Climate averages 1991–2020
Mobile weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mobile: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulfport (107 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mobile, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Mobile ranks joint 106th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Mobile is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 128 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
Mobile climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 119 | 9.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 110 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 119 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 107 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 87 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 128 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 150 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 140 | 18.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 117 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 88 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 98 | 7.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 115 | 9.0 | 10.210 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
- Gulfport in MayUnited States · 107 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 96 mm rain
- New Orleans in MayUnited States · 212 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Metairie in MayUnited States · 217 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Montgomery in MayUnited States · 249 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Jackson in MayUnited States · 270 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MayUnited States · 283 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in MayUnited States · 302 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Hoover in MayUnited States · 323 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 100 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 Mobile) is explained once on the Mobile year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.