Anoka weather in May

In May, Anoka sees average daytime highs of 67°F and overnight lows near 49°F, with 4.1 in of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 62°F in the first days to 72°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Anoka's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anoka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
67°
5th warmest
Overnight low
49°
8th coldest
Precipitation
4.1 in
11.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:50 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
8 mph
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Anoka is city in and county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

Density
934/km²
people per km²
Founded
1844

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 62°F in the first days to 72°F by the end.

A typical May day in Anoka reaches about 67°F in the afternoon and slips back to 49°F overnight — a 19°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 80°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 13°F warmer than April and about 10°F cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Anoka

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
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.

Anoka weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 0.95.85.990.0
Feb27° / 11°1.04.84.710.10.0
Mar40° / 23°1.97.24.111.60.4
Apr55° / 36°3.210.12.713.23.4
May67° / 49°4.111.80.214.65.9
Jun77° / 59°4.412.3015.46.3
Jul81° / 63°3.610.6015.16.5
Aug79° / 61°3.910.2013.96.8
Sep71° / 52°3.29.3012.36.7
Oct56° / 40°2.78.60.710.74.0
Nov40° / 26°1.86.73.69.30.4
Dec27° / 13°1.35.85.88.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Anoka gets around 4.1 in of rain and snow over 11.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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2353
3363
4362
5372
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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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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296310
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28751483
29741583
30731593
31721693

Wind in May

Winds average 8 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:10 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:107:11
214.15:097:12
314.15:077:14
414.25:067:15
514.25:047:16
614.25:037:17
714.35:017:19
814.35:007:20
914.44:597:21
1014.44:577:22
1114.54:567:24
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1914.84:477:33
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2715.04:397:42
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2915.14:387:44
3015.14:377:45
3115.24:367:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Anoka

In seasonPeak

In May, Anoka sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Anoka's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Anoka?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Anoka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Anoka in May

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

In May, Anoka sees daytime highs around 67°F and nights near 49°F. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Anoka in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anoka peaks around June 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Anoka?

Anoka sits at 45.2°N, 93.4°W, 879 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Champlin, 0.6 mi away.

Topography around Anoka

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Anoka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 866 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 791 ft.

The land around Anoka is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 2 miles, trees (46%) and grassland (26%) within 10 miles, and trees (37%), cropland (35%) and grassland (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
102 ft
10 miles
246 ft
50 miles
791 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Champlin 0.6 mi · West Coon Rapids 3.1 mi · Andover 5.0 mi · Ramsey 5.6 mi · Coon Rapids 7.5 mi · Brooklyn Park 7.5 mi · Ham Lake 7.5 mi · Blaine 8.1 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
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

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 Anoka (45.1977°, -93.3872°, elevation 879 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).