May
May · October · June
89climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Big Bend.
May leads for comfortable weather in Big Bend: typically 24.3°C by day, 11.9°C at night, with 61 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high24.3°C
Typical low11.9°C
Rain in May61 mm
June
June · September · July
85climate match
April
April · May · October
78climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 89 — days reach only 12.7°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and 261 mm of rain falls.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
512.7° / 4.6°
Feb
1413.9° / 5.6°
Mar
2916.2° / 6.9°
Apr
5919.4° / 8.6°
May
8924.3° / 11.9°
Jun
8129.2° / 15.8°
Jul
6133.4° / 19.4°
Aug
6432.8° / 18.5°
Sep
7730.2° / 16.5°
Oct
8923.9° / 12.3°
Nov
4316.4° / 7.3°
Dec
512.3° / 4.3°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 4.6°C | 261 mm | 11.4 | 9 h 39 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.9°C | 5.6°C | 246 mm | 10.3 | 10 h 38 | 14 | Strong coverage |
| March | 16.2°C | 6.9°C | 206 mm | 10.1 | 11 h 49 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| April | 19.4°C | 8.6°C | 112 mm | 7.2 | 13 h 12 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.3°C | 11.9°C | 61 mm | 4.4 | 14 h 20 | 89 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.2°C | 15.8°C | 21 mm | 2.1 | 14 h 58 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.4°C | 19.4°C | 1 mm | 0.1 | 14 h 43 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.8°C | 18.5°C | 4 mm | 0.4 | 13 h 44 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.2°C | 16.5°C | 9 mm | 1 | 12 h 24 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23.9°C | 12.3°C | 72 mm | 3.8 | 11 h 05 | 89 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.4°C | 7.3°C | 135 mm | 7.6 | 9 h 56 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.3°C | 4.3°C | 294 mm | 10.7 | 9 h 22 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Big Bend runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
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.
Jan
+1.7
Feb
+1.1
Mar
+0.4
Apr
+1.5
May
+0.5
Jun
+0.9
Jul
+0.7
Aug
+0.8
Sep
+1.2
Oct
+0.4
Nov
+1.2
Dec
+0.9
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16 Jan 2014 | -7.8°C22 Jan 1962 | 165 mm5 Jan 1966 | 820 mm1995 · driest 4 mm in 2015 | 62 |
| February | 27.2°C15 Feb 1977 | -8.3°C27 Feb 1962 | 135 mm9 Feb 2014 | 643 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 63 |
| March | 28.3°C11 Mar 2005 | -3.9°C2 Mar 1966 | 232 mm30 Mar 1974 | 690 mm1995 · driest 14 mm in 2015 | 64 |
| April | 32.2°C22 Apr 2009 | -5.0°C30 Apr 1967 | 146 mm7 Apr 2018 | 295 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 2021 | 63 |
| May | 38.3°C29 May 1984 | 0.0°C2 May 1964 | 72 mm29 May 1998 | 223 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 1982 | 63 |
| June | 41.1°C15 Jun 2000 | 3.3°C10 Jun 2010 | 49 mm16 Jun 1995 | 110 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 2004 | 65 |
| July | 42.2°C14 Jul 1972 | 5.6°C4 Jul 1964 | 38 mm9 Jul 1974 | 64 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 65 |
| August | 45.0°C5 Aug 1998 | 6.1°C20 Aug 1959 | 36 mm12 Aug 1965 | 45 mm1965 · driest 0 mm in 2005 | 65 |
| September | 42.2°C3 Sep 1998 | 3.3°C30 Sep 1971 | 58 mm17 Sep 1989 | 139 mm1986 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 64 |
| October | 37.8°C2 Oct 2001 | -1.7°C29 Oct 1971 | 201 mm12 Oct 1962 | 483 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 1978 | 63 |
| November | 32.2°C1 Nov 1966 | -3.3°C19 Nov 1977 | 127 mm16 Nov 1981 | 640 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 63 |
| December | 26.1°C26 Dec 1967 | -10.0°C8 Dec 1972 | 200 mm12 Dec 1995 | 777 mm2002 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 63 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| March | 1 | 0 | <1 | 6 |
| April | 6 | <1 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| June | 23 | 15 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 24 | 0 | <1 |
| September | 25 | 17 | 0 | <1 |
| October | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 1 | 0 | <1 | 4 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6% | 34% | 21% | 46% | 10.2–14.7°C |
| February | 11% | 36% | 21% | 47% | 11.3–16.4°C |
| March | 23% | 33% | 19% | 40% | 12.7–18.7°C |
| April | 45% | 23% | 12% | 25% | 16.1–22.3°C |
| May | 75% | 13% | 5% | 14% | 21.0–26.4°C |
| June | 91% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 26.5–31.3°C |
| July | 99% | <1% | <1% | 0% | 31.0–35.1°C |
| August | 98% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 30.7–34.7°C |
| September | 93% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 26.7–31.7°C |
| October | 73% | 13% | 6% | 14% | 20.5–26.6°C |
| November | 23% | 27% | 16% | 36% | 12.9–19.1°C |
| December | 5% | 32% | 20% | 41% | 9.7–14.9°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.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5328174
- NOAA station
- USC00046685 · PARADISE
- Station distance
- 15.3 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 28 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 39.70°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.