Climate averages 1991–2020
Whittier weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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 Whittier: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Monte (10 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Whittier, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Whittier ranks joint 225th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Whittier is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.6 mm to 2.2 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
Whittier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 84 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 90 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 21 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.0°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 55 | 5.0 | 9.910 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
- El Monte in MayUnited States · 10 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Downey in MayUnited States · 10 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Buena Park in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- West Covina in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- East Los Angeles in MayUnited States · 14 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Fullerton in MayUnited States · 16 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Anaheim in MayUnited States · 19 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Compton in MayUnited States · 20 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 8.2 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 Whittier) is explained once on the Whittier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
El Monte and West Covina lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.