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Palm Beach in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Palm Beach is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Palm Beach is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
13h 27mon average

Is May a good time to visit Palm Beach?

May sits outside Palm Beach's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

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 77°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in May, against 25°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in May, against 22% to 87% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in May, against 37% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 27m in May, against 10h 29m to 13h 47m 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. April84°29°low 68°low 20°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May86°30°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June89°32°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Palm Beach sits, in May

America/New York
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:33 AMsets 7:59 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miami104 km south

The land around Palm Beach, 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 Palm Beach

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km west of Palm Beach. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.