Alamogordo weather in May

In May, Alamogordo sees average daytime highs of 79°F and overnight lows near 54°F, with 0.5 in of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 83°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alamogordo's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alamogordo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 79°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 54°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0.5 in; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 5:09 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Alamogordo is city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 554/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1898

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 83°F by the end.

A typical May day in Alamogordo reaches about 79°F in the afternoon and slips back to 54°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 70°F and 87°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°F warmer than April and about 8°F cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84
Avg low (°F)	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	59

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	50
2	75	50
3	75	50
4	76	51
5	76	51
6	76	51
7	76	52
8	77	52
9	77	52
10	77	53
11	78	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	54
15	79	54
16	79	54
17	79	55
18	80	55
19	80	55
20	80	55
21	81	56
22	81	56
23	81	56
24	82	56
25	82	57
26	82	57
27	83	57
28	83	58
29	83	58
30	84	58
31	84	59

How May really feels in Alamogordo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alamogordo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	50° / 30°	0.7	3.7	1.5	10.1	2.9
Feb	55° / 34°	0.7	4	1.1	10.8	4.3
Mar	63° / 39°	0.6	3.3	0.7	11.7	6.7
Apr	70° / 46°	0.3	1.7	0.1	12.8	8.4
May	79° / 54°	0.5	2.4	0	13.7	8.3
Jun	87° / 62°	0.6	3.5	0	14.1	5.7
Jul	87° / 64°	2.6	11.1	0	13.9	4.9
Aug	85° / 63°	1.7	8.3	0	13.2	5.8
Sep	80° / 58°	1.1	4.4	0	12.2	7.9
Oct	71° / 48°	0.8	3.6	0.1	11.2	8.2
Nov	59° / 37°	0.6	3	0.4	10.3	5.6
Dec	50° / 31°	0.9	4.2	1.8	9.9	2.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	84	84	84	85	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alamogordo gets around 0.5 in of rain over 2.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	8
11	8
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 7 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	7	calm
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11	7	calm
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14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:03	5:03	5:02	5:02	5:02
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:23	6:40
2	13.3	5:21	6:40
3	13.3	5:21	6:41
4	13.4	5:20	6:42
5	13.4	5:19	6:43
6	13.4	5:18	6:43
7	13.5	5:17	6:44
8	13.5	5:16	6:45
9	13.5	5:15	6:46
10	13.5	5:14	6:46
11	13.6	5:13	6:47
12	13.6	5:12	6:48
13	13.6	5:12	6:49
14	13.6	5:11	6:49
15	13.7	5:10	6:50
16	13.7	5:09	6:51
17	13.7	5:09	6:51
18	13.7	5:08	6:52
19	13.8	5:07	6:53
20	13.8	5:07	6:54
21	13.8	5:06	6:54
22	13.8	5:06	6:55
23	13.8	5:05	6:56
24	13.9	5:05	6:56
25	13.9	5:04	6:57
26	13.9	5:04	6:58
27	13.9	5:03	6:58
28	13.9	5:03	6:59
29	14.0	5:02	7:00
30	14.0	5:02	7:00
31	14.0	5:02	7:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.94 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.8	Intense
2	7.9	Intense
3	7.9	Intense
4	7.9	Intense
5	7.9	Intense
6	7.9	Intense
7	7.9	Intense
8	7.9	Intense
9	7.9	Intense
10	7.9	Intense
11	7.9	Intense
12	7.9	Intense
13	7.9	Intense
14	7.9	Intense
15	7.9	Intense
16	7.9	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	8.0	Intense
22	8.0	Intense
23	8.0	Intense
24	8.0	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.0	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.1	Intense
30	8.1	Intense
31	8.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Alamogordo?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Alamogordo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alamogordo in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Alamogordo sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 54°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

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UV index in Alamogordo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alamogordo peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	7	10	10	12	12	12	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Alamogordo?

Alamogordo sits at 32.9°N, 106.0°W, 4,341 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Las Cruces, 63 mi away.

Topography around Alamogordo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Alamogordo.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Alamogordo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 ft around an average of 4,360 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,518 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,933 ft.

The land around Alamogordo is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and bare terrain (32%) within 2 miles, shrubs (37%) and bare terrain (34%) within 10 miles, and grassland (32%), shrubs (28%) and bare terrain (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

282 ft

artificial surfaces 41%

10 miles

5,518 ft

shrubs 37%

50 miles

7,933 ft

grassland 32%

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← April Alamogordo year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Las Cruces 63 mi · Sunland Park 85 mi · El Paso 85 mi · Horizon City 85 mi · Ciudad Juárez 86 mi · Socorro 88 mi · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 89 mi · Roswell 90 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alamogordo (32.8995°, -105.9603°, elevation 4,341 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	50
2	75	50
3	75	50
4	76	51
5	76	51
6	76	51
7	76	52
8	77	52
9	77	52
10	77	53
11	78	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	54
15	79	54
16	79	54
17	79	55
18	80	55
19	80	55
20	80	55
21	81	56
22	81	56
23	81	56
24	82	56
25	82	57
26	82	57
27	83	57
28	83	58
29	83	58
30	84	58
31	84	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	8
11	8
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	50
2	75	50
3	75	50
4	76	51
5	76	51
6	76	51
7	76	52
8	77	52
9	77	52
10	77	53
11	78	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	54
15	79	54
16	79	54
17	79	55
18	80	55
19	80	55
20	80	55
21	81	56
22	81	56
23	81	56
24	82	56
25	82	57
26	82	57
27	83	57
28	83	58
29	83	58
30	84	58
31	84	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	8
11	8
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	50
2	75	50
3	75	50
4	76	51
5	76	51
6	76	51
7	76	52
8	77	52
9	77	52
10	77	53
11	78	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	54
15	79	54
16	79	54
17	79	55
18	80	55
19	80	55
20	80	55
21	81	56
22	81	56
23	81	56
24	82	56
25	82	57
26	82	57
27	83	57
28	83	58
29	83	58
30	84	58
31	84	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	7
9	7
10	8
11	8
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100