Detroit, MI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 58.7°F in Detroit, MI, the warmest May since 2024, tied 75th warmest of 153 (with 1994).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 58.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 75th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 2.20 in; Driest since 2023; 37th driest of 153

A normal May in Detroit, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.7°F, between 56.6°F and 65.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.62 in of precipitation, between 1.68 in and 5.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Detroit, MI since 1874: 58.7°F in 2026; the highest is 66.5°F, in 1991.

Normal range, 56.6 to 65.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Detroit, MI from 1874 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
2026	58.7	75	69.1	68	48.2	82	2.20	115
2025	58.1	85	67.2	94	49	68	3.98	41
2024	64.7	7	75.1	10	54.4	8	2.55	100
2023	59.7	56	71.7	34	47.6	94	0.92	149
2022	64.2	12	73.5	22	55	6	3.81	44
2021	59	67	69.8	60	48.2	82	2.23	114
2020	57.7	90	66.7	99	48.7	73	3.62	55
2019	58.8	72	68.6	73	49.1	64	3.61	58
2018	66.1	2	77.1	3	55.2	4	6.35	5
2017	59	67	68.3	78	49.6	57	4.39	36
2016	61	39	71.1	41	51	39	2.20	115
2015	64.5	9	75.1	10	54	12	5.54	13
2014	61.4	35	71.5	38	51.3	34	4.87	26
2013	63.6	16	75.3	7	52	23	2.54	101
2012	65.3	4	76.4	4	54.2	9	1.72	131
2011	60.7	44	69.8	60	51.6	29	5.38	16
2010	62.7	24	72	33	53.4	16	5.31	17
2009	59.4	62	69.9	58	49	68	2.89	83
2008	57.4	93	68	84	46.7	110	2.03	124
2007	61.7	32	72.8	28	50.5	43	2.56	99
2006	60.7	44	70	56	51.4	33	4.60	30
2005	56.6	102	66.5	101	46.7	110	1.85	128
2004	60.9	41	70.8	45	50.9	42	8.46	1
2003	56.5	108	65.7	115	47.3	99	4.73	29
2002	54.5	136	64.5	131	44.5	137	3.76	47
2001	61.2	38	70.6	49	51.8	24	3.70	51
2000	61.8	31	71.4	40	52.1	21	5.11	19
1999	62.4	25	73.2	25	51.6	29	2.20	115
1998	65.5	3	75.5	5	55.6	2	2.46	105
1997	52	149	61.6	148	42.4	150	5.23	18
1996	56.6	102	66.1	109	47.2	102	2.82	87
1995	59.7	56	69.6	63	49.7	54	3.55	64
1994	58.7	75	70.4	50	47	105	1.18	144
1993	60.2	48	71	44	49.3	63	1.24	142
1992	58.3	81	70	56	46.6	113	1.33	140
1991	66.5	1	77.2	2	55.8	1	6.20	6
1990	56.6	102	66.5	101	46.7	110	3.74	48
1989	57.4	93	67.3	91	47.6	94	4.16	39
1988	62	29	74.5	15	49.5	61	0.87	151
1987	63.3	17	75.1	10	51.5	31	2.50	104
1986	61.3	37	71.1	41	51.5	31	1.36	139
1985	60.1	51	72.4	31	47.8	90	3.11	74
1984	54.5	136	65.5	121	43.5	145	3.62	55
1983	54.4	139	65.7	115	43	147	5.47	14
1982	64.2	12	75.4	6	53.1	17	2.83	86
1981	55.8	121	66.5	101	45.2	132	2.60	97
1980	59.8	54	70.8	45	48.8	70	3.22	72
