Mescalero Weather in May
Average highs run from 61°F on May 1 to 72°F on May 31, and lows from 35°F to 42°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.22 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
- 66°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 1.22 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 94°FMay 23, 2005
- Record low
- 16°FMay 2, 1929
- Chance of a freeze
- 98%
- Daylight
- 13 h 31 min to 14 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 39%
- Humidity
- 28%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 9.2 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 | 61°F | 35°F | 84°F 1920 | 26°F 1976 | 13% | 2% |
| May 2 | 61°F | 35°F | 86°F 1921 | 16°F 1929 | 13% | 2% |
| May 3 | 61°F | 35°F | 86°F 2000 | 17°F 2013 | 13% | 2% |
| May 4 | 62°F | 35°F | 88°F 2000 | 24°F 1942 | 13% | 1% |
| May 5 | 62°F | 36°F | 83°F 1996 | 28°F 1933 | 13% | 1% |
| May 6 | 62°F | 36°F | 85°F 2009 | 26°F 1935 | 14% | 1% |
| May 7 | 63°F | 36°F | 89°F 1934 | 27°F 1932 | 14% | 1% |
| May 8 | 63°F | 36°F | 88°F 1989 | 28°F 1984 | 14% | 1% |
| May 9 | 63°F | 37°F | 87°F 2009 | 21°F 1932 | 15% | 1% |
| May 10 | 64°F | 37°F | 87°F 2000 | 27°F 1993 | 15% | 1% |
| May 11 | 64°F | 37°F | 88°F 1984 | 26°F 1979 | 15% | 1% |
| May 12 | 64°F | 37°F | 89°F 1996 | 22°F 1930 | 16% | 1% |
| May 13 | 65°F | 37°F | 90°F 1996 | 24°F 1933 | 16% | 1% |
| May 14 | 65°F | 38°F | 88°F 2003 | 22°F 2014 | 16% | 1% |
| May 15 | 65°F | 38°F | 89°F 2000 | 26°F 1942 | 17% | 0% |
| May 16 | 66°F | 38°F | 89°F 1938 | 27°F 1933 | 17% | 0% |
| May 17 | 66°F | 38°F | 88°F 2003 | 30°F 1933 | 17% | 0% |
| May 18 | 67°F | 39°F | 90°F 1996 | 29°F 1933 | 17% | 0% |
| May 19 | 67°F | 39°F | 89°F 1939 | 30°F 1933 | 18% | 0% |
| May 20 | 67°F | 39°F | 90°F 1925 | 30°F 1977 | 18% | 0% |
| May 21 | 68°F | 39°F | 91°F 2005 | 32°F 1930 | 18% | 0% |
| May 22 | 68°F | 40°F | 91°F 1984 | 30°F 2001 | 19% | 0% |
| May 23 | 69°F | 40°F | 94°F 2005 | 30°F 1925 | 19% | 0% |
| May 24 | 69°F | 40°F | 93°F 2000 | 28°F 1933 | 19% | 0% |
| May 25 | 69°F | 40°F | 90°F 2006 | 29°F 1927 | 19% | 0% |
| May 26 | 70°F | 40°F | 89°F 2001 | 30°F 1939 | 20% | 0% |
| May 27 | 70°F | 41°F | 89°F 1984 | 32°F 1939 | 20% | 0% |
| May 28 | 71°F | 41°F | 90°F 1938 | 32°F 1987 | 21% | 0% |
| May 29 | 71°F | 41°F | 91°F 2000 | 34°F 1929 | 21% | 0% |
| May 30 | 71°F | 41°F | 91°F 2002 | 32°F 1942 | 21% | 0% |
| May 31 | 72°F | 42°F | 94°F 2002 | 36°F 1942 | 22% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 7:46 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 8:07 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00291931 (Cloudcroft), 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.