Walden Weather in May
Average highs run from 52°F on May 1 to 64°F on May 31, and lows from 23°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.53 in over about 10 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 28°F
- Precipitation
- 1.53 in
- Snowfall
- 3.8 in
- Record high
- 84°FMay 31, 2002
- Record low
- 2°FMay 2, 2013
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 13 h 58 min to 14 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 68%
- 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 | 52°F | 23°F | 72°F 1901 | 10°F 1967 | 31% | 16% |
| May 2 | 53°F | 23°F | 72°F 1947 | 2°F 2013 | 32% | 15% |
| May 3 | 53°F | 24°F | 73°F 1947 | 5°F 2008 | 32% | 15% |
| May 4 | 53°F | 24°F | 76°F 1947 | 6°F 1944 | 32% | 14% |
| May 5 | 54°F | 24°F | 77°F 2000 | 10°F 1977 | 32% | 14% |
| May 6 | 54°F | 25°F | 72°F 1947 | 7°F 1999 | 32% | 13% |
| May 7 | 55°F | 25°F | 73°F 2017 | 15°F 1938 | 32% | 13% |
| May 8 | 55°F | 25°F | 74°F 1902 | 16°F 2012 | 32% | 12% |
| May 9 | 55°F | 26°F | 74°F 1900 | 6°F 2002 | 32% | 12% |
| May 10 | 56°F | 26°F | 76°F 1900 | 12°F 2006 | 32% | 12% |
| May 11 | 56°F | 26°F | 76°F 1960 | 11°F 1953 | 32% | 11% |
| May 12 | 57°F | 26°F | 79°F 1941 | 12°F 1953 | 32% | 11% |
| May 13 | 57°F | 27°F | 76°F 1996 | 10°F 1953 | 32% | 10% |
| May 14 | 57°F | 27°F | 77°F 2026 | 16°F 1967 | 32% | 10% |
| May 15 | 58°F | 27°F | 75°F 1996 | 14°F 1970 | 32% | 9% |
| May 16 | 58°F | 28°F | 77°F 1964 | 17°F 1955 | 32% | 9% |
| May 17 | 59°F | 28°F | 76°F 1948 | 11°F 1955 | 32% | 9% |
| May 18 | 59°F | 28°F | 78°F 1897 | 19°F 1971 | 32% | 8% |
| May 19 | 59°F | 29°F | 79°F 1901 | 15°F 1968 | 32% | 8% |
| May 20 | 60°F | 29°F | 82°F 1901 | 14°F 1963 | 33% | 7% |
| May 21 | 60°F | 29°F | 79°F 1901 | 12°F 2022 | 33% | 7% |
| May 22 | 61°F | 30°F | 77°F 1980 | 17°F 1974 | 33% | 7% |
| May 23 | 61°F | 30°F | 76°F 1897 | 19°F 1986 | 33% | 6% |
| May 24 | 61°F | 30°F | 76°F 1964 | 18°F 2024 | 33% | 6% |
| May 25 | 62°F | 30°F | 77°F 1969 | 19°F 1990 | 33% | 6% |
| May 26 | 62°F | 31°F | 82°F 1902 | 16°F 1975 | 33% | 5% |
| May 27 | 62°F | 31°F | 83°F 1900 | 21°F 1963 | 32% | 5% |
| May 28 | 63°F | 31°F | 83°F 2003 | 18°F 1973 | 32% | 5% |
| May 29 | 63°F | 31°F | 82°F 2003 | 20°F 1898 | 32% | 5% |
| May 30 | 63°F | 32°F | 82°F 2003 | 20°F 1975 | 32% | 4% |
| May 31 | 64°F | 32°F | 84°F 2002 | 21°F 2022 | 32% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 8:02 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:37 AM, sunset 8:30 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00058756 (Walden), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00058756, 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.