La Veta Weather in May
Average highs run from 67°F on May 1 to 79°F on May 31, and lows from 38°F to 48°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.82 in over about 8 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
- 73°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 1.82 in
- Snowfall
- 2.0 in
- Record high
- 86°FMay 31, 2002
- Record low
- 14°FMay 2, 2011
- Chance of a freeze
- 74%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.8
- Daylight
- 13 h 45 min to 14 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 47%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 9.2 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 | 67°F | 38°F | 75°F 1992 | 19°F 2016 | 24% | 7% |
| May 2 | 67°F | 38°F | 76°F 2001 | 14°F 2011 | 24% | 7% |
| May 3 | 67°F | 38°F | 73°F 2012 | 17°F 2008 | 24% | 6% |
| May 4 | 68°F | 39°F | 76°F 2000 | 19°F 2008 | 24% | 6% |
| May 5 | 68°F | 39°F | 77°F 2012 | 25°F 1999 | 24% | 6% |
| May 6 | 68°F | 39°F | 77°F 2012 | 23°F 1999 | 24% | 5% |
| May 7 | 69°F | 40°F | 77°F 1989 | 23°F 1999 | 24% | 5% |
| May 8 | 69°F | 40°F | 77°F 1989 | 25°F 1993 | 24% | 5% |
| May 9 | 70°F | 40°F | 77°F 2018 | 26°F 1990 | 24% | 4% |
| May 10 | 70°F | 41°F | 79°F 2018 | 28°F 2015 | 24% | 4% |
| May 11 | 70°F | 41°F | 79°F 2018 | 25°F 2006 | 24% | 4% |
| May 12 | 71°F | 41°F | 77°F 2009 | 24°F 2014 | 24% | 4% |
| May 13 | 71°F | 42°F | 79°F 1996 | 21°F 2014 | 25% | 3% |
| May 14 | 72°F | 42°F | 80°F 1996 | 21°F 2014 | 25% | 3% |
| May 15 | 72°F | 42°F | 78°F 1996 | 22°F 2014 | 25% | 3% |
| May 16 | 72°F | 43°F | 80°F 1996 | 30°F 2008 | 25% | 3% |
| May 17 | 73°F | 43°F | 81°F 1996 | 32°F 1998 | 25% | 2% |
| May 18 | 73°F | 44°F | 78°F 1991 | 22°F 2014 | 25% | 2% |
| May 19 | 74°F | 44°F | 81°F 1996 | 27°F 2017 | 25% | 2% |
| May 20 | 74°F | 44°F | 82°F 2006 | 28°F 2015 | 25% | 2% |
| May 21 | 75°F | 45°F | 84°F 2005 | 26°F 2001 | 25% | 2% |
| May 22 | 75°F | 45°F | 82°F 2005 | 28°F 1999 | 25% | 2% |
| May 23 | 75°F | 45°F | 84°F 2005 | 30°F 2017 | 25% | 1% |
| May 24 | 76°F | 46°F | 84°F 2005 | 27°F 2007 | 25% | 1% |
| May 25 | 76°F | 46°F | 83°F 2000 | 30°F 2002 | 25% | 1% |
| May 26 | 77°F | 46°F | 83°F 2006 | 22°F 1999 | 25% | 1% |
| May 27 | 77°F | 47°F | 81°F 2006 | 32°F 1999 | 24% | 1% |
| May 28 | 78°F | 47°F | 81°F 2010 | 31°F 2016 | 24% | 1% |
| May 29 | 78°F | 47°F | 85°F 2000 | 33°F 1997 | 24% | 1% |
| May 30 | 78°F | 47°F | 85°F 2000 | 32°F 1988 | 24% | 1% |
| May 31 | 79°F | 48°F | 86°F 2002 | 33°F 2007 | 24% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:50 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 8:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00058781 (Walsenburg 1 Nw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057572, 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.