DeRidder Weather in May
Average highs run from 81°F on May 1 to 88°F on May 31, and lows from 59°F to 68°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.06 in over about 7 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
- 85°F
- Average low
- 64°F
- Precipitation
- 5.06 in
- Record high
- 97°FMay 31, 1998
- Record low
- 42°FMay 16, 1973
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.5
- Daylight
- 13 h 23 min to 14 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 66°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 81°F | 59°F | 91°F 1943 | 43°F 1925 | 21% | 0% |
| May 2 | 81°F | 60°F | 91°F 1943 | 46°F 1925 | 21% | 0% |
| May 3 | 81°F | 60°F | 94°F 1943 | 43°F 1929 | 21% | 0% |
| May 4 | 82°F | 60°F | 92°F 1952 | 43°F 1954 | 21% | 0% |
| May 5 | 82°F | 61°F | 92°F 1952 | 43°F 1954 | 21% | 0% |
| May 6 | 82°F | 61°F | 90°F 1949 | 44°F 1954 | 21% | 0% |
| May 7 | 82°F | 61°F | 91°F 1930 | 46°F 1992 | 21% | 0% |
| May 8 | 83°F | 62°F | 91°F 2010 | 45°F 1982 | 21% | 0% |
| May 9 | 83°F | 62°F | 91°F 1932 | 45°F 1984 | 21% | 0% |
| May 10 | 83°F | 62°F | 95°F 1927 | 45°F 1961 | 21% | 0% |
| May 11 | 83°F | 63°F | 91°F 1921 | 45°F 1981 | 21% | 0% |
| May 12 | 84°F | 63°F | 92°F 1922 | 44°F 1960 | 21% | 0% |
| May 13 | 84°F | 63°F | 92°F 1921 | 43°F 1960 | 21% | 0% |
| May 14 | 84°F | 63°F | 91°F 1921 | 49°F 1971 | 21% | 0% |
| May 15 | 84°F | 64°F | 91°F 1948 | 45°F 2014 | 21% | 0% |
| May 16 | 85°F | 64°F | 93°F 1978 | 42°F 1973 | 21% | 0% |
| May 17 | 85°F | 64°F | 93°F 1933 | 50°F 1945 | 21% | 0% |
| May 18 | 85°F | 65°F | 94°F 1933 | 43°F 2002 | 21% | 0% |
| May 19 | 86°F | 65°F | 95°F 1933 | 48°F 2002 | 21% | 0% |
| May 20 | 86°F | 65°F | 93°F 1956 | 51°F 2002 | 21% | 0% |
| May 21 | 86°F | 65°F | 93°F 1956 | 53°F 1954 | 22% | 0% |
| May 22 | 86°F | 66°F | 95°F 2005 | 51°F 1954 | 22% | 0% |
| May 23 | 87°F | 66°F | 94°F 1948 | 52°F 1954 | 22% | 0% |
| May 24 | 87°F | 66°F | 94°F 1948 | 50°F 1940 | 22% | 0% |
| May 25 | 87°F | 67°F | 95°F 1941 | 54°F 1979 | 22% | 0% |
| May 26 | 87°F | 67°F | 94°F 2010 | 49°F 1979 | 23% | 0% |
| May 27 | 88°F | 67°F | 94°F 1928 | 48°F 1961 | 23% | 0% |
| May 28 | 88°F | 67°F | 95°F 1978 | 45°F 1961 | 23% | 0% |
| May 29 | 88°F | 67°F | 95°F 1978 | 51°F 1961 | 23% | 0% |
| May 30 | 88°F | 68°F | 95°F 1921 | 49°F 1984 | 24% | 0% |
| May 31 | 88°F | 68°F | 97°F 1998 | 47°F 1984 | 24% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 7:52 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 8:11 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00162367 (De Ridder), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00162367, 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.