Climate averages 1991–2020
Minneapolis weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Minneapolis: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Paul (14 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Minneapolis, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Minneapolis ranks joint 418th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 400th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Minneapolis is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 110 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Minneapolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 24 | 5.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -2.3°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 26 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 51 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 81 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 110 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 98 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 49 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | -2.5°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 35 | 6.1 | 8.89 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Saint Paul in MayUnited States · 14 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in MayUnited States · 15 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in MayUnited States · 15 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in MayUnited States · 16 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in MayUnited States · 124 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Duluth in MayUnited States · 220 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Sioux Falls in MayUnited States · 319 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Fargo in MayUnited States · 345 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 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 Minneapolis) is explained once on the Minneapolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Brooklyn Park lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.