Typical May weather
Newport
Rhode Island · May
65° days
49° nights
about 7 rainy days · 14½ hours of daylight · ocean 55°
What to pack
- Light jacket
What May feels like
May hands you more days with something falling out of the sky than the totals suggest — usually a drizzle that clears by lunch. It's the last month before the season starts, so the mansions and the restaurants are still yours; in odd-numbered years the Bermuda Race fleet gathers toward the end.
Expect about 7 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 55° — frigid — locals in wetsuits only.
The numbers
| Typical high | 65° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 49° |
| Days with real rain | 7 |
| Total rain | 3.0 in |
| Water temperature | 55° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 5:25 am / 7:57 pm |