Brunswick weather in May

In May, Brunswick sees average daytime highs of 62°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 3.1 in of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 58°F in the first days to 66°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Brunswick's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brunswick's year-round climate.

Daytime high
62°
5th warmest
Overnight low
46°
8th coldest
Precipitation
3.1 in
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:20 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
66%
12th clearest
Wind
7 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Brunswick is town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Founded
1628

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 58°F in the first days to 66°F by the end.

A typical May day in Brunswick reaches about 62°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 15°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 52°F and 72°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 10°F warmer than April and about 9°F cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Brunswick

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.

Brunswick 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 15°3.39.26.89.10.0
Feb32° / 16°3.08.76.610.20.0
Mar40° / 25°3.910.25.911.60.2
Apr51° / 37°3.810.72.113.22.6
May62° / 46°3.110.60.114.55.1
Jun71° / 56°3.610.7015.26.4
Jul77° / 62°3.19.9014.96.8
Aug76° / 61°3.18.7013.87.2
Sep69° / 54°3.48.6012.36.6
Oct57° / 44°4.59.90.210.84.2
Nov46° / 33°3.69.51.89.51.2
Dec36° / 22°4.1116.28.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
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63961
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Brunswick gets around 3.1 in of rain and snow over 10.6 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
135
235
335
434
534
634
734
834
934
1034
1134
1234
1334
1434
1534
1634
1734
1835
1935
2035
2135
2234
2334
2434
2535
2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3135

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
299100
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799100
899100
998200
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1198200
1298200
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1497300
1596310
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2291720
2389830
2488930
25851041
26841141
27831241
28811351
29801451
30791551
31771661

Wind in May

Winds average 7 mph in May.

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

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:396:35
214.04:386:36
314.04:366:37
414.14:356:38
514.14:346:40
614.14:326:41
714.24:316:42
814.24:306:43
914.34:286:44
1014.34:276:45
1114.34:266:47
1214.44:256:48
1314.44:236:49
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Brunswick

In seasonPeak

None of Brunswick's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Brunswick sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Brunswick?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Brunswick for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brunswick in May

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

In May, Brunswick sees daytime highs around 62°F and nights near 46°F. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Brunswick in May

The nearest coast averages about 47°F in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 mi away) is warmest in August at about 62°F and coldest in March near 38°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

40°50°60°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan41Bracing
Feb38Bracing
Mar38Bracing
Apr41Bracing
May47Bracing
Jun54Bracing
Jul60Cool
Aug62Cool
Sep58Bracing
Oct54Bracing
Nov49Bracing
Dec45Bracing

UV index in Brunswick 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 Brunswick peaks around July 12 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Brunswick?

Brunswick sits at 43.9°N, 70.0°W, 62 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Lewiston, 18 mi away.

Topography around Brunswick

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Brunswick has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 ft around an average of 92 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 ft; within 50 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,526 ft.

The land around Brunswick is covered by trees (60%) within 2 miles, trees (68%) within 10 miles, and trees (62%) and water (33%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
249 ft
10 miles
456 ft
50 miles
2,526 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Lewiston 18 mi · Auburn 18 mi · Portland 23 mi · South Portland 24 mi · South Portland Gardens 26 mi · Westbrook 26 mi · Augusta 29 mi · West Scarborough 32 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 Brunswick (43.9145°, -69.9653°, elevation 62 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).