Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Amarillo, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks joint 148th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 163rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Amarillo is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 53 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Lawton in MayUnited States · 321 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in MayUnited States · 338 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Midland in MayUnited States · 359 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Abilene in MayUnited States · 364 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in MayUnited States · 376 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Odessa in MayUnited States · 379 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MayUnited States · 392 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 115 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.