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Raton in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Raton is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Raton is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
14h 07mon average

Is May a good time to visit Raton?

A good month, just outside Raton's best months, which run from September to October.

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 73°F in May, against 46°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 8°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in May, against 16% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in May, against 28% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

14h 07m in May, against 9h 41m to 14h 38m 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. April63°17°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May73°23°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June83°28°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Raton sits, in May

America/Denver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:52 AMsets 7:59 PM
Above the sea
1,981 mhigh country
Latitude
36.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taos Ski Valley56 km south-west

The land around Raton, 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 Raton

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Raton. 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 (1,981 m) against the climate model's (2,284 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 (1,981 m) against the climate model's (2,284 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.