Chilapa de Álvarez Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Chilapa de Álvarez, 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 29°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 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: 31°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 65 mm
Reanalysis high: 37°CMay 7, 1998
Reanalysis low: 11°CMay 1, 2010
Daylight: 12 h 47 min to 13 h 07 min
Cloud cover: 52%
Humidity: 60%
Dew point: 13°C
Wind: 8.6 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	16°C	36°C 2003	11°C 2010	22%
May 2	33°C	16°C	37°C 2016	12°C 2010	23%
May 3	32°C	17°C	37°C 2003	13°C 2010	24%
May 4	32°C	17°C	36°C 2002	14°C 2011	24%
May 5	32°C	17°C	36°C 1998	14°C 2013	25%
May 6	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	14°C 2013	28%
May 7	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	13°C 2013	29%
May 8	32°C	17°C	37°C 2010	13°C 1995	30%
May 9	32°C	17°C	36°C 2010	14°C 2019	31%
May 10	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	13°C 2001	33%
May 11	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	14°C 1993	34%
May 12	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	13°C 1997	36%
May 13	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	14°C 1997	38%
May 14	32°C	17°C	37°C 1998	15°C 2001	39%
May 15	31°C	17°C	37°C 1998	14°C 2004	40%
May 16	31°C	17°C	36°C 1998	11°C 2014	41%
May 17	31°C	17°C	36°C 1998	12°C 2014	41%
May 18	31°C	17°C	36°C 1998	13°C 1998	43%
May 19	31°C	17°C	36°C 1998	12°C 1998	45%
May 20	31°C	17°C	36°C 1998	13°C 1998	48%
May 21	31°C	17°C	37°C 2010	14°C 1998	50%
May 22	31°C	17°C	35°C 2010	14°C 2012	51%
May 23	31°C	17°C	35°C 2010	12°C 2008	53%
May 24	30°C	17°C	35°C 1993	14°C 1993	54%
May 25	30°C	17°C	35°C 2016	15°C 2020	54%
May 26	30°C	17°C	36°C 2011	15°C 2020	56%
May 27	30°C	17°C	35°C 2011	15°C 1993	58%
May 28	30°C	17°C	35°C 2011	16°C 2006	60%
May 29	30°C	17°C	35°C 2018	13°C 2008	62%
May 30	29°C	17°C	36°C 2018	15°C 2010	65%
May 31	29°C	17°C	36°C 2018	13°C 2010	67%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

May 1: sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 6:57 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 7:08 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.