Average Temperatures for North Carolina in May

Average temperatures for May at cities, communities and other locations around North Carolina are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: North Carolina Mountains in the west, Piedmont in the center, and North Carolina Coast to the east.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

North Carolina Mountains

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
76 54 Asheville 25 12
68 47 Banner Elk 20 9
67 48 Blowing Rock 19 9
69 46 Boone 21 8
77 51 Cullowhee 25 10
62 47 Grandfather Mountain 17 8
69 47 Highlands 21 8
78 54 Kerr Scott Reservoir 26 12
78 54 Morganton 26 12
77 53 North Wilkesboro 25 12
75 50 Pisgah Forest 24 10
77 52 Tapoco 25 11
77 54 Waterville 25 12
78 57 Winston-Salem 26 14

Piedmont

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
79 57 Albemarle 26 14
80 57 Burlington 27 14
78 56 Cary 26 14
79 56 Chapel Hill 26 14
80 58 Charlotte 27 14
81 56 Concord 27 13
77 55 Durham 25 13
81 58 Gastonia 27 15
79 58 Greensboro 26 14
79 53 Henderson 26 12
77 56 Hickory 25 13
80 58 High Point 27 14
76 50 Mount Airy 24 10
80 58 Raleigh 27 14
80 54 Shelby 27 12

North Carolina Coast

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
76 64 Atlantic Beach 25 18
78 63 Beaufort 25 17
79 58 Belhaven 26 14
77 63 Cape Hatteras 25 17
84 62 Cedar Island 29 17
79 59 Edenton 26 15
79 59 Elizabeth City 26 15
81 58 Fayetteville 27 14
82 60 Goldsboro 28 15
81 59 Greenville 27 15
79 55 Hofmann Forest 26 13
81 59 Jacksonville 27 15
82 60 Kinston 28 15
81 59 Lumberton 27 15
75 60 Manteo 24 16
77 62 Morehead City 25 17
80 59 New Bern 27 15
75 63 Ocracoke 24 17
78 57 Roanoke Rapids 25 14
78 57 Rocky Mount 26 14
83 60 Southport 28 16
81 61 Wilmington 27 16
80 58 Wilson 27 15
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

North Carolina Temperatures
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