Kernville Weather in May
Average highs run from 75°F on May 1 to 85°F on May 31, and lows from 44°F to 52°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.43 in over about 2 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
- 48°F
- Precipitation
- 0.43 in
- Record high
- 109°FMay 30, 1984
- Record low
- 33°FMay 2, 1920
- Chance of a freeze
- 8%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 6.5
- Daylight
- 13 h 40 min to 14 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 50%
- Dew point
- 38°F
- Wind
- 6.5 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 | 44°F | 100°F 1947 | 38°F 1913 | 11% | 0% |
| May 2 | 76°F | 44°F | 100°F 1947 | 33°F 1920 | 11% | 0% |
| May 3 | 76°F | 45°F | 100°F 1966 | 37°F 1933 | 11% | 0% |
| May 4 | 76°F | 45°F | 105°F 1966 | 38°F 1921 | 11% | 0% |
| May 5 | 77°F | 45°F | 102°F 2004 | 37°F 1975 | 11% | 0% |
| May 6 | 77°F | 45°F | 100°F 1990 | 35°F 1933 | 10% | 0% |
| May 7 | 77°F | 46°F | 102°F 1987 | 37°F 1950 | 10% | 0% |
| May 8 | 78°F | 46°F | 99°F 1987 | 36°F 1933 | 10% | 0% |
| May 9 | 78°F | 46°F | 102°F 1987 | 37°F 1922 | 10% | 0% |
| May 10 | 78°F | 46°F | 102°F 2001 | 39°F 1918 | 9% | 0% |
| May 11 | 78°F | 47°F | 100°F 1934 | 40°F 1905 | 9% | 0% |
| May 12 | 79°F | 47°F | 102°F 2001 | 41°F 1912 | 9% | 0% |
| May 13 | 79°F | 47°F | 103°F 1927 | 39°F 1942 | 9% | 0% |
| May 14 | 79°F | 48°F | 105°F 1976 | 41°F 1955 | 8% | 0% |
| May 15 | 80°F | 48°F | 105°F 1927 | 39°F 1943 | 8% | 0% |
| May 16 | 80°F | 48°F | 102°F 1924 | 38°F 1917 | 8% | 0% |
| May 17 | 81°F | 48°F | 104°F 1970 | 38°F 1943 | 8% | 0% |
| May 18 | 81°F | 49°F | 102°F 1970 | 41°F 1933 | 7% | 0% |
| May 19 | 81°F | 49°F | 103°F 1973 | 41°F 1933 | 7% | 0% |
| May 20 | 82°F | 49°F | 101°F 1954 | 40°F 1933 | 7% | 0% |
| May 21 | 82°F | 49°F | 100°F 1966 | 39°F 1927 | 7% | 0% |
| May 22 | 82°F | 50°F | 103°F 2000 | 38°F 1903 | 6% | 0% |
| May 23 | 83°F | 50°F | 105°F 1904 | 40°F 1907 | 6% | 0% |
| May 24 | 83°F | 50°F | 105°F 1928 | 39°F 1953 | 6% | 0% |
| May 25 | 83°F | 50°F | 105°F 1928 | 43°F 1978 | 6% | 0% |
| May 26 | 84°F | 51°F | 102°F 1951 | 39°F 1917 | 6% | 0% |
| May 27 | 84°F | 51°F | 108°F 1951 | 39°F 1918 | 5% | 0% |
| May 28 | 84°F | 51°F | 105°F 1974 | 41°F 1923 | 5% | 0% |
| May 29 | 85°F | 51°F | 107°F 1933 | 40°F 1927 | 5% | 0% |
| May 30 | 85°F | 52°F | 109°F 1984 | 41°F 1927 | 5% | 0% |
| May 31 | 85°F | 52°F | 109°F 1910 | 40°F 1927 | 5% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:39 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00044523 (Kern River Ph 3), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00047077, 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.