Knoxville Weather in May
Average highs run from 65°F on May 1 to 74°F on May 31, and lows from 36°F to 46°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.55 in over about 15 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
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 3.55 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 94°FMay 20, 1934
- Record low
- 19°FMay 13, 1976
- Chance of a freeze
- 85%
- Daylight
- 14 h 03 min to 15 h 01 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 47°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 | 65°F | 36°F | 86°F 1942 | 22°F 1931 | 50% | 1% |
| May 2 | 65°F | 37°F | 88°F 1942 | 24°F 1978 | 50% | 1% |
| May 3 | 65°F | 37°F | 84°F 2018 | 25°F 1941 | 50% | 0% |
| May 4 | 66°F | 37°F | 90°F 1928 | 23°F 1986 | 50% | 0% |
| May 5 | 66°F | 38°F | 88°F 1930 | 25°F 1926 | 50% | 0% |
| May 6 | 67°F | 38°F | 85°F 1930 | 27°F 1968 | 50% | 0% |
| May 7 | 67°F | 38°F | 89°F 1939 | 24°F 1970 | 50% | 0% |
| May 8 | 67°F | 39°F | 86°F 1936 | 23°F 1970 | 50% | 0% |
| May 9 | 68°F | 39°F | 88°F 1936 | 21°F 2020 | 50% | 0% |
| May 10 | 68°F | 39°F | 88°F 1936 | 20°F 1947 | 50% | 0% |
| May 11 | 68°F | 40°F | 85°F 2015 | 24°F 1966 | 50% | 0% |
| May 12 | 69°F | 40°F | 85°F 1936 | 21°F 1941 | 50% | 0% |
| May 13 | 69°F | 40°F | 84°F 1936 | 19°F 1976 | 50% | 0% |
| May 14 | 69°F | 41°F | 85°F 1942 | 23°F 1976 | 50% | 0% |
| May 15 | 70°F | 41°F | 88°F 1932 | 26°F 1936 | 50% | 0% |
| May 16 | 70°F | 41°F | 88°F 1932 | 26°F 1935 | 50% | 0% |
| May 17 | 70°F | 42°F | 88°F 1936 | 21°F 1984 | 49% | 0% |
| May 18 | 70°F | 42°F | 86°F 1962 | 25°F 2023 | 49% | 0% |
| May 19 | 71°F | 42°F | 89°F 1939 | 27°F 1932 | 49% | 0% |
| May 20 | 71°F | 43°F | 94°F 1934 | 27°F 1973 | 49% | 0% |
| May 21 | 71°F | 43°F | 93°F 1934 | 25°F 1993 | 49% | 0% |
| May 22 | 72°F | 43°F | 88°F 1927 | 27°F 2002 | 49% | 0% |
| May 23 | 72°F | 44°F | 88°F 1930 | 27°F 1932 | 49% | 0% |
| May 24 | 72°F | 44°F | 87°F 1964 | 25°F 1935 | 48% | 0% |
| May 25 | 72°F | 44°F | 90°F 1932 | 28°F 1935 | 48% | 0% |
| May 26 | 73°F | 45°F | 88°F 1933 | 32°F 1992 | 48% | 0% |
| May 27 | 73°F | 45°F | 88°F 1939 | 30°F 1926 | 48% | 0% |
| May 28 | 73°F | 45°F | 92°F 1931 | 30°F 1927 | 48% | 0% |
| May 29 | 73°F | 46°F | 90°F 1931 | 28°F 1936 | 48% | 0% |
| May 30 | 74°F | 46°F | 92°F 1929 | 29°F 1932 | 47% | 0% |
| May 31 | 74°F | 46°F | 93°F 1934 | 31°F 1938 | 47% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 8:09 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:37 AM, sunset 8:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00300023 (Addison), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00369408, 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.