Payson Weather in May
Average highs run from 75°F on May 1 to 86°F on May 31, and lows from 40°F to 46°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.54 in over about 3 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
- 80°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 0.54 in
- Record high
- 99°FMay 12, 1996
- Record low
- 22°FMay 6, 1975
- Chance of a freeze
- 44%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.1
- Daylight
- 13 h 34 min to 14 h 17 min
- Cloud cover
- 31%
- Humidity
- 33%
- Dew point
- 31°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 | 75°F | 40°F | 88°F 1966 | 25°F 1953 | 8% | |
| May 2 | 75°F | 40°F | 89°F 2000 | 24°F 1967 | 8% | |
| May 3 | 75°F | 40°F | 90°F 2000 | 25°F 1955 | 8% | |
| May 4 | 76°F | 40°F | 89°F 1989 | 25°F 1959 | 8% | |
| May 5 | 76°F | 40°F | 91°F 1989 | 25°F 1950 | 8% | |
| May 6 | 76°F | 41°F | 92°F 1989 | 22°F 1975 | 8% | |
| May 7 | 77°F | 41°F | 95°F 1989 | 25°F 1975 | 8% | |
| May 8 | 77°F | 41°F | 94°F 1989 | 25°F 1965 | 8% | |
| May 9 | 77°F | 41°F | 89°F 2018 | 26°F 1965 | 8% | |
| May 10 | 78°F | 42°F | 94°F 1960 | 24°F 1953 | 8% | |
| May 11 | 78°F | 42°F | 98°F 1996 | 24°F 1953 | 8% | |
| May 12 | 78°F | 42°F | 99°F 1996 | 27°F 1980 | 8% | |
| May 13 | 79°F | 42°F | 92°F 1984 | 27°F 1953 | 8% | |
| May 14 | 79°F | 42°F | 90°F 1996 | 30°F 1953 | 8% | |
| May 15 | 80°F | 43°F | 91°F 2022 | 28°F 1956 | 8% | |
| May 16 | 80°F | 43°F | 90°F 1997 | 25°F 1955 | 8% | 0% |
| May 17 | 80°F | 43°F | 92°F 1956 | 28°F 1953 | 8% | 0% |
| May 18 | 81°F | 43°F | 93°F 1956 | 26°F 1977 | 8% | 0% |
| May 19 | 81°F | 44°F | 92°F 2008 | 29°F 1971 | 8% | 0% |
| May 20 | 81°F | 44°F | 91°F 1963 | 28°F 1974 | 8% | 0% |
| May 21 | 82°F | 44°F | 93°F 1967 | 30°F 1981 | 8% | 0% |
| May 22 | 82°F | 44°F | 98°F 2000 | 26°F 1975 | 8% | 0% |
| May 23 | 83°F | 44°F | 97°F 2000 | 29°F 2021 | 8% | 0% |
| May 24 | 83°F | 45°F | 93°F 1984 | 32°F 2019 | 7% | 0% |
| May 25 | 83°F | 45°F | 94°F 1951 | 24°F 1980 | 7% | 0% |
| May 26 | 84°F | 45°F | 98°F 1951 | 32°F 1965 | 7% | 0% |
| May 27 | 84°F | 45°F | 95°F 1951 | 31°F 1987 | 7% | 0% |
| May 28 | 85°F | 45°F | 99°F 2000 | 29°F 1953 | 7% | 0% |
| May 29 | 85°F | 46°F | 99°F 2000 | 26°F 1953 | 7% | 0% |
| May 30 | 85°F | 46°F | 97°F 2002 | 30°F 1953 | 7% | 0% |
| May 31 | 86°F | 46°F | 98°F 2002 | 31°F 1968 | 6% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 7:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00093139 (Payson), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093139, 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.