Carson Weather in May
Carson in May
The short of it: Carson in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 121 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 74° · low 51° · rain 4.8 in. · daylight 14 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Carson an average May high of 74°, a low of 51° and some 4.8 in. of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 11° from April to about 74°, with nights near 51°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 4.8 in..
The sun is up for about 14 h 29 min in mid-May, 73 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Carson runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Oakland, 5 mi to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Carson, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 11° warmer, 1.5 in. more rain
- Versus June
- 9° colder
- Day–night spread
- 24°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 10 mph