Cambridge climate

Cambridge Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 9°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 105 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 Cambridge, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
105 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CMay 1, 2018
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 29, 2001
Daylight
10 h 32 min to 9 h 44 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
12.6 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 117°C9°C22°C 20184°C 201940%
May 217°C9°C20°C 20042°C 201740%
May 317°C9°C21°C 20161°C 201240%
May 417°C9°C20°C 20143°C 199941%
May 517°C9°C20°C 20113°C 201041%
May 617°C8°C22°C 20163°C 201041%
May 717°C8°C21°C 20164°C 202041%
May 817°C8°C19°C 20074°C 199942%
May 917°C8°C20°C 20163°C 200543%
May 1016°C8°C19°C 20162°C 199543%
May 1116°C8°C19°C 20013°C 199544%
May 1216°C8°C21°C 20114°C 199244%
May 1316°C8°C22°C 20130°C 199244%
May 1416°C8°C22°C 20132°C 199445%
May 1516°C8°C19°C 20162°C 199446%
May 1616°C8°C19°C 19992°C 200647%
May 1716°C8°C18°C 19981°C 201249%
May 1815°C8°C19°C 20051°C 199650%
May 1915°C8°C18°C 20053°C 201151%
May 2015°C8°C20°C 20032°C 202052%
May 2115°C7°C18°C 20030°C 200952%
May 2215°C7°C19°C 2007-1°C 200953%
May 2315°C7°C18°C 19991°C 200953%
May 2415°C7°C18°C 19992°C 200252%
May 2514°C7°C18°C 20062°C 200252%
May 2614°C7°C18°C 19942°C 201453%
May 2714°C7°C19°C 2019-1°C 201453%
May 2814°C7°C18°C 20160°C 201454%
May 2914°C7°C17°C 2019-1°C 200154%
May 3014°C7°C18°C 2019-1°C 201254%
May 3114°C6°C16°C 20030°C 199254%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cambridge, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).

May 1
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:08 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.