Newton Weather in May
Average highs run from 65°F on May 1 to 74°F on May 31, and lows from 44°F to 53°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.64 in.
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
- 69°F
- Average low
- 48°F
- Precipitation
- 3.64 in
- Record high
- 96°FMay 19, 2026
- Record low
- 26°FMay 7, 2001
- Chance of a freeze
- 15%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.2
- Daylight
- 14 h 05 min to 15 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 48°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 65°F | 44°F | 85°F 2001 | 26°F 2008 | 0% | |
| May 2 | 65°F | 44°F | 91°F 2001 | 27°F 1964 | 0% | |
| May 3 | 66°F | 44°F | 90°F 2001 | 29°F 1964 | 0% | |
| May 4 | 66°F | 45°F | 89°F 2001 | 32°F 2017 | 0% | |
| May 5 | 66°F | 45°F | 93°F 1949 | 30°F 2005 | 0% | |
| May 6 | 67°F | 45°F | 83°F 1950 | 30°F 1961 | 0% | |
| May 7 | 67°F | 46°F | 90°F 2000 | 26°F 2001 | 0% | |
| May 8 | 67°F | 46°F | 86°F 2000 | 32°F 1968 | 0% | |
| May 9 | 68°F | 46°F | 90°F 2000 | 29°F 1956 | 0% | |
| May 10 | 68°F | 46°F | 90°F 1965 | 32°F 2020 | 0% | |
| May 11 | 68°F | 47°F | 89°F 1953 | 30°F 2010 | 0% | |
| May 12 | 68°F | 47°F | 89°F 1959 | 29°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 13 | 69°F | 47°F | 84°F 2022 | 29°F 2005 | 0% | |
| May 14 | 69°F | 48°F | 88°F 2022 | 31°F 1951 | 0% | |
| May 15 | 69°F | 48°F | 89°F 1951 | 31°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 16 | 69°F | 48°F | 90°F 1951 | 34°F 1949 | 0% | |
| May 17 | 70°F | 49°F | 91°F 2017 | 33°F 2003 | 0% | |
| May 18 | 70°F | 49°F | 93°F 2017 | 28°F 2023 | 0% | |
| May 19 | 70°F | 49°F | 96°F 2026 | 33°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 20 | 71°F | 49°F | 95°F 2003 | 31°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 21 | 71°F | 50°F | 90°F 2009 | 31°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 22 | 71°F | 50°F | 96°F 2022 | 33°F 1950 | 0% | |
| May 23 | 71°F | 50°F | 93°F 1964 | 39°F 2015 | 0% | |
| May 24 | 72°F | 51°F | 92°F 1964 | 33°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 25 | 72°F | 51°F | 92°F 2007 | 30°F 1956 | 0% | |
| May 26 | 72°F | 51°F | 95°F 2010 | 34°F 1949 | 0% | |
| May 27 | 72°F | 52°F | 89°F 2011 | 32°F 1969 | 0% | |
| May 28 | 73°F | 52°F | 95°F 2016 | 31°F 1968 | 0% | |
| May 29 | 73°F | 52°F | 90°F 1955 | 33°F 2014 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 73°F | 53°F | 88°F 2022 | 36°F 1964 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 74°F | 53°F | 92°F 1956 | 33°F 2026 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 7:45 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:11 AM, sunset 8:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00193890 (Jamaica Plain), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014702, 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.