Preston County Weather in May
Average highs run from 64°F on May 1 to 69°F on May 31, and lows from 42°F to 50°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.36 in over about 17 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
- 46°F
- Precipitation
- 5.36 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 95°FMay 26, 1878
- Record low
- 25°FMay 10, 1947
- Chance of a freeze
- 65%
- Daylight
- 13 h 52 min to 14 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 51°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 | 64°F | 42°F | 89°F 1962 | 30°F 1978 | 54% | 5% |
| May 2 | 64°F | 42°F | 89°F 1954 | 27°F 1963 | 54% | 5% |
| May 3 | 64°F | 43°F | 88°F 1965 | 31°F 1882 | 54% | 4% |
| May 4 | 65°F | 43°F | 89°F 1949 | 29°F 1957 | 54% | 4% |
| May 5 | 65°F | 43°F | 89°F 1949 | 32°F 1956 | 54% | 4% |
| May 6 | 65°F | 44°F | 90°F 1949 | 30°F 1968 | 54% | 3% |
| May 7 | 65°F | 44°F | 90°F 1969 | 27°F 1970 | 54% | 3% |
| May 8 | 65°F | 44°F | 91°F 2015 | 29°F 1976 | 54% | 3% |
| May 9 | 65°F | 44°F | 90°F 1963 | 27°F 2020 | 54% | 3% |
| May 10 | 66°F | 45°F | 91°F 2015 | 25°F 1947 | 54% | 3% |
| May 11 | 66°F | 45°F | 89°F 2015 | 29°F 1966 | 54% | 2% |
| May 12 | 66°F | 45°F | 88°F 1879 | 32°F 2021 | 54% | 2% |
| May 13 | 66°F | 45°F | 91°F 2014 | 31°F 1996 | 54% | 2% |
| May 14 | 66°F | 46°F | 90°F 1962 | 29°F 1996 | 54% | 2% |
| May 15 | 66°F | 46°F | 90°F 1962 | 35°F 1984 | 54% | 2% |
| May 16 | 66°F | 46°F | 91°F 1962 | 30°F 1984 | 54% | 1% |
| May 17 | 67°F | 46°F | 90°F 1962 | 30°F 1984 | 53% | 1% |
| May 18 | 67°F | 47°F | 91°F 1962 | 34°F 2009 | 53% | 1% |
| May 19 | 67°F | 47°F | 91°F 1996 | 33°F 1976 | 53% | 1% |
| May 20 | 67°F | 47°F | 90°F 1962 | 32°F 2002 | 53% | 1% |
| May 21 | 67°F | 47°F | 90°F 1977 | 33°F 1993 | 53% | 1% |
| May 22 | 67°F | 48°F | 90°F 1970 | 30°F 2002 | 53% | 1% |
| May 23 | 68°F | 48°F | 91°F 1966 | 34°F 1997 | 52% | 1% |
| May 24 | 68°F | 48°F | 87°F 1952 | 33°F 1956 | 52% | 1% |
| May 25 | 68°F | 48°F | 89°F 1970 | 32°F 2013 | 52% | 1% |
| May 26 | 68°F | 49°F | 95°F 1878 | 34°F 1988 | 52% | 1% |
| May 27 | 68°F | 49°F | 91°F 2012 | 36°F 1961 | 52% | 0% |
| May 28 | 69°F | 49°F | 90°F 1955 | 36°F 1971 | 52% | 0% |
| May 29 | 69°F | 49°F | 89°F 1969 | 32°F 1949 | 52% | 0% |
| May 30 | 69°F | 50°F | 93°F 2006 | 35°F 1961 | 52% | 0% |
| May 31 | 69°F | 50°F | 93°F 2011 | 37°F 2001 | 51% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 8:12 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 8:39 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00468777 (Terra Alta #1), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013736, 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.