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Typical May weather

Durango

Colorado · May

Green, dry, and the river running hard and fast.

71° days
35° nights

about 2 rainy days · 14 hours of daylight

What to pack

What May feels like

The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic runs Memorial Day weekend, when riders race the steam train up to Silverton and the whole town plans around it. Runoff peaks about now, so the Animas is pushy and serious — great for rafting, wrong for the lazy tube float people picture.

Real rain shows up about 2 days all month; the rest stay dry. about 10 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high71°
Typical low35°
Days with real rain2
Total rain0.7 in
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:02 am / 8:13 pm

How May compares

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