{
  "name": "Detroit",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/detroit/",
  "summary": "Great Lakes city with cold winters and regular snow, heavier to the west in the lake-effect belts.",
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "Michigan",
    "latitude": 42.33,
    "longitude": -83.05
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 186
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "October"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 3.9,
      "february": 4.9,
      "march": 2.5,
      "april": 1.7,
      "may": 0.1,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 1.9,
      "december": 3.2
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 25,
      "february": 26,
      "march": 14,
      "april": 7,
      "may": 1,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 10,
      "december": 16
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -5.8,
        "high": 0.7
      },
      "february": {
        "low": -5.4,
        "high": 3.1
      },
      "march": {
        "low": -0.6,
        "high": 8.5
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 3.9,
        "high": 13.8
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 10.5,
        "high": 20.4
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 16.3,
        "high": 26.4
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 19.1,
        "high": 28.5
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 18.3,
        "high": 27.1
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 15.4,
        "high": 23.9
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 9.2,
        "high": 17
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 2,
        "high": 9
      },
      "december": {
        "low": -2.8,
        "high": 3.6
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 69,
      "2017/18": 138,
      "2018/19": 91,
      "2019/20": 126,
      "2020/21": 111,
      "2021/22": 113,
      "2022/23": 101,
      "2023/24": 62,
      "2024/25": 84,
      "2025/26": 106
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 4,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 4
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 2,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 6
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 7,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 8
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Detroit on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12439"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}