Climate averages 1991–2020

Turlock 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.

Average high 27.6°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 13.3°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 19 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Turlock · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Turlock: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 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 10 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Modesto (21 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Turlock, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Turlock ranks joint 111th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 105th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Turlock is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 3.6 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Turlock climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Turlock, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.2°C5.0°C5.0°C888.29.910 h
February 16.0°C6.1°C6.1°C818.510.811 h
March 18.8°C7.9°C7.9°C687.911.912 h
April 22.3°C9.8°C9.8°C344.613.113 h
May, selected 27.6°C13.3°C13.3°C192.814.214 h
June 32.7°C16.7°C16.7°C3.60.814.715 h
July 35.7°C19.4°C19.4°C0.40.214.514 h
August 34.7°C18.9°C18.9°C1.00.113.614 h
September 31.8°C17.1°C17.1°C1.90.512.512 h
October 25.8°C13.2°C13.2°C212.311.311 h
November 18.6°C8.4°C8.4°C395.010.210 h
December 13.9°C5.0°C5.0°C767.59.610 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

Distance from Turlock

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Turlock) is explained once on the Turlock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.