Elmendorf Air Force Base Weather in May
Average highs run from 53°F on May 1 to 61°F on May 31, and lows from 34°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.68 in over about 6 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
- 57°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 0.68 in
- Snowfall
- 0.4 in
- Record high
- 79°FMay 28, 2010
- Record low
- 20°FMay 4, 1992
- Chance of a freeze
- 82%
- Daylight
- 16 h 15 min to 18 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 33°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 53°F | 34°F | 66°F 2005 | 24°F 2013 | 14% | 2% |
| May 2 | 53°F | 35°F | 68°F 2009 | 24°F 2002 | 14% | 2% |
| May 3 | 53°F | 35°F | 72°F 2009 | 24°F 2001 | 14% | 1% |
| May 4 | 54°F | 35°F | 71°F 2009 | 20°F 1992 | 15% | 1% |
| May 5 | 54°F | 35°F | 69°F 2004 | 22°F 2001 | 15% | 1% |
| May 6 | 54°F | 36°F | 67°F 2004 | 28°F 1992 | 16% | 1% |
| May 7 | 54°F | 36°F | 70°F 2004 | 30°F 2001 | 16% | 1% |
| May 8 | 55°F | 36°F | 65°F 2004 | 26°F 1999 | 17% | 1% |
| May 9 | 55°F | 36°F | 65°F 2005 | 26°F 2000 | 17% | 1% |
| May 10 | 55°F | 36°F | 69°F 1995 | 27°F 2000 | 17% | 1% |
| May 11 | 56°F | 37°F | 66°F 2014 | 28°F 1992 | 18% | 1% |
| May 12 | 56°F | 37°F | 71°F 1996 | 30°F 1998 | 18% | 1% |
| May 13 | 56°F | 37°F | 69°F 1996 | 31°F 2001 | 18% | 1% |
| May 14 | 56°F | 37°F | 74°F 2016 | 29°F 2008 | 19% | 1% |
| May 15 | 57°F | 37°F | 73°F 2016 | 28°F 2013 | 19% | 1% |
| May 16 | 57°F | 38°F | 72°F 2016 | 29°F 1992 | 19% | 0% |
| May 17 | 57°F | 38°F | 75°F 1993 | 30°F 1992 | 20% | 0% |
| May 18 | 57°F | 38°F | 71°F 2014 | 24°F 2013 | 20% | 0% |
| May 19 | 58°F | 38°F | 67°F 2009 | 22°F 2013 | 20% | 0% |
| May 20 | 58°F | 38°F | 75°F 2002 | 24°F 2013 | 21% | 0% |
| May 21 | 58°F | 39°F | 75°F 2002 | 31°F 2008 | 21% | 0% |
| May 22 | 58°F | 39°F | 75°F 2002 | 31°F 2007 | 21% | 0% |
| May 23 | 59°F | 39°F | 69°F 2006 | 34°F 1990 | 22% | 0% |
| May 24 | 59°F | 39°F | 73°F 2006 | 32°F 2026 | 22% | 0% |
| May 25 | 59°F | 40°F | 73°F 2006 | 33°F 2026 | 22% | 0% |
| May 26 | 59°F | 40°F | 76°F 2006 | 32°F 2000 | 22% | 0% |
| May 27 | 60°F | 40°F | 74°F 2009 | 31°F 2001 | 23% | 0% |
| May 28 | 60°F | 40°F | 79°F 2010 | 35°F 2000 | 23% | 0% |
| May 29 | 60°F | 41°F | 76°F 2013 | 35°F 2026 | 23% | 0% |
| May 30 | 60°F | 41°F | 78°F 2010 | 34°F 2017 | 24% | 0% |
| May 31 | 61°F | 41°F | 77°F 1993 | 36°F 1999 | 24% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 10:04 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:36 AM, sunset 11:18 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00503163 (Ft Richardson Wtp), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00503163, 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.