Climate averages 1991–2020
Flint weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Flint: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waterford (42 km away). In May its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Flint, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Flint ranks joint 394th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 309th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Flint is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 91 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
Flint climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 59 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 57 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 89 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 19.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 92 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 91 | 10.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 75 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 76 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 74 | 10.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 63 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.6°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 54 | 9.5 | 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
- Waterford in MayUnited States · 42 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in MayUnited States · 59 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Troy in MayUnited States · 63 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Farmington Hills in MayUnited States · 64 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 97 mm rain
- Shelby in MayUnited States · 66 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Southfield in MayUnited States · 71 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Sterling Heights in MayUnited States · 72 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Livonia in MayUnited States · 77 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°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 Flint) is explained once on the Flint year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.