Placerville Weather in May
Average highs run from 71°F on May 1 to 81°F on May 31, and lows from 45°F to 51°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
- 76°F
- Average low
- 48°F
- Snowfall
- 0.6 in
- Record high
- 101°FMay 29, 1984
- Record low
- 27°FMay 20, 2002
- Chance of a freeze
- 5%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.9
- Daylight
- 13 h 51 min to 14 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 41%
- Humidity
- 62%
- Dew point
- 49°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 71°F | 45°F | 87°F 1981 | 29°F 1967 | 3% | |
| May 2 | 72°F | 45°F | 85°F 2017 | 30°F 1988 | 3% | |
| May 3 | 72°F | 45°F | 87°F 1992 | 32°F 1991 | 3% | |
| May 4 | 72°F | 46°F | 88°F 1987 | 31°F 1964 | 2% | |
| May 5 | 73°F | 46°F | 91°F 1987 | 31°F 1975 | 2% | |
| May 6 | 73°F | 46°F | 89°F 1987 | 31°F 1977 | 2% | |
| May 7 | 73°F | 46°F | 92°F 1987 | 30°F 1977 | 2% | |
| May 8 | 74°F | 47°F | 92°F 1987 | 32°F 1979 | 2% | |
| May 9 | 74°F | 47°F | 89°F 2001 | 30°F 1963 | 2% | |
| May 10 | 74°F | 47°F | 88°F 2001 | 32°F 1982 | 2% | |
| May 11 | 75°F | 47°F | 89°F 2001 | 30°F 2000 | 1% | |
| May 12 | 75°F | 48°F | 89°F 1997 | 32°F 1967 | 1% | |
| May 13 | 75°F | 48°F | 90°F 1996 | 36°F 1970 | 1% | |
| May 14 | 76°F | 48°F | 92°F 1976 | 32°F 1968 | 1% | |
| May 15 | 76°F | 48°F | 89°F 1987 | 32°F 2011 | 1% | |
| May 16 | 76°F | 49°F | 88°F 1983 | 32°F 2011 | 1% | |
| May 17 | 77°F | 49°F | 91°F 1970 | 32°F 1974 | 1% | |
| May 18 | 77°F | 49°F | 90°F 1973 | 29°F 1974 | 1% | |
| May 19 | 77°F | 49°F | 92°F 1997 | 35°F 1981 | 1% | |
| May 20 | 77°F | 49°F | 91°F 2001 | 27°F 2002 | 1% | |
| May 21 | 78°F | 50°F | 93°F 2001 | 33°F 2002 | 1% | |
| May 22 | 78°F | 50°F | 95°F 2001 | 33°F 2019 | 1% | |
| May 23 | 78°F | 50°F | 92°F 2000 | 35°F 1980 | 1% | |
| May 24 | 79°F | 50°F | 91°F 1982 | 33°F 1980 | 1% | |
| May 25 | 79°F | 50°F | 91°F 1982 | 32°F 1991 | 1% | |
| May 26 | 79°F | 51°F | 97°F 1982 | 35°F 1998 | 1% | |
| May 27 | 80°F | 51°F | 91°F 1974 | 33°F 2006 | 1% | |
| May 28 | 80°F | 51°F | 93°F 1984 | 37°F 2011 | 1% | |
| May 29 | 80°F | 51°F | 101°F 1984 | 28°F 2005 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 80°F | 51°F | 98°F 1984 | 36°F 1988 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 81°F | 51°F | 90°F 2021 | 33°F 2005 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:56 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00046960 (Placerville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00043384, 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.