May Weather in Zuni Pueblo United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 71°F to 80°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 88°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 38°F to 46°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 54°F.

For reference, on July 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Zuni Pueblo typically range from 55°F to 87°F, while on January 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 45°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Farrokh Shahr, Iran (7,612 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Zuni Pueblo (view comparison).

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The month of May in Zuni Pueblo experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 27% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on July 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 41%, while on September 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 81%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Zuni Pueblo, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is essentially constant, remaining around 7% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on August 4, and its lowest chance is 4% on June 7.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Zuni Pueblo is essentially constant, remaining about 0.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.9 inches.

Over the course of May in Zuni Pueblo, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 44 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 28 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 13 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 13 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 22 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Zuni Pueblo is 6:23 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 21 minutes earlier at 6:02 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:01 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 23 minutes later at 8:24 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Zuni Pueblo during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during May, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:01 AM and sets 14 hours, 31 minutes later, at 8:32 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:20 AM and sets 9 hours, 48 minutes later, at 5:07 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Zuni Pueblo is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Zuni Pueblo is decreasing during May, decreasing from 11.5 miles per hour to 10.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.8 miles per hour, while on August 14, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Zuni Pueblo throughout May is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 63% on May 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Zuni Pueblo typically lasts for 4.9 months (148 days), from around May 10 to around October 5, rarely starting before April 20 or after June 3, and rarely ending before September 16 or after October 22.

During May in Zuni Pueblo, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 29% to 88% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Zuni Pueblo are increasing during May, increasing by 335°F, from 285°F to 621°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Zuni Pueblo is gradually increasing during May, rising by 0.7 kWh, from 7.7 kWh to 8.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Zuni Pueblo are 35.073 deg latitude, -108.851 deg longitude, and 6,289 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Zuni Pueblo contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 407 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,311 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,217 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,852 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Zuni Pueblo is covered by shrubs (95%), within 10 miles by shrubs (90%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (80%) and trees (15%).