Chapel Hill Weather in May
Average highs run from 74°F on May 1 to 81°F on May 31, and lows from 48°F to 58°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.96 in.
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
- 77°F
- Average low
- 53°F
- Precipitation
- 4.96 in
- Record high
- 98°FMay 22, 1941
- Record low
- 29°FMay 4, 1986
- Chance of a freeze
- 9%
- Daylight
- 13 h 38 min to 14 h 24 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 60°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 | 74°F | 48°F | 89°F 1986 | 33°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 2 | 74°F | 48°F | 90°F 1901 | 31°F 1909 | 0% | |
| May 3 | 74°F | 49°F | 90°F 1902 | 32°F 1966 | 0% | |
| May 4 | 74°F | 49°F | 91°F 1902 | 29°F 1986 | 0% | |
| May 5 | 75°F | 49°F | 92°F 1902 | 30°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 6 | 75°F | 50°F | 90°F 1952 | 29°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 7 | 75°F | 50°F | 90°F 1952 | 31°F 1989 | 0% | |
| May 8 | 75°F | 50°F | 91°F 1940 | 32°F 1947 | 0% | |
| May 9 | 75°F | 51°F | 91°F 1986 | 31°F 1947 | 0% | |
| May 10 | 76°F | 51°F | 91°F 1986 | 31°F 1947 | 0% | |
| May 11 | 76°F | 51°F | 92°F 1936 | 35°F 1947 | 0% | |
| May 12 | 76°F | 52°F | 90°F 1902 | 33°F 1989 | 0% | |
| May 13 | 76°F | 52°F | 90°F 1902 | 34°F 1989 | 0% | |
| May 14 | 77°F | 52°F | 93°F 1962 | 35°F 1910 | 0% | |
| May 15 | 77°F | 53°F | 92°F 2018 | 34°F 1910 | 0% | |
| May 16 | 77°F | 53°F | 92°F 2018 | 36°F 1997 | 0% | |
| May 17 | 77°F | 53°F | 94°F 1911 | 37°F 1984 | 0% | |
| May 18 | 77°F | 54°F | 95°F 1911 | 36°F 2009 | 0% | |
| May 19 | 78°F | 54°F | 95°F 1962 | 35°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 20 | 78°F | 54°F | 96°F 1998 | 33°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 21 | 78°F | 55°F | 95°F 1941 | 37°F 1954 | 0% | |
| May 22 | 78°F | 55°F | 98°F 1941 | 34°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 23 | 79°F | 55°F | 97°F 1941 | 37°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 24 | 79°F | 56°F | 95°F 1908 | 37°F 1931 | 0% | |
| May 25 | 79°F | 56°F | 95°F 2019 | 40°F 1924 | 0% | |
| May 26 | 79°F | 56°F | 95°F 1911 | 38°F 1925 | 0% | |
| May 27 | 80°F | 57°F | 97°F 1911 | 35°F 1925 | 0% | |
| May 28 | 80°F | 57°F | 98°F 1911 | 36°F 1907 | 0% | |
| May 29 | 80°F | 57°F | 97°F 1911 | 40°F 1971 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 80°F | 58°F | 97°F 1911 | 37°F 1984 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 81°F | 58°F | 97°F 2016 | 38°F 1984 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 7:33 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 7:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, 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.