Estes Park Weather in May
Average highs run from 55°F on May 1 to 68°F on May 31, and lows from 30°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.27 in over about 12 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
- 61°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 2.27 in
- Snowfall
- 9.5 in
- Record high
- 100°FMay 30, 2003
- Record low
- 18°FMay 1, 1989
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 13 h 57 min to 14 h 50 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 61%
- Dew point
- 29°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 | 55°F | 30°F | 92°F 1992 | 18°F 1989 | 38% | 22% |
| May 2 | 55°F | 30°F | 90°F 2021 | 24°F 1954 | 38% | 21% |
| May 3 | 56°F | 30°F | 87°F 1940 | 24°F 1988 | 38% | 21% |
| May 4 | 56°F | 31°F | 89°F 1936 | 27°F 1944 | 39% | 20% |
| May 5 | 56°F | 31°F | 94°F 2000 | 18°F 1917 | 39% | 19% |
| May 6 | 57°F | 31°F | 94°F 2000 | 24°F 1999 | 39% | 19% |
| May 7 | 57°F | 32°F | 89°F 2004 | 24°F 1978 | 39% | 18% |
| May 8 | 58°F | 32°F | 93°F 1895 | 24°F 1978 | 39% | 18% |
| May 9 | 58°F | 32°F | 93°F 1916 | 24°F 2002 | 39% | 17% |
| May 10 | 58°F | 33°F | 90°F 1962 | 27°F 2002 | 39% | 17% |
| May 11 | 59°F | 33°F | 90°F 1962 | 24°F 1946 | 39% | 16% |
| May 12 | 59°F | 33°F | 91°F 1962 | 25°F 1999 | 39% | 15% |
| May 13 | 60°F | 34°F | 92°F 1962 | 22°F 1912 | 39% | 15% |
| May 14 | 60°F | 34°F | 92°F 2026 | 27°F 1924 | 39% | 14% |
| May 15 | 61°F | 35°F | 92°F 1996 | 28°F 1922 | 39% | 13% |
| May 16 | 61°F | 35°F | 93°F 1927 | 31°F 1895 | 39% | 13% |
| May 17 | 62°F | 35°F | 96°F 1996 | 28°F 1910 | 38% | 12% |
| May 18 | 62°F | 36°F | 90°F 1897 | 26°F 1915 | 38% | 11% |
| May 19 | 62°F | 36°F | 94°F 1996 | 30°F 1915 | 38% | 11% |
| May 20 | 63°F | 36°F | 95°F 1925 | 30°F 1931 | 38% | 10% |
| May 21 | 63°F | 37°F | 95°F 1925 | 25°F 2001 | 38% | 9% |
| May 22 | 64°F | 37°F | 91°F 1964 | 29°F 2001 | 38% | 9% |
| May 23 | 64°F | 37°F | 92°F 1964 | 32°F 2002 | 37% | 8% |
| May 24 | 65°F | 38°F | 95°F 1896 | 28°F 2002 | 37% | 7% |
| May 25 | 65°F | 38°F | 91°F 1967 | 33°F 1946 | 37% | 7% |
| May 26 | 66°F | 38°F | 90°F 1920 | 32°F 1950 | 37% | 6% |
| May 27 | 66°F | 38°F | 93°F 1895 | 32°F 1950 | 37% | 6% |
| May 28 | 67°F | 39°F | 94°F 1969 | 32°F 1947 | 36% | 5% |
| May 29 | 67°F | 39°F | 94°F 1896 | 32°F 1947 | 36% | 5% |
| May 30 | 68°F | 39°F | 100°F 2003 | 32°F 1964 | 36% | 4% |
| May 31 | 68°F | 39°F | 96°F 1994 | 29°F 1922 | 35% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 7:58 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:35 AM, sunset 8:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00052761 (Estes Park 3 Sse), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00055116, 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.