Appalachia Weather in May
Average highs run from 72°F on May 1 to 78°F on May 31, and lows from 46°F to 55°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.08 in over about 14 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
- 75°F
- Average low
- 51°F
- Precipitation
- 5.08 in
- Record high
- 90°FMay 19, 1996
- Record low
- 24°FMay 2, 1963
- Chance of a freeze
- 19%
- Daylight
- 13 h 43 min to 14 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 56°F
- Wind
- 4.0 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 | 72°F | 46°F | 82°F 2007 | 30°F 1969 | 43% | 0% |
| May 2 | 72°F | 46°F | 83°F 1959 | 24°F 1963 | 43% | 0% |
| May 3 | 72°F | 47°F | 84°F 2024 | 27°F 2005 | 43% | 0% |
| May 4 | 72°F | 47°F | 83°F 1959 | 29°F 2004 | 43% | 0% |
| May 5 | 73°F | 47°F | 84°F 1959 | 29°F 1957 | 43% | 0% |
| May 6 | 73°F | 48°F | 83°F 1959 | 27°F 1957 | 43% | 0% |
| May 7 | 73°F | 48°F | 84°F 1986 | 29°F 1968 | 43% | 0% |
| May 8 | 73°F | 48°F | 82°F 1966 | 28°F 1989 | 44% | 0% |
| May 9 | 73°F | 49°F | 83°F 1963 | 27°F 2020 | 44% | 0% |
| May 10 | 74°F | 49°F | 82°F 1963 | 27°F 1966 | 44% | 0% |
| May 11 | 74°F | 49°F | 81°F 1956 | 30°F 1966 | 44% | 0% |
| May 12 | 74°F | 50°F | 83°F 1957 | 32°F 2020 | 44% | 0% |
| May 13 | 74°F | 50°F | 86°F 1962 | 31°F 1969 | 44% | 0% |
| May 14 | 74°F | 50°F | 84°F 1962 | 29°F 1996 | 44% | 0% |
| May 15 | 75°F | 50°F | 85°F 2018 | 32°F 1959 | 44% | 0% |
| May 16 | 75°F | 51°F | 87°F 1962 | 30°F 1997 | 44% | 0% |
| May 17 | 75°F | 51°F | 86°F 1962 | 32°F 1959 | 44% | 0% |
| May 18 | 75°F | 51°F | 87°F 1962 | 35°F 2009 | 44% | 0% |
| May 19 | 75°F | 52°F | 90°F 1996 | 33°F 2002 | 44% | 0% |
| May 20 | 76°F | 52°F | 87°F 1996 | 30°F 2002 | 43% | 0% |
| May 21 | 76°F | 52°F | 86°F 2022 | 33°F 2002 | 43% | 0% |
| May 22 | 76°F | 52°F | 86°F 2022 | 29°F 2002 | 43% | 0% |
| May 23 | 76°F | 53°F | 83°F 2019 | 35°F 1961 | 43% | 0% |
| May 24 | 77°F | 53°F | 86°F 1975 | 32°F 1961 | 43% | 0% |
| May 25 | 77°F | 53°F | 85°F 1996 | 35°F 1956 | 43% | 0% |
| May 26 | 77°F | 54°F | 85°F 2021 | 36°F 1979 | 43% | 0% |
| May 27 | 77°F | 54°F | 85°F 2021 | 32°F 1961 | 43% | 0% |
| May 28 | 77°F | 54°F | 83°F 1955 | 30°F 1961 | 43% | 0% |
| May 29 | 78°F | 54°F | 84°F 2011 | 40°F 1968 | 43% | 0% |
| May 30 | 78°F | 55°F | 85°F 2006 | 35°F 1984 | 43% | 0% |
| May 31 | 78°F | 55°F | 86°F 2006 | 34°F 1966 | 43% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 8:20 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 8:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00440735 (Big Stone Gap), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00449215, 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.