Climate averages 1991–2020
The Woodlands weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in The Woodlands: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.0°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 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cypress (29 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as The Woodlands, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, The Woodlands ranks joint 42nd 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; The Woodlands is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 113 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
The Woodlands climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 100 | 9.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 104 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 113 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 107 | 8.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 98 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 106 | 9.8 | 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
- Cypress in MayUnited States · 29 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Houston in MayUnited States · 46 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in MayUnited States · 59 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Missouri City in MayUnited States · 60 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Sugar Land in MayUnited States · 61 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Baytown in MayUnited States · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Pearland in MayUnited States · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 86 mm rain
- League City in MayUnited States · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 89 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 The Woodlands) is explained once on the The Woodlands year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.