NWS Boulder Denver Top 20 Records - May

               NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
          MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
                               FOR MAY


 20 WARMEST MAYS           20 WETTEST MAYS           20 SNOWIEST MAYS
   (1873-2020)               (1872-2020)               (1882-2020)

  1 64.7  1934              1 8.57  1876              1 15.5  1898
  2 63.2  1994              2 7.31  1957              2 13.7  1950
  3 62.0  1886              3 6.12  1969              3 13.5  1978
  4 61.7  1958              4 5.06  1973              4 13.2  1912
  5 61.6  1974              5 4.95  1935              5 12.0  1917
    61.6  1879              6 4.88  1938              6 10.0  1908
  7 61.5  1939              7 4.88  1898              7  9.0  1907
  8 61.4  2018              8 4.79  2011              8  8.9  1893
  9 61.3  1936              9 4.77  1967              9  8.8  1957
 10 61.1  1875             10 4.67  1995             10  8.3  1944
 11 61.0  1941             11 4.64  1987             11  8.2  1979
    61.0  1874             12 4.61  1884             12  7.8  1931
 12 60.9  1963             13 4.46  1958             13  7.6  1983
 14 60.9  1956             14 4.30  1883             14  7.4  1915
 15 60.8  1881             15 4.26  1988             15  7.2  2001
 16 60.7  1977             16 4.18  1947             16  7.0  2003
 17 60.6  1992                4.18  1912             17  6.4  1961
    60.6  1900             18 4.15  1891             18  6.3  1910
 19 60.5  2012             19 4.12  1961             19  6.1  1975
 20 60.4  1897             20 3.83  1989             20  4.7  1918
 
20 COLDEST MAYS           20 DRIEST MAYS            LEAST SNOWIEST MAYS
  (1873-2020)               (1872-2020)                 (1882-2020)

 1  48.7  1917             1  0.06  1974             Numerous Years
 2  50.0  1995             2  0.09  1886                 with No
 3  50.1  1935             3  0.15  1899             Snowfall (41)
 4  50.3  1907             4  0.22  1919          
 5  51.4  1983             5  0.34  1977
 6  51.5  1892                0.34  1966
 7  51.6  2019             7  0.43  1925
 8  52.0  1946             8  0.49  1972
 9  52.6  1967             9  0.52  1911
10  52.7  1924            10  0.53  1900    
11  52.8  1943            11  0.60  1954   
12  52.9  1915                0.60  1921
    53.0  2015            13  0.64  1970
    53.0  1950            14  0.65  1984
    53.0  1898            15  0.68  1963
16  53.0  1882            16  0.71  2005
17  53.1  2011                0.71  1968
18  53.2  1885            18  0.75  1903
19  53.3  1909                0.75  1873
20  53.4  1953            20  0.82  2013      

- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average May Temperature is 57.1 degrees (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average May Precipitation is 2.12 inches (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average May Snowfall is 1.1 inches (from 1981-2010 DEN data).

# Wettest Month in Denver History.

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.


UPDATED: 8/2/2020