Climate averages 1991–2020
Visalia 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.
May is a warm month in Visalia: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 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 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fresno (63 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Visalia, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Visalia ranks joint 126th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 120th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Visalia is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 6.6 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
Visalia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 92 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 24 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 44 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 74 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- Fresno in MayUnited States · 63 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Clovis in MayUnited States · 66 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Bakersfield in MayUnited States · 109 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Merced in MayUnited States · 151 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in MayUnited States · 185 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Turlock in MayUnited States · 189 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Lancaster in MayUnited States · 209 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Modesto in MayUnited States · 210 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 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 Visalia) is explained once on the Visalia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.