Climate averages 1991–2020
Rock Hill 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 Rock Hill: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 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 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (37 km away). In May its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Rock Hill, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rock Hill ranks joint 148th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 191st of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Rock Hill is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 96 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
Rock Hill climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 95 | 9.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 107 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 89 | 8.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 73 | 9.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 102 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 83 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 96 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Charlotte in MayUnited States · 37 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Gastonia in MayUnited States · 40 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MayUnited States · 67 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in MayUnited States · 103 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- High Point in MayUnited States · 147 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Asheville in MayUnited States · 158 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Greensboro in MayUnited States · 170 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 88 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 Rock Hill) is explained once on the Rock Hill year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.