Gray Weather in May
Average highs run from 83°F on May 1 to 89°F on May 31, and lows from 64°F to 71°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.91 in over about 9 wet days.
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
- 86°F
- Average low
- 67°F
- Precipitation
- 5.91 in
- Record high
- 99°FMay 14, 1916
- Record low
- 42°FMay 1, 1908
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 5.3
- Daylight
- 13 h 19 min to 13 h 56 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 69°F
- Wind
- 10.3 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 83°F | 64°F | 95°F 1915 | 42°F 1908 | 27% |
| May 2 | 83°F | 64°F | 91°F 1910 | 42°F 1925 | 27% |
| May 3 | 83°F | 64°F | 92°F 1943 | 45°F 1929 | 27% |
| May 4 | 83°F | 64°F | 96°F 1910 | 43°F 2013 | 27% |
| May 5 | 84°F | 65°F | 94°F 1952 | 46°F 1945 | 27% |
| May 6 | 84°F | 65°F | 93°F 1920 | 47°F 2013 | 27% |
| May 7 | 84°F | 65°F | 92°F 1922 | 48°F 1992 | 27% |
| May 8 | 84°F | 65°F | 92°F 1894 | 44°F 1928 | 27% |
| May 9 | 85°F | 66°F | 93°F 1894 | 42°F 1928 | 28% |
| May 10 | 85°F | 66°F | 95°F 1916 | 45°F 1906 | 28% |
| May 11 | 85°F | 66°F | 93°F 1916 | 43°F 1906 | 28% |
| May 12 | 85°F | 66°F | 97°F 1916 | 44°F 1952 | 28% |
| May 13 | 85°F | 67°F | 97°F 1916 | 45°F 1895 | 29% |
| May 14 | 86°F | 67°F | 99°F 1916 | 45°F 1917 | 29% |
| May 15 | 86°F | 67°F | 97°F 1916 | 48°F 1917 | 29% |
| May 16 | 86°F | 67°F | 98°F 1916 | 47°F 1926 | 30% |
| May 17 | 86°F | 68°F | 97°F 1916 | 49°F 1926 | 30% |
| May 18 | 87°F | 68°F | 93°F 1915 | 50°F 1917 | 31% |
| May 19 | 87°F | 68°F | 93°F 1899 | 50°F 1904 | 31% |
| May 20 | 87°F | 68°F | 94°F 1899 | 49°F 1904 | 32% |
| May 21 | 87°F | 69°F | 94°F 1902 | 51°F 1929 | 32% |
| May 22 | 87°F | 69°F | 95°F 1920 | 50°F 1954 | 33% |
| May 23 | 88°F | 69°F | 96°F 1920 | 54°F 2001 | 33% |
| May 24 | 88°F | 69°F | 97°F 1915 | 49°F 2012 | 34% |
| May 25 | 88°F | 70°F | 95°F 1921 | 48°F 1917 | 35% |
| May 26 | 88°F | 70°F | 97°F 1915 | 52°F 1925 | 35% |
| May 27 | 88°F | 70°F | 98°F 1916 | 49°F 1901 | 36% |
| May 28 | 89°F | 70°F | 97°F 1916 | 50°F 1961 | 37% |
| May 29 | 89°F | 70°F | 98°F 1916 | 55°F 1901 | 37% |
| May 30 | 89°F | 71°F | 95°F 1916 | 56°F 1984 | 38% |
| May 31 | 89°F | 71°F | 95°F 1916 | 50°F 1984 | 39% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:03 AM, sunset 7:59 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00169013 (Thibodaux 4 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00164407, 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.