Climate averages 1991–2020
West Jordan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in West Jordan: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is West Valley City (11 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as West Jordan, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, West Jordan ranks joint 345th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 142nd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; West Jordan is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
West Jordan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 49 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 61 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 48 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 22 | 4.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 12 | 3.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 41 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.7°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 40 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 45 | 8.7 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- West Valley City in MayUnited States · 11 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Orem in MayUnited States · 40 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Provo in MayUnited States · 48 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Layton in MayUnited States · 50 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Ogden in MayUnited States · 68 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Saint George in MayUnited States · 415 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Boise in MayUnited States · 485 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 31 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 West Jordan) is explained once on the West Jordan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.