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Fort Worth in May

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Fort Worth is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Fort Worth is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
13h 50mon average

Is May a good time to visit Fort Worth?

A good month, just outside Fort Worth's best months, which run in two parts: April, or November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in May, against 60°F to 99°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in May, against 16°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in May, against 18% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in May, against 28% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

13h 50m in May, against 10h 02m to 14h 16m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April79°26°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May86°30°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June93°34°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Fort Worth sits, in May

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:31 AMsets 8:20 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
32.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston382 km south-east

The land around Fort Worth, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Fort Worth

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fort Worth. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.