Climate averages 1991–2020
Longview weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Longview: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tyler (55 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Longview, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Longview ranks joint 91st of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 422nd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Longview is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 89 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
Longview climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 104 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 111 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 111 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 63 | 7.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 84 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 105 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 8.9 | 10.110 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
- Tyler in MayUnited States · 55 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Shreveport in MayUnited States · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Mesquite in MayUnited States · 177 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Garland in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 138 mm rain
- McKinney in MayUnited States · 192 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Plano in MayUnited States · 192 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Allen in MayUnited States · 192 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Richardson in MayUnited States · 193 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 138 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 Longview) is explained once on the Longview year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.