Alpena, MI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 51.1°F in Alpena, MI, the coldest May since 2020, tied 39th coldest of 107 (with 2020 and 1957).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 51.1°F; Coldest since 2020; 39th coldest of 107
Precipitation: 3.43 in; Wettest since 2022; 34th wettest of 110

A normal May in Alpena, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.1°F, between 49.3°F and 57°F in eight years of ten and 2.58 in of precipitation, between 1.28 in and 4.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Alpena, MI since 1917: 51.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 45.4°F, in 1924.

Normal range, 49.3 to 57°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Alpena, MI from 1917 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	51.1	67	63.8	62	38.4	72	3.43	34	0
2025	52.4	54	62.8	75	42.1	25	2.14	74	0
2024	56.7	9	69.3	17	44.2	8	2.25	70	0
2023	53.1	42	67.2	36	39	65	0.92	106	0
2022	56.8	8	69.6	16	44	9	3.68	29	0
2021	53.1	42	66.7	39	39.6	58	3.39	35	0
2020	51.1	67	62.7	77	39.5	59	2.35	67	0
2019	49.5	82	59.8	97	39.2	62	5.04	5	0
2018	58	2	71.7	3	44.4	7	2.98	43	0
2017	52.1	56	63.1	72	41	36	2.14	74	0
2016	54.6	28	68.4	25	40.8	42	1.31	95	0
2015	56.1	16	69.3	17	43	13	3.66	31	0
2014	52.5	53	63.9	59	41.2	32	2.31	69	0
2013	53.6	37	66.2	48	41	36	4.26	19	0
2012	56.7	9	70.8	6	42.6	17	2.00	77	0
2011	53.3	41	63.7	63	42.9	14	2.95	44	0
2010	56.9	5	69.3	17	44.6	6	2.85	50	0
2009	51.2	65	64.7	57	37.6	81	2.90	46	0
2008	49.4	85	62.2	85	36.6	90	1.91	80	0
2007	55.4	23	68.6	24	42.3	22	1.75	86	0
2006	56.2	15	67.5	32	44.9	4	3.67	30	0
2005	49.5	82	62.5	79	36.5	92	0.90	107	0
2004	50.4	76	61	92	39.7	57	4.89	7	0
2003	50	80	60.2	95	39.8	54	3.05	41	0
2002	48	96	58.5	104	37.5	82	3.87	26	0
2001	56.9	5	67.7	30	46.1	2	4.19	21	0
2000	54.4	31	66.4	42	42.4	20	3.82	28	0
1999	54.4	31	68.2	27	40.5	47	1.56	92	0
1998	58	2	70.6	7	45.5	3	2.36	66	0
1997	45.9	106	55.6	109	36.3	96	2.66	55	0
1996	48.3	94	61.2	90	35.5	99	1.20	99	0
1995	53.1	42	65.2	53	40.9	39	1.29	96	0
1994	53.1	42	66.4	42	39.8	54	1.58	90	0
1993	51.4	63	63	73	39.8	54	2.49	63	0
1992	52.6	51	67	37	38.2	75	1.10	102	0
1991	58.4	1	69.7	14	47	1	6.26	2	0
1990	50.4	76	63.4	69	37.4	84	2.88	48	0
1989	53.6	37	66.2	48	41.1	34	1.89	81	0
1988	56	17	70.4	8	41.6	29	0.99	104	0
1987	55.5	22	69.8	12	41.2	32	1.75	86	0
1986	54.6	28	66.4	42	42.7	16	2.41	65	0
1985	53.6	37	66.4	42	40.9	39	2.70	52	0
1984	48.4	93	59.7	99	37.2	86	1.89	81	0
1983	47	102	57.4	107	36.6	90	8.29	1	0
1982	56.9	5	69	21	44.7	5	1.68	88	0
1981	52	58	64.9	56	39.1	64	1.14	101	0
1980	53.7	36	66.3	47	41.1	34	1.87	84	0
1979	50.8	70	61.6	88	40	51	2.50	62	0
1978	55.4	23	67.6	31	43.1	11	2.69	53	0
1977	56.5	11	72.3	1	40.7	44	1.85	85	0
1976	50.8	70	62.5	79	39.2	62	2.43	64	0
1975	57.9	4	72	2	43.9	10	4.45	16	0
1974	48.1	95	59.9	96	36.4	94	2.61	58	0
1973	49.1	88	60.7	93	37.5	82	4.83	9	0
1972	52.7	49	66.5	41	38.9	66	2.18	72	0
1971	50.2	79	63.5	67	36.9	89	2.87	49	0
1970	51.6	61	62.3	84	41	36	1.99	78	0
1969	50.3	78	62.9	74	37.7	79	3.11	40	0
1968	47.8	98	59.5	100	36.2	97	2.55	59	0
1967	46.1	105	59.2	102	33	109	1.94	79	0
1966	46.8	104	59.8	97	33.8	107	1.05	103	0
