Climate averages 1991–2020
High Point weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in High Point: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 14.1°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 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greensboro (23 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as High Point, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, High Point ranks joint 201st 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; High Point is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 98 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
High Point climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 95 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 87 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 98 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 14.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 99 | 12.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 105 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 82 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 84 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 94 | 9.0 | 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
- Greensboro in MayUnited States · 23 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MayUnited States · 27 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MayUnited States · 80 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Durham in MayUnited States · 100 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Charlotte in MayUnited States · 111 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Cary in MayUnited States · 112 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in MayUnited States · 125 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Gastonia in MayUnited States · 132 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 79 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 High Point) is explained once on the High Point year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.