Girdwood Weather in May
Average highs run from 51°F on May 1 to 60°F on May 31, and lows from 34°F to 40°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.99 in over about 14 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
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 3.99 in
- Snowfall
- 1.2 in
- Record high
- 76°FMay 27, 2006
- Record low
- 24°FMay 1, 2021
- Chance of a freeze
- 80%
- Daylight
- 16 h 12 min to 18 h 36 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 32°F
- Wind
- 5.6 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 | 51°F | 34°F | 63°F 2014 | 24°F 2021 | 51% | 5% |
| May 2 | 51°F | 34°F | 61°F 2014 | 25°F 2011 | 50% | 5% |
| May 3 | 52°F | 35°F | 62°F 2014 | 26°F 2000 | 50% | 4% |
| May 4 | 52°F | 35°F | 64°F 2004 | 26°F 2015 | 50% | 4% |
| May 5 | 52°F | 35°F | 68°F 2004 | 26°F 2017 | 49% | 4% |
| May 6 | 53°F | 35°F | 59°F 2020 | 27°F 2000 | 49% | 3% |
| May 7 | 53°F | 35°F | 59°F 2005 | 29°F 1999 | 49% | 3% |
| May 8 | 53°F | 36°F | 67°F 2005 | 26°F 2010 | 48% | 3% |
| May 9 | 53°F | 36°F | 64°F 2014 | 27°F 2010 | 48% | 3% |
| May 10 | 54°F | 36°F | 62°F 2014 | 26°F 2011 | 48% | 2% |
| May 11 | 54°F | 36°F | 66°F 2009 | 27°F 2001 | 47% | 2% |
| May 12 | 54°F | 36°F | 63°F 2009 | 27°F 2001 | 47% | 2% |
| May 13 | 55°F | 36°F | 68°F 2014 | 25°F 2011 | 47% | 2% |
| May 14 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 2014 | 28°F 1999 | 46% | 2% |
| May 15 | 55°F | 37°F | 67°F 2014 | 27°F 2022 | 46% | 1% |
| May 16 | 55°F | 37°F | 71°F 2014 | 27°F 2002 | 46% | 1% |
| May 17 | 56°F | 37°F | 72°F 2014 | 26°F 2012 | 46% | 1% |
| May 18 | 56°F | 37°F | 65°F 2014 | 27°F 2009 | 45% | 1% |
| May 19 | 56°F | 38°F | 63°F 2005 | 27°F 2013 | 45% | 1% |
| May 20 | 57°F | 38°F | 67°F 2004 | 24°F 2013 | 45% | 1% |
| May 21 | 57°F | 38°F | 63°F 2002 | 29°F 2003 | 44% | 1% |
| May 22 | 57°F | 38°F | 66°F 2006 | 30°F 2003 | 44% | 1% |
| May 23 | 57°F | 38°F | 64°F 2021 | 30°F 2010 | 44% | 1% |
| May 24 | 58°F | 39°F | 65°F 2021 | 29°F 2011 | 44% | 1% |
| May 25 | 58°F | 39°F | 66°F 2016 | 30°F 2000 | 44% | 1% |
| May 26 | 58°F | 39°F | 69°F 2016 | 30°F 1999 | 43% | 0% |
| May 27 | 59°F | 39°F | 76°F 2006 | 27°F 1999 | 43% | 0% |
| May 28 | 59°F | 40°F | 67°F 2020 | 28°F 2000 | 43% | 0% |
| May 29 | 59°F | 40°F | 70°F 2015 | 29°F 2009 | 43% | 0% |
| May 30 | 60°F | 40°F | 73°F 2015 | 30°F 2017 | 43% | 0% |
| May 31 | 60°F | 40°F | 68°F 2015 | 30°F 2017 | 43% | 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 10:01 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:37 AM, sunset 11:13 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00500243 (Alyeska), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026492, 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.