Yakutat Weather in May
Average highs run from 51°F on May 1 to 56°F on May 31, and lows from 34°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.85 in over about 17 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
- 54°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 7.85 in
- Snowfall
- 0.3 in
- Record high
- 80°FMay 12, 1942
- Record low
- 9°FMay 5, 1945
- Chance of a freeze
- 92%
- Daylight
- 15 h 57 min to 18 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 38°F
- Wind
- 6.0 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 | 66°F 2014 | 21°F 1972 | 59% | 6% |
| May 2 | 51°F | 34°F | 73°F 2014 | 22°F 1972 | 59% | 5% |
| May 3 | 51°F | 35°F | 69°F 2014 | 23°F 1968 | 58% | 5% |
| May 4 | 52°F | 35°F | 64°F 1980 | 22°F 1968 | 58% | 4% |
| May 5 | 52°F | 35°F | 63°F 2004 | 9°F 1945 | 58% | 4% |
| May 6 | 52°F | 35°F | 70°F 1981 | 23°F 2002 | 58% | 4% |
| May 7 | 52°F | 35°F | 76°F 1981 | 25°F 1949 | 57% | 3% |
| May 8 | 52°F | 36°F | 70°F 1981 | 24°F 1971 | 57% | 3% |
| May 9 | 53°F | 36°F | 75°F 2020 | 23°F 1971 | 57% | 3% |
| May 10 | 53°F | 36°F | 73°F 2020 | 24°F 1966 | 56% | 2% |
| May 11 | 53°F | 36°F | 68°F 1942 | 25°F 1952 | 56% | 2% |
| May 12 | 53°F | 37°F | 80°F 1942 | 25°F 1927 | 56% | 2% |
| May 13 | 53°F | 37°F | 79°F 1942 | 25°F 1965 | 56% | 2% |
| May 14 | 53°F | 37°F | 77°F 1973 | 23°F 1971 | 56% | 2% |
| May 15 | 54°F | 37°F | 71°F 1942 | 23°F 1965 | 55% | 1% |
| May 16 | 54°F | 38°F | 73°F 1942 | 25°F 1971 | 55% | 1% |
| May 17 | 54°F | 38°F | 75°F 1945 | 25°F 1971 | 55% | 1% |
| May 18 | 54°F | 38°F | 77°F 2023 | 25°F 1992 | 55% | 1% |
| May 19 | 54°F | 38°F | 72°F 1968 | 25°F 1918 | 54% | 1% |
| May 20 | 54°F | 39°F | 76°F 2002 | 27°F 1966 | 54% | 1% |
| May 21 | 55°F | 39°F | 79°F 1963 | 27°F 1966 | 54% | 1% |
| May 22 | 55°F | 39°F | 70°F 1960 | 28°F 1955 | 54% | 1% |
| May 23 | 55°F | 39°F | 74°F 1969 | 27°F 1955 | 54% | 1% |
| May 24 | 55°F | 40°F | 70°F 1948 | 28°F 1966 | 54% | 1% |
| May 25 | 55°F | 40°F | 74°F 1947 | 25°F 1966 | 54% | 0% |
| May 26 | 56°F | 40°F | 72°F 1947 | 30°F 1952 | 54% | 0% |
| May 27 | 56°F | 40°F | 73°F 2010 | 26°F 1936 | 54% | 0% |
| May 28 | 56°F | 41°F | 75°F 2010 | 27°F 1936 | 54% | 0% |
| May 29 | 56°F | 41°F | 78°F 1981 | 30°F 1968 | 54% | 0% |
| May 30 | 56°F | 41°F | 77°F 1964 | 32°F 1936 | 54% | 0% |
| May 31 | 56°F | 41°F | 74°F 2022 | 30°F 1966 | 54% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:18 AM, sunset 9:15 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:13 AM, sunset 10:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00025339 (Yakutat State AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00025339, 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.