Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Myers weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Fort Myers: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coral (13 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Fort Myers, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Myers ranks joint 19th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 195th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Fort Myers is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 176 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
Fort Myers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 20.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 156 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 33 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 33 | 4.3 | 10.511 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
- Cape Coral in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in MayUnited States · 21 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in MayUnited States · 152 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Brandon in MayUnited States · 153 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Lakeland in MayUnited States · 158 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Tampa in MayUnited States · 160 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Coral Springs in MayUnited States · 161 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in MayUnited States · 166 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 74 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 Fort Myers) is explained once on the Fort Myers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.