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Scottsdale in May

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Scottsdale is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 61°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Scottsdale is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
13h 54mon average

Is May a good time to visit Scottsdale?

May sits outside Scottsdale's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November. Expect hot days and rain on fewer than one day 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 91°F in May, against 64°F to 104°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in May, against 18°C to 40°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in May, against 1% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in May, against 17% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

13h 54m in May, against 9h 57m to 14h 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.

Either side

  1. April82°28°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May91°33°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June101°38°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Scottsdale sits, in May

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:27 AMsets 7:20 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Morristown55 km north-west

The land around Scottsdale, 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 Scottsdale

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Scottsdale. 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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.