Fort Yukon Weather in May
Average highs run from 40°F on May 1 to 63°F on May 31, and lows from 23°F to 44°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.10 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 1.10 in
- Record high
- 90°FMay 24, 1960
- Record low
- -8°FMay 9, 1964
- Daylight
- 17 h 35 min to 22 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 36°F
- Wind
- 6.7 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 40°F | 23°F | 71°F 2009 | 7°F 1962 | 21% |
| May 2 | 42°F | 24°F | 64°F 2014 | 1°F 1957 | 20% |
| May 3 | 43°F | 25°F | 65°F 2014 | 4°F 1974 | 21% |
| May 4 | 44°F | 26°F | 71°F 2009 | 5°F 2002 | 22% |
| May 5 | 46°F | 26°F | 66°F 2014 | 8°F 2013 | 21% |
| May 6 | 47°F | 27°F | 65°F 1942 | 10°F 2013 | 22% |
| May 7 | 47°F | 28°F | 69°F 1943 | 16°F 2013 | 23% |
| May 8 | 48°F | 29°F | 71°F 1954 | 1°F 1964 | 22% |
| May 9 | 49°F | 29°F | 73°F 1954 | -8°F 1964 | 20% |
| May 10 | 50°F | 30°F | 74°F 2020 | 1°F 1964 | 20% |
| May 11 | 51°F | 31°F | 77°F 2020 | 3°F 1964 | 21% |
| May 12 | 52°F | 32°F | 75°F 1942 | 12°F 1952 | 20% |
| May 13 | 53°F | 33°F | 79°F 1942 | 14°F 1954 | 19% |
| May 14 | 54°F | 33°F | 78°F 2016 | 13°F 2013 | 19% |
| May 15 | 55°F | 34°F | 74°F 2016 | 16°F 2013 | 19% |
| May 16 | 56°F | 35°F | 78°F 1948 | 20°F 2009 | 21% |
| May 17 | 56°F | 36°F | 75°F 2015 | 8°F 2020 | 22% |
| May 18 | 57°F | 36°F | 78°F 1942 | 20°F 2020 | 23% |
| May 19 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 2015 | 17°F 2013 | 22% |
| May 20 | 58°F | 38°F | 79°F 2015 | 23°F 2013 | 22% |
| May 21 | 59°F | 38°F | 81°F 2015 | 22°F 2013 | 23% |
| May 22 | 60°F | 39°F | 83°F 2015 | 25°F 2013 | 23% |
| May 23 | 60°F | 40°F | 83°F 1960 | 24°F 2014 | 24% |
| May 24 | 61°F | 40°F | 90°F 1960 | 23°F 2022 | 25% |
| May 25 | 61°F | 41°F | 86°F 1960 | 28°F 1957 | 26% |
| May 26 | 61°F | 41°F | 80°F 1947 | 26°F 2021 | 26% |
| May 27 | 62°F | 42°F | 83°F 1947 | 23°F 1969 | 26% |
| May 28 | 62°F | 42°F | 85°F 1947 | 24°F 2008 | 27% |
| May 29 | 62°F | 43°F | 84°F 1947 | 26°F 2018 | 28% |
| May 30 | 63°F | 43°F | 82°F 2011 | 27°F 1959 | 28% |
| May 31 | 63°F | 44°F | 82°F 1953 | 27°F 1947 | 26% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 4:52 AM, sunset 10:27 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 2:36 AM, sunset 12:48 AM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00501987, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.