Climate averages 1991–2020
Temple weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Temple: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Killeen (37 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Temple, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Temple ranks joint 84th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 452nd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Temple is 4.6°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 123 mm to 75 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
Temple climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 72 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 85 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 123 | 10.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 75 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 58 | 5.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 69 | 6.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 105 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 82 | 7.8 | 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
- Killeen in MayUnited States · 37 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Waco in MayUnited States · 54 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Round Rock in MayUnited States · 73 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Austin in MayUnited States · 100 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Bryan in MayUnited States · 104 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 106 mm rain
- College Station in MayUnited States · 110 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 106 mm rain
- New Braunfels in MayUnited States · 172 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Fort Worth in MayUnited States · 181 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 123 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 Temple) is explained once on the Temple year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.