Climate averages 1991–2020
Shreveport weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Shreveport: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longview (93 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Shreveport, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Shreveport ranks joint 84th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 378th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Shreveport is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 95 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
Shreveport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 132 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 133 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 104 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 10.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 74 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 78 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 108 | 7.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 103 | 7.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.3 | 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
- Longview in MayUnited States · 93 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Tyler in MayUnited States · 147 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Lake Charles in MayUnited States · 262 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Mesquite in MayUnited States · 268 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Beaumont in MayUnited States · 273 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Garland in MayUnited States · 274 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 138 mm rain
- McKinney in MayUnited States · 278 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Allen in MayUnited States · 280 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 138 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 Shreveport) is explained once on the Shreveport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.