Appleton Weather in May
Average highs run from 61°F on May 1 to 73°F on May 31, and lows from 40°F to 52°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.64 in over about 12 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
- 3.64 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 95°FMay 28, 2018
- Record low
- 23°FMay 2, 1911
- Chance of a freeze
- 62%
- Daylight
- 14 h 13 min to 15 h 17 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 10.5 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 | 61°F | 40°F | 88°F 1992 | 27°F 1903 | 38% | 3% |
| May 2 | 62°F | 41°F | 89°F 1959 | 23°F 1911 | 38% | 3% |
| May 3 | 62°F | 41°F | 86°F 1949 | 27°F 1967 | 38% | 3% |
| May 4 | 63°F | 42°F | 88°F 1952 | 26°F 1907 | 38% | 2% |
| May 5 | 63°F | 42°F | 90°F 1949 | 28°F 1989 | 38% | 2% |
| May 6 | 63°F | 42°F | 83°F 1930 | 25°F 1989 | 38% | 2% |
| May 7 | 64°F | 43°F | 91°F 1934 | 28°F 1954 | 38% | 2% |
| May 8 | 64°F | 43°F | 83°F 1936 | 23°F 1906 | 38% | 1% |
| May 9 | 65°F | 44°F | 87°F 1993 | 23°F 1966 | 38% | 1% |
| May 10 | 65°F | 44°F | 91°F 1934 | 26°F 1966 | 38% | 1% |
| May 11 | 65°F | 45°F | 86°F 1991 | 26°F 1907 | 38% | 1% |
| May 12 | 66°F | 45°F | 91°F 1991 | 26°F 2020 | 38% | 1% |
| May 13 | 66°F | 45°F | 91°F 2022 | 25°F 1996 | 38% | 1% |
| May 14 | 67°F | 46°F | 91°F 2022 | 30°F 1910 | 38% | 1% |
| May 15 | 67°F | 46°F | 88°F 1962 | 29°F 2016 | 38% | 1% |
| May 16 | 67°F | 47°F | 86°F 1962 | 26°F 1997 | 38% | 1% |
| May 17 | 68°F | 47°F | 87°F 1911 | 30°F 1915 | 38% | 0% |
| May 18 | 68°F | 47°F | 87°F 1911 | 29°F 2002 | 38% | 0% |
| May 19 | 69°F | 48°F | 88°F 1911 | 30°F 1915 | 38% | 0% |
| May 20 | 69°F | 48°F | 87°F 1972 | 30°F 2000 | 38% | 0% |
| May 21 | 69°F | 48°F | 88°F 1934 | 31°F 1907 | 38% | 0% |
| May 22 | 70°F | 49°F | 89°F 1956 | 32°F 2003 | 38% | 0% |
| May 23 | 70°F | 49°F | 85°F 1964 | 29°F 1917 | 38% | 0% |
| May 24 | 70°F | 50°F | 90°F 1950 | 33°F 2013 | 38% | 0% |
| May 25 | 71°F | 50°F | 92°F 2010 | 30°F 1901 | 38% | 0% |
| May 26 | 71°F | 50°F | 90°F 1911 | 33°F 1961 | 38% | 0% |
| May 27 | 71°F | 51°F | 91°F 2018 | 30°F 1915 | 38% | 0% |
| May 28 | 72°F | 51°F | 95°F 2018 | 23°F 1906 | 39% | 0% |
| May 29 | 72°F | 51°F | 91°F 1988 | 31°F 1906 | 39% | 0% |
| May 30 | 72°F | 52°F | 92°F 2018 | 35°F 1915 | 39% | 0% |
| May 31 | 73°F | 52°F | 94°F 1988 | 36°F 2009 | 39% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 7:58 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:13 AM, sunset 8:30 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00470265 (Appleton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00470265, 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.