


Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
956 CXUS53 KDTX 051931 RRB CLMMBS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 331 PM EDT THU JUN 05 2025 ................................... ...THE TRI CITIES MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1912 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/31/1919 LOW 24 05/10/1923 HIGHEST 84 05/15 MM MM LOWEST 35 05/04 MM MM 05/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.6 68.6 -3.0 AVG. MINIMUM 47.1 47.7 -0.6 MEAN 56.4 58.2 -1.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.95 1912 MINIMUM 0.53 1939 TOTALS 3.90 3.41 0.49 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.11 0.02 DAYS >= .01 14 12.0 2.0 DAYS >= .10 8 6.8 1.2 DAYS >= .50 3 2.3 0.7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 05/15 TO 05/16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.0 1923 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 32.3 49.0 -16.7 LIQUID 7/1 3.23 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 284 253 31 SINCE 7/1 6178 6733 -555 COOLING TOTAL 24 41 -17 SINCE 1/1 25 44 -19 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/12 (1943) LATEST 05/28 (1949) EARLIEST 10/17 (2024) LATEST 04/30 (2025) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/280 DATE 05/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/280 DATE 05/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ --------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR NWS WHITE LAKE - MAY 2025 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MAXIMUM.........65.8 MONTHLY TOTAL..........3.86 AVERAGE MINIMUM.........45.0 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL...1.33 MONTHLY AVERAGE.........55.4 ON THE 4TH 2025 TOTAL............14.20 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL............302 ...SNOWFALL DATA... 2024-2025 SEASON TOTAL..6349 MONTHLY TOTAL...........0.0 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL....0.0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL.............13 2024-2025 SEASON TOTAL.44.2 2025 TOTAL................13 ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2025 MAY 2025 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 3.98" 3.72" +0.26" 41ST WETTEST FLINT AREA 3.45" 3.68" -0.23" 39TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 3.90" 3.41" +0.49" 32ND WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 11.24" 13.72" -2.48" 46TH DRIEST FLINT AREA 10.80" 12.45" -1.65" 46TH DRIEST SAGINAW AREA 10.34" 12.31" -1.97" 46TH DRIEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF MAY 31, 2025) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 58.1 60.3 -2.2 69TH COOLEST FLINT AREA 56.5 57.4 -0.9 41ST COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 56.4 58.2 -1.8 49TH COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 67.2 70.3 -3.1 58TH COOLEST FLINT AREA 66.9 68.9 -2.0 31ST COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 65.6 68.6 -3.0 38TH COOLEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 49.0 50.2 -1.2 68TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 46.1 46.0 +0.1 51ST COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 47.1 47.7 -0.6 43RD WARMEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~151 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~105 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~114 YEARS)