Richmond Weather in May
Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 10°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 16 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
- 12°C
- Average low
- 5°C
- Precipitation
- 93 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 20°CMay 9, 2002
- Reanalysis low
- -2°CMay 31, 2001
- Daylight
- 10 h 20 min to 9 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 55%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 6°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 | 14°C | 6°C | 18°C 1997 | 2°C 1991 | 43% |
| May 2 | 14°C | 6°C | 18°C 2019 | 0°C 2009 | 43% |
| May 3 | 14°C | 6°C | 19°C 2016 | 0°C 2009 | 44% |
| May 4 | 14°C | 6°C | 17°C 1997 | -1°C 2008 | 45% |
| May 5 | 14°C | 6°C | 18°C 1997 | 0°C 2003 | 46% |
| May 6 | 13°C | 6°C | 17°C 1997 | -1°C 2008 | 46% |
| May 7 | 13°C | 6°C | 16°C 2016 | 0°C 2008 | 46% |
| May 8 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 2016 | 0°C 1992 | 45% |
| May 9 | 13°C | 5°C | 20°C 2002 | 0°C 2005 | 48% |
| May 10 | 13°C | 5°C | 18°C 2010 | -1°C 1995 | 47% |
| May 11 | 13°C | 5°C | 17°C 2002 | 0°C 1992 | 46% |
| May 12 | 13°C | 5°C | 18°C 2013 | -1°C 2009 | 47% |
| May 13 | 12°C | 5°C | 18°C 2013 | -1°C 1992 | 46% |
| May 14 | 12°C | 5°C | 17°C 1999 | 1°C 1994 | 47% |
| May 15 | 12°C | 5°C | 15°C 2013 | 1°C 2006 | 47% |
| May 16 | 12°C | 5°C | 15°C 1999 | 0°C 2006 | 49% |
| May 17 | 12°C | 5°C | 15°C 2014 | 0°C 1996 | 49% |
| May 18 | 12°C | 5°C | 15°C 2007 | 1°C 1996 | 50% |
| May 19 | 12°C | 5°C | 15°C 2005 | 1°C 2012 | 48% |
| May 20 | 11°C | 5°C | 16°C 2003 | 0°C 2012 | 48% |
| May 21 | 11°C | 4°C | 15°C 2019 | -1°C 1992 | 48% |
| May 22 | 11°C | 4°C | 16°C 1999 | 0°C 2009 | 48% |
| May 23 | 11°C | 4°C | 16°C 1999 | 1°C 2001 | 48% |
| May 24 | 11°C | 4°C | 16°C 1999 | 0°C 1992 | 46% |
| May 25 | 11°C | 4°C | 14°C 2000 | -1°C 2015 | 47% |
| May 26 | 11°C | 4°C | 15°C 2011 | -1°C 1996 | 48% |
| May 27 | 11°C | 4°C | 16°C 1999 | -1°C 2014 | 49% |
| May 28 | 10°C | 4°C | 13°C 1999 | -2°C 2001 | 50% |
| May 29 | 10°C | 4°C | 14°C 1999 | -1°C 2001 | 49% |
| May 30 | 10°C | 3°C | 15°C 2007 | -2°C 1992 | 50% |
| May 31 | 10°C | 3°C | 14°C 2003 | -2°C 2001 | 48% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).
- May 1
- sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 5:07 PM
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.