Centralia weather in May

In May, Centralia sees average daytime highs of 64°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 3.1 in of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 62°F in the first days to 66°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Centralia's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Centralia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 64°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 46°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 3.1 in; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 4:44 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Centralia is city in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

Density: 856/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1852

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 62°F in the first days to 66°F by the end.

A typical May day in Centralia reaches about 64°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 76°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°F warmer than April and about 4°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)	61	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66
Avg low (°F)	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	43
2	62	43
3	62	43
4	62	44
5	62	44
6	62	44
7	63	44
8	63	44
9	63	44
10	63	45
11	64	45
12	64	45
13	64	45
14	64	45
15	64	46
16	64	46
17	64	46
18	65	46
19	65	46
20	65	47
21	65	47
22	65	47
23	65	47
24	65	47
25	65	47
26	66	47
27	66	47
28	66	48
29	66	48
30	66	48
31	66	48

How May really feels in Centralia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Centralia weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	46° / 36°	7.3	18	2.4	8.8	0.9
Feb	49° / 36°	5.3	14.8	2.1	10	1.6
Mar	53° / 38°	6.2	18.2	1.4	11.6	2.4
Apr	58° / 41°	4.8	16.3	0.1	13.3	3.5
May	64° / 46°	3.1	11.5	0	14.8	5.4
Jun	68° / 50°	2.0	8.4	0	15.6	6.5
Jul	75° / 53°	0.6	3.7	0	15.3	8.1
Aug	76° / 53°	1.0	4.1	0	14	8.1
Sep	70° / 50°	2.1	7.5	0	12.4	7.0
Oct	59° / 44°	5.0	13	0	10.6	4.4
Nov	50° / 38°	8.2	18.2	0.8	9.2	1.8
Dec	45° / 35°	7.8	17.7	2.7	8.4	0.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	28	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	31	31	31	32
Cloudier (%)	72	71	71	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	69	69	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Centralia gets around 3.1 in of rain over 11.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	31

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 98% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in May

Winds average 5 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:49 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)	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:31	4:30	4:29
Sunset (PM)	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.1	5:05	7:13
2	14.2	5:04	7:14
3	14.2	5:02	7:15
4	14.3	5:00	7:17
5	14.3	4:59	7:18
6	14.4	4:57	7:20
7	14.4	4:56	7:21
8	14.5	4:54	7:22
9	14.5	4:53	7:23
10	14.6	4:52	7:25
11	14.6	4:50	7:26
12	14.6	4:49	7:27
13	14.7	4:47	7:29
14	14.7	4:46	7:30
15	14.8	4:45	7:31
16	14.8	4:44	7:32
17	14.9	4:42	7:34
18	14.9	4:41	7:35
19	14.9	4:40	7:36
20	15.0	4:39	7:37
21	15.0	4:38	7:38
22	15.0	4:37	7:40
23	15.1	4:36	7:41
24	15.1	4:35	7:42
25	15.1	4:34	7:43
26	15.2	4:33	7:44
27	15.2	4:32	7:45
28	15.2	4:31	7:46
29	15.3	4:31	7:47
30	15.3	4:30	7:48
31	15.3	4:29	7:49

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
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10	5.3	Bright
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12	5.4	Bright
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26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Centralia

In seasonPeak

None of Centralia's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Centralia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Centralia?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Centralia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Centralia in May

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

In May, Centralia sees daytime highs around 64°F and nights near 46°F. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

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UV index in Centralia in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Centralia peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	8	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	8	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Centralia in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Centralia is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	9	11	11	10	10	9	15	20	13	9	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Centralia?

Centralia sits at 46.7°N, 123.0°W, 187 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Tumwater, 21 mi away.

Topography around Centralia

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Centralia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 ft around an average of 253 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,368 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,208 ft.

The land around Centralia is covered by trees (50%) and grassland (30%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (33%) within 10 miles, and trees (82%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

535 ft

trees 50%

10 miles

1,368 ft

trees 63%

50 miles

7,208 ft

trees 82%

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

May weather nearby: Tumwater 21 mi · Lacey 23 mi · Olympia 23 mi · Spanaway 36 mi · Lakewood 38 mi · Frederickson 39 mi · Graham 39 mi · Parkland 39 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 Centralia (46.7162°, -122.9543°, elevation 187 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	61	43
2	62	43
3	62	43
4	62	44
5	62	44
6	62	44
7	63	44
8	63	44
9	63	44
10	63	45
11	64	45
12	64	45
13	64	45
14	64	45
15	64	46
16	64	46
17	64	46
18	65	46
19	65	46
20	65	47
21	65	47
22	65	47
23	65	47
24	65	47
25	65	47
26	66	47
27	66	47
28	66	48
29	66	48
30	66	48
31	66	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	43
2	62	43
3	62	43
4	62	44
5	62	44
6	62	44
7	63	44
8	63	44
9	63	44
10	63	45
11	64	45
12	64	45
13	64	45
14	64	45
15	64	46
16	64	46
17	64	46
18	65	46
19	65	46
20	65	47
21	65	47
22	65	47
23	65	47
24	65	47
25	65	47
26	66	47
27	66	47
28	66	48
29	66	48
30	66	48
31	66	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	61	43
2	62	43
3	62	43
4	62	44
5	62	44
6	62	44
7	63	44
8	63	44
9	63	44
10	63	45
11	64	45
12	64	45
13	64	45
14	64	45
15	64	46
16	64	46
17	64	46
18	65	46
19	65	46
20	65	47
21	65	47
22	65	47
23	65	47
24	65	47
25	65	47
26	66	47
27	66	47
28	66	48
29	66	48
30	66	48
31	66	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	35
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4