Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashville weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nashville: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franklin (28 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Nashville, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashville ranks joint 197th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 452nd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Nashville is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 99 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
Nashville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 104 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 116 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 128 | 11.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 99 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 12.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 91 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 124 | 10.7 | 9.810 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
- Franklin in MayUnited States · 28 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in MayUnited States · 50 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Clarksville in MayUnited States · 65 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Huntsville in MayUnited States · 161 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 182 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 101 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 185 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Evansville in MayUnited States · 212 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Louisville in MayUnited States · 249 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 128 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 Nashville) is explained once on the Nashville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.