Wainwright Weather in May
Average highs run from 21°F on May 1 to 37°F on May 31, and lows from 9°F to 27°F.
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
- 29°F
- Average low
- 19°F
- Record high
- 47°FMay 21, 2015
- Record low
- -19°FMay 6, 1984
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 19 h 24 min to 24 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 92%
- Dew point
- 25°F
- Wind
- 11.6 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 21°F | 9°F | 37°F 2014 | -17°F 1922 | |
| May 2 | 22°F | 10°F | 37°F 1946 | -18°F 1922 | |
| May 3 | 22°F | 11°F | 38°F 1902 | -16°F 1992 | |
| May 4 | 23°F | 12°F | 40°F 1902 | -12°F 1984 | |
| May 5 | 23°F | 13°F | 38°F 1923 | -14°F 1964 | |
| May 6 | 24°F | 13°F | 38°F 1981 | -19°F 1984 | |
| May 7 | 24°F | 14°F | 44°F 1902 | -12°F 1944 | |
| May 8 | 25°F | 15°F | 35°F 1985 | -11°F 1944 | |
| May 9 | 25°F | 16°F | 36°F 1943 | -12°F 1936 | |
| May 10 | 26°F | 16°F | 37°F 2020 | -16°F 2001 | |
| May 11 | 26°F | 17°F | 41°F 2016 | -9°F 1935 | |
| May 12 | 27°F | 18°F | 41°F 2016 | -10°F 1936 | |
| May 13 | 27°F | 18°F | 42°F 2016 | -9°F 2000 | |
| May 14 | 28°F | 19°F | 40°F 2023 | -11°F 2000 | |
| May 15 | 28°F | 19°F | 39°F 1984 | -12°F 1965 | |
| May 16 | 29°F | 20°F | 40°F 1938 | -4°F 1924 | |
| May 17 | 29°F | 21°F | 38°F 1923 | -1°F 1932 | |
| May 18 | 30°F | 21°F | 41°F 2015 | -2°F 1928 | |
| May 19 | 30°F | 22°F | 46°F 2015 | 0°F 1922 | |
| May 20 | 31°F | 22°F | 42°F 1931 | 4°F 1949 | |
| May 21 | 31°F | 23°F | 47°F 2015 | 4°F 1924 | |
| May 22 | 32°F | 23°F | 42°F 1965 | 2°F 1924 | |
| May 23 | 33°F | 24°F | 47°F 1996 | -1°F 1954 | |
| May 24 | 33°F | 24°F | 43°F 2002 | 3°F 2001 | |
| May 25 | 34°F | 25°F | 44°F 1938 | 9°F 1921 | |
| May 26 | 34°F | 25°F | 44°F 1911 | 5°F 2001 | |
| May 27 | 35°F | 26°F | 43°F 1989 | 2°F 1926 | |
| May 28 | 35°F | 26°F | 43°F 1998 | 5°F 1921 | |
| May 29 | 36°F | 27°F | 46°F 1996 | 4°F 1926 | |
| May 30 | 37°F | 27°F | 44°F 1927 | 7°F 1926 | |
| May 31 | 37°F | 27°F | 46°F 1992 | 8°F 1948 |
Chance of rain
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 4:58 AM, sunset 12:22 AM
- May 31
- sunrise , sunset
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00027503 (Wainwright AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00027502, 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.