Ocoee weather in May

In May, Ocoee sees average daytime highs of 86°F and overnight lows near 69°F, with 2.7 in of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 85°F in the first days to 88°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ocoee's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ocoee's year-round climate.

Daytime high
86°
5th warmest
Overnight low
69°
8th coldest
Rainfall
2.7 in
9.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:40 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
49%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Ocoee is city in Orange County, Florida, United States of America.

Density
1,043/km²
people per km²
Founded
1883

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 85°F in the first days to 88°F by the end.

A typical May day in Ocoee reaches about 86°F in the afternoon and slips back to 69°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 81°F and 92°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°F warmer than April and about 3°F cooler than June.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How May really feels in Ocoee

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 9 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
9
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ocoee weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan70° / 51°2.26.110.47.2
Feb73° / 53°2.06.4117.3
Mar77° / 57°2.46.211.87.6
Apr82° / 63°2.16.712.76.8
May86° / 69°2.79.113.45.1
Jun89° / 74°6.119.813.83.2
Jul90° / 75°6.022.513.62.8
Aug90° / 76°6.523.5132.8
Sep87° / 74°5.618.612.23.6
Oct83° / 67°2.69.811.36.1
Nov76° / 59°1.35.310.67.7
Dec72° / 54°2.05.510.27.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26832
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46832
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285842
295644
305545
315347

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ocoee gets around 2.7 in of rain over 9.1 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 30% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
121
221
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521
621
721
822
922
1023
1124
1225
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1528
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1730
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1932
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2134
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3148

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11619283160
21519283260
31518283370
41418283470
51317283570
61217283670
71116293770
81016293780
91015293880
10914303990
11814303990
127133040100
137123041110
146122941120
155112942130
165112942140
174102843150
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21382544200
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23272344230
24272244250
25262044270
26161944290
27151844320
28151743340
29141642361
30141541391
31031341411

Wind in May

Winds average 6 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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137calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:516:56
213.15:506:56
313.15:496:57
413.25:486:58
513.25:486:58
613.25:476:59
713.25:466:59
813.25:457:00
913.35:457:01
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1213.35:427:03
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3013.75:347:13
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.26 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 6.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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36.3Intense
46.3Intense
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146.3Intense
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206.2Intense
216.2Intense
226.2Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ocoee

In seasonPeak

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

Ocoee sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Ocoee's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Ocoee?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ocoee for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ocoee in May

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

In May, Ocoee sees daytime highs around 86°F and nights near 69°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ocoee in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ocoee peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 11Dec 20UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ocoee 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 Ocoee is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1619 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May12Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ocoee?

Ocoee sits at 28.6°N, 81.5°W, 121 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Winter Garden, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Ocoee

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Ocoee has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 ft around an average of 131 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 ft.

The land around Ocoee is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 2 miles, trees (41%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 10 miles, and trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
118 ft
10 miles
217 ft
50 miles
331 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Winter Garden 2.5 mi · Lake Butler 5.0 mi · Pine Hills 5.6 mi · Apopka 7.5 mi · Oak Ridge 9.9 mi · Orlando 9.9 mi · Wekiwa Springs 11 mi · Maitland 12 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
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

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 Ocoee (28.5692°, -81.544°, elevation 121 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).