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Seward in May

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Seward is cool: highs near 50°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 3 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Seward is cool: highs near 10°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
17h 01mon average

Is May a good time to visit Seward?

May sits outside Seward's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about four 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 50°F in May, against 30°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in May, against -1°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in May, against 47% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 59% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

17h 01m in May, against 6h 10m to 18h 31m 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. April41°5°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May50°10°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June61°16°low 46°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Seward sits, in May

America/Anchorage
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:34 AMsets 10:30 PM
Above the sea
19 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Skwentna233 km north

The land around Seward, 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 Seward

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Seward. 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 (19 m) against the climate model's (126 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 (19 m) against the climate model's (126 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.