May
May · September · June
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in South Bel Air: typically 23.4°C by day, 12.1°C at night, with 85 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · September · June
August · July · June
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 82 — days reach only 5.9°C, 18° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | -2.6°C | 64 mm | 5.9 | 9 h 40 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 7.5°C | -2.1°C | 60 mm | 5.9 | 10 h 39 | 9 | Strong coverage |
| March | 11.8°C | 1.3°C | 86 mm | 6.5 | 11 h 49 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.7°C | 6.8°C | 72 mm | 6.6 | 13 h 11 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.4°C | 12.1°C | 85 mm | 7.8 | 14 h 19 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.3°C | 17.4°C | 98 mm | 8 | 14 h 57 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| July | 30.7°C | 20.4°C | 115 mm | 7.9 | 14 h 42 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| August | 29.6°C | 19.3°C | 105 mm | 7.1 | 13 h 43 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26.1°C | 15.5°C | 104 mm | 6.5 | 12 h 24 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| October | 19.8°C | 8.7°C | 86 mm | 5.8 | 11 h 05 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| November | 13.5°C | 3.5°C | 72 mm | 5.8 | 9 h 57 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| December | 7.9°C | -0.3°C | 90 mm | 6.7 | 9 h 23 | 8 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C26 Jan 1950 | -24.4°C28 Jan 1935 | 60 mm1 Jan 1976 | 178 mm1936 · driest 1 mm in 2026 | 98 |
| February | 27.2°C25 Feb 1930 | -25.0°C28 Feb 1934 | 70 mm24 Feb 2003 | 158 mm2003 · driest 7 mm in 2009 | 98 |
| March | 31.1°C30 Mar 1998 | -16.1°C12 Mar 1934 | 79 mm21 Mar 2000 | 186 mm1983 · driest 4 mm in 2006 | 98 |
| April | 34.4°C17 Apr 2002 | -10.6°C1 Apr 1923 | 88 mm16 Apr 2007 | 215 mm1983 · driest 5 mm in 2019 | 98 |
| May | 36.1°C23 May 1925 | -0.6°C9 May 1947 | 152 mm1 May 2014 | 213 mm2014 · driest 5 mm in 1999 | 97 |
| June | 38.3°C25 Jun 2025 | 4.4°C3 Jun 1986 | 257 mm22 Jun 1972 | 368 mm1972 · driest 4 mm in 1954 | 100 |
| July | 40.6°C10 Jul 1936 | 8.9°C1 Jul 1988 | 93 mm9 Jul 1935 | 240 mm1919 · driest 0 mm in 1983 | 100 |
| August | 38.9°C31 Aug 1953 | 8.9°C24 Aug 1971 | 184 mm28 Aug 2009 | 357 mm1971 · driest 0 mm in 1995 | 99 |
| September | 36.7°C12 Sep 1983 | 1.1°C23 Sep 1947 | 162 mm3 Sep 1969 | 288 mm2021 · driest 2 mm in 2019 | 99 |
| October | 35.0°C6 Oct 1941 | -6.1°C24 Oct 1969 | 140 mm1 Oct 2010 | 218 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 99 |
| November | 29.4°C1 Nov 1950 | -13.3°C29 Nov 1930 | 147 mm2 Nov 1956 | 232 mm1956 · driest 4 mm in 1990 | 99 |
| December | 23.3°C7 Dec 1998 | -17.8°C21 Dec 1942 | 85 mm18 Dec 2023 | 222 mm1969 · driest 5 mm in 1995 | 98 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| March | <1 | <1 | 12 | 3 | <1 |
| April | 4 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 26 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 4 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 85); on 2011–2025 it is May (86). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 23% | 8% | 21% | 2.1–8.7°C |
| February | 2% | 23% | 8% | 21% | 3.3–10.1°C |
| March | 9% | 24% | 9% | 25% | 8.3–14.7°C |
| April | 29% | 25% | 9% | 26% | 15.1–20.4°C |
| May | 56% | 28% | 10% | 31% | 21.1–25.1°C |
| June | 71% | 27% | 11% | 26% | 26.3–29.6°C |
| July | 75% | 24% | 11% | 22% | 28.8–31.9°C |
| August | 74% | 25% | 11% | 23% | 27.4–30.6°C |
| September | 74% | 21% | 9% | 18% | 23.9–27.7°C |
| October | 42% | 19% | 8% | 15% | 17.6–21.6°C |
| November | 9% | 21% | 8% | 18% | 10.8–15.8°C |
| December | <1% | 23% | 9% | 22% | 4.2–10.1°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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