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Typical May weather

Corpus Christi

Texas · May

Summer arrives, and Buc Days announces it loudly.

87° days
71° nights

about 4 rainy days · 13½ hours of daylight · gulf 82°

What to pack

What May feels like

Buc Days takes over the bayfront for a couple of weeks in May: carnival, rodeo, a boat parade, and more fried food than any person needs. Afternoon storms build faster now, though they usually blow through in an hour and leave the evening clear.

Expect about 4 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. Full tropical humidity: mornings are your friend, and shade is currency. about 10 afternoons top 90°.

Can you swim?

The Gulf runs about 82° — bath-warm.

The numbers

Typical high87°
Typical low71°
Days with real rain4
Total rain3.4 in
Humiditytropical
Water temperature82°
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:40 am / 8:11 pm

How May compares

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