1979	56.5	108	67.3	91	45.6	127	2.82	87
1978	59.2	63	70.4	50	48.1	86	3.58	62
1977	64.4	10	79	1	49.7	54	2.40	107
1976	56.4	111	68.6	73	44.2	140	3.26	71
1975	62.8	21	73.5	22	52.1	21	2.82	87
1974	55.1	131	65.1	125	45.2	132	3.49	66
1973	55.5	127	64.9	127	46.1	122	3.72	50
1972	60.2	48	71.7	34	48.8	70	2.68	92
1971	56.3	114	69.9	58	42.8	149	1.97	125
1970	60.9	41	71.7	34	50.1	46	3.01	78
1969	57.4	93	68.8	71	46	123	3.74	48
1968	56.1	119	65.6	118	46.6	113	5.88	9
1967	51.8	151	62.2	145	41.5	151	1.63	135
1966	51.9	150	63.6	138	40.1	153	2.18	118
1965	63.1	19	74.4	17	51.7	27	2.16	119
1964	63.7	14	74.5	15	52.8	18	1.68	132
1963	57.8	88	68.1	83	47.5	97	2.28	113
1962	65.2	6	75.3	7	55.1	5	1.26	141
1961	55.8	121	66.2	106	45.4	128	2.54	101
1960	58.3	81	67.1	97	49.6	57	2.87	84
1959	62.2	28	72.6	30	51.8	24	3.62	55
1958	58.4	79	70.7	47	46	123	1.16	145
1957	56.3	114	65.8	113	46.9	107	2.97	80
1956	56	120	66.2	106	45.8	126	6.03	8
1955	61.9	30	72.8	28	51	39	1.16	145
1954	54.7	134	65.5	121	43.9	142	1.39	138
1953	59.5	60	69	70	50	51	2.99	79
1952	57.3	97	67.5	90	47.1	103	2.87	84
1951	59.9	53	70.7	47	49.1	64	3.30	69
1950	58.3	81	69.5	64	47.1	103	2.97	80
1949	60.4	47	71.6	37	49.1	64	3.96	42
1948	55.5	127	65.7	115	45.3	130	4.96	24
1947	53.8	143	62.4	144	45.2	132	6.97	4
1946	56.6	102	66.7	99	46.4	117	5.08	21
1945	52.5	147	61.5	149	43.6	144	6.11	7
1944	63.3	17	73	27	53.6	15	4.34	37
1943	56.6	102	64.8	128	48.4	78	8.05	2
1942	59.5	60	69.1	68	49.9	52	4.51	32
1941	62.3	27	73.5	22	51.2	36	2.29	112
1940	55.7	123	65.2	124	46.2	121	3.59	60
1939	61.4	35	73.1	26	49.7	54	0.97	147
1938	58.5	77	67.8	88	49.1	64	4.42	34
1937	57.9	86	67.9	85	47.9	89	3.07	77
1936	62.8	21	74.4	17	51.2	36	0.97	147
1935	52.6	146	62.2	145	43	147	3.61	58
1934	61.6	33	74.9	14	48.3	81	0.58	152
1933	60.2	48	68.2	79	52.3	19	3.29	70
1932	59.7	56	69.5	64	49.8	53	5.42	15
1931	58.4	79	68.6	73	48.2	82	2.32	111
1930	61	39	70.1	55	51.8	24	3.15	73
1929	56.2	118	65.6	118	46.9	107	3.59	60
1928	58.2	84	67.8	88	48.7	73	2.57	98
1927	56.4	111	64	136	48.8	70	5.58	12
1926	57.9	86	68.5	76	47.3	99	2.09	122
1925	54.7	134	65	126	44.3	139	1.21	143
1924	52.1	148	60.4	151	43.9	142	3.11	74
1923	55.7	123	66.2	106	45.2	132	5.08	21
1922	62.8	21	71.5	38	54.2	9	2.53	103
1921	61.6	33	71.1	41	52.2	20	1.85	128
1920	56.4	111	65.9	111	47	105	0.43	153
1919	56.5	108	64.7	129	48.4	78	3.80	45
1918	62.4	25	73.8	20	51	39	2.64	93
1917	51.3	152	59.4	153	43.3	146	3.32	68
1916	57.8	88	65.5	121	50.1	46	5.08	21
1915	53.1	144	61.7	147	44.4	138	3.69	52
1914	60.8	43	70.3	53	51.3	34	4.44	33
1913	57.4	93	67.2	94	47.5	97	4.57	31
1912	59.2	63	68.7	72	49.6	57	2.96	82
