Climate averages 1991–2020
Tyler weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Tyler: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 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 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longview (55 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Tyler, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tyler ranks joint 106th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 413th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Tyler is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 86 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
Tyler climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 90 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 100 | 8.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 107 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 105 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 113 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 86 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 57 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 61 | 6.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 73 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 108 | 7.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 8.8 | 10.110 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
- Longview in MayUnited States · 55 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Mesquite in MayUnited States · 130 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Garland in MayUnited States · 140 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Shreveport in MayUnited States · 147 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Dallas in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Richardson in MayUnited States · 149 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Plano in MayUnited States · 150 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Allen in MayUnited States · 153 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 138 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 Tyler) is explained once on the Tyler year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.