Climate averages 1991–2020
Montgomery weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Montgomery: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Columbus, United States (124 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Montgomery, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Montgomery ranks joint 79th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 214th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Montgomery is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 95 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
Montgomery climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 106 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 110 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 111 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 95 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 79 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 95 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 90 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 110 | 9.6 | 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
- Columbus, United States in MayUnited States · 124 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Hoover in MayUnited States · 125 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in MayUnited States · 137 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MayUnited States · 151 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 104 mm rain
- South Fulton in MayUnited States · 204 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in MayUnited States · 220 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Atlanta in MayUnited States · 235 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Mobile in MayUnited States · 249 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 87 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 Montgomery) is explained once on the Montgomery year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.