Río Gallegos Weather in May
Average highs run from 11°C on May 1 to 7°C on May 31, and lows from 1°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 8 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 9°C
- Average low
- 0°C
- Precipitation
- 37 mm
- Record high
- 23°CMay 6, 2023
- Record low
- -14°CMay 22, 1984
- Daylight
- 9 h 31 min to 8 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 2°C
- Wind
- 21.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 11°C | 1°C | 17°C 1976 | -8°C 1957 | 28% |
| May 2 | 10°C | 0°C | 20°C 1966 | -11°C 1957 | 29% |
| May 3 | 11°C | 0°C | 17°C 2008 | -9°C 2004 | 30% |
| May 4 | 11°C | 1°C | 18°C 2023 | -7°C 1957 | 30% |
| May 5 | 0°C | 17°C 1966 | -8°C 1992 | 30% | |
| May 6 | 11°C | 1°C | 23°C 2023 | -8°C 2015 | 29% |
| May 7 | 10°C | 0°C | 17°C 1989 | -9°C 2015 | 29% |
| May 8 | 0°C | 17°C 2022 | -7°C 1968 | 29% | |
| May 9 | 11°C | 1°C | 19°C 2006 | -6°C 1984 | 29% |
| May 10 | 11°C | 1°C | 18°C 2012 | -7°C 1970 | 28% |
| May 11 | 10°C | 0°C | 17°C 2025 | -10°C 1964 | 28% |
| May 12 | 10°C | 0°C | 14°C 1991 | -6°C 1998 | 27% |
| May 13 | 10°C | 0°C | 19°C 2010 | -9°C 1957 | 26% |
| May 14 | 10°C | 0°C | 15°C 2012 | -6°C 1957 | 24% |
| May 15 | 10°C | 1°C | 17°C 1998 | -7°C 1957 | 24% |
| May 16 | 0°C | 19°C 2023 | -8°C 1964 | 24% | |
| May 17 | 9°C | 0°C | 17°C 2019 | -9°C 1984 | 24% |
| May 18 | 9°C | 0°C | 15°C 2011 | -8°C 1965 | 24% |
| May 19 | 9°C | 0°C | 14°C 2020 | -8°C 1965 | 24% |
| May 20 | 7°C | -1°C | 14°C 1988 | -10°C 2008 | 24% |
| May 21 | 8°C | 0°C | 15°C 1976 | -13°C 1984 | 25% |
| May 22 | 8°C | -1°C | 13°C 1990 | -14°C 1984 | 25% |
| May 23 | 8°C | -1°C | 13°C 1968 | -10°C 1984 | 25% |
| May 24 | 9°C | 0°C | 16°C 2007 | -11°C 1974 | 24% |
| May 25 | 8°C | -1°C | 14°C 2006 | -9°C 1997 | 24% |
| May 26 | 7°C | -1°C | 14°C 1982 | -6°C 1979 | 25% |
| May 27 | 8°C | 0°C | 16°C 1996 | -9°C 1984 | 26% |
| May 28 | 7°C | -1°C | 12°C 1968 | -9°C 1984 | 27% |
| May 29 | 7°C | -1°C | 14°C 2014 | -10°C 1994 | 27% |
| May 30 | 7°C | -2°C | 14°C 2010 | -10°C 1994 | 27% |
| May 31 | 7°C | -2°C | 17°C 2023 | -9°C 1972 | 26% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).
- May 1
- sunrise 8:48 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 9:31 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station AR000087925, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.