Arizona climate

Arizona Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 92 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Arizona, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
92 mm
Reanalysis high
39°CMay 10, 1998
Reanalysis low
19°CMay 9, 2016
Daylight
12 h 42 min to 13 h 00 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
6.8 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 133°C23°C37°C 200320°C 200832%
May 233°C23°C37°C 201020°C 199233%
May 333°C23°C37°C 199721°C 199234%
May 433°C23°C36°C 199820°C 199235%
May 533°C23°C37°C 199820°C 201337%
May 633°C23°C37°C 199820°C 201837%
May 733°C23°C36°C 200320°C 201838%
May 833°C23°C37°C 199819°C 201640%
May 933°C23°C38°C 199819°C 201641%
May 1032°C23°C39°C 199820°C 200142%
May 1132°C23°C37°C 199521°C 200144%
May 1232°C23°C38°C 199821°C 199345%
May 1332°C23°C38°C 199822°C 201547%
May 1432°C23°C36°C 199521°C 201348%
May 1532°C23°C36°C 200821°C 201350%
May 1632°C23°C35°C 200321°C 201351%
May 1732°C23°C36°C 199521°C 199853%
May 1832°C23°C37°C 199521°C 199855%
May 1932°C23°C37°C 199520°C 199857%
May 2032°C23°C35°C 201621°C 200957%
May 2132°C23°C36°C 201321°C 200759%
May 2232°C23°C35°C 200822°C 199960%
May 2332°C23°C35°C 201721°C 200061%
May 2432°C23°C36°C 199122°C 200063%
May 2532°C23°C37°C 199722°C 201565%
May 2632°C23°C36°C 199722°C 199266%
May 2732°C23°C37°C 199422°C 201467%
May 2832°C23°C36°C 199521°C 201269%
May 2932°C23°C36°C 200522°C 199970%
May 3032°C23°C37°C 200522°C 200072%
May 3131°C23°C36°C 200522°C 199372%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Arizona, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

May 1
sunrise 5:25 AM, sunset 6:07 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:17 AM, sunset 6:17 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 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.