Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lynchburg, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 232nd of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 276th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lynchburg is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 84 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in MayUnited States · 72 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Richmond in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Durham in MayUnited States · 159 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Greensboro in MayUnited States · 160 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MayUnited States · 176 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 84 mm rain
- High Point in MayUnited States · 179 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Cary in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in MayUnited States · 188 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 90 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.