Houston Weather in May
Houston in May
The short of it: Houston in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 16 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 36 mm · daylight 16 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Houston an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 36 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 1 min in mid-May, 122 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and May.
Against its neighbours, Houston runs about middling and drier than most in May. Telkwa, 41 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Houston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TelkwaBritish Columbia | 41 km NW | 18° | 4° | 40 mm |
| SmithersBritish Columbia | 53 km NW | 16° | 3° | 43 mm |
| Burns LakeBritish Columbia | 62 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| New HazeltonBritish Columbia | 111 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 44 mm |
| Fraser LakeBritish Columbia | 124 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 43 mm |
| TerraceBritish Columbia | 126 km W | 19° | 7° | 54 mm |
| KitimatBritish Columbia | 135 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| Fort St. JamesBritish Columbia | 156 km E | 16° | 3° | 34 mm |