Desert Aire Weather in May
Average highs run from 71°F on May 1 to 79°F on May 31, and lows from 49°F to 56°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.55 in over about 5 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
- 53°F
- Precipitation
- 0.55 in
- Record high
- 104°FMay 31, 1986
- Record low
- 24°FMay 2, 1899
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.3
- Daylight
- 14 h 25 min to 15 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 71°F | 49°F | 89°F 1957 | 27°F 1913 | 15% | 0% |
| May 2 | 71°F | 49°F | 91°F 1937 | 24°F 1899 | 15% | 0% |
| May 3 | 71°F | 49°F | 90°F 1937 | 29°F 1928 | 15% | 0% |
| May 4 | 72°F | 49°F | 90°F 1966 | 29°F 1917 | 15% | 0% |
| May 5 | 72°F | 50°F | 95°F 1966 | 28°F 1924 | 15% | 0% |
| May 6 | 73°F | 50°F | 98°F 1966 | 28°F 2010 | 15% | 0% |
| May 7 | 73°F | 50°F | 96°F 1992 | 28°F 1930 | 15% | 0% |
| May 8 | 73°F | 51°F | 96°F 1987 | 29°F 1922 | 15% | 0% |
| May 9 | 74°F | 51°F | 97°F 1987 | 25°F 1922 | 15% | 0% |
| May 10 | 74°F | 51°F | 96°F 1924 | 30°F 1909 | 15% | 0% |
| May 11 | 74°F | 51°F | 97°F 1924 | 26°F 1916 | 16% | 0% |
| May 12 | 75°F | 52°F | 98°F 1931 | 31°F 1899 | 16% | 0% |
| May 13 | 75°F | 52°F | 97°F 1931 | 31°F 1916 | 16% | 0% |
| May 14 | 75°F | 52°F | 96°F 1939 | 32°F 1943 | 16% | 0% |
| May 15 | 75°F | 53°F | 97°F 1924 | 32°F 1915 | 16% | 0% |
| May 16 | 76°F | 53°F | 95°F 1924 | 30°F 1917 | 17% | 0% |
| May 17 | 76°F | 53°F | 99°F 2006 | 31°F 1896 | 17% | 0% |
| May 18 | 76°F | 53°F | 99°F 2006 | 31°F 1941 | 17% | 0% |
| May 19 | 76°F | 54°F | 97°F 1956 | 32°F 1898 | 17% | 0% |
| May 20 | 77°F | 54°F | 93°F 1928 | 30°F 1927 | 17% | 0% |
| May 21 | 77°F | 54°F | 97°F 1928 | 32°F 1918 | 17% | 0% |
| May 22 | 77°F | 54°F | 94°F 1910 | 31°F 1920 | 17% | 0% |
| May 23 | 77°F | 55°F | 96°F 1910 | 31°F 1911 | 17% | 0% |
| May 24 | 77°F | 55°F | 101°F 2001 | 31°F 1926 | 17% | 0% |
| May 25 | 78°F | 55°F | 97°F 2001 | 32°F 1918 | 17% | 0% |
| May 26 | 78°F | 55°F | 99°F 1936 | 33°F 1922 | 17% | 0% |
| May 27 | 78°F | 56°F | 99°F 1958 | 33°F 1922 | 17% | 0% |
| May 28 | 78°F | 56°F | 101°F 1934 | 33°F 1895 | 17% | 0% |
| May 29 | 78°F | 56°F | 99°F 1897 | 32°F 1920 | 17% | 0% |
| May 30 | 78°F | 56°F | 101°F 1986 | 31°F 1923 | 17% | 0% |
| May 31 | 79°F | 56°F | 104°F 1986 | 34°F 1919 | 17% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 8:10 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:10 AM, sunset 8:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00456747 (Priest Rapids Dam), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00458207, 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.