Climate averages 1991–2020
Odessa 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 Odessa: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Midland (32 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Odessa, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Odessa ranks joint 25th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 147th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Odessa is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 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
Odessa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 29 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 29 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 55 | 7.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 38 | 7.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 37 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 37 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 24 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 24 | 3.5 | 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
- Midland in MayUnited States · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 57 mm rain
- San Angelo in MayUnited States · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Lubbock in MayUnited States · 198 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Abilene in MayUnited States · 257 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in MayMexico · 311 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Amarillo in MayUnited States · 379 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MayMexico · 387 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- El Paso in MayUnited States · 389 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.6 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 Odessa) is explained once on the Odessa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.