Wake Forest Weather in May
Average highs run from 74°F on May 1 to 80°F on May 31, and lows from 50°F to 59°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.52 in over about 11 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
- 55°F
- Precipitation
- 3.52 in
- Record high
- 102°FMay 29, 1941
- Record low
- 28°FMay 2, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.1
- Daylight
- 13 h 40 min to 14 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 58°F
- Wind
- 4.7 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 | 74°F | 50°F | 94°F 1942 | 34°F 1977 | 32% | 0% |
| May 2 | 74°F | 51°F | 92°F 2007 | 28°F 1963 | 33% | 0% |
| May 3 | 75°F | 51°F | 93°F 1913 | 30°F 1963 | 33% | 0% |
| May 4 | 75°F | 51°F | 97°F 1938 | 31°F 1986 | 33% | 0% |
| May 5 | 75°F | 51°F | 94°F 1955 | 31°F 1957 | 33% | 0% |
| May 6 | 75°F | 52°F | 96°F 1950 | 32°F 1987 | 33% | 0% |
| May 7 | 75°F | 52°F | 94°F 1940 | 31°F 1970 | 33% | 0% |
| May 8 | 75°F | 52°F | 97°F 1940 | 31°F 1989 | 33% | 0% |
| May 9 | 75°F | 53°F | 95°F 1936 | 29°F 1956 | 33% | 0% |
| May 10 | 76°F | 53°F | 93°F 1896 | 30°F 1980 | 34% | 0% |
| May 11 | 76°F | 53°F | 96°F 1896 | 29°F 1966 | 34% | 0% |
| May 12 | 76°F | 54°F | 94°F 1896 | 33°F 1977 | 34% | 0% |
| May 13 | 76°F | 54°F | 96°F 1953 | 32°F 1977 | 34% | 0% |
| May 14 | 76°F | 54°F | 96°F 1933 | 36°F 1941 | 34% | 0% |
| May 15 | 76°F | 54°F | 94°F 1944 | 38°F 1920 | 34% | 0% |
| May 16 | 77°F | 55°F | 96°F 1944 | 36°F 1973 | 35% | 0% |
| May 17 | 77°F | 55°F | 96°F 1941 | 37°F 1956 | 35% | 0% |
| May 18 | 77°F | 55°F | 95°F 1944 | 35°F 1973 | 35% | 0% |
| May 19 | 77°F | 56°F | 95°F 2026 | 36°F 1973 | 35% | 0% |
| May 20 | 77°F | 56°F | 97°F 1962 | 37°F 2002 | 35% | 0% |
| May 21 | 77°F | 56°F | 96°F 1941 | 36°F 2009 | 35% | 0% |
| May 22 | 78°F | 57°F | 101°F 1941 | 37°F 2002 | 35% | 0% |
| May 23 | 78°F | 57°F | 101°F 1941 | 35°F 1983 | 35% | 0% |
| May 24 | 78°F | 57°F | 96°F 1944 | 37°F 2002 | 35% | 0% |
| May 25 | 78°F | 57°F | 96°F 2019 | 37°F 1946 | 35% | 0% |
| May 26 | 79°F | 58°F | 97°F 1953 | 38°F 1967 | 35% | 0% |
| May 27 | 79°F | 58°F | 100°F 1941 | 36°F 1988 | 36% | 0% |
| May 28 | 79°F | 58°F | 101°F 1941 | 34°F 1961 | 36% | 0% |
| May 29 | 79°F | 59°F | 102°F 1941 | 37°F 2024 | 36% | 0% |
| May 30 | 80°F | 59°F | 97°F 1953 | 40°F 1984 | 36% | 0% |
| May 31 | 80°F | 59°F | 99°F 1953 | 41°F 1961 | 36% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 8:01 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 8:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00312993 (Falls Lake), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00315123, 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.