Battling insomnia last night, I looked at data at DTW available since Jan 1, 1921 through today and ran a quick script to see how long this stretch of sub-32F weather compares to other extended freezes. This ranks rather modestly in the top 25 at 21st place. The longest freeze we had was 1098 hours (45.75 days!) beginning on December 25, 1976 and ending on February 9, 1977; yeah, the 70s were cold.
Here's a list of the rest of the top 25 longest freezes in Metro Detroit:
(Data source: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/reque ... load.phtml)
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Rank Total Hours Below 32F Date Streak Began Date Streak Ended
1 1098 Dec.25,1976 - 7:00 PM Feb.09,1977 - 1:00 PM
2 825 Jan.07,1985 - 10:00 PM Feb.11,1985 - 7:00 AM
3 712 Jan.26,1978 - 9:00 AM Feb.25,1978 - 1:00 AM
4 597 Jan.13,1966 - 2:00 PM Feb.07,1966 - 11:00 AM
5 593 Jan.18,2011 - 8:00 PM Feb.12,2011 - 1:00 PM
6 564 Jan.28,1979 - 5:00 PM Feb.21,1979 - 5:00 AM
7 548 Jan.22,1980 - 8:00 PM Feb.14,1980 - 4:00 PM
8 548 Jan.27,2007 - 7:00 PM Feb.19,2007 - 3:00 PM
9 524 Feb.20,1960 - 5:00 PM Mar.13,1960 - 1:00 PM
10 519 Jan.09,2003 - 10:00 PM Jan.31,2003 - 1:00 PM
11 482 Dec.10,1989 - 6:00 PM Dec.30,1989 - 8:00 PM
12 476 Feb.11,2015 - 8:00 PM Mar.03,2015 - 4:00 PM
13 472 Dec.25,1967 - 5:00 PM Jan.14,1968 - 9:00 AM
14 472 Dec.29,1980 - 8:00 PM Jan.18,1981 - 12:00 PM
15 466 Jan.01,1979 - 4:00 AM Jan.20,1979 - 2:00 PM
16 457 Dec.17,2000 - 7:00 AM Jan.05,2001 - 8:00 AM
17 439 Jan.18,1961 - 6:00 AM Feb.05,1961 - 1:00 PM
18 435 Jan.16,2000 - 10:00 AM Feb.03,2000 - 1:00 PM
19 419 Dec.12,2010 - 4:00 PM Dec.30,2010 - 3:00 AM
20 414 Jan.06,1984 - 4:00 PM Jan.23,1984 - 10:00 PM
21 406 Feb.05,2021 - 2:00 AM Feb.22,2021 - 12:00 AM
22 401 Feb.01,2014 - 10:00 PM Feb.18,2014 - 3:00 PM
23 396 Jan.14,2014 - 11:00 PM Jan.31,2014 - 11:00 AM
24 391 Jan.06,1982 - 6:00 PM Jan.23,1982 - 1:00 AM
25 388 Dec.31,1968 - 6:00 AM Jan.16,1969 - 10:00 AM