Centerville weather in May

In May, Centerville sees average daytime highs of 63°F and overnight lows near 40°F, with 2.7 in of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 58°F in the first days to 68°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Centerville's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Centerville's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 63°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 40°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 2.7 in; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:15 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Centerville is city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

Density: 1,079/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1849

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 58°F in the first days to 68°F by the end.

A typical May day in Centerville reaches about 63°F in the afternoon and slips back to 40°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 50°F and 76°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 11°F warmer than April and about 12°F cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	69	69
Avg low (°F)	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	57	35
2	58	35
3	58	36
4	58	36
5	59	36
6	59	37
7	60	37
8	60	37
9	61	38
10	61	38
11	62	38
12	62	39
13	62	39
14	63	39
15	63	40
16	64	40
17	64	40
18	64	41
19	65	41
20	65	41
21	65	42
22	66	42
23	66	42
24	66	42
25	67	43
26	67	43
27	67	43
28	68	44
29	68	44
30	69	44
31	69	44

How May really feels in Centerville

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 3 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Centerville weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 17°	2.6	11.2	11.6	9.4	0.0
Feb	37° / 21°	2.2	9.9	9.8	10.4	0.0
Mar	46° / 28°	2.4	10.8	9.1	11.7	1.2
Apr	52° / 32°	2.9	12.3	7.8	13.1	2.7
May	63° / 40°	2.7	11.1	3	14.3	5.5
Jun	75° / 48°	1.4	5.9	0.4	14.9	7.7
Jul	85° / 56°	0.6	3.8	0	14.6	6.5
Aug	83° / 55°	0.7	4.9	0	13.6	6.9
Sep	73° / 46°	1.6	5.7	0.4	12.3	7.8
Oct	58° / 35°	2.1	7.9	3.1	10.9	4.9
Nov	43° / 24°	2.1	9.2	8.1	9.7	0.8
Dec	33° / 16°	2.5	10.2	10.2	9.1	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	56	56	57	58	59	61	61	62
Cloudier (%)	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	44	44	43	42	41	39	39	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Centerville gets around 2.7 in of rain and snow over 11.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	34	33	32	32	31
Snow chance (%)	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	20
2	39	19
3	39	18
4	38	18
5	38	17
6	37	16
7	37	15
8	36	15
9	36	14
10	36	13
11	36	12
12	36	12
13	36	11
14	36	11
15	36	10
16	36	9
17	36	9
18	36	8
19	37	8
20	37	7
21	37	7
22	37	6
23	36	6
24	36	6
25	36	5
26	35	5
27	34	5
28	33	4
29	32	4
30	32	4
31	31	4

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 4 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 4 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
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27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:46 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:04
Sunset (PM)	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	5:33	7:17
2	13.8	5:32	7:18
3	13.8	5:30	7:19
4	13.8	5:29	7:20
5	13.9	5:28	7:21
6	13.9	5:26	7:22
7	14.0	5:25	7:23
8	14.0	5:24	7:24
9	14.0	5:23	7:25
10	14.1	5:22	7:26
11	14.1	5:21	7:27
12	14.1	5:20	7:28
13	14.2	5:18	7:29
14	14.2	5:17	7:30
15	14.2	5:16	7:31
16	14.3	5:15	7:32
17	14.3	5:14	7:33
18	14.3	5:14	7:34
19	14.4	5:13	7:35
20	14.4	5:12	7:36
21	14.4	5:11	7:37
22	14.5	5:10	7:38
23	14.5	5:09	7:39
24	14.5	5:09	7:40
25	14.5	5:08	7:41
26	14.6	5:07	7:41
27	14.6	5:06	7:42
28	14.6	5:06	7:43
29	14.6	5:05	7:44
30	14.7	5:05	7:45
31	14.7	5:04	7:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.9	Intense
2	6.9	Intense
3	6.9	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	7.0	Intense
6	7.0	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	7.1	Intense
9	7.1	Intense
10	7.1	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.2	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.4	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.6	Intense
31	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Centerville?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Centerville for sightseeing.

