Anchorage Weather in May
Average highs run from 54°F on May 1 to 62°F on May 31, and lows from 37°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.62 in over about 7 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 58°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 0.62 in
- Snowfall
- 0.4 in
- Record high
- 82°FMay 28, 1947
- Record low
- 1°FMay 4, 1945
- Chance of a freeze
- 55%
- Daylight
- 16 h 15 min to 18 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 36°F
- Wind
- 5.8 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 54°F | 37°F | 64°F 2014 | 23°F 1937 | 17% | 4% |
| May 2 | 54°F | 37°F | 70°F 2014 | 14°F 1945 | 18% | 4% |
| May 3 | 55°F | 38°F | 70°F 2009 | 11°F 1945 | 18% | 3% |
| May 4 | 55°F | 38°F | 64°F 2004 | 1°F 1945 | 18% | 3% |
| May 5 | 55°F | 38°F | 67°F 2004 | 11°F 1945 | 18% | 3% |
| May 6 | 56°F | 38°F | 67°F 2004 | 20°F 1920 | 19% | 3% |
| May 7 | 56°F | 39°F | 63°F 1951 | 22°F 1916 | 19% | 3% |
| May 8 | 56°F | 39°F | 64°F 1940 | 21°F 1921 | 19% | 2% |
| May 9 | 57°F | 39°F | 71°F 2020 | 22°F 1922 | 19% | 2% |
| May 10 | 57°F | 40°F | 67°F 1946 | 23°F 1922 | 20% | 2% |
| May 11 | 57°F | 40°F | 69°F 2005 | 23°F 1920 | 20% | 2% |
| May 12 | 57°F | 40°F | 71°F 1926 | 21°F 1920 | 20% | 2% |
| May 13 | 58°F | 40°F | 72°F 2016 | 27°F 1917 | 20% | 2% |
| May 14 | 58°F | 41°F | 73°F 2014 | 27°F 1919 | 21% | 2% |
| May 15 | 58°F | 41°F | 74°F 2016 | 28°F 1918 | 21% | 2% |
| May 16 | 59°F | 41°F | 71°F 2014 | 31°F 1938 | 22% | 1% |
| May 17 | 59°F | 41°F | 72°F 1942 | 21°F 1920 | 22% | 1% |
| May 18 | 59°F | 42°F | 72°F 2002 | 25°F 1918 | 22% | 1% |
| May 19 | 59°F | 42°F | 75°F 2002 | 24°F 1918 | 23% | 1% |
| May 20 | 60°F | 42°F | 75°F 2002 | 29°F 1919 | 23% | 1% |
| May 21 | 60°F | 42°F | 78°F 2002 | 29°F 1920 | 23% | 1% |
| May 22 | 60°F | 43°F | 71°F 2022 | 24°F 1918 | 24% | 1% |
| May 23 | 60°F | 43°F | 75°F 2006 | 26°F 1918 | 24% | 1% |
| May 24 | 61°F | 43°F | 74°F 2006 | 28°F 1939 | 25% | 1% |
| May 25 | 61°F | 44°F | 76°F 2006 | 21°F 1921 | 25% | 1% |
| May 26 | 61°F | 44°F | 76°F 2011 | 26°F 1919 | 26% | 1% |
| May 27 | 61°F | 44°F | 78°F 2010 | 30°F 1916 | 26% | 1% |
| May 28 | 62°F | 45°F | 82°F 1947 | 30°F 1916 | 26% | 0% |
| May 29 | 62°F | 45°F | 78°F 2013 | 31°F 1943 | 27% | 0% |
| May 30 | 62°F | 45°F | 77°F 2010 | 30°F 1921 | 27% | 0% |
| May 31 | 62°F | 45°F | 77°F 2022 | 30°F 1919 | 28% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 10:05 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:37 AM, sunset 11:19 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026409 (Anchorage Merrill Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026409, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.