Climate averages 1991–2020
Franklin weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Franklin: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nashville (28 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Franklin, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Franklin ranks joint 197th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 447th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Franklin is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 103 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
Franklin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 105 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 119 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 127 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 127 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 103 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 109 | 13.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 85 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 90 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 98 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 127 | 10.5 | 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
- Nashville in MayUnited States · 28 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in MayUnited States · 44 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Clarksville in MayUnited States · 80 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Huntsville in MayUnited States · 135 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 172 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 101 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 175 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Evansville in MayUnited States · 236 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Knoxville in MayUnited States · 265 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 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 Franklin) is explained once on the Franklin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.