Taft climate

Taft Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 32°C on May 31, and lows from 10°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Taft, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CMay 29, 2009
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 2, 2003
Daylight
13 h 25 min to 14 h 04 min
Cloud cover
46%
Humidity
27%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
13.0 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 126°C10°C31°C 20155°C 20036%
May 226°C10°C31°C 20153°C 20036%
May 326°C11°C30°C 20063°C 19926%
May 426°C11°C30°C 20125°C 19926%
May 527°C11°C32°C 20005°C 19927%
May 627°C11°C34°C 20003°C 19977%
May 727°C11°C33°C 20005°C 19976%
May 827°C11°C33°C 20005°C 19936%
May 927°C12°C33°C 20006°C 19935%
May 1028°C12°C33°C 20007°C 19975%
May 1128°C12°C33°C 20097°C 19925%
May 1228°C12°C34°C 20078°C 19974%
May 1328°C12°C35°C 20065°C 19924%
May 1428°C12°C33°C 19997°C 19923%
May 1529°C13°C35°C 20017°C 20043%
May 1629°C13°C35°C 20019°C 19923%
May 1729°C13°C35°C 20018°C 20043%
May 1829°C13°C34°C 20167°C 20182%
May 1929°C13°C35°C 20168°C 20182%
May 2030°C13°C34°C 201610°C 20182%
May 2130°C14°C34°C 201110°C 20192%
May 2230°C14°C34°C 20118°C 19992%
May 2330°C14°C33°C 20048°C 19992%
May 2430°C14°C35°C 20109°C 19993%
May 2531°C14°C34°C 20107°C 19912%
May 2631°C15°C35°C 20178°C 19912%
May 2731°C15°C36°C 201710°C 19922%
May 2831°C15°C36°C 201711°C 19922%
May 2931°C15°C36°C 200913°C 19922%
May 3032°C15°C35°C 201111°C 20132%
May 3132°C15°C36°C 200011°C 19951%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Taft, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3:30).

May 1
sunrise 5:08 AM, sunset 6:33 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:49 AM, sunset 6:53 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.