Los Álamos Weather in May
Los Álamos in May
The short of it: Los Álamos in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 195 mm (7.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 195 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Los Álamos an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 195 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 195 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 min in mid-May, 62 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Los Álamos runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Lebu, 17 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Los Álamos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 97 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h