Carolina climate

Carolina Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Carolina, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Carolina, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 5, 2012
Reanalysis low
-5°CMay 23, 2007
Daylight
11 h 07 min to 10 h 37 min
Cloud cover
32%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 122°C7°C28°C 20123°C 201619%
May 222°C7°C27°C 20124°C 199618%
May 322°C7°C27°C 20123°C 199217%
May 421°C7°C27°C 20122°C 199216%
May 521°C7°C28°C 20123°C 199216%
May 621°C6°C26°C 2015-1°C 200115%
May 721°C6°C26°C 19980°C 200214%
May 821°C6°C26°C 1998-3°C 200214%
May 921°C6°C26°C 20030°C 200213%
May 1021°C6°C25°C 20031°C 200612%
May 1121°C6°C24°C 20031°C 199812%
May 1221°C6°C26°C 20071°C 199812%
May 1321°C6°C26°C 2007-2°C 199812%
May 1420°C6°C26°C 20071°C 199811%
May 1520°C5°C25°C 20152°C 199810%
May 1620°C5°C25°C 20152°C 20209%
May 1720°C5°C23°C 20192°C 20008%
May 1820°C5°C24°C 20020°C 20098%
May 1920°C5°C24°C 20151°C 19988%
May 2020°C5°C25°C 20151°C 20068%
May 2120°C5°C25°C 20150°C 20078%
May 2220°C4°C23°C 1991-4°C 20078%
May 2320°C4°C23°C 2019-5°C 20077%
May 2420°C4°C23°C 2012-2°C 20076%
May 2520°C4°C24°C 2002-3°C 20076%
May 2619°C4°C24°C 2015-2°C 20066%
May 2719°C4°C23°C 2014-3°C 20205%
May 2819°C4°C23°C 2005-2°C 20205%
May 2919°C3°C24°C 2015-3°C 19945%
May 3019°C3°C24°C 2015-2°C 19976%
May 3119°C3°C24°C 2015-1°C 20006%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Carolina, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:16 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.