Surf City Weather in May
Average highs run from 76°F on May 1 to 81°F on May 31, and lows from 55°F to 63°F.
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
- 78°F
- Average low
- 59°F
- Record high
- 99°FMay 29, 2019
- Record low
- 33°FMay 2, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Daylight
- 13 h 35 min to 14 h 18 min
- Cloud cover
- 55%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 63°F
- Wind
- 10.7 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 | 76°F | 55°F | 94°F 1986 | 40°F 1982 | 0% | |
| May 2 | 76°F | 55°F | 90°F 2002 | 33°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 3 | 76°F | 56°F | 94°F 1959 | 39°F 1981 | 0% | |
| May 4 | 76°F | 56°F | 92°F 2021 | 37°F 1981 | 0% | |
| May 5 | 76°F | 56°F | 90°F 2012 | 41°F 1997 | 0% | |
| May 6 | 77°F | 56°F | 91°F 1977 | 40°F 1973 | 0% | |
| May 7 | 77°F | 57°F | 94°F 1977 | 41°F 1989 | 0% | |
| May 8 | 77°F | 57°F | 93°F 2010 | 38°F 1989 | 0% | |
| May 9 | 77°F | 57°F | 91°F 1963 | 44°F 1956 | 0% | |
| May 10 | 77°F | 58°F | 93°F 1963 | 41°F 2020 | 0% | |
| May 11 | 77°F | 58°F | 93°F 1973 | 40°F 1977 | 0% | |
| May 12 | 78°F | 58°F | 89°F 2018 | 43°F 2020 | 0% | |
| May 13 | 78°F | 58°F | 93°F 1956 | 44°F 2020 | 0% | |
| May 14 | 78°F | 59°F | 96°F 1956 | 43°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 15 | 78°F | 59°F | 97°F 1962 | 43°F 2021 | 0% | |
| May 16 | 78°F | 59°F | 91°F 1998 | 45°F 1959 | 0% | |
| May 17 | 79°F | 59°F | 93°F 1990 | 42°F 1984 | 0% | |
| May 18 | 79°F | 60°F | 95°F 1977 | 44°F 1984 | 0% | |
| May 19 | 79°F | 60°F | 98°F 1962 | 45°F 1976 | 0% | |
| May 20 | 79°F | 60°F | 94°F 1962 | 48°F 1994 | 0% | |
| May 21 | 79°F | 60°F | 94°F 1962 | 45°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 22 | 79°F | 61°F | 93°F 1960 | 48°F 1992 | 0% | |
| May 23 | 80°F | 61°F | 93°F 1956 | 45°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 24 | 80°F | 61°F | 97°F 2019 | 48°F 1963 | 0% | |
| May 25 | 80°F | 62°F | 94°F 1960 | 46°F 1967 | 0% | |
| May 26 | 80°F | 62°F | 96°F 2019 | 49°F 1979 | 0% | |
| May 27 | 80°F | 62°F | 97°F 1989 | 48°F 1961 | 0% | |
| May 28 | 81°F | 62°F | 95°F 1967 | 42°F 1961 | 0% | |
| May 29 | 81°F | 63°F | 99°F 2019 | 52°F 1997 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 81°F | 63°F | 96°F 2019 | 53°F 1984 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 81°F | 63°F | 97°F 2011 | 51°F 1996 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 7:55 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 8:17 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00318380 (Surf City), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093727, 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.