Kotzebue Weather in May
Average highs run from 34°F on May 1 to 45°F on May 31, and lows from 20°F to 34°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.44 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 27°F
- Precipitation
- 0.44 in
- Snowfall
- 1.2 in
- Record high
- 74°FMay 29, 1947
- Record low
- -18°FMay 1, 1945
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 17 h 42 min to 22 h 50 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 31°F
- Wind
- 8.3 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 | 34°F | 20°F | 50°F 1960 | -18°F 1945 | 22% | 14% |
| May 2 | 34°F | 21°F | 50°F 1960 | -11°F 1945 | 22% | 14% |
| May 3 | 35°F | 22°F | 52°F 2004 | -8°F 1944 | 22% | 13% |
| May 4 | 35°F | 22°F | 48°F 1953 | -10°F 1984 | 22% | 13% |
| May 5 | 35°F | 23°F | 50°F 1960 | -11°F 1992 | 22% | 13% |
| May 6 | 36°F | 23°F | 51°F 1940 | -12°F 1949 | 22% | 12% |
| May 7 | 36°F | 24°F | 51°F 1954 | -4°F 1898 | 22% | 12% |
| May 8 | 36°F | 24°F | 57°F 1978 | -5°F 1949 | 22% | 11% |
| May 9 | 37°F | 25°F | 51°F 1988 | -6°F 1949 | 22% | 11% |
| May 10 | 37°F | 25°F | 57°F 2020 | -6°F 1949 | 22% | 10% |
| May 11 | 37°F | 25°F | 56°F 1983 | -1°F 1965 | 22% | 10% |
| May 12 | 38°F | 26°F | 54°F 2017 | -3°F 1945 | 22% | 9% |
| May 13 | 38°F | 26°F | 57°F 1983 | -2°F 1903 | 22% | 9% |
| May 14 | 38°F | 27°F | 50°F 1954 | 3°F 1945 | 22% | 8% |
| May 15 | 39°F | 27°F | 58°F 1978 | 4°F 1966 | 22% | 8% |
| May 16 | 39°F | 28°F | 59°F 2026 | 3°F 1901 | 22% | 7% |
| May 17 | 39°F | 28°F | 59°F 2026 | 3°F 2013 | 22% | 7% |
| May 18 | 40°F | 28°F | 61°F 1969 | 2°F 2013 | 22% | 7% |
| May 19 | 40°F | 29°F | 58°F 2002 | 7°F 1899 | 22% | 6% |
| May 20 | 40°F | 29°F | 63°F 2002 | 10°F 1904 | 22% | 6% |
| May 21 | 41°F | 29°F | 66°F 2002 | 13°F 2000 | 22% | 5% |
| May 22 | 41°F | 30°F | 70°F 1969 | 14°F 2000 | 21% | 5% |
| May 23 | 41°F | 30°F | 68°F 2002 | 5°F 1901 | 21% | 5% |
| May 24 | 42°F | 31°F | 61°F 1980 | 4°F 1901 | 21% | 4% |
| May 25 | 42°F | 31°F | 68°F 1969 | 8°F 1901 | 21% | 4% |
| May 26 | 43°F | 31°F | 71°F 2002 | 9°F 1901 | 21% | 4% |
| May 27 | 43°F | 32°F | 63°F 1947 | 11°F 1984 | 21% | 3% |
| May 28 | 43°F | 32°F | 71°F 1947 | 18°F 1976 | 21% | 3% |
| May 29 | 44°F | 33°F | 74°F 1947 | 20°F 1934 | 21% | 3% |
| May 30 | 44°F | 33°F | 70°F 2016 | 15°F 1901 | 21% | 3% |
| May 31 | 45°F | 34°F | 72°F 2020 | 17°F 1984 | 20% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 11:40 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 3:28 AM, sunset 2:18 AM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026616 (Kotzebue Ralph Wein AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026616, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.