Garden City Weather in May
Average highs run from 72°F on May 1 to 84°F on May 31, and lows from 42°F to 56°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.79 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
- 78°F
- Average low
- 49°F
- Precipitation
- 2.79 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 106°FMay 26, 1953
- Record low
- 25°FMay 13, 1966
- Chance of a freeze
- 39%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.8
- Daylight
- 13 h 47 min to 14 h 37 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- 44°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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 | 72°F | 42°F | 98°F 1992 | 26°F 1967 | 26% | 1% |
| May 2 | 72°F | 43°F | 99°F 1965 | 28°F 1967 | 26% | 1% |
| May 3 | 73°F | 43°F | 94°F 1996 | 26°F 2013 | 26% | 1% |
| May 4 | 73°F | 43°F | 97°F 2014 | 27°F 2013 | 26% | 1% |
| May 5 | 73°F | 44°F | 95°F 2012 | 28°F 2013 | 26% | 1% |
| May 6 | 74°F | 44°F | 96°F 2014 | 33°F 1989 | 27% | 1% |
| May 7 | 74°F | 45°F | 93°F 1962 | 32°F 1999 | 27% | 1% |
| May 8 | 74°F | 45°F | 99°F 1963 | 33°F 1984 | 27% | 1% |
| May 9 | 75°F | 46°F | 99°F 2022 | 34°F 1997 | 27% | 1% |
| May 10 | 75°F | 46°F | 95°F 1962 | 28°F 1981 | 27% | 0% |
| May 11 | 76°F | 47°F | 100°F 1962 | 28°F 1979 | 27% | 0% |
| May 12 | 76°F | 47°F | 100°F 1962 | 31°F 1971 | 27% | 0% |
| May 13 | 76°F | 48°F | 95°F 1962 | 25°F 1966 | 27% | 0% |
| May 14 | 77°F | 48°F | 96°F 1963 | 29°F 1953 | 27% | 0% |
| May 15 | 77°F | 49°F | 95°F 1996 | 28°F 1983 | 27% | 0% |
| May 16 | 78°F | 49°F | 104°F 1996 | 34°F 1983 | 27% | 0% |
| May 17 | 78°F | 49°F | 100°F 1996 | 36°F 1995 | 27% | 0% |
| May 18 | 79°F | 50°F | 105°F 1996 | 35°F 1986 | 28% | 0% |
| May 19 | 79°F | 50°F | 100°F 2006 | 34°F 1983 | 28% | 0% |
| May 20 | 79°F | 51°F | 96°F 2004 | 37°F 2017 | 28% | 0% |
| May 21 | 80°F | 51°F | 101°F 2005 | 38°F 2017 | 28% | 0% |
| May 22 | 80°F | 52°F | 99°F 1996 | 34°F 2019 | 28% | 0% |
| May 23 | 81°F | 52°F | 101°F 1964 | 39°F 2017 | 28% | 0% |
| May 24 | 81°F | 53°F | 102°F 1953 | 35°F 2017 | 28% | 0% |
| May 25 | 81°F | 53°F | 103°F 1953 | 36°F 2002 | 28% | 0% |
| May 26 | 82°F | 54°F | 106°F 1953 | 33°F 1992 | 28% | 0% |
| May 27 | 82°F | 54°F | 101°F 2006 | 32°F 1950 | 28% | 0% |
| May 28 | 83°F | 54°F | 102°F 2022 | 35°F 1947 | 28% | 0% |
| May 29 | 83°F | 55°F | 104°F 2011 | 34°F 1947 | 28% | 0% |
| May 30 | 84°F | 55°F | 101°F 2011 | 40°F 1947 | 28% | 0% |
| May 31 | 84°F | 56°F | 103°F 2002 | 41°F 2004 | 28% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 8:34 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 9:00 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00142980 (Garden City Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023064, 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.