Climate averages 1991–2020
Stockton weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Stockton: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manteca (19 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Stockton, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Stockton ranks joint 148th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 117th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Stockton is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 4.0 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
Stockton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 102 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 97 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 80 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 5.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 22 | 3.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 32.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 32.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 27 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 49 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 93 | 8.9 | 9.610 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
- Manteca in MayUnited States · 19 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Tracy in MayUnited States · 27 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Modesto in MayUnited States · 44 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Antioch in MayUnited States · 45 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Elk Grove in MayUnited States · 51 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Livermore in MayUnited States · 52 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Pleasanton in MayUnited States · 61 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 16 mm rain
- San Ramon in MayUnited States · 63 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 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 Stockton) is explained once on the Stockton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.