Climate · Kennebunkport

Kennebunkport in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kennebunkport is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Kennebunkport is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
14h 41mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kennebunkport?


May sits outside Kennebunkport's best months, which run from June 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 64°F in May, against 36°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 2°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in May, against 27% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in May, against 41% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

14h 41m in May, against 9h 01m to 15h 21m 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.

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  1. April54°12°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May64°18°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kennebunkport sits, in May

America/New York

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:18 AMsets 7:58 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Boston121 km south-west

The land around Kennebunkport, 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kennebunkport. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.