Climate averages 1991–2020
Racine weather
in May.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Racine: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenosha (16 km away). In May its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Racine, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Racine ranks 496th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 293rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Racine is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 80 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
Racine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.6°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 63 | 9.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.1°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 55 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 2.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 66 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 111 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 13.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 90 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 80 | 10.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 73 | 9.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 93 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 9.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 92 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 78 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 68 | 9.5 | 9.19 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
- Kenosha in MayUnited States · 16 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Milwaukee in MayUnited States · 36 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Waukegan in MayUnited States · 41 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Waukesha in MayUnited States · 48 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in MayUnited States · 73 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Evanston in MayUnited States · 77 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Schaumburg in MayUnited States · 81 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Elgin in MayUnited States · 87 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 118 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 Racine) is explained once on the Racine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.