Houghton Lake, MI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 52.3°F in Houghton Lake, MI, the coldest May since 2019, 31st coldest of 109.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 52.3°F; Coldest since 2019; 31st coldest of 109
Precipitation: 2.34 in; Driest since 2024; 42nd driest of 111

A normal May in Houghton Lake, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.9°F, between 50.8°F and 59°F in eight years of ten and 2.61 in of precipitation, between 1.50 in and 5.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Houghton Lake, MI since 1913: 52.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 46.2°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 50.8 to 59°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Houghton Lake, MI from 1913 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	52.3	79	64.7	79	39.9	76	2.34	70	0
2025	53	68	64.2	83	41.9	52	3.98	24	0
2024	57.5	25	71.4	23	43.6	34	2.10	76	0
2023	54.8	49	69.9	36	39.6	81	1.07	104	0
2022	58.5	17	70	35	46.9	7	3.76	28	0
2021	53.3	64	66.3	60	40.3	67	3.37	39	0
2020	52.9	70	64.4	80	41.5	56	4.84	10	0
2019	51.6	85	63.3	90	40	72	4.57	12	0
2018	60.7	3	74.1	5	47.2	5	3.88	26	0
2017	53.5	63	65	76	41.9	52	2.53	63	0
2016	55.7	43	69.5	40	42	49	4.08	20	0
2015	57.1	29	69.8	37	44.4	27	4.08	20	0
2014	54.8	49	66.1	64	43.5	35	2.87	47	0
2013	57.5	25	70.3	32	44.8	22	3.64	31	0
2012	58.8	13	71.8	21	45.8	12	4.58	11	0
2011	56.6	35	67.4	54	45.7	13	2.49	65	0
2010	57.7	24	69.8	37	45.5	17	2.32	71	0
2009	53.1	65	65.2	71	41	61	2.64	55	0
2008	50.6	94	63.6	89	37.6	96	1.10	103	0
2007	57.5	25	70.5	28	44.5	25	1.95	80	0
2006	56.1	38	66.9	58	45.3	18	3.99	23	0
2005	51	88	62.8	92	39.3	86	1.74	87	0
2004	52.8	72	63	91	42.6	43	7.40	1	0
2003	52.2	80	64.2	83	40.3	67	2.58	59	0
2002	49.6	100	60.8	100	38.4	90	2.30	73	0
2001	56.8	33	67.6	53	45.9	11	5.31	5	0
2000	55.9	41	67.3	56	44.5	25	5.15	6	0
1999	56.1	38	70.2	33	42	49	2.06	78	0
1998	60.3	6	73.8	6	46.7	9	2.31	72	0
1997	46.6	107	57.2	109	36	104	3.33	40	0
1996	50.8	90	61.7	97	39.9	76	1.59	91	0
1995	54.5	54	66.9	58	42	49	1.51	95	0
1994	55	46	68.7	46	41.3	58	1.45	97	0
1993	54.5	54	65.2	71	43.9	32	2.50	64	0
1992	54.3	58	68.9	45	39.7	79	0.49	110	0
1991	61.1	1	72.5	14	49.7	1	5.03	8	0
1990	51.9	84	63.7	86	40	72	4.15	18	0
1989	54.4	56	66.3	60	42.6	43	3.19	42	0
1988	58.6	15	73.2	11	44	29	0.56	108	0
1987	58.1	20	71.1	25	45	21	1.56	92	0
1986	56.9	31	68.2	48	45.6	15	3.20	41	0
1985	57	30	69.4	41	44.6	23	1.87	82	0
1984	50.1	97	60.4	102	39.8	78	2.60	57	0
1983	48.5	104	59	107	38	93	5.99	3	0
1982	60.9	2	72.3	16	49.5	2	2.98	44	0
1981	53	68	65.6	66	40.3	67	1.73	88	0
1980	56	40	69.2	42	42.8	39	1.55	93	0
1979	52.5	76	63.7	86	41.4	57	1.85	84	0
1978	56.8	33	69.1	44	44.6	23	2.42	66	0
1977	60.3	6	75.4	2	45.2	19	1.39	98	0
1976	50.8	90	62	96	39.5	83	2.86	49	0
1975	59.7	9	72.2	17	47.2	5	2.79	53	0
1974	50	98	60.3	103	39.6	81	2.92	46	0
1973	50.6	94	61.7	97	39.4	85	4.88	9	0
1972	56.9	31	71	26	42.8	39	1.79	85	0
1971	51.5	86	64.8	78	38.3	91	1.52	94	0
1970	53.9	61	63.9	85	43.9	32	2.67	54	0
1969	52.9	70	65.1	75	40.6	65	3.57	33	0
1968	50.7	93	62.2	95	39.2	88	2.62	56	0
1967	48.4	105	59.7	105	37.1	97	2.41	67	0
