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Typical May weather

Houston

Texas · May

The air thickens and the storms get serious.

87° days
68° nights

about 5 rainy days · 13½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What May feels like

This is when the truly heavy rain events happen — the ones people still refer to by their dates. In between it's a warm, humid, pool-and-patio month, and the last stretch before the heat stops being a season and becomes a structure.

Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. It’s sticky — light fabrics and an afternoon break earn their keep. about 10 afternoons top 90°.

The numbers

Typical high87°
Typical low68°
Days with real rain5
Total rain5.0 in
Humiditysticky
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:28 am / 8:07 pm

How May compares

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