Sault Ste Marie, MI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 48.3°F in Sault Ste Marie, MI, the coldest May since 2019, tied 46th coldest of 138 (with 2009, 1993 and 1948).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 48.3°F; Coldest since 2019; 46th coldest of 138
Precipitation: 1.06 in; Driest since 2021; 9th driest of 138

A normal May in Sault Ste Marie, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52°F, between 47.3°F and 55.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.62 in of precipitation, between 1.36 in and 4.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Sault Ste Marie, MI since 1889: 48.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 40.4°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 47.3 to 55.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Sault Ste Marie, MI from 1889 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	48.3	90	59	89	37.5	98	1.06	130
2025	51.6	51	62.4	50	40.8	46	1.94	92
2024	55	11	65.6	18	44.5	4	2.86	52
2023	54.5	14	66.8	14	42.2	24	2.07	89
2022	54.4	15	65	23	43.8	7	2.64	61
2021	53.9	21	65	23	42.8	19	0.96	132
2020	51.9	45	61.7	57	42	30	2.49	67
2019	48.1	95	58.1	99	38.2	87	4.17	20
2018	56.4	4	69.4	2	43.3	15	3.05	46
2017	51.8	47	60.8	68	42.9	18	2.86	52
2016	53.9	21	65.5	20	42.2	24	1.76	100
2015	53	31	64.1	33	41.8	36	2.17	83
2014	50.2	67	60.3	73	40.1	61	2.77	57
2013	53.2	29	64.3	30	42	30	2.45	71
2012	55.5	8	67.6	11	43.5	9	0.89	133
2011	53.5	26	63.6	37	43.5	9	2.64	61
2010	56.7	3	67.6	11	45.7	2	1.10	128
2009	48.3	90	59.1	87	37.5	98	3.49	31
2008	46.9	116	56.5	111	37.3	101	2.59	65
2007	54.2	19	66.2	17	42.2	24	2.28	78
2006	54.3	16	64.2	31	44.5	4	2.98	49
2005	49.5	73	60.2	74	38.8	79	1.74	103
2004	47.5	102	55.9	121	39	74	4.98	8
2003	53.2	29	63.8	35	42.6	21	1.69	105
2002	47.1	111	56	120	38.2	87	3.35	35
2001	53.5	26	63.3	41	43.8	7	5.27	5
2000	52	42	62.3	51	41.6	38	1.39	120
1999	55.4	9	66.3	16	44.5	4	3.51	30
1998	57.5	1	69.3	3	45.8	1	2.16	84
1997	44.6	132	53.4	133	35.9	121	3.38	33
1996	47.3	108	59.1	87	35.5	124	0.62	137
1995	49.6	72	60.4	71	38.9	75	2.65	59
1994	49.3	75	62.3	51	36.2	116	2.99	47
1993	48.3	90	58.1	99	38.5	83	4.51	13
1992	51.9	45	65.6	18	38.2	87	1.46	118
1991	55.7	7	67.9	10	43.5	9	1.62	108
1990	48.8	82	60.2	74	37.4	100	3.29	36
1989	52.3	38	64.5	28	40.1	61	2.12	88
1988	53.6	24	68.1	9	39.1	73	1.49	117
1987	53	31	65.1	22	40.9	45	1.96	91
1986	54.3	16	66.5	15	42	30	1.80	97
1985	51.2	56	62.6	46	39.8	64	4.37	16
1984	47.5	102	59	89	36	118	1.16	125
1983	45.3	127	56.7	110	33.8	136	4.70	11
1982	56.2	5	69	4	43.4	14	1.37	121
1981	50.7	61	64.2	31	37.1	107	1.15	126
1980	54.1	20	68.7	6	39.5	65	0.80	136
1979	49.3	75	60.1	77	38.6	82	2.15	86
1978	55	11	67.5	13	42.4	22	3.74	27
1977	55.2	10	68.9	5	41.5	40	1.78	98
1976	47.6	101	60	78	35.3	126	2.21	80
1975	56.1	6	70	1	42.3	23	3.96	23
1974	46.7	118	57.5	106	35.9	121	2.30	77
1973	46.3	121	55.3	126	37.3	101	5.21	7
1972	55	11	68.2	8	41.9	34	2.15	86
1971	47.4	105	59.6	83	35.1	128	2.99	47
1970	47.7	99	57.2	108	38.1	91	7.41	1
1969	47	114	59	89	35	129	1.70	104
1968	49.2	77	60.5	70	37.9	95	2.49	67
1967	44.5	133	56.4	112	32.6	138	1.62	108
1966	45	128	55.2	128	34.8	131	1.78	98
1965	51.7	50	63.3	41	40.2	59	4.42	14
1964	53.8	23	64.6	26	43	17	2.45	71
1963	47.1	111	58.3	96	36	118	2.65	59
1962	53.3	28	63.4	40	43.2	16	4.34	17
1961	47	114	57.7	104	36.2	116	1.75	101
1960	51.6	51	61	64	42.2	24	5.32	4
1959	50.6	66	61.1	62	40.2	59	3.11	44
1958	45.5	125	56.2	116	34.8	131	1.59	113
1957	49.2	77	59.7	81	38.7	80	4.72	9
1956	44.3	134	54.6	130	34.1	135	4.65	12
1955	52.7	35	64.6	26	40.8	46	1.75	101
1954	45	128	55.8	122	34.3	134	1.85	94
1953	50.7	61	63.3	41	38.2	87	2.34	76
