Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville, United States weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Fayetteville, United States: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Springdale (14 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Fayetteville, United States, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville, United States ranks joint 239th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 484th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Fayetteville, United States is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 104 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
Fayetteville, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 70 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 113 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 140 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 142 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 104 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 84 | 10.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 103 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 94 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 76 | 7.5 | 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
- Springdale in MayUnited States · 14 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Fort Smith in MayUnited States · 78 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in MayUnited States · 147 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Tulsa in MayUnited States · 165 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Little Rock in MayUnited States · 224 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Edmond in MayUnited States · 303 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MayUnited States · 310 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.