Climate averages 1991–2020
Southfield weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Southfield: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (one of the wettest months 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 Farmington Hills (13 km away). In May its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Southfield, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Southfield ranks joint 384th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 323rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Southfield is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Southfield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 61 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 90 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 94 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 94 | 11.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 80 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 80 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 71 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 66 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 57 | 9.2 | 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
- Farmington Hills in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 97 mm rain
- Troy in MayUnited States · 16 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Livonia in MayUnited States · 16 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Dearborn in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Warren in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Sterling Heights in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in MayUnited States · 21 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Detroit in MayUnited States · 21 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 90 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 Southfield) is explained once on the Southfield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Troy lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.