Bethesda Weather in May
Average highs run from 68°F on May 1 to 75°F on May 31, and lows from 45°F to 54°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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 49°F
- Record high
- 91°FMay 5, 1949
- Record low
- 28°FMay 9, 2020
- Chance of a freeze
- 39%
- Daylight
- 13 h 55 min to 14 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 53°F
- Wind
- 4.3 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 | 68°F | 45°F | 85°F 2007 | 34°F 2021 | ||
| May 2 | 68°F | 45°F | 84°F 2018 | 34°F 2026 | ||
| May 3 | 68°F | 46°F | 86°F 2012 | 34°F 2026 | ||
| May 4 | 68°F | 46°F | 88°F 1949 | 31°F 2004 | ||
| May 5 | 69°F | 46°F | 91°F 1949 | 33°F 2011 | ||
| May 6 | 69°F | 47°F | 89°F 1949 | 37°F 2020 | ||
| May 7 | 69°F | 47°F | 85°F 2000 | 32°F 2020 | ||
| May 8 | 70°F | 47°F | 87°F 2015 | 30°F 2020 | ||
| May 9 | 70°F | 47°F | 86°F 2015 | 28°F 2020 | ||
| May 10 | 70°F | 48°F | 88°F 2015 | 33°F 2010 | ||
| May 11 | 70°F | 48°F | 87°F 2015 | 37°F 1949 | ||
| May 12 | 71°F | 48°F | 85°F 2018 | 34°F 2021 | ||
| May 13 | 71°F | 49°F | 86°F 2014 | 34°F 2013 | ||
| May 14 | 71°F | 49°F | 83°F 1998 | 33°F 2013 | ||
| May 15 | 71°F | 49°F | 86°F 1998 | 38°F 2016 | ||
| May 16 | 72°F | 49°F | 85°F 1951 | 34°F 2016 | ||
| May 17 | 72°F | 50°F | 86°F 1951 | 40°F 2012 | ||
| May 18 | 72°F | 50°F | 87°F 2026 | 33°F 2009 | ||
| May 19 | 72°F | 50°F | 87°F 2026 | 32°F 2002 | ||
| May 20 | 73°F | 51°F | 85°F 2021 | 36°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 21 | 73°F | 51°F | 87°F 2022 | 31°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 22 | 73°F | 51°F | 83°F 1951 | 30°F 2002 | 0% | |
| May 23 | 73°F | 51°F | 86°F 2021 | 33°F 2006 | 0% | |
| May 24 | 74°F | 52°F | 83°F 2007 | 36°F 2006 | 0% | |
| May 25 | 74°F | 52°F | 86°F 2020 | 31°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 26 | 74°F | 52°F | 89°F 2012 | 37°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 27 | 74°F | 53°F | 89°F 2012 | 42°F 2013 | 0% | |
| May 28 | 75°F | 53°F | 89°F 2012 | 36°F 1949 | 0% | |
| May 29 | 75°F | 53°F | 88°F 2006 | 35°F 1949 | 0% | |
| May 30 | 75°F | 54°F | 89°F 1953 | 41°F 2001 | 0% | |
| May 31 | 75°F | 54°F | 90°F 2011 | 38°F 2001 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 8:47 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00330430 (Barnesville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014894, 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.