Climate averages 1991–2020
Gainesville weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gainesville: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacksonville (99 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gainesville, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gainesville ranks joint 28th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 185th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Gainesville is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 135 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
Gainesville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 74 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 80 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 70 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 135 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 20.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 147 | 21.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 60 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Jacksonville in MayUnited States · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Palm Coast in MayUnited States · 108 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Spring Hill in MayUnited States · 132 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Deltona in MayUnited States · 133 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Daytona Beach in MayUnited States · 135 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Orlando in MayUnited States · 154 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Alafaya in MayUnited States · 162 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Lakeland in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 70 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 Gainesville) is explained once on the Gainesville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.