Henderson Weather in May
Average highs run from 80°F on May 1 to 87°F on May 31, and lows from 62°F to 69°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.04 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
- 84°F
- Average low
- 66°F
- Precipitation
- 5.04 in
- Record high
- 98°FMay 23, 1902
- Record low
- 42°FMay 1, 1925
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.7
- Daylight
- 13 h 21 min to 13 h 58 min
- Cloud cover
- 52%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 67°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 80°F | 62°F | 93°F 1901 | 42°F 1925 | 21% |
| May 2 | 81°F | 62°F | 91°F 1943 | 45°F 1908 | 21% |
| May 3 | 81°F | 62°F | 94°F 1943 | 42°F 1929 | 21% |
| May 4 | 81°F | 63°F | 95°F 1952 | 44°F 1921 | 21% |
| May 5 | 81°F | 63°F | 94°F 1952 | 44°F 1954 | 21% |
| May 6 | 81°F | 63°F | 92°F 1895 | 48°F 1921 | 21% |
| May 7 | 82°F | 64°F | 92°F 1896 | 44°F 1898 | 21% |
| May 8 | 82°F | 64°F | 93°F 1998 | 45°F 1898 | 21% |
| May 9 | 82°F | 64°F | 93°F 1912 | 46°F 1917 | 21% |
| May 10 | 82°F | 64°F | 94°F 1894 | 44°F 1906 | 22% |
| May 11 | 83°F | 65°F | 95°F 1894 | 47°F 1906 | 22% |
| May 12 | 83°F | 65°F | 93°F 1894 | 44°F 1924 | 22% |
| May 13 | 83°F | 65°F | 93°F 1920 | 44°F 1895 | 22% |
| May 14 | 83°F | 65°F | 96°F 1899 | 50°F 1931 | 23% |
| May 15 | 84°F | 66°F | 95°F 1933 | 48°F 1917 | 23% |
| May 16 | 84°F | 66°F | 95°F 2018 | 46°F 1926 | 23% |
| May 17 | 84°F | 66°F | 95°F 2018 | 50°F 1926 | 24% |
| May 18 | 84°F | 66°F | 94°F 1988 | 53°F 1893 | 24% |
| May 19 | 84°F | 67°F | 94°F 1899 | 50°F 2002 | 24% |
| May 20 | 85°F | 67°F | 95°F 1956 | 45°F 1894 | 25% |
| May 21 | 85°F | 67°F | 96°F 1899 | 50°F 1954 | 25% |
| May 22 | 85°F | 67°F | 97°F 2005 | 50°F 1919 | 26% |
| May 23 | 85°F | 68°F | 98°F 1902 | 54°F 2001 | 26% |
| May 24 | 86°F | 68°F | 97°F 1896 | 53°F 1931 | 26% |
| May 25 | 86°F | 68°F | 95°F 1893 | 52°F 1940 | 27% |
| May 26 | 86°F | 68°F | 97°F 1901 | 50°F 1925 | 27% |
| May 27 | 86°F | 68°F | 96°F 2024 | 46°F 1901 | 28% |
| May 28 | 86°F | 69°F | 96°F 1896 | 51°F 1901 | 29% |
| May 29 | 87°F | 69°F | 98°F 1896 | 54°F 1934 | 29% |
| May 30 | 87°F | 69°F | 98°F 1998 | 52°F 1984 | 30% |
| May 31 | 87°F | 69°F | 98°F 1977 | 50°F 1984 | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 7:45 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00168181 (St Martinville 3 Sw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013976, 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.