Climate averages 1991–2020
Lansing 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 Lansing: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 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 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Flint (77 km away). In May its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Lansing, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lansing ranks joint 378th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 369th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lansing is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 94 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
Lansing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 62 | 10.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 60 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 101 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 94 | 11.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 79 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 84 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 76 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 65 | 9.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 56 | 9.4 | 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
- Flint in MayUnited States · 77 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in MayUnited States · 84 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Waterford in MayUnited States · 94 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in MayUnited States · 94 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Wyoming in MayUnited States · 96 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Kalamazoo in MayUnited States · 98 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in MayUnited States · 100 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Farmington Hills in MayUnited States · 100 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 97 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 Lansing) is explained once on the Lansing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.