McKinley County Weather in May
Average highs run from 64°F on May 1 to 77°F on May 31, and lows from 31°F to 37°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
- 70°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 0.98 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 95°FMay 31, 2002
- Record low
- 12°FMay 7, 1975
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 13 h 39 min to 14 h 24 min
- Cloud cover
- 39%
- Humidity
- 35%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 64°F | 31°F | 84°F 2020 | 20°F 2011 | 10% | 1% |
| May 2 | 64°F | 31°F | 84°F 2000 | 15°F 2008 | 10% | 1% |
| May 3 | 64°F | 31°F | 85°F 2000 | 15°F 2011 | 10% | 1% |
| May 4 | 65°F | 31°F | 85°F 2000 | 23°F 2008 | 10% | 1% |
| May 5 | 65°F | 32°F | 84°F 2000 | 23°F 1991 | 10% | 1% |
| May 6 | 65°F | 32°F | 87°F 2020 | 20°F 1993 | 10% | 1% |
| May 7 | 66°F | 32°F | 88°F 1989 | 12°F 1975 | 10% | 1% |
| May 8 | 66°F | 32°F | 88°F 2018 | 20°F 1994 | 10% | 1% |
| May 9 | 67°F | 33°F | 90°F 2018 | 20°F 1993 | 10% | 1% |
| May 10 | 67°F | 33°F | 89°F 2018 | 19°F 2003 | 10% | 1% |
| May 11 | 67°F | 33°F | 88°F 1996 | 20°F 2003 | 10% | 1% |
| May 12 | 68°F | 33°F | 91°F 1996 | 19°F 2010 | 10% | 1% |
| May 13 | 68°F | 33°F | 89°F 1996 | 22°F 2014 | 10% | 0% |
| May 14 | 69°F | 34°F | 86°F 1996 | 21°F 2014 | 10% | 0% |
| May 15 | 69°F | 34°F | 89°F 2022 | 21°F 2014 | 10% | 0% |
| May 16 | 70°F | 34°F | 86°F 1988 | 21°F 1998 | 10% | 0% |
| May 17 | 70°F | 34°F | 85°F 2003 | 23°F 1983 | 10% | 0% |
| May 18 | 70°F | 34°F | 88°F 1996 | 21°F 1983 | 10% | 0% |
| May 19 | 71°F | 35°F | 88°F 2008 | 22°F 1977 | 10% | 0% |
| May 20 | 71°F | 35°F | 92°F 2005 | 20°F 2025 | 10% | 0% |
| May 21 | 72°F | 35°F | 89°F 2005 | 21°F 1974 | 10% | 0% |
| May 22 | 72°F | 35°F | 90°F 2005 | 22°F 2002 | 10% | 0% |
| May 23 | 73°F | 35°F | 94°F 2000 | 24°F 1975 | 10% | 0% |
| May 24 | 73°F | 36°F | 91°F 2000 | 23°F 2021 | 10% | 0% |
| May 25 | 74°F | 36°F | 87°F 2006 | 22°F 1980 | 10% | 0% |
| May 26 | 74°F | 36°F | 88°F 2022 | 24°F 1995 | 10% | 0% |
| May 27 | 75°F | 36°F | 89°F 1974 | 20°F 2012 | 10% | 0% |
| May 28 | 75°F | 36°F | 93°F 2000 | 24°F 2012 | 9% | 0% |
| May 29 | 76°F | 37°F | 94°F 2000 | 30°F 1973 | 9% | 0% |
| May 30 | 76°F | 37°F | 92°F 2000 | 29°F 1980 | 9% | 0% |
| May 31 | 77°F | 37°F | 95°F 2002 | 25°F 2011 | 9% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 8:00 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 8:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00295560 (Mcgaffey 5 Se), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023081, 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.