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Typical May weather

Nashville

Tennessee · May

Warm evenings, big storms, and racing hats everywhere.

80° days
58° nights

about 8 rainy days · 14 hours of daylight

What to pack

What May feels like

The Iroquois Steeplechase runs the second Saturday in May and half the city dresses up to stand in a field in Percy Warner Park. Rain is generous this month, which is why the hills look the way they do and why every outdoor plan has a backup.

Rain arrives about 8 days of the month, so keep one flexible day in your plans. Humidity stays comfortable; the air never feels heavy.

The numbers

Typical high80°
Typical low58°
Days with real rain8
Total rain5.0 in
Humiditycomfortable
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)5:40 am / 7:46 pm

How May compares

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