Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakima weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Yakima: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tri-Cities (108 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 3.5°C warmer than Yakima, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yakima ranks joint 323rd of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Yakima is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 9.5 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
Yakima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 58 | 10.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 33 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.7 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 4.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 24.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 30 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 52 | 9.0 | 9.59 h |
| December | 2.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 66 | 11.0 | 8.69 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
- Tri-Cities in MayUnited States · 108 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Kennewick in MayUnited States · 114 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Auburn in MayUnited States · 152 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Kent in MayUnited States · 157 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Federal Way in MayUnited States · 159 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Renton in MayUnited States · 162 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Tacoma in MayUnited States · 164 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Bellevue in MayUnited States · 170 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 76 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 Yakima) is explained once on the Yakima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.