Climate · Whitefish

Whitefish in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Whitefish is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Whitefish is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
15h 13mon average

Is May a good time to visit Whitefish?


May sits outside Whitefish's best months, which run from July to September. Expect mild 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 65°F in May, against 32°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 0°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in May, against 18% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in May, against 30% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

15h 13m in May, against 8h 23m to 16h 02m 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. April52°11°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May65°18°low 39°low 4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June73°23°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Whitefish sits, in May

America/Denver

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:58 AMsets 9:09 PM
Above the sea
920 mupland
Latitude
48.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bonner179 km south-east

The land around Whitefish, 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 Whitefish. 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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.