Average Sunshine in North Carolina for May
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in North Carolina is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during May are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month.
City | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
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Asheville | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Cape Hatteras | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Charlotte | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Greensboro | 8 | 11 | 19 |
Raleigh | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Wilmington | 8 | 11 | 19 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Asheville | 61 |
Cape Hatteras | 65 |
Charlotte | 67 |
Greensboro | 63 |
Raleigh | 59 |
Wilmington | 67 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.