Algonquin Weather in May
Average highs run from 72°F on May 1 to 79°F on May 31, and lows from 52°F to 61°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.95 in over about 11 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
- 75°F
- Average low
- 56°F
- Precipitation
- 3.95 in
- Record high
- 97°FMay 31, 2011
- Record low
- 35°FMay 4, 1957
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.0
- Daylight
- 13 h 49 min to 14 h 40 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 56°F
- Wind
- 8.5 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 | 72°F | 52°F | 84°F 1953 | 38°F 2015 | 36% | 0% |
| May 2 | 72°F | 52°F | 87°F 1954 | 39°F 2006 | 36% | 0% |
| May 3 | 72°F | 52°F | 88°F 1954 | 38°F 1963 | 36% | 0% |
| May 4 | 73°F | 53°F | 88°F 1965 | 35°F 1957 | 36% | 0% |
| May 5 | 73°F | 53°F | 88°F 1955 | 40°F 1997 | 36% | 0% |
| May 6 | 73°F | 53°F | 90°F 1950 | 40°F 1992 | 36% | 0% |
| May 7 | 73°F | 53°F | 92°F 2000 | 38°F 2001 | 36% | 0% |
| May 8 | 74°F | 54°F | 90°F 2000 | 36°F 1997 | 36% | 0% |
| May 9 | 74°F | 54°F | 90°F 1963 | 37°F 2020 | 36% | 0% |
| May 10 | 74°F | 54°F | 92°F 1963 | 36°F 1962 | 36% | 0% |
| May 11 | 74°F | 55°F | 87°F 1987 | 35°F 1966 | 36% | 0% |
| May 12 | 75°F | 55°F | 90°F 1959 | 41°F 1962 | 35% | 0% |
| May 13 | 75°F | 55°F | 92°F 2000 | 36°F 2020 | 35% | 0% |
| May 14 | 75°F | 56°F | 94°F 1956 | 37°F 1996 | 35% | 0% |
| May 15 | 75°F | 56°F | 94°F 1962 | 38°F 2017 | 35% | 0% |
| May 16 | 75°F | 56°F | 91°F 1998 | 39°F 2016 | 35% | 0% |
| May 17 | 76°F | 57°F | 91°F 2017 | 37°F 1956 | 35% | 0% |
| May 18 | 76°F | 57°F | 93°F 1962 | 39°F 1955 | 35% | 0% |
| May 19 | 76°F | 57°F | 95°F 1962 | 40°F 2009 | 35% | 0% |
| May 20 | 76°F | 57°F | 95°F 1996 | 42°F 2002 | 34% | 0% |
| May 21 | 77°F | 58°F | 93°F 2022 | 38°F 2002 | 34% | 0% |
| May 22 | 77°F | 58°F | 90°F 1996 | 41°F 2002 | 34% | 0% |
| May 23 | 77°F | 58°F | 92°F 2021 | 43°F 1997 | 34% | 0% |
| May 24 | 77°F | 59°F | 89°F 1955 | 37°F 1963 | 34% | 0% |
| May 25 | 78°F | 59°F | 90°F 1991 | 41°F 1956 | 34% | 0% |
| May 26 | 78°F | 59°F | 92°F 2011 | 42°F 1967 | 34% | 0% |
| May 27 | 78°F | 60°F | 92°F 1965 | 45°F 1961 | 34% | 0% |
| May 28 | 78°F | 60°F | 90°F 1991 | 40°F 1997 | 34% | 0% |
| May 29 | 79°F | 60°F | 92°F 1969 | 42°F 1997 | 34% | 0% |
| May 30 | 79°F | 61°F | 95°F 1991 | 43°F 1949 | 34% | 0% |
| May 31 | 79°F | 61°F | 97°F 2011 | 45°F 1961 | 34% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 7:56 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00187806 (Royal Oak 2 Ssw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00187806, 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.