Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandy Springs weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sandy Springs: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roswell (11 km away). In May its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Sandy Springs, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sandy Springs ranks joint 171st of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 259th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Sandy Springs is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 102 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
Sandy Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 114 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 12.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 114 | 10.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 120 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 102 | 9.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 102 | 13.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 108 | 14.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 99 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 92 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 83 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 99 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 116 | 10.2 | 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
- Roswell in MayUnited States · 11 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Atlanta in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Johns Creek in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 85 mm rain
- South Fulton in MayUnited States · 46 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Athens, United States in MayUnited States · 92 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Macon in MayUnited States · 139 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 64 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 150 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MayUnited States · 151 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 101 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 Sandy Springs) is explained once on the Sandy Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.