Placid Lakes Weather in May
Average highs run from 89°F on May 1 to 92°F on May 31, and lows from 59°F to 66°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.36 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
- 90°F
- Average low
- 62°F
- Precipitation
- 4.36 in
- Record high
- 102°FMay 31, 1945
- Record low
- 44°FMay 8, 1992
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 18.9
- Daylight
- 13 h 12 min to 13 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 47%
- Humidity
- 69%
- Dew point
- 66°F
- Wind
- 7.4 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 89°F | 59°F | 95°F 1929 | 49°F 1992 | 22% |
| May 2 | 89°F | 60°F | 96°F 1962 | 47°F 1999 | 22% |
| May 3 | 89°F | 60°F | 96°F 1938 | 52°F 1940 | 22% |
| May 4 | 89°F | 60°F | 99°F 2002 | 49°F 1929 | 23% |
| May 5 | 89°F | 60°F | 97°F 2021 | 50°F 1945 | 23% |
| May 6 | 89°F | 60°F | 97°F 1927 | 50°F 1945 | 23% |
| May 7 | 90°F | 60°F | 95°F 1927 | 52°F 1988 | 24% |
| May 8 | 90°F | 60°F | 98°F 1927 | 44°F 1992 | 24% |
| May 9 | 90°F | 61°F | 96°F 1907 | 48°F 1960 | 24% |
| May 10 | 90°F | 61°F | 98°F 1962 | 50°F 1960 | 25% |
| May 11 | 90°F | 61°F | 97°F 1971 | 52°F 1908 | 25% |
| May 12 | 90°F | 61°F | 96°F 1971 | 52°F 1989 | 26% |
| May 13 | 90°F | 61°F | 99°F 1927 | 51°F 1960 | 27% |
| May 14 | 90°F | 62°F | 97°F 1938 | 46°F 1960 | 27% |
| May 15 | 90°F | 62°F | 96°F 1990 | 52°F 1941 | 28% |
| May 16 | 90°F | 62°F | 96°F 1963 | 53°F 1941 | 29% |
| May 17 | 91°F | 62°F | 99°F 1961 | 55°F 1927 | 29% |
| May 18 | 91°F | 62°F | 97°F 1908 | 55°F 1917 | 30% |
| May 19 | 91°F | 63°F | 99°F 1960 | 55°F 1979 | 31% |
| May 20 | 91°F | 63°F | 98°F 1961 | 55°F 1979 | 32% |
| May 21 | 91°F | 63°F | 100°F 1962 | 55°F 1993 | 33% |
| May 22 | 91°F | 63°F | 100°F 1962 | 54°F 1993 | 33% |
| May 23 | 91°F | 64°F | 100°F 1938 | 55°F 1994 | 34% |
| May 24 | 91°F | 64°F | 99°F 1962 | 58°F 1992 | 35% |
| May 25 | 91°F | 64°F | 97°F 1953 | 59°F 1931 | 36% |
| May 26 | 91°F | 64°F | 99°F 1953 | 50°F 1979 | 37% |
| May 27 | 91°F | 65°F | 101°F 1953 | 54°F 1979 | 38% |
| May 28 | 91°F | 65°F | 100°F 1927 | 57°F 1942 | 39% |
| May 29 | 91°F | 65°F | 100°F 1927 | 57°F 1934 | 40% |
| May 30 | 91°F | 66°F | 99°F 1924 | 53°F 1971 | 41% |
| May 31 | 92°F | 66°F | 102°F 1945 | 56°F 1971 | 42% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 7:59 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 8:16 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00080236 (Archbold Bio Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00080369, 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.