1911	64.7	7	75.2	9	54.2	9	1.78	130
1910	53.9	142	62.5	143	45.2	132	3.65	53
1909	55.7	123	64.1	135	47.3	99	3.78	46
1908	59.1	65	68.2	79	50.1	46	3.57	63
1907	51.1	153	60.7	150	41.5	151	2.64	93
1906	57.5	91	67.3	91	47.7	93	2.12	120
1905	57.5	91	66.5	101	48.4	78	4.31	38
1904	59.1	65	68.2	79	50.1	46	2.36	109
1903	60.7	44	70.4	50	51.1	38	1.55	136
1902	58.5	77	68.2	79	48.7	73	3.52	65
1901	56.6	102	64.6	130	48.6	76	2.76	91
1900	60	52	69.7	62	50.3	45	3.08	76
1899	59.8	54	67.9	85	51.7	27	3.38	67
1898	58.8	72	67.2	94	50.4	44	1.65	134
1897	54.8	133	63	140	46.6	113	4.03	40
1896	65.3	4	75.1	10	55.5	3	2.05	123
1895	59.6	59	69.5	64	49.6	57	2.61	96
1894	56.3	114	64.5	131	48	88	4.90	25
1893	55.1	131	63.9	137	46.3	118	1.50	137
1892	55.5	127	63.3	139	47.8	90	7.84	3
1891	55.7	123	66	110	45.4	128	1.68	132
1890	54.5	136	62.8	141	46.3	118	3.94	43
1889	57.3	97	66.4	105	48.2	82	4.41	35
1888	54.3	140	62.6	142	46	123	1.94	126
1887	63	20	72.1	32	53.9	13	2.11	121
1886	59	67	67.9	85	50.1	46	2.33	110
1885	57.1	99	65.6	118	48.6	76	3.65	53
1884	58.9	71	68.4	77	49.4	62	2.38	108
1883	54.2	141	64.3	133	44.2	140	5.11	19
1882	52.7	145	60.1	152	45.3	130	4.82	28
1881	64.3	11	73.9	19	54.7	7	2.45	106
1880	63.7	14	73.7	21	53.7	14	4.86	27
1879	59	67	70.3	53	47.8	90	2.64	93
1878	55.4	130	64.3	133	46.5	116	2.77	90
1877	56.3	114	65.8	113	46.9	107	0.90	150
1876	56.8	100	65.9	111	47.6	94	5.62	11
1875	56.7	101	67.1	97	46.3	118	5.83	10
1874	58.8	72	69.5	64	48.1	86	1.93	127

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	66.5
2018	66.1
1998	65.5
2012	65.3
1896	65.3
1962	65.2
2024	64.7
1911	64.7
2015	64.5
1977	64.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	51.1
1917	51.3
1967	51.8
1966	51.9
1997	52
1924	52.1
1945	52.5
1935	52.6
1882	52.7
1915	53.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	8.46
1943	8.05
1892	7.84
1947	6.97
2018	6.35
1991	6.20
1945	6.11
1956	6.03
1968	5.88
1875	5.83

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1920	0.43
1934	0.58
1988	0.87
1877	0.90
2023	0.92
1939	0.97
1936	0.97
1958	1.16
1955	1.16
1994	1.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 33°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.66 in; 19 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.20 in of precipitation in Detroit, MI, the driest May since 2023, tied 37th driest of 153 (with 2016 and 1999).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Detroit, MI: 90°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Detroit, MI: a low of 33°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Detroit, MI: 0.66 in on Tuesday 19 May 2026.