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Cannon Beach in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Cannon Beach is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Cannon Beach is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
14h 56mon average

Is May a good time to visit Cannon Beach?

May sits outside Cannon Beach's best months, which run from July to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in May, against 52°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against 11°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 15% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in May, against 33% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 56m in May, against 8h 43m to 15h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April57°14°low 43°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May62°17°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June66°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Cannon Beach sits, in May

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:45 AMsets 8:39 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pacific City77 km south

The land around Cannon Beach, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Cannon Beach

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 5 km east of Cannon Beach. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (179 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (179 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.