Climate averages 1991–2020
Fall River weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Fall River: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Bedford (20 km away). In May its highs average 16.0°C, 2.0°C cooler than Fall River, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fall River ranks joint 470th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 207th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Fall River is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 86 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
Fall River climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.510 h |
| February | 3.7°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 81 | 8.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 111 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 96 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 78 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 9.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 80 | 9.8 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 104 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 110 | 10.4 | 9.29 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
- New Bedford in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Warwick in MayUnited States · 22 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Providence in MayUnited States · 25 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Pawtucket in MayUnited States · 27 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Brockton in MayUnited States · 44 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Quincy in MayUnited States · 63 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Dorchester in MayUnited States · 67 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Newton in MayUnited States · 71 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 77 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 Fall River) is explained once on the Fall River year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.