Walnut Ridge Weather in May
Average highs run from 73°F on May 1 to 83°F on May 31, and lows from 54°F to 64°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.94 in over about 9 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
- 78°F
- Average low
- 59°F
- Precipitation
- 4.94 in
- Record high
- 103°FMay 30, 1895
- Record low
- 31°FMay 1, 1903
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.1
- Daylight
- 13 h 40 min to 14 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 61°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 73°F | 54°F | 92°F 1959 | 31°F 1903 | 29% | 0% |
| May 2 | 73°F | 54°F | 93°F 1895 | 31°F 1909 | 29% | 0% |
| May 3 | 73°F | 55°F | 95°F 1905 | 35°F 1976 | 29% | 0% |
| May 4 | 74°F | 55°F | 94°F 1895 | 33°F 1954 | 29% | 0% |
| May 5 | 74°F | 55°F | 96°F 1959 | 37°F 1944 | 29% | 0% |
| May 6 | 74°F | 56°F | 90°F 1949 | 37°F 1968 | 29% | 0% |
| May 7 | 74°F | 56°F | 93°F 1895 | 35°F 1944 | 29% | 0% |
| May 8 | 75°F | 57°F | 94°F 1895 | 40°F 1954 | 29% | 0% |
| May 9 | 75°F | 57°F | 99°F 1895 | 38°F 2020 | 29% | 0% |
| May 10 | 75°F | 57°F | 94°F 1895 | 36°F 1966 | 29% | 0% |
| May 11 | 76°F | 58°F | 92°F 2022 | 38°F 1924 | 29% | 0% |
| May 12 | 76°F | 58°F | 93°F 2022 | 37°F 1952 | 28% | 0% |
| May 13 | 76°F | 58°F | 94°F 1915 | 37°F 1960 | 28% | 0% |
| May 14 | 77°F | 59°F | 95°F 1915 | 37°F 1973 | 28% | 0% |
| May 15 | 77°F | 59°F | 93°F 2018 | 42°F 1973 | 28% | 0% |
| May 16 | 77°F | 59°F | 91°F 1944 | 40°F 2014 | 28% | 0% |
| May 17 | 78°F | 60°F | 93°F 1962 | 41°F 1895 | 27% | 0% |
| May 18 | 78°F | 60°F | 91°F 1902 | 42°F 2002 | 27% | 0% |
| May 19 | 78°F | 60°F | 93°F 1895 | 40°F 1976 | 27% | 0% |
| May 20 | 79°F | 61°F | 93°F 1902 | 43°F 1925 | 26% | 0% |
| May 21 | 79°F | 61°F | 95°F 1902 | 40°F 1954 | 26% | 0% |
| May 22 | 80°F | 61°F | 94°F 1902 | 34°F 1906 | 26% | 0% |
| May 23 | 80°F | 62°F | 96°F 1903 | 38°F 1963 | 26% | 0% |
| May 24 | 80°F | 62°F | 94°F 1912 | 43°F 1931 | 26% | 0% |
| May 25 | 81°F | 62°F | 97°F 1902 | 40°F 1925 | 25% | 0% |
| May 26 | 81°F | 63°F | 96°F 1918 | 41°F 1901 | 25% | 0% |
| May 27 | 81°F | 63°F | 97°F 1895 | 37°F 1961 | 25% | 0% |
| May 28 | 82°F | 63°F | 98°F 1895 | 40°F 1961 | 25% | 0% |
| May 29 | 82°F | 64°F | 98°F 1926 | 41°F 1901 | 24% | 0% |
| May 30 | 82°F | 64°F | 103°F 1895 | 43°F 1947 | 24% | 0% |
| May 31 | 83°F | 64°F | 101°F 1895 | 44°F 1984 | 24% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 7:51 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 8:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00030064 (Alicia 2NNE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00035820, 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.