Climate averages 1991–2020
Hoover weather
in May.
A warm, 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 Hoover: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birmingham, United States (13 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Hoover, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Hoover ranks joint 131st of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 365th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Hoover is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 108 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
Hoover climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 130 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 146 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 118 | 9.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 100 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 108 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 114 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 95 | 12.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 86 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 86 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 105 | 8.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 132 | 10.5 | 10.010 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
- Birmingham, United States in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MayUnited States · 74 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Montgomery in MayUnited States · 125 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Huntsville in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 106 mm rain
- South Fulton in MayUnited States · 199 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in MayUnited States · 200 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Atlanta in MayUnited States · 228 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 229 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 101 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 Hoover) is explained once on the Hoover year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Birmingham, United States lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.