Typical May weather
Anchorage
Alaska · May
56° days
40° nights
about 2 rainy days · 17½ hours of daylight
What to pack
- Sweater
What May feels like
May is the cleanest month of the year and the one locals guard: the mosquitoes haven't hatched, the trails have dried, and the Coastal Trail stays busy well past what mainlanders think of as bedtime. Cruise passengers start arriving mid-month, mostly headed straight out of town.
Real rain shows up about 2 days all month; the rest stay dry. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy.
The numbers
| Typical high | 56° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 40° |
| Days with real rain | 2 |
| Total rain | 0.7 in |
| Humidity | dry air |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 5:10 am / 10:41 pm |