Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wyoming (70 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Kalamazoo, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kalamazoo ranks joint 378th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 409th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Kalamazoo is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 110 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
Kalamazoo 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-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 56 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 68 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 111 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 110 | 11.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 79 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 71 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.29 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
- Wyoming in MayUnited States · 70 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in MayUnited States · 75 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 108 mm rain
- South Bend in MayUnited States · 87 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Lansing in MayUnited States · 98 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in MayUnited States · 135 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in MayUnited States · 152 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Gary in MayUnited States · 165 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in MayUnited States · 173 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 95 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 Kalamazoo) is explained once on the Kalamazoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.