1952	48	97	58	101	38	92	2.40	74
1951	53	31	64.5	28	41.5	40	1.23	123
1950	48.5	87	59.6	83	37.3	101	2.02	90
1949	50.2	67	61.6	58	38.7	80	3.20	38
1948	48.3	90	60	78	36.6	112	1.46	118
1947	43.3	137	52	136	34.6	133	4.42	14
1946	47.3	108	57.8	103	36.7	110	3.91	24
1945	44.8	131	54	132	35.6	123	5.27	5
1944	54.3	16	65.2	21	43.5	9	1.22	124
1943	48.2	94	58.8	95	37.6	97	3.89	25
1942	49.1	79	59.8	80	38.4	85	2.46	69
1941	52.2	40	62.7	45	41.7	37	2.95	50
1940	48.1	95	57.3	107	38.9	75	2.84	55
1939	50.8	57	61	64	40.7	48	2.37	75
1938	51.6	51	61.1	62	42.1	29	1.82	96
1937	51.6	51	62.5	48	40.7	48	1.61	111
1936	50.7	61	61	64	40.5	50	3.15	41
1935	46.3	121	55.8	122	36.7	110	1.12	127
1934	50.8	57	62.3	51	39.3	69	1.50	116
1933	52.1	41	63	44	41.3	42	2.85	54
1932	50.8	57	61.3	60	40.3	56	2.68	58
1931	50.7	61	61	64	40.4	54	3.49	31
1930	51.8	47	61.5	59	42.2	24	2.89	51
1929	46.5	120	55.8	122	37.2	105	3.15	41
1928	47.4	105	56.3	113	38.5	83	1.64	107
1927	47.9	98	56.3	113	39.5	65	4.01	22
1926	48.5	87	60.6	69	36.5	113	1.61	111
1925	45.4	126	55.3	126	35.4	125	1.62	108
1924	44.9	130	53.3	134	36.5	113	1.58	114
1923	49.4	74	62.1	54	36.8	108	1.00	131
1922	57	2	68.6	7	45.3	3	2.79	56
1921	52.3	38	61.9	56	42.7	20	2.21	80
1920	48.6	85	59.2	85	38	92	1.37	121
1919	52	42	63.5	38	40.5	50	2.16	84
1918	49.1	79	58.9	93	39.3	69	5.74	3
1917	44	135	53.1	135	35	129	1.87	93
1916	47.1	111	56.2	116	38	92	3.17	39
1915	48.5	87	58.2	98	38.9	75	1.69	105
1914	52.7	35	65	23	40.4	54	1.08	129
1913	47.4	105	57.6	105	37.2	105	1.85	94
1912	49.9	69	60.4	71	39.4	68	3.10	45
1911	53	31	63.9	34	42	30	4.19	19
1910	45.7	124	54.5	131	36.8	108	3.62	29
1909	48.6	85	58.3	96	38.9	75	0.86	134
1908	50.7	61	60.2	74	41.3	42	2.46	69
1907	40.4	138	47.6	138	33.2	137	2.41	73
1906	47.3	108	56.2	116	38.4	85	2.23	79
1905	46.7	118	55.6	125	37.8	96	2.19	82
1904	49.1	79	59	89	39.3	69	4.71	10
1903	51.8	47	62.5	48	41.1	44	2.61	63
1902	49.8	71	59.2	85	40.5	50	2.60	64
1901	52	42	62	55	41.9	34	1.55	115
1900	51.5	55	62.6	46	40.5	50	0.84	135
1899	50.8	57	61.3	60	40.3	56	4.09	21
1898	49.9	69	59.7	81	40	63	3.28	37
1897	45.9	123	55.2	128	36.5	113	4.26	18
1896	53.6	24	63.7	36	43.5	9	6.70	2
1895	52.5	37	63.5	38	41.6	38	3.17	39
1894	47.7	99	56.2	116	39.2	72	3.38	33
1893	46.8	117	56.3	113	37.3	101	3.71	28
1892	48.7	83	57	109	40.3	56	3.12	43
1891	47.5	102	58.9	93	36	118	0.50	138
1890	43.5	136	51.6	137	35.3	126	3.87	26
1889	48.7	83	58	101	39.5	65	2.54	66

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	57.5
1922	57
2010	56.7
2018	56.4
1982	56.2
1975	56.1
1991	55.7
2012	55.5
1999	55.4
1977	55.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	40.4
1947	43.3
1890	43.5
1917	44
1956	44.3
1967	44.5
1997	44.6
1945	44.8
1924	44.9
1966	45
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	7.41
1896	6.70
1918	5.74
1960	5.32
2001	5.27
1945	5.27
1973	5.21
2004	4.98
1957	4.72
1904	4.71

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1891	0.50
1996	0.62
1980	0.80
1900	0.84
1909	0.86
2012	0.89
2021	0.96
1923	1.00
2026	1.06
1914	1.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 25 May 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 21 May 2026, 12 May 2026, 6 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.27 in; 12 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 1.06 in of precipitation in Sault Ste Marie, MI, the driest May since 2021, 9th driest of 138.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: 78°F on Monday 25 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: a low of 29°F on Thursday 21 May 2026, Tuesday 12 May 2026, Wednesday 6 May 2026 and 1 other day.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: 0.27 in on Tuesday 12 May 2026.