Buckhannon Weather in May
Average highs run from 71°F on May 1 to 77°F on May 31, and lows from 44°F to 53°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.18 in over about 16 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
- 74°F
- Average low
- 49°F
- Precipitation
- 5.18 in
- Record high
- 95°FMay 15, 1908
- Record low
- 19°FMay 11, 1988
- Chance of a freeze
- 42%
- Daylight
- 13 h 51 min to 14 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 52°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 | 71°F | 44°F | 88°F 1962 | 24°F 1971 | 50% | |
| May 2 | 71°F | 44°F | 89°F 2019 | 22°F 1963 | 50% | |
| May 3 | 72°F | 44°F | 88°F 2024 | 24°F 1978 | 50% | |
| May 4 | 72°F | 45°F | 89°F 1902 | 24°F 1986 | 50% | |
| May 5 | 72°F | 45°F | 88°F 1895 | 26°F 1966 | 50% | |
| May 6 | 72°F | 45°F | 89°F 1902 | 25°F 1910 | 50% | |
| May 7 | 73°F | 46°F | 87°F 1999 | 23°F 1970 | 51% | |
| May 8 | 73°F | 46°F | 89°F 1936 | 28°F 1906 | 51% | |
| May 9 | 73°F | 46°F | 92°F 2015 | 24°F 1947 | 51% | |
| May 10 | 73°F | 47°F | 91°F 2015 | 21°F 1947 | 51% | |
| May 11 | 73°F | 47°F | 91°F 2015 | 19°F 1988 | 51% | |
| May 12 | 73°F | 47°F | 89°F 2007 | 26°F 1913 | 51% | |
| May 13 | 74°F | 48°F | 88°F 1957 | 29°F 1996 | 51% | |
| May 14 | 74°F | 48°F | 90°F 1974 | 27°F 1996 | 51% | |
| May 15 | 74°F | 48°F | 95°F 1908 | 28°F 1996 | 51% | 0% |
| May 16 | 74°F | 49°F | 91°F 1900 | 27°F 1973 | 51% | 0% |
| May 17 | 74°F | 49°F | 88°F 1911 | 26°F 1984 | 51% | 0% |
| May 18 | 74°F | 49°F | 91°F 1911 | 32°F 1955 | 50% | 0% |
| May 19 | 75°F | 50°F | 92°F 1911 | 32°F 2009 | 50% | 0% |
| May 20 | 75°F | 50°F | 92°F 1911 | 30°F 2002 | 50% | 0% |
| May 21 | 75°F | 50°F | 91°F 1911 | 31°F 2002 | 50% | 0% |
| May 22 | 75°F | 51°F | 90°F 1911 | 28°F 2002 | 50% | 0% |
| May 23 | 75°F | 51°F | 88°F 1908 | 29°F 1963 | 50% | 0% |
| May 24 | 76°F | 51°F | 89°F 1912 | 31°F 1961 | 50% | 0% |
| May 25 | 76°F | 52°F | 92°F 1904 | 30°F 2013 | 50% | 0% |
| May 26 | 76°F | 52°F | 91°F 2020 | 30°F 1988 | 50% | 0% |
| May 27 | 76°F | 52°F | 90°F 1911 | 29°F 1895 | 50% | 0% |
| May 28 | 76°F | 52°F | 91°F 1908 | 32°F 1936 | 50% | 0% |
| May 29 | 77°F | 53°F | 90°F 1908 | 32°F 1964 | 50% | 0% |
| May 30 | 77°F | 53°F | 91°F 2018 | 32°F 1936 | 49% | 0% |
| May 31 | 77°F | 53°F | 92°F 2006 | 33°F 1961 | 49% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 8:14 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 8:40 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00461220 (Buckhannon), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00461220, 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.