Rio Grande climate

Rio Grande Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 21°C on May 1 to 18°C on May 31, and lows from 17°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 103 mm over about 10 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rio Grande, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
16°C
Precipitation
103 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CMay 20, 2008
Reanalysis low
7°CMay 29, 2007
Daylight
10 h 50 min to 10 h 12 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
14°C
Wind
20.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 121°C17°C25°C 199712°C 201634%
May 221°C17°C26°C 199113°C 201634%
May 321°C17°C26°C 199114°C 201632%
May 421°C17°C25°C 199313°C 201632%
May 520°C17°C24°C 200713°C 201532%
May 620°C17°C24°C 200713°C 200032%
May 720°C17°C24°C 199413°C 199531%
May 820°C17°C25°C 199412°C 201332%
May 920°C17°C25°C 199312°C 201332%
May 1020°C17°C24°C 201814°C 199532%
May 1120°C17°C26°C 200913°C 201632%
May 1220°C17°C23°C 200213°C 201631%
May 1320°C16°C24°C 200512°C 201230%
May 1420°C16°C23°C 200513°C 200131%
May 1520°C16°C22°C 200212°C 199332%
May 1620°C16°C23°C 20039°C 201333%
May 1719°C16°C24°C 202011°C 201632%
May 1819°C16°C23°C 199711°C 201632%
May 1919°C16°C24°C 200811°C 199932%
May 2019°C16°C27°C 200812°C 199232%
May 2119°C16°C25°C 200812°C 200532%
May 2219°C16°C26°C 201510°C 200532%
May 2319°C15°C26°C 200911°C 199731%
May 2419°C15°C23°C 199410°C 201431%
May 2518°C15°C22°C 201711°C 201432%
May 2618°C15°C21°C 199111°C 200730%
May 2718°C15°C23°C 199110°C 199329%
May 2818°C15°C24°C 19918°C 200729%
May 2918°C15°C24°C 19917°C 200730%
May 3018°C15°C24°C 19918°C 200830%
May 3118°C14°C22°C 19919°C 199330%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Rio Grande, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:20 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.