Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gulfport: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (105 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gulfport, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 126th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 343rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Gulfport is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 137 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
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 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
- New Orleans in MayUnited States · 105 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Mobile in MayUnited States · 107 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Metairie in MayUnited States · 110 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in MayUnited States · 201 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Jackson in MayUnited States · 238 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in MayUnited States · 281 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Montgomery in MayUnited States · 346 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MayUnited States · 347 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 104 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 Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.