Detroit Weather in May
Average highs run from 76°F on May 1 to 85°F on May 31, and lows from 55°F to 65°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.94 in over about 8 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 80°F
- Average low
- 61°F
- Precipitation
- 5.94 in
- Record high
- 100°FMay 31, 1998
- Record low
- 30°FMay 17, 1900
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.4
- Daylight
- 13 h 32 min to 14 h 14 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 63°F
- Wind
- 9.4 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 76°F | 55°F | 93°F 1929 | 38°F 1903 | 26% | 0% |
| May 2 | 76°F | 56°F | 94°F 1943 | 38°F 1909 | 26% | 0% |
| May 3 | 76°F | 56°F | 93°F 1920 | 38°F 2013 | 26% | 0% |
| May 4 | 77°F | 56°F | 93°F 1947 | 36°F 1954 | 26% | 0% |
| May 5 | 77°F | 57°F | 95°F 1906 | 39°F 1954 | 26% | 0% |
| May 6 | 77°F | 57°F | 93°F 1922 | 44°F 1944 | 26% | 0% |
| May 7 | 77°F | 58°F | 92°F 1909 | 44°F 1906 | 26% | 0% |
| May 8 | 78°F | 58°F | 92°F 2003 | 42°F 1938 | 26% | 0% |
| May 9 | 78°F | 58°F | 93°F 2022 | 41°F 1923 | 26% | 0% |
| May 10 | 78°F | 59°F | 93°F 2011 | 37°F 1900 | 26% | 0% |
| May 11 | 78°F | 59°F | 92°F 1923 | 40°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 12 | 79°F | 60°F | 96°F 1902 | 42°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 13 | 79°F | 60°F | 94°F 1915 | 39°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 14 | 79°F | 60°F | 94°F 1915 | 41°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 15 | 80°F | 61°F | 97°F 2025 | 41°F 1907 | 25% | 0% |
| May 16 | 80°F | 61°F | 94°F 2022 | 39°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 17 | 80°F | 61°F | 94°F 1988 | 30°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 18 | 81°F | 62°F | 96°F 1988 | 30°F 1900 | 25% | 0% |
| May 19 | 81°F | 62°F | 94°F 1998 | 47°F 1995 | 25% | 0% |
| May 20 | 81°F | 62°F | 98°F 2006 | 46°F 1981 | 24% | 0% |
| May 21 | 82°F | 63°F | 98°F 2006 | 50°F 1919 | 24% | 0% |
| May 22 | 82°F | 63°F | 96°F 2005 | 48°F 1945 | 24% | 0% |
| May 23 | 82°F | 63°F | 98°F 2005 | 46°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| May 24 | 83°F | 63°F | 96°F 2005 | 49°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| May 25 | 83°F | 64°F | 95°F 1912 | 50°F 1979 | 24% | 0% |
| May 26 | 84°F | 64°F | 97°F 1920 | 48°F 1925 | 24% | 0% |
| May 27 | 84°F | 64°F | 96°F 1922 | 49°F 1925 | 24% | 0% |
| May 28 | 84°F | 64°F | 98°F 1927 | 51°F 1907 | 24% | 0% |
| May 29 | 85°F | 65°F | 96°F 1934 | 47°F 1947 | 24% | 0% |
| May 30 | 85°F | 65°F | 99°F 1998 | 47°F 1947 | 24% | 0% |
| May 31 | 85°F | 65°F | 100°F 1998 | 48°F 1903 | 24% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 8:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00411772 (Clarksville 2NE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00416794, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.