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Greensboro in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Greensboro is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Greensboro is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
13h 53mon average

Is May a good time to visit Greensboro?

A good month, just outside Greensboro's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October.

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 84°F in May, against 58°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in May, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in May, against 22% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in May, against 34% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

13h 53m in May, against 9h 58m to 14h 20m 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. April77°25°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May84°29°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Greensboro sits, in May

America/New York
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:33 AMsets 8:25 PM
Above the sea
140 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Waynesville229 km north

The land around Greensboro, 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 Greensboro

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Greensboro. 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.