Climate averages 1991–2020
Tallahassee weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Tallahassee: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Albany (Georgia), United States (127 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Tallahassee, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tallahassee ranks joint 42nd of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 160th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Tallahassee is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 141 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
Tallahassee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 97 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 84 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 7.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 141 | 16.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 144 | 19.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 147 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 102 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 70 | 6.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 86 | 7.4 | 10.210 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
- Albany (Georgia), United States in MayUnited States · 127 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Gainesville in MayUnited States · 208 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in MayUnited States · 235 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Warner Robins in MayUnited States · 250 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Jacksonville in MayUnited States · 252 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Macon in MayUnited States · 274 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Spring Hill in MayUnited States · 276 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Montgomery in MayUnited States · 288 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 79 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 Tallahassee) is explained once on the Tallahassee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.