El Rito Weather in May
Average highs run from 67°F on May 1 to 77°F on May 31, and lows from 36°F to 44°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.88 in over about 5 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 0.88 in
- Record high
- 93°FMay 10, 1934
- Record low
- 22°FMay 3, 2013
- Chance of a freeze
- 86%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.5
- Daylight
- 13 h 42 min to 14 h 28 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 45%
- Dew point
- 28°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 | 67°F | 36°F | 80°F 2020 | 24°F 1976 | 14% | |
| May 2 | 67°F | 36°F | 79°F 2020 | 25°F 1967 | 14% | |
| May 3 | 67°F | 37°F | 78°F 1940 | 22°F 2013 | 14% | |
| May 4 | 68°F | 37°F | 83°F 2000 | 25°F 1935 | 14% | |
| May 5 | 68°F | 37°F | 80°F 1952 | 28°F 1991 | 14% | |
| May 6 | 68°F | 38°F | 84°F 1952 | 24°F 1935 | 14% | |
| May 7 | 69°F | 38°F | 81°F 1989 | 24°F 1978 | 14% | |
| May 8 | 69°F | 38°F | 83°F 1989 | 25°F 1936 | 14% | |
| May 9 | 69°F | 39°F | 81°F 1934 | 24°F 1938 | 14% | |
| May 10 | 70°F | 39°F | 93°F 1934 | 28°F 1979 | 14% | |
| May 11 | 70°F | 39°F | 82°F 1984 | 27°F 1931 | 15% | |
| May 12 | 70°F | 39°F | 84°F 1996 | 25°F 2014 | 15% | |
| May 13 | 71°F | 40°F | 87°F 1941 | 25°F 1933 | 15% | |
| May 14 | 71°F | 40°F | 82°F 1952 | 25°F 2014 | 15% | |
| May 15 | 71°F | 40°F | 83°F 1952 | 27°F 1933 | 15% | |
| May 16 | 72°F | 41°F | 89°F 1936 | 29°F 1957 | 15% | |
| May 17 | 72°F | 41°F | 87°F 1937 | 30°F 1983 | 15% | |
| May 18 | 72°F | 41°F | 84°F 2020 | 28°F 1983 | 15% | 0% |
| May 19 | 73°F | 41°F | 84°F 1996 | 31°F 1930 | 15% | 0% |
| May 20 | 73°F | 42°F | 85°F 2005 | 27°F 1960 | 15% | 0% |
| May 21 | 74°F | 42°F | 86°F 2005 | 30°F 2019 | 15% | 0% |
| May 22 | 74°F | 42°F | 87°F 2005 | 33°F 1931 | 15% | 0% |
| May 23 | 74°F | 42°F | 88°F 2000 | 29°F 1930 | 15% | 0% |
| May 24 | 75°F | 42°F | 88°F 2000 | 32°F 1919 | 15% | 0% |
| May 25 | 75°F | 43°F | 84°F 2018 | 30°F 1980 | 15% | 0% |
| May 26 | 75°F | 43°F | 83°F 2022 | 33°F 1965 | 15% | 0% |
| May 27 | 76°F | 43°F | 88°F 1951 | 33°F 1996 | 15% | 0% |
| May 28 | 76°F | 43°F | 88°F 1951 | 32°F 2019 | 15% | 0% |
| May 29 | 76°F | 44°F | 90°F 2000 | 32°F 1929 | 15% | 0% |
| May 30 | 77°F | 44°F | 88°F 2000 | 31°F 1995 | 15% | 0% |
| May 31 | 77°F | 44°F | 92°F 2002 | 30°F 1934 | 15% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 7:53 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 8:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00292820 (El Rito), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00295084, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.