Salida Weather in May
Average highs run from 64°F on May 1 to 77°F on May 31, and lows from 31°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.96 in over about 5 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
- 70°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 0.96 in
- Snowfall
- 2.7 in
- Record high
- 93°FMay 20, 2005
- Record low
- 13°FMay 3, 1944
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 13 h 49 min to 14 h 40 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 53%
- Dew point
- 24°F
- Wind
- 9.4 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 | 64°F | 31°F | 81°F 1992 | 18°F 1962 | 16% | 6% |
| May 2 | 64°F | 31°F | 81°F 1943 | 15°F 1953 | 16% | 5% |
| May 3 | 65°F | 31°F | 82°F 1947 | 13°F 1944 | 16% | 5% |
| May 4 | 65°F | 32°F | 84°F 1947 | 20°F 1899 | 16% | 5% |
| May 5 | 65°F | 32°F | 82°F 1918 | 20°F 1908 | 16% | 5% |
| May 6 | 66°F | 32°F | 83°F 1934 | 20°F 1917 | 16% | 4% |
| May 7 | 66°F | 32°F | 83°F 1934 | 19°F 1915 | 16% | 4% |
| May 8 | 67°F | 33°F | 83°F 2009 | 14°F 1938 | 15% | 4% |
| May 9 | 67°F | 33°F | 83°F 2009 | 21°F 1950 | 15% | 4% |
| May 10 | 67°F | 33°F | 82°F 1934 | 17°F 2003 | 15% | 3% |
| May 11 | 68°F | 33°F | 84°F 1941 | 19°F 1953 | 15% | 3% |
| May 12 | 68°F | 34°F | 84°F 2007 | 19°F 2006 | 15% | 3% |
| May 13 | 69°F | 34°F | 84°F 2009 | 22°F 1967 | 16% | 3% |
| May 14 | 69°F | 34°F | 85°F 1996 | 20°F 1953 | 16% | 3% |
| May 15 | 70°F | 34°F | 82°F 1996 | 19°F 1906 | 16% | 2% |
| May 16 | 70°F | 35°F | 85°F 1996 | 18°F 1916 | 16% | 2% |
| May 17 | 71°F | 35°F | 87°F 1996 | 20°F 1986 | 16% | 2% |
| May 18 | 71°F | 35°F | 86°F 2009 | 26°F 1908 | 16% | 2% |
| May 19 | 72°F | 35°F | 90°F 2009 | 27°F 1915 | 16% | 2% |
| May 20 | 72°F | 36°F | 93°F 2005 | 26°F 1903 | 16% | 1% |
| May 21 | 72°F | 36°F | 85°F 1989 | 25°F 1911 | 16% | 1% |
| May 22 | 73°F | 36°F | 88°F 2005 | 26°F 1910 | 16% | 1% |
| May 23 | 73°F | 36°F | 88°F 2005 | 26°F 1903 | 16% | 1% |
| May 24 | 74°F | 37°F | 87°F 2005 | 23°F 2002 | 16% | 1% |
| May 25 | 74°F | 37°F | 84°F 1964 | 27°F 1960 | 16% | 1% |
| May 26 | 75°F | 37°F | 88°F 2006 | 22°F 1950 | 16% | 1% |
| May 27 | 75°F | 38°F | 88°F 2003 | 25°F 1916 | 16% | 1% |
| May 28 | 76°F | 38°F | 90°F 2003 | 26°F 1965 | 16% | 0% |
| May 29 | 76°F | 38°F | 91°F 2003 | 26°F 1899 | 15% | 0% |
| May 30 | 76°F | 38°F | 89°F 2003 | 29°F 1905 | 15% | 0% |
| May 31 | 77°F | 39°F | 91°F 2002 | 28°F 1906 | 15% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 7:56 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057370 (Salida), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057370, 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.