Climate averages 1991–2020
Clinton Township weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Clinton Township: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sterling Heights (9 km away). In May its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Clinton Township, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Clinton Township ranks joint 418th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 283rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Clinton Township is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Clinton Township climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 58 | 9.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.5°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 59 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 87 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 89 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 87 | 11.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 10.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 72 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 67 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 68 | 9.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 64 | 8.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Sterling Heights in MayUnited States · 9 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Shelby in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Warren in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Troy in MayUnited States · 19 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Southfield in MayUnited States · 28 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Detroit in MayUnited States · 30 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Dearborn in MayUnited States · 36 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 93 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Clinton Township) is explained once on the Clinton Township year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Warren and Sterling Heights lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.