Richmond Weather in May
Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 20°C on May 31, and lows from to . Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 9 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 21°C
- Precipitation
- 37 mm
- Record high
- 30°CMay 3, 1958
- Record low
- -2°CMay 23, 1982
- Daylight
- 10 h 46 min to 10 h 05 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 10°C
- Wind
- 8.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 22°C | 30°C 1994 | 4°C 2005 | 30% | |
| May 2 | 22°C | 28°C 1994 | 4°C 2009 | 31% | |
| May 3 | 22°C | 30°C 1958 | 2°C 1957 | 30% | |
| May 4 | 22°C | 28°C 2004 | 1°C 2004 | 29% | |
| May 5 | 22°C | 27°C 1990 | 1°C 1970 | 29% | |
| May 6 | 22°C | 27°C 1985 | 2°C 1954 | 29% | |
| May 7 | 22°C | 28°C 1973 | 1°C 1944 | 29% | |
| May 8 | 22°C | 7°C | 27°C 1957 | 2°C 2010 | 28% |
| May 9 | 21°C | 28°C 1957 | 0°C 2006 | 27% | |
| May 10 | 21°C | 28°C 1957 | 0°C 1944 | 27% | |
| May 11 | 21°C | 29°C 1957 | 1°C 2011 | 27% | |
| May 12 | 21°C | 29°C 1957 | 1°C 2020 | 27% | |
| May 13 | 21°C | 30°C 1957 | -1°C 2010 | 26% | |
| May 14 | 21°C | 27°C 1974 | 0°C 1978 | 27% | |
| May 15 | 20°C | 6°C | 26°C 1958 | 1°C 1945 | 29% |
| May 16 | 21°C | 26°C 1963 | -1°C 2011 | 30% | |
| May 17 | 21°C | 25°C 2014 | 0°C 2011 | 30% | |
| May 18 | 20°C | 25°C 1982 | -1°C 1973 | 30% | |
| May 19 | 21°C | 27°C 2003 | -1°C 1970 | 30% | |
| May 20 | 21°C | 24°C 1975 | -1°C 1970 | 30% | |
| May 21 | 20°C | 26°C 1975 | 0°C 1965 | 30% | |
| May 22 | 20°C | 25°C 1964 | 0°C 1965 | 30% | |
| May 23 | 20°C | 25°C 1975 | -2°C 1982 | 31% | |
| May 24 | 20°C | 28°C 1958 | -2°C 1982 | 31% | |
| May 25 | 20°C | 29°C 1994 | -1°C 1982 | 32% | |
| May 26 | 20°C | 25°C 2014 | -1°C 1957 | 33% | |
| May 27 | 19°C | 23°C 1997 | 0°C 1967 | 33% | |
| May 28 | 19°C | 24°C 1982 | -1°C 2023 | 34% | |
| May 29 | 19°C | 24°C 2007 | -2°C 1987 | 34% | |
| May 30 | 19°C | 25°C 1978 | -2°C 2016 | 35% | |
| May 31 | 20°C | 24°C 2013 | -1°C 2005 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 5:17 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 4:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00067033, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.