Colorado climate

Colorado Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Colorado, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 25°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Colorado, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
102 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CMay 1, 2020
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 30, 2007
Daylight
11 h 15 min to 10 h 49 min
Cloud cover
46%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 128°C16°C34°C 20206°C 201224%
May 228°C16°C32°C 20028°C 201223%
May 327°C16°C32°C 20006°C 200622%
May 427°C15°C32°C 20197°C 200622%
May 527°C15°C33°C 20199°C 200123%
May 627°C15°C32°C 20198°C 200823%
May 727°C15°C32°C 20197°C 200323%
May 827°C15°C32°C 19945°C 200325%
May 927°C15°C32°C 19948°C 200325%
May 1027°C15°C32°C 20197°C 200725%
May 1126°C15°C32°C 20059°C 200626%
May 1226°C15°C33°C 200510°C 201026%
May 1326°C15°C32°C 20059°C 201025%
May 1426°C15°C32°C 200510°C 199426%
May 1526°C15°C32°C 200210°C 199428%
May 1626°C15°C32°C 20057°C 200929%
May 1726°C15°C33°C 20057°C 200431%
May 1826°C15°C33°C 20055°C 200132%
May 1926°C14°C32°C 20057°C 200132%
May 2025°C14°C32°C 20058°C 199933%
May 2125°C14°C32°C 20206°C 201832%
May 2225°C14°C31°C 20208°C 201832%
May 2325°C14°C29°C 19948°C 199732%
May 2425°C14°C30°C 19947°C 200732%
May 2525°C14°C29°C 20096°C 200733%
May 2625°C14°C30°C 20156°C 202033%
May 2725°C14°C31°C 19916°C 202032%
May 2825°C14°C31°C 20197°C 200433%
May 2925°C14°C29°C 20197°C 200733%
May 3025°C13°C31°C 20193°C 200733%
May 3125°C13°C31°C 20195°C 199932%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Colorado, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1
sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 5:50 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.