Capitan Weather in May
Average highs run from 72°F on May 1 to 83°F on May 31, and lows from 40°F to 48°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.98 in over about 3 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
- 77°F
- Average low
- 44°F
- Precipitation
- 0.98 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 94°FMay 23, 2005
- Record low
- 16°FMay 2, 1929
- Chance of a freeze
- 62%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.7
- Daylight
- 13 h 31 min to 14 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 39%
- Humidity
- 34%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 10.1 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 | 72°F | 40°F | 84°F 1920 | 26°F 1976 | 8% | 1% |
| May 2 | 72°F | 40°F | 86°F 1921 | 16°F 1929 | 9% | 1% |
| May 3 | 73°F | 40°F | 86°F 2000 | 17°F 2013 | 9% | 1% |
| May 4 | 73°F | 41°F | 88°F 2000 | 24°F 1942 | 9% | 1% |
| May 5 | 73°F | 41°F | 83°F 1996 | 28°F 1933 | 9% | 1% |
| May 6 | 73°F | 41°F | 85°F 2009 | 26°F 1935 | 9% | 1% |
| May 7 | 74°F | 41°F | 89°F 1934 | 27°F 1932 | 9% | 1% |
| May 8 | 74°F | 42°F | 88°F 1989 | 28°F 1984 | 10% | 1% |
| May 9 | 74°F | 42°F | 87°F 2009 | 21°F 1932 | 10% | 1% |
| May 10 | 75°F | 42°F | 87°F 2000 | 27°F 1993 | 10% | 0% |
| May 11 | 75°F | 42°F | 88°F 1984 | 26°F 1979 | 10% | 0% |
| May 12 | 76°F | 43°F | 89°F 1996 | 22°F 1930 | 11% | 0% |
| May 13 | 76°F | 43°F | 90°F 1996 | 24°F 1933 | 11% | 0% |
| May 14 | 76°F | 43°F | 88°F 2003 | 22°F 2014 | 11% | 0% |
| May 15 | 77°F | 43°F | 89°F 2000 | 26°F 1942 | 11% | 0% |
| May 16 | 77°F | 44°F | 89°F 1938 | 27°F 1933 | 12% | 0% |
| May 17 | 78°F | 44°F | 88°F 2003 | 30°F 1933 | 12% | 0% |
| May 18 | 78°F | 44°F | 90°F 1996 | 29°F 1933 | 12% | 0% |
| May 19 | 78°F | 44°F | 89°F 1939 | 30°F 1933 | 12% | 0% |
| May 20 | 79°F | 45°F | 90°F 1925 | 30°F 1977 | 12% | 0% |
| May 21 | 79°F | 45°F | 91°F 2005 | 32°F 1930 | 13% | 0% |
| May 22 | 80°F | 45°F | 91°F 1984 | 30°F 2001 | 13% | 0% |
| May 23 | 80°F | 45°F | 94°F 2005 | 30°F 1925 | 13% | 0% |
| May 24 | 81°F | 46°F | 93°F 2000 | 28°F 1933 | 13% | 0% |
| May 25 | 81°F | 46°F | 90°F 2006 | 29°F 1927 | 13% | 0% |
| May 26 | 81°F | 46°F | 89°F 2001 | 30°F 1939 | 13% | 0% |
| May 27 | 82°F | 47°F | 89°F 1984 | 32°F 1939 | 13% | 0% |
| May 28 | 82°F | 47°F | 90°F 1938 | 32°F 1987 | 14% | 0% |
| May 29 | 83°F | 47°F | 91°F 2000 | 34°F 1929 | 14% | 0% |
| May 30 | 83°F | 47°F | 91°F 2002 | 32°F 1942 | 14% | 0% |
| May 31 | 83°F | 48°F | 94°F 2002 | 36°F 1942 | 14% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 7:45 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 8:07 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00291440 (Capitan), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00291440, 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.