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Skwentna in May

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Skwentna is chilly: highs near 50°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 23 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Skwentna is chilly: highs near 10°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
17h 34mon average

Is May a good time to visit Skwentna?

May sits outside Skwentna's best months, which run from July. Expect chilly 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 50°F in May, against 19°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in May, against -7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in May, against 37% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in May, against 52% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

17h 34m in May, against 5h 28m to 19h 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. April39°4°low 24°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May50°10°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June63°17°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Skwentna sits, in May

America/Anchorage
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:18 AMsets 10:46 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
61.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Seward233 km south

The land around Skwentna, 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 Skwentna

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skwentna. 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (375 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (375 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.