What to pack for Centerville in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Centerville sees daytime highs around 63°F and nights near 40°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Centerville in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Centerville peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	7	10	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Centerville?

Centerville sits at 40.9°N, 111.9°W, 4,380 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Bountiful, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Centerville

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Centerville.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Centerville has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,828 ft around an average of 4,833 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,295 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,346 ft.

The land around Centerville is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (28%) within 2 miles, trees (43%) and grassland (29%) within 10 miles, and grassland (39%) and trees (27%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

2,828 ft

trees 37%

10 miles

5,295 ft

trees 43%

50 miles

7,346 ft

grassland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April Centerville year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Bountiful 1.9 mi · Farmington 4.3 mi · North Salt Lake 5.0 mi · Kaysville 8.7 mi · Salt Lake City 11 mi · Layton 11 mi · South Salt Lake 14 mi · East Millcreek 16 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Centerville (40.918°, -111.8722°, elevation 4,380 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	57	35
2	58	35
3	58	36
4	58	36
5	59	36
6	59	37
7	60	37
8	60	37
9	61	38
10	61	38
11	62	38
12	62	39
13	62	39
14	63	39
15	63	40
16	64	40
17	64	40
18	64	41
19	65	41
20	65	41
21	65	42
22	66	42
23	66	42
24	66	42
25	67	43
26	67	43
27	67	43
28	68	44
29	68	44
30	69	44
31	69	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	20
2	39	19
3	39	18
4	38	18
5	38	17
6	37	16
7	37	15
8	36	15
9	36	14
10	36	13
11	36	12
12	36	12
13	36	11
14	36	11
15	36	10
16	36	9
17	36	9
18	36	8
19	37	8
20	37	7
21	37	7
22	37	6
23	36	6
24	36	6
25	36	5
26	35	5
27	34	5
28	33	4
29	32	4
30	32	4
31	31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
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23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	57	35
2	58	35
3	58	36
4	58	36
5	59	36
6	59	37
7	60	37
8	60	37
9	61	38
10	61	38
11	62	38
12	62	39
13	62	39
14	63	39
15	63	40
16	64	40
17	64	40
18	64	41
19	65	41
20	65	41
21	65	42
22	66	42
23	66	42
24	66	42
25	67	43
26	67	43
27	67	43
28	68	44
29	68	44
30	69	44
31	69	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	20
2	39	19
3	39	18
4	38	18
5	38	17
6	37	16
7	37	15
8	36	15
9	36	14
10	36	13
11	36	12
12	36	12
13	36	11
14	36	11
15	36	10
16	36	9
17	36	9
18	36	8
19	37	8
20	37	7
21	37	7
22	37	6
23	36	6
24	36	6
25	36	5
26	35	5
27	34	5
28	33	4
29	32	4
30	32	4
31	31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
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23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	57	35
2	58	35
3	58	36
4	58	36
5	59	36
6	59	37
7	60	37
8	60	37
9	61	38
10	61	38
11	62	38
12	62	39
13	62	39
14	63	39
15	63	40
16	64	40
17	64	40
18	64	41
19	65	41
20	65	41
21	65	42
22	66	42
23	66	42
24	66	42
25	67	43
26	67	43
27	67	43
28	68	44
29	68	44
30	69	44
31	69	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	20
2	39	19
3	39	18
4	38	18
5	38	17
6	37	16
7	37	15
8	36	15
9	36	14
10	36	13
11	36	12
12	36	12
13	36	11
14	36	11
15	36	10
16	36	9
17	36	9
18	36	8
19	37	8
20	37	7
21	37	7
22	37	6
23	36	6
24	36	6
25	36	5
26	35	5
27	34	5
28	33	4
29	32	4
30	32	4
31	31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100