Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenburgh weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Greenburgh: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonkers (12 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Greenburgh, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenburgh ranks joint 367th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Greenburgh is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 96 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
Greenburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 83 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 77 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.3°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 105 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 87 | 11.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 100 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 95 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 80 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 103 | 9.8 | 9.39 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
- Yonkers in MayUnited States · 12 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 91 mm rain
- The Bronx in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Stamford in MayUnited States · 26 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Manhattan in MayUnited States · 30 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Paterson in MayUnited States · 30 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Passaic in MayUnited States · 31 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Norwalk in MayUnited States · 38 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 85 mm rain
- New York City in MayUnited States · 38 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 85 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 Greenburgh) is explained once on the Greenburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.