Dunkirk Weather in May
Average highs run from 67°F on May 1 to 77°F on May 31, and lows from 45°F to 55°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.35 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 50°F
- Precipitation
- 4.35 in
- Record high
- 101°FMay 28, 1911
- Record low
- 28°FMay 2, 1903
- Chance of a freeze
- 20%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.6
- Daylight
- 13 h 58 min to 14 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 53°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 45°F | 87°F 1901 | 30°F 1907 | 42% | 0% |
| May 2 | 68°F | 45°F | 88°F 1895 | 28°F 1903 | 42% | 0% |
| May 3 | 68°F | 46°F | 90°F 1902 | 30°F 1903 | 42% | 0% |
| May 4 | 68°F | 46°F | 90°F 1895 | 30°F 2005 | 42% | 0% |
| May 5 | 69°F | 46°F | 89°F 1895 | 29°F 1911 | 42% | 0% |
| May 6 | 69°F | 47°F | 87°F 1895 | 33°F 1903 | 42% | 0% |
| May 7 | 69°F | 47°F | 85°F 1912 | 34°F 1917 | 42% | 0% |
| May 8 | 70°F | 47°F | 88°F 1895 | 32°F 2017 | 42% | 0% |
| May 9 | 70°F | 48°F | 89°F 1895 | 28°F 2020 | 42% | 0% |
| May 10 | 70°F | 48°F | 89°F 1895 | 29°F 1917 | 42% | 0% |
| May 11 | 71°F | 48°F | 90°F 1911 | 29°F 1909 | 42% | 0% |
| May 12 | 71°F | 49°F | 89°F 2011 | 32°F 1910 | 42% | 0% |
| May 13 | 71°F | 49°F | 90°F 1906 | 33°F 1996 | 42% | 0% |
| May 14 | 72°F | 49°F | 90°F 1900 | 31°F 1910 | 42% | 0% |
| May 15 | 72°F | 50°F | 93°F 1906 | 35°F 1910 | 42% | 0% |
| May 16 | 72°F | 50°F | 93°F 1906 | 31°F 1904 | 42% | 0% |
| May 17 | 73°F | 50°F | 95°F 1906 | 37°F 1904 | 42% | 0% |
| May 18 | 73°F | 51°F | 96°F 1911 | 36°F 1916 | 42% | 0% |
| May 19 | 73°F | 51°F | 94°F 1911 | 34°F 2002 | 42% | 0% |
| May 20 | 74°F | 51°F | 95°F 1911 | 34°F 2002 | 42% | 0% |
| May 21 | 74°F | 52°F | 93°F 2012 | 31°F 1907 | 41% | 0% |
| May 22 | 74°F | 52°F | 93°F 1906 | 35°F 1997 | 41% | 0% |
| May 23 | 75°F | 52°F | 95°F 1906 | 32°F 1917 | 41% | 0% |
| May 24 | 75°F | 53°F | 92°F 1912 | 37°F 2006 | 41% | 0% |
| May 25 | 75°F | 53°F | 98°F 1906 | 38°F 1992 | 41% | 0% |
| May 26 | 75°F | 54°F | 98°F 1911 | 40°F 2002 | 41% | 0% |
| May 27 | 76°F | 54°F | 100°F 1911 | 35°F 1910 | 40% | 0% |
| May 28 | 76°F | 54°F | 101°F 1911 | 33°F 1907 | 40% | 0% |
| May 29 | 76°F | 55°F | 99°F 1911 | 36°F 1917 | 40% | 0% |
| May 30 | 77°F | 55°F | 92°F 1895 | 37°F 1897 | 40% | 0% |
| May 31 | 77°F | 55°F | 93°F 1895 | 39°F 1910 | 40% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 8:42 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 9:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00125117 (Logansport Cicott St), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00125117, 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.