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Typical May weather

Phoenix

Arizona · May

The switch flips: mornings good, afternoons already unforgiving.

95° days
70° nights

rain is rare · 14 hours of daylight

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What May feels like

Locals start the summer routine now — errands before nine, dog walks after dark, and a hand pressed to the pavement before letting a dog anywhere near it. Graduations and the last of the good patio evenings crowd into the first couple of weeks.

Rain is genuinely rare — most years, May stays dry start to finish. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy. Most afternoons push past 90°.

The numbers

Typical high95°
Typical low70°
Days with real rain0
Total rain0.1 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)5:27 am / 7:21 pm

How May compares

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