Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita Falls weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Wichita Falls: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lawton (78 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Wichita Falls, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita Falls ranks joint 74th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 394th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Wichita Falls is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 82 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
Wichita Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 6.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 107 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 82 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 38 | 5.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 42 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 65 | 6.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 51 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 48 | 4.8 | 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
- Lawton in MayUnited States · 78 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Denton in MayUnited States · 148 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Flower Mound in MayUnited States · 164 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Lewisville in MayUnited States · 169 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Fort Worth in MayUnited States · 171 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Norman in MayUnited States · 175 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Frisco in MayUnited States · 176 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Carrollton in MayUnited States · 183 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 132 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 Wichita Falls) is explained once on the Wichita Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.