Payson Weather in May
Average highs run from 63°F on May 1 to 75°F on May 31, and lows from 40°F to 49°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.91 in over about 7 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
- 69°F
- Average low
- 44°F
- Precipitation
- 1.91 in
- Record high
- 99°FMay 29, 1919
- Record low
- 21°FMay 2, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 60%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.6
- Daylight
- 13 h 55 min to 14 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 55%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 5.6 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 | 63°F | 40°F | 86°F 1943 | 24°F 1913 | 26% | 2% |
| May 2 | 64°F | 40°F | 89°F 1947 | 21°F 1913 | 26% | 2% |
| May 3 | 64°F | 41°F | 91°F 1947 | 21°F 1913 | 26% | 2% |
| May 4 | 64°F | 41°F | 90°F 1947 | 27°F 1913 | 26% | 2% |
| May 5 | 65°F | 41°F | 91°F 1934 | 27°F 1961 | 25% | 1% |
| May 6 | 65°F | 42°F | 91°F 1934 | 25°F 1965 | 25% | 1% |
| May 7 | 66°F | 42°F | 91°F 1934 | 27°F 1965 | 25% | 1% |
| May 8 | 66°F | 42°F | 90°F 1919 | 30°F 1943 | 25% | 1% |
| May 9 | 66°F | 43°F | 89°F 1934 | 27°F 1948 | 25% | 1% |
| May 10 | 67°F | 43°F | 87°F 1940 | 26°F 1916 | 24% | 1% |
| May 11 | 67°F | 43°F | 90°F 1934 | 26°F 1916 | 24% | 1% |
| May 12 | 68°F | 43°F | 92°F 2026 | 30°F 1916 | 24% | 1% |
| May 13 | 68°F | 44°F | 92°F 1936 | 30°F 1912 | 24% | 1% |
| May 14 | 68°F | 44°F | 92°F 1919 | 24°F 1913 | 23% | 0% |
| May 15 | 69°F | 44°F | 93°F 1927 | 30°F 1916 | 23% | 0% |
| May 16 | 69°F | 45°F | 93°F 1927 | 26°F 1913 | 23% | 0% |
| May 17 | 70°F | 45°F | 92°F 1927 | 32°F 1971 | 23% | 0% |
| May 18 | 70°F | 45°F | 92°F 1919 | 22°F 1913 | 23% | 0% |
| May 19 | 71°F | 45°F | 92°F 2009 | 31°F 1943 | 22% | 0% |
| May 20 | 71°F | 46°F | 93°F 1934 | 24°F 1913 | 22% | 0% |
| May 21 | 71°F | 46°F | 91°F 2008 | 30°F 1913 | 22% | 0% |
| May 22 | 72°F | 46°F | 94°F 1919 | 31°F 1960 | 22% | 0% |
| May 23 | 72°F | 46°F | 93°F 1984 | 32°F 1966 | 22% | 0% |
| May 24 | 72°F | 47°F | 91°F 1934 | 33°F 2010 | 22% | 0% |
| May 25 | 73°F | 47°F | 92°F 1936 | 30°F 1916 | 21% | 0% |
| May 26 | 73°F | 47°F | 92°F 1936 | 32°F 1929 | 21% | 0% |
| May 27 | 74°F | 47°F | 93°F 1943 | 31°F 1929 | 21% | 0% |
| May 28 | 74°F | 48°F | 98°F 1919 | 32°F 1954 | 20% | 0% |
| May 29 | 74°F | 48°F | 99°F 1919 | 32°F 1913 | 20% | 0% |
| May 30 | 75°F | 48°F | 97°F 1994 | 30°F 1913 | 20% | 0% |
| May 31 | 75°F | 49°F | 97°F 1994 | 30°F 1913 | 20% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 8:49 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00427686 (Santaquin Chlorinator), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00428119, 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.