Climate averages 1991–2020
East Hampton weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in East Hampton: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (11 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than East Hampton, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, East Hampton ranks joint 256th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 293rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; East Hampton is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 82 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
East Hampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 91 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 83 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 101 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 82 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 90 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 82 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 106 | 13.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 98 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 89 | 8.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 94 | 9.4 | 9.710 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
- Newport News in MayUnited States · 11 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Norfolk in MayUnited States · 22 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in MayUnited States · 24 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in MayUnited States · 38 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Suffolk in MayUnited States · 41 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Richmond in MayUnited States · 115 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Greenville in MayUnited States · 184 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in MayUnited States · 206 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 91 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 East Hampton) is explained once on the East Hampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.