Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Little Rock, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 138th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 478th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Little Rock is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 78 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
Little Rock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 89 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 95 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 122 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 128 | 9.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 138 | 12.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 9.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 85 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 32.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 70 | 8.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 6.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 97 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 106 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 116 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Jonesboro in MayUnited States · 189 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Fort Smith in MayUnited States · 205 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Memphis in MayUnited States · 209 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in MayUnited States · 224 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Springdale in MayUnited States · 231 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Shreveport in MayUnited States · 282 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in MayUnited States · 289 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Jackson in MayUnited States · 335 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.3°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 Little Rock) is explained once on the Little Rock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.