Pittsfield Weather in May
Average highs run from 62°F on May 1 to 72°F on May 31, and lows from 36°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.85 in over about 13 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
- 67°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 3.85 in
- Record high
- 93°FMay 9, 1979
- Record low
- 20°FMay 9, 1947
- Chance of a freeze
- 86%
- Daylight
- 14 h 11 min to 15 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 62°F | 36°F | 87°F 1970 | 26°F 2008 | 38% | |
| May 2 | 62°F | 36°F | 87°F 2001 | 22°F 1923 | 39% | |
| May 3 | 63°F | 36°F | 88°F 2001 | 25°F 1966 | 39% | |
| May 4 | 63°F | 37°F | 88°F 1944 | 25°F 1946 | 39% | |
| May 5 | 64°F | 37°F | 90°F 1944 | 25°F 1922 | 39% | |
| May 6 | 64°F | 37°F | 87°F 1930 | 27°F 2020 | 40% | |
| May 7 | 65°F | 38°F | 88°F 2000 | 27°F 1966 | 40% | |
| May 8 | 65°F | 38°F | 89°F 1936 | 26°F 1950 | 40% | |
| May 9 | 65°F | 38°F | 93°F 1979 | 20°F 1947 | 40% | |
| May 10 | 66°F | 39°F | 91°F 1979 | 24°F 1947 | 41% | |
| May 11 | 66°F | 39°F | 87°F 1993 | 27°F 1966 | 41% | |
| May 12 | 66°F | 39°F | 87°F 2015 | 28°F 1990 | 41% | |
| May 13 | 67°F | 40°F | 86°F 2022 | 25°F 2020 | 41% | |
| May 14 | 67°F | 40°F | 86°F 1961 | 27°F 1994 | 42% | |
| May 15 | 67°F | 40°F | 88°F 1961 | 28°F 2013 | 42% | |
| May 16 | 68°F | 41°F | 91°F 1932 | 25°F 1936 | 42% | |
| May 17 | 68°F | 41°F | 89°F 1977 | 27°F 1957 | 42% | |
| May 18 | 68°F | 41°F | 91°F 1962 | 24°F 2023 | 43% | |
| May 19 | 69°F | 42°F | 92°F 1971 | 25°F 2023 | 43% | |
| May 20 | 69°F | 42°F | 90°F 1971 | 29°F 2002 | 43% | 0% |
| May 21 | 69°F | 42°F | 90°F 1975 | 29°F 1936 | 43% | 0% |
| May 22 | 69°F | 42°F | 89°F 1921 | 29°F 1936 | 44% | 0% |
| May 23 | 70°F | 43°F | 92°F 1975 | 29°F 2015 | 44% | 0% |
| May 24 | 70°F | 43°F | 88°F 1977 | 30°F 1932 | 44% | 0% |
| May 25 | 70°F | 43°F | 86°F 1972 | 26°F 1956 | 44% | 0% |
| May 26 | 70°F | 44°F | 89°F 1978 | 30°F 1956 | 44% | 0% |
| May 27 | 71°F | 44°F | 90°F 1978 | 29°F 1969 | 45% | 0% |
| May 28 | 71°F | 44°F | 92°F 1978 | 30°F 1994 | 45% | 0% |
| May 29 | 71°F | 45°F | 92°F 1987 | 28°F 1977 | 45% | 0% |
| May 30 | 71°F | 45°F | 92°F 1987 | 31°F 1977 | 45% | 0% |
| May 31 | 72°F | 45°F | 92°F 1931 | 28°F 1961 | 45% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:43 AM, sunset 7:54 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:13 AM, sunset 8:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00436893 (Rochester), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00436995, 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.