931-32Nov 250.1 in
1930-31Oct 191.2 in
1929-30Nov 201.2 in
1928-29Nov 211 in
1927-28Nov 303.8 in
1926-27Nov 100.1 in
1925-26Oct 282 in
1924-25Nov 290.7 in
1923-24Nov 270.3 in
1922-23Nov 210.2 in
1921-22Nov 60.2 in
1920-21Nov 161 in
1919-20Nov 270.1 in
1918-19Dec 10.4 in
1917-18Nov 230.5 in
1916-17Nov 140.2 in
1915-16Nov 160.1 in
1914-15Nov 160.1 in
1913-14Nov 91.8 in
1912-13Nov 270.1 in
1911-12Nov 132.6 in
1910-11Nov 50.3 in
1909-10Oct 130.4 in
1908-09Nov 140.2 in
1907-08Nov 112.5 in
1906-07Nov 110.2 in
1905-06Nov 130.2 in
1904-05Nov 130.4 in
1903-04Nov 60.1 in
1902-03Nov 260.8 in
1901-02Dec 92.3 in
1900-01Nov 70.5 in
1899-00Dec 70.1 in
1898-99Nov 102.8 in
1897-98Nov 220.4 in
1896-97Dec 154.4 in
1895-96Oct 200.1 in
1894-95Nov 80.8 in
1893-94Nov 150.1 in
1892-93Nov 40.1 in
1891-92Nov 170.2 in
1890-91Nov 21 in
1889-90Nov 270.3 in
1888-89Nov 160.1 in
1887-88Nov 200.3 in
1886-87Nov 180.1 in
1885-86Nov 140.1 in
1884-85Nov 60.2 in
1880-81Oct 180.1 in
1879-80Nov 21.5 in
1878-79Dec 50.6 in
1876-77Nov 90.1 in
1875-76Nov 132.7 in
1874-75Nov 203.3 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/detroit