Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Abilene: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Abilene, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 50th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 197th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Abilene is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- San Angelo in MayUnited States · 128 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in MayUnited States · 200 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Midland in MayUnited States · 226 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Fort Worth in MayUnited States · 228 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Lubbock in MayUnited States · 234 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Killeen in MayUnited States · 241 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in MayUnited States · 248 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Flower Mound in MayUnited States · 254 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 132 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.