Climate averages 1991–2020
Midland weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Midland: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odessa (32 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Midland, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Midland ranks joint 28th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 157th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Midland is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 38 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
Midland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 33 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 33 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 39 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 40 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 3.7 | 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
- Odessa in MayUnited States · 32 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 55 mm rain
- San Angelo in MayUnited States · 166 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Lubbock in MayUnited States · 177 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Abilene in MayUnited States · 226 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in MayMexico · 316 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Amarillo in MayUnited States · 359 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Piedras Negras in MayMexico · 396 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in MayUnited States · 397 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 107 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 Midland) is explained once on the Midland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.