Central Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Central, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 32°C on May 31, and lows from 20°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 33°C
Average low: 19°C
Precipitation: 16 mm
Reanalysis high: 37°CMay 1, 2016
Reanalysis low: 15°CMay 29, 2002
Daylight: 11 h 43 min to 11 h 31 min
Cloud cover: 50%
Humidity: 61%
Dew point: 16°C
Wind: 18.7 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	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	33°C	20°C	37°C 2016	17°C 2014	19%
May 2	33°C	20°C	36°C 2016	18°C 2008	18%
May 3	33°C	20°C	35°C 2002	18°C 2004	18%
May 4	33°C	20°C	36°C 2002	18°C 2014	16%
May 5	33°C	20°C	37°C 1998	17°C 2012	16%
May 6	33°C	20°C	36°C 1998	17°C 2007	14%
May 7	33°C	19°C	36°C 2001	17°C 1997	14%
May 8	33°C	19°C	36°C 2001	17°C 2010	13%
May 9	33°C	19°C	36°C 1991	17°C 1996	12%
May 10	33°C	19°C	36°C 2016	17°C 2018	12%
May 11	33°C	19°C	36°C 2016	17°C 1998	11%
May 12	33°C	19°C	36°C 2001	17°C 2005	11%
May 13	33°C	19°C	36°C 2001	17°C 2014	10%
May 14	33°C	19°C	36°C 1993	17°C 2000	11%
May 15	33°C	19°C	36°C 1993	16°C 2000	11%
May 16	33°C	19°C	37°C 2017	16°C 2000	11%
May 17	33°C	19°C	37°C 1996	16°C 2003	11%
May 18	33°C	19°C	36°C 2001	16°C 2003	12%
May 19	33°C	19°C	36°C 1992	16°C 2006	13%
May 20	33°C	19°C	36°C 2018	17°C 1998	13%
May 21	33°C	19°C	35°C 2002	16°C 2007	13%
May 22	33°C	19°C	35°C 2010	17°C 2006	13%
May 23	33°C	19°C	36°C 2016	16°C 1992	12%
May 24	33°C	19°C	36°C 2007	17°C 1997	11%
May 25	33°C	19°C	36°C 2007	16°C 2018	11%
May 26	33°C	19°C	35°C 2019	15°C 1997	12%
May 27	33°C	19°C	36°C 1998	16°C 2018	12%
May 28	33°C	19°C	35°C 1998	16°C 2002	11%
May 29	32°C	19°C	35°C 2007	15°C 2002	12%
May 30	32°C	19°C	35°C 2013	16°C 2020	12%
May 31	32°C	19°C	36°C 1998	16°C 1997	13%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1: sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 5:32 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.