Austin Weather in May
Average highs run from 73°F on May 1 to 80°F on May 31, and lows from 48°F to 57°F.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 76°F
- Average low
- 53°F
- Record high
- 102°FMay 28, 1911
- Record low
- 27°FMay 1, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 15%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.9
- Daylight
- 13 h 50 min to 14 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 57°F
- Wind
- 6.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 73°F | 48°F | 91°F 1942 | 27°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 2 | 73°F | 49°F | 93°F 1951 | 30°F 1940 | 0% | |
| May 3 | 73°F | 49°F | 92°F 1928 | 31°F 1970 | 0% | |
| May 4 | 74°F | 49°F | 92°F 1902 | 32°F 1903 | 0% | |
| May 5 | 74°F | 50°F | 93°F 1902 | 35°F 1907 | 0% | |
| May 6 | 74°F | 50°F | 94°F 1949 | 35°F 1954 | 0% | |
| May 7 | 74°F | 50°F | 94°F 1949 | 32°F 1974 | 0% | |
| May 8 | 75°F | 51°F | 92°F 1930 | 35°F 1928 | 0% | |
| May 9 | 75°F | 51°F | 96°F 1936 | 31°F 1947 | 0% | |
| May 10 | 75°F | 51°F | 97°F 1936 | 32°F 1923 | 0% | |
| May 11 | 75°F | 52°F | 92°F 1936 | 35°F 1945 | 0% | |
| May 12 | 75°F | 52°F | 91°F 1902 | 34°F 1981 | 0% | |
| May 13 | 76°F | 52°F | 91°F 1902 | 36°F 1928 | 0% | |
| May 14 | 76°F | 52°F | 92°F 1916 | 35°F 1910 | 0% | |
| May 15 | 76°F | 53°F | 92°F 1900 | 35°F 1895 | 0% | |
| May 16 | 76°F | 53°F | 92°F 1962 | 31°F 1997 | 0% | |
| May 17 | 77°F | 53°F | 92°F 1906 | 38°F 1895 | 0% | |
| May 18 | 77°F | 54°F | 95°F 1911 | 39°F 1919 | 0% | |
| May 19 | 77°F | 54°F | 93°F 1911 | 35°F 1997 | 0% | |
| May 20 | 77°F | 54°F | 94°F 1934 | 40°F 1894 | 0% | |
| May 21 | 78°F | 54°F | 96°F 1906 | 37°F 1907 | 0% | |
| May 22 | 78°F | 55°F | 98°F 1939 | 36°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 23 | 78°F | 55°F | 95°F 1939 | 38°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 24 | 78°F | 55°F | 100°F 1939 | 37°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 25 | 79°F | 56°F | 98°F 1911 | 33°F 1925 | 0% | |
| May 26 | 79°F | 56°F | 98°F 1911 | 35°F 1925 | 0% | |
| May 27 | 79°F | 56°F | 100°F 1911 | 34°F 1925 | 0% | |
| May 28 | 79°F | 57°F | 102°F 1911 | 37°F 1902 | 0% | |
| May 29 | 80°F | 57°F | 95°F 1914 | 36°F 1902 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 80°F | 57°F | 97°F 1939 | 39°F 1930 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 80°F | 57°F | 97°F 1937 | 39°F 1930 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 8:36 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 9:02 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00127875 (Scottsburg), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00125237, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.