1966	47.6	106	59.5	106	35.6	105	0.40	111	0
1965	57.8	22	70.5	28	45.2	19	2.81	51	0
1964	59.6	10	72.2	17	46.9	7	2.56	61	0
1963	52.7	74	65.2	71	40.3	67	3.58	32	0
1962	60.5	5	71.9	20	49.1	3	2.56	61	0
1961	53.1	65	65.6	66	40.5	66	1.49	96	0
1960	55.9	41	65.6	66	46.3	10	4.49	13	0
1959	60.7	3	73	12	48.3	4	4.49	13	0
1958	53.8	62	68.2	48	39.3	86	0.85	105	1
1957	53.1	65	63.7	86	42.4	46			0
1956	52.5	76	65.5	69	39.2	88	4.27	15	2
1955					44	29	2.20	75	6
1954	49.7	99	61.5	99	37.9	94	1.98	79	1
1953	55.1	45	67.4	54	42.8	39	5.86	4	0
1952	54	60	66.3	60	41.7	55	1.14	102	0
1951	58	21	73.5	8	42.6	43	2.80	52	0
1950	54.9	47	70.4	31	39.5	83	1.15	101	0
1949	55.5	44	71.3	24	39.7	79	1.93	81	0
1948	50.9	89	66.2	63	35.6	105	1.86	83	1
1947	48.7	103	60.7	101	36.7	99	5.08	7	0
1946	51.2	87	66	65	36.5	100	2.58	59	0
1945	49.5	101	62.8	92	36.1	103	4.10	19	0
1944	59.3	11	72.9	13	45.7	13	1.75	86	0
1943	52.5	76	65	76	40	72	2.08	77	0
1942	54.8	49	68.4	47	41.1	60	3.65	30	0
1941	57.8	22	73.3	10	42.3	48	2.60	57	0
1940	52.8	72	65.4	70	40.2	71	4.18	16	0
1939	58.6	15	73.7	7	43.5	35	3.98	24	0
1938	54.8	49	68.2	48	41.3	58	4.04	22	0
1937	56.3	36	71.8	21	40.9	62	2.35	69	0
1936	59.2	12	75.1	3	43.4	37	2.39	68	0
1935	49.2	102	64.4	80	34.1	108	1.16	100	0
1934	58.8	13	77.6	1	40	72	0.80	106	0
1933	57.2	28	70.5	28	44.3	28	3.43	34	1
1932	54.9	47	69.2	42	40.7	64	3.12	43	0
1931	54.4	56	67.9	52	40.9	62	3.77	27	0
1930	56.2	37	69.7	39	42.7	42	2.87	47	0
1929	50.8	90	64.4	80	36.9	98	3.42	35	1
1928	54.6	53	70.9	27	38.3	91	3.38	38	0
1927	52.6	75	67.2	57	37.9	94	6.67	2	0
1926	54.1	59	72	19	36.2	101	2.27	74	0
1925							0.50	109	9
1924	46.3	108	60.3	103	32.2	111	3.66	29	0
1923	52	83	70.1	34	33.8	109	3.41	37	0
1922	60.3	6	75	4	45.6	15	2.85	50	0
1921	58.3	18	73.5	8	43.2	38	0.67	107	0
1920	52.1	81	68	51	36.2	101	1.71	89	0
1919	50.4	96	65.2	71	35.5	107	2.93	45	0
1918	58.2	19	72.5	14	44	29	4.16	17	0
1917	46.2	109	58.9	108	33.6	110	3.42	35	0
1914					42.4	46	1.20	99	14
1913	52.1	81	62.5	94	41.8	54	1.64	90	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	61.1
1982	60.9
2018	60.7
1959	60.7
1962	60.5
1998	60.3
1977	60.3
1922	60.3
1975	59.7
1964	59.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	46.2
1924	46.3
1997	46.6
1966	47.6
1967	48.4
1983	48.5
1947	48.7
1935	49.2
1945	49.5
2002	49.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	7.40
1927	6.67
1983	5.99
1953	5.86
2001	5.31
2000	5.15
1947	5.08
1991	5.03
1973	4.88
2020	4.84

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	0.40
1992	0.49
1925	0.50
1988	0.56
1921	0.67
1934	0.80
1958	0.85
2023	1.07
2008	1.10
1952	1.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 8 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 18 May 2026

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Houghton Lake, MI the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.34 in of precipitation in Houghton Lake, MI, the driest May since 2024, 42nd driest of 111.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: 85°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: a low of 26°F on Friday 8 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Houghton Lake, MI: 1.21 in on Monday 18 May 2026.