New Gloucester Weather in May
Average highs run from 59°F on May 1 to 68°F on May 31, and lows from 38°F to 47°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.70 in over about 14 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
- 64°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 3.70 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 101°FMay 22, 1911
- Record low
- 26°FMay 5, 1966
- Chance of a freeze
- 63%
- Daylight
- 14 h 11 min to 15 h 14 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 46°F
- Wind
- 4.7 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 | 59°F | 38°F | 82°F 1899 | 28°F 1922 | 43% | 2% |
| May 2 | 59°F | 39°F | 89°F 2001 | 28°F 1903 | 43% | 2% |
| May 3 | 59°F | 39°F | 91°F 2001 | 28°F 1966 | 43% | 2% |
| May 4 | 60°F | 39°F | 87°F 1895 | 31°F 1899 | 44% | 1% |
| May 5 | 60°F | 40°F | 86°F 1944 | 26°F 1966 | 44% | 1% |
| May 6 | 60°F | 40°F | 86°F 1930 | 27°F 1971 | 44% | 1% |
| May 7 | 61°F | 40°F | 92°F 1895 | 29°F 1967 | 44% | 1% |
| May 8 | 61°F | 41°F | 89°F 1895 | 29°F 1950 | 44% | 1% |
| May 9 | 61°F | 41°F | 96°F 1979 | 30°F 1956 | 45% | 1% |
| May 10 | 62°F | 41°F | 92°F 1895 | 29°F 1997 | 45% | 1% |
| May 11 | 62°F | 42°F | 91°F 1895 | 29°F 1900 | 45% | 1% |
| May 12 | 62°F | 42°F | 89°F 1911 | 30°F 1900 | 45% | 1% |
| May 13 | 63°F | 42°F | 82°F 1991 | 32°F 1939 | 45% | 1% |
| May 14 | 63°F | 43°F | 86°F 1961 | 34°F 1895 | 45% | 1% |
| May 15 | 63°F | 43°F | 87°F 1900 | 32°F 1947 | 46% | 1% |
| May 16 | 64°F | 43°F | 93°F 1932 | 30°F 1936 | 46% | 1% |
| May 17 | 64°F | 43°F | 89°F 1969 | 34°F 1939 | 46% | 0% |
| May 18 | 64°F | 44°F | 90°F 1903 | 35°F 1983 | 46% | 0% |
| May 19 | 64°F | 44°F | 91°F 1962 | 34°F 1951 | 46% | 0% |
| May 20 | 65°F | 44°F | 90°F 1975 | 33°F 2002 | 47% | 0% |
| May 21 | 65°F | 45°F | 94°F 1992 | 35°F 1900 | 47% | 0% |
| May 22 | 65°F | 45°F | 101°F 1911 | 34°F 1936 | 47% | 0% |
| May 23 | 66°F | 45°F | 95°F 1992 | 34°F 1907 | 47% | 0% |
| May 24 | 66°F | 45°F | 92°F 1964 | 34°F 1932 | 47% | 0% |
| May 25 | 66°F | 46°F | 89°F 1981 | 31°F 1956 | 47% | 0% |
| May 26 | 67°F | 46°F | 90°F 1914 | 35°F 1956 | 47% | 0% |
| May 27 | 67°F | 46°F | 89°F 1981 | 34°F 1969 | 47% | 0% |
| May 28 | 67°F | 47°F | 92°F 1911 | 36°F 1994 | 48% | 0% |
| May 29 | 68°F | 47°F | 93°F 1929 | 38°F 1907 | 48% | 0% |
| May 30 | 68°F | 47°F | 93°F 1929 | 38°F 1915 | 48% | 0% |
| May 31 | 68°F | 47°F | 93°F 1937 | 36°F 1961 | 48% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 7:44 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 8:16 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00176856 (Poland), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00174566, 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.