1965	54.9	26	69.2	20	40.6	46	4.24	20	0
1964	56.3	14	70	11	42.6	17	3.04	42	0
1963	48.5	92	61.5	89	35.6	98	5.46	3	0
1962	55.7	20	68.9	23	42.5	19	3.49	32	0
1961	48.6	91	63.2	71	34.1	104	1.45	93	0
1960	52.8	47	63.5	67	42.2	24	4.29	18	0
1959			69	21	42.4	20	2.20	71	4
1958			65.1	55			1.22	98	5
1957	51.1	67	63.9	59	38.9	66	4.09	23	1
1956	51.7	60	65.2	53	38.3	73	2.05	76	1
1955					42.3	22	2.69	53	5
1954	49.5	82	62	86	37	87	3.26	38	0
1953	53.1	42	66.8	38	39.4	61	4.17	22	0
1952	50.7	73	62.5	79	38.9	66	1.58	90	1
1951	55.7	20	70.1	10	41.4	30	1.19	100	0
1950	52.1	56	65.5	52	38.3	73	0.53	108	1
1949	52.7	49	67.5	32	38	77	2.15	73	0
1948	49.6	81	63.6	65	35.5	99	2.72	51	1
1947	47.6	99	58.2	105	37	87	4.08	24	0
1946	49.1	88	61.9	87	36.4	94	3.35	36	0
1945	47	102	59.5	100	34.6	103	4.77	12	0
1944	56.5	11	71.1	5	42	27	2.52	61	0
1943	50.6	74	63.3	70	38	77	2.54	60	0
1942	51.3	64	62.5	79	40.1	50	4.31	17	0
1941	55.9	18	69.8	12	42	27	4.04	25	0
1940	50.8	70	62.8	75	38.7	70	2.62	57	0
1939	54.1	35	67.5	32	40.8	42	3.87	26	0
1938	51.2	65	63.9	59	38.5	71	3.30	37	0
1937	54.2	34	68.4	25	40	51	0.98	105	0
1936	55.9	18	70.3	9	41.4	30	2.89	47	0
1935	47.2	100	60.4	94	34.1	104	1.33	94	0
1934	54.8	27	71.6	4	38.1	76	1.24	97	0
1933	53.4	40	65.9	50	40.9	39	4.78	11	0
1932	51.9	59	63.6	65	40.2	49	4.96	6	0
1931	52.8	47	66.7	39	38.8	69	3.47	33	0
1930	55.1	25	68.2	27	42.1	25	4.51	15	0
1929	49.3	86	61.2	90	37.4	84	4.72	13	0
1928	52.2	55	64.5	58	39.9	53	1.66	89	0
1927	49.1	88	58.7	103	39.5	59	4.87	8	0
1926	50.6	74	65.7	51	35.5	99	1.89	81	0
1925	48	96	62.4	83	33.6	108	0.49	110	0
1924	45.4	107	56.8	108	34.1	104	4.82	10	0
1923	49.2	87	63.7	63	34.7	102	2.94	45	0
1922	56.4	13	69.7	14	43.1	11	2.34	68	0
1921	54.6	28	66.4	42	42.8	15	2.66	55	0
1920	52.6	51	67.5	32	37.7	79	0.50	109	0
1919	51.5	62	62.6	78	40.3	48	4.58	14	0
1918	54.4	31	68.1	29	40.7	44	5.31	4	0
1917	47.1	101	57.7	106	36.5	92	3.20	39	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	58.4
2018	58
1998	58
1975	57.9
2010	56.9
2001	56.9
1982	56.9
2022	56.8
2024	56.7
2012	56.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1924	45.4
1997	45.9
1967	46.1
1966	46.8
1983	47
1945	47
1917	47.1
1935	47.2
1947	47.6
1968	47.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	8.29
1991	6.26
1963	5.46
1918	5.31
2019	5.04
1932	4.96
2004	4.89
1927	4.87
1973	4.83
1924	4.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	0.49
1920	0.50
1950	0.53
2005	0.90
2023	0.92
1937	0.98
1988	0.99
1966	1.05
1992	1.10
1981	1.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 26 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 25°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.02 in; 17 May 2026

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Alpena, MI the day's answers

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 3.43 in of precipitation in Alpena, MI, the wettest May since 2022, 34th wettest of 110.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Alpena, MI: 87°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Alpena, MI: a low of 25°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Alpena, MI: 1.02 in on Sunday 17 May 2026.