Routt County Weather in May
Average highs run from 60°F on May 1 to 71°F on May 31, and lows from 31°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.65 in over about 13 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
- 65°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 2.65 in
- Snowfall
- 2.8 in
- Record high
- 95°FMay 24, 1897
- Record low
- 8°FMay 8, 1893
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 13 h 57 min to 14 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 65%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 60°F | 31°F | 78°F 2021 | 10°F 1895 | 40% | 13% |
| May 2 | 60°F | 31°F | 80°F 1894 | 13°F 2011 | 40% | 12% |
| May 3 | 60°F | 31°F | 79°F 1947 | 12°F 1895 | 40% | 12% |
| May 4 | 61°F | 32°F | 82°F 1947 | 11°F 1895 | 40% | 11% |
| May 5 | 61°F | 32°F | 83°F 2000 | 10°F 1895 | 40% | 11% |
| May 6 | 61°F | 32°F | 84°F 2000 | 11°F 1917 | 40% | 10% |
| May 7 | 62°F | 32°F | 81°F 1934 | 12°F 1895 | 40% | 10% |
| May 8 | 62°F | 33°F | 81°F 1894 | 8°F 1893 | 40% | 9% |
| May 9 | 63°F | 33°F | 81°F 1894 | 11°F 1895 | 40% | 9% |
| May 10 | 63°F | 33°F | 80°F 1894 | 10°F 1895 | 40% | 8% |
| May 11 | 63°F | 33°F | 80°F 1894 | 10°F 1895 | 40% | 8% |
| May 12 | 64°F | 33°F | 82°F 1894 | 12°F 1895 | 40% | 7% |
| May 13 | 64°F | 34°F | 82°F 2026 | 13°F 1895 | 40% | 7% |
| May 14 | 65°F | 34°F | 82°F 2026 | 14°F 1895 | 40% | 6% |
| May 15 | 65°F | 34°F | 83°F 1894 | 15°F 1916 | 40% | 6% |
| May 16 | 65°F | 34°F | 85°F 1894 | 16°F 1895 | 40% | 6% |
| May 17 | 66°F | 34°F | 82°F 1996 | 15°F 1895 | 40% | 5% |
| May 18 | 66°F | 35°F | 82°F 1894 | 19°F 1895 | 39% | 5% |
| May 19 | 66°F | 35°F | 82°F 1897 | 18°F 1895 | 39% | 4% |
| May 20 | 67°F | 35°F | 86°F 1897 | 19°F 1946 | 39% | 4% |
| May 21 | 67°F | 35°F | 88°F 1897 | 20°F 1895 | 39% | 4% |
| May 22 | 68°F | 35°F | 87°F 1897 | 20°F 1974 | 39% | 4% |
| May 23 | 68°F | 35°F | 90°F 1897 | 20°F 1912 | 39% | 3% |
| May 24 | 68°F | 36°F | 95°F 1897 | 21°F 1912 | 39% | 3% |
| May 25 | 69°F | 36°F | 91°F 1897 | 22°F 1990 | 39% | 3% |
| May 26 | 69°F | 36°F | 89°F 1897 | 21°F 1916 | 39% | 3% |
| May 27 | 69°F | 36°F | 87°F 1897 | 23°F 1918 | 38% | 3% |
| May 28 | 70°F | 36°F | 88°F 1897 | 18°F 1954 | 38% | 2% |
| May 29 | 70°F | 36°F | 87°F 2003 | 8°F 1927 | 38% | 2% |
| May 30 | 70°F | 36°F | 87°F 2000 | 22°F 1975 | 37% | 2% |
| May 31 | 71°F | 37°F | 88°F 2000 | 25°F 1893 | 37% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 8:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057936 (Steamboat Springs), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057936, 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.