Alta climate

Alta Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 0°C on May 1 to 7°C on May 31, and lows from -4°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 19 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Alta, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
3°C
Average low
-2°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CMay 31, 2013
Reanalysis low
-13°CMay 2, 1996
Daylight
18 h 55 min to 24 h 00 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
0°C
Wind
15.1 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 10°C-4°C4°C 2008-12°C 199552%
May 21°C-4°C6°C 2009-13°C 199654%
May 31°C-4°C5°C 2002-9°C 199954%
May 41°C-4°C5°C 2002-9°C 199354%
May 51°C-3°C9°C 2006-10°C 199355%
May 61°C-3°C13°C 2006-8°C 201456%
May 71°C-3°C14°C 2004-9°C 201056%
May 81°C-3°C14°C 2004-10°C 199157%
May 91°C-3°C5°C 2009-9°C 199656%
May 101°C-3°C5°C 2009-10°C 202059%
May 112°C-3°C8°C 2018-10°C 201760%
May 122°C-3°C9°C 2018-9°C 199560%
May 132°C-2°C13°C 2018-9°C 201760%
May 142°C-2°C15°C 2018-9°C 199660%
May 152°C-2°C14°C 2018-8°C 199660%
May 163°C-2°C17°C 2018-9°C 199460%
May 173°C-2°C17°C 2010-8°C 200659%
May 183°C-1°C17°C 2010-7°C 199659%
May 193°C-1°C13°C 2003-5°C 199759%
May 204°C-1°C12°C 2010-6°C 199759%
May 214°C-1°C14°C 2013-7°C 200859%
May 224°C-1°C15°C 2013-6°C 200858%
May 234°C0°C15°C 2013-5°C 199760%
May 245°C0°C14°C 2013-6°C 199761%
May 255°C0°C14°C 2018-3°C 201461%
May 265°C0°C12°C 2003-4°C 201461%
May 276°C1°C17°C 2013-5°C 199361%
May 286°C1°C18°C 2013-4°C 201761%
May 296°C1°C19°C 2013-4°C 199362%
May 306°C1°C21°C 2013-5°C 199662%
May 317°C1°C23°C 2013-3°C 199863%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 2:59 AM, sunset 9:54 PM
May 31
sunrise , sunset

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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.