Casper weather in May

In May, Casper sees average daytime highs of 62°F and overnight lows near 39°F, with 2.7 in of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 56°F in the first days to 67°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 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Casper's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Casper's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 62°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 39°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 2.7 in; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 4:48 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 mph; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Casper is city in and county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.

Density: 868/km²; people per km²

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 56°F in the first days to 67°F by the end.

A typical May day in Casper reaches about 62°F in the afternoon and slips back to 39°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 47°F and 76°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 11°F warmer than April and about 13°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)	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68
Avg low (°F)	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	55	33
2	55	33
3	56	34
4	56	34
5	57	35
6	57	35
7	58	35
8	58	36
9	59	36
10	59	37
11	60	37
12	60	38
13	61	38
14	61	39
15	62	39
16	62	40
17	62	40
18	63	40
19	63	41
20	64	41
21	64	42
22	64	42
23	65	42
24	65	42
25	65	43
26	66	43
27	66	43
28	67	44
29	67	44
30	68	44
31	68	45

How May really feels in Casper

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 12 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

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Casper weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 12°	0.8	5.6	5.7	9.2	0.0
Feb	32° / 13°	1.0	5.9	5.8	10.2	0.0
Mar	42° / 22°	1.5	7.1	6	11.6	0.5
Apr	50° / 29°	2.3	10.8	7	13.1	2.3
May	62° / 39°	2.7	11.1	2.3	14.4	5.0
Jun	75° / 49°	1.4	6.3	0.1	15.1	7.5
Jul	84° / 56°	0.7	4.5	0	14.8	6.5
Aug	82° / 55°	0.6	4.1	0	13.8	7.3
Sep	71° / 46°	1.1	5.6	0.7	12.3	7.5
Oct	55° / 33°	1.8	7	4.1	10.8	4.0
Nov	41° / 22°	1.1	5.7	5.5	9.5	0.4
Dec	30° / 13°	0.9	5.6	6.1	8.9	0.0

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	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 (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	47	47	46	45	45	45	45	46	45	45	45	44	45	46	46	46	47	48	49	50	50	51	53
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	53	53	54	55	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	56	55	54	54	54	53	52	51	50	50	49	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Casper gets around 2.7 in of rain and snow over 11.1 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28
Snow chance (%)	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	18
2	39	17
3	39	16
4	39	16
5	39	15
6	39	14
7	38	13
8	38	12
9	37	11
10	37	10
11	37	10
12	37	9
13	37	9
14	37	8
15	37	8
16	37	7
17	37	7
18	37	6
19	37	6
20	36	5
21	36	5
22	36	4
23	35	4
24	35	4
25	34	3
26	33	3
27	32	3
28	31	2
29	30	2
30	29	2
31	28	1

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 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.

	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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	8	light breeze
2	8	light breeze
3	8	light breeze
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28	8	light breeze
29	8	light breeze
30	8	light breeze
31	8	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:29 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)	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	5:07	6:58
2	13.9	5:05	6:59
3	13.9	5:04	7:00
4	14.0	5:03	7:01
5	14.0	5:01	7:03
6	14.1	5:00	7:04
7	14.1	4:59	7:05
8	14.1	4:57	7:06
9	14.2	4:56	7:07
10	14.2	4:55	7:08
11	14.3	4:54	7:09
12	14.3	4:53	7:10
13	14.3	4:51	7:12
14	14.4	4:50	7:13
15	14.4	4:49	7:14
16	14.4	4:48	7:15
17	14.5	4:47	7:16
18	14.5	4:46	7:17
19	14.5	4:45	7:18
20	14.6	4:44	7:19
21	14.6	4:43	7:20
22	14.6	4:42	7:21
23	14.7	4:42	7:22
24	14.7	4:41	7:23
25	14.7	4:40	7:24
26	14.8	4:39	7:25
27	14.8	4:38	7:26
28	14.8	4:38	7:27
29	14.8	4:37	7:28
30	14.9	4:37	7:29
31	14.9	4:36	7:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.9 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)	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.8	Intense
9	6.8	Intense
10	6.8	Intense
11	6.8	Intense
12	6.8	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.9	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	6.9	Intense
20	6.9	Intense
21	6.9	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Casper?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Casper for sightseeing.

What to pack for Casper in May

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

In May, Casper sees daytime highs around 62°F and nights near 39°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Casper in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Casper peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	8	10	10	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Casper?

Casper sits at 42.9°N, 106.3°W, 5,118 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Gillette, 106 mi away.

Topography around Casper

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Casper has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 ft around an average of 5,180 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,173 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,770 ft.

The land around Casper is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 2 miles, grassland (81%) within 10 miles, and grassland (91%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

282 ft

grassland 49%

10 miles

3,173 ft

grassland 81%

50 miles

4,770 ft

grassland 91%

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

May weather nearby: Gillette 106 mi · Laramie 114 mi · Sheridan 137 mi · Cheyenne 142 mi · Fort Collins 170 mi · Rock Springs 172 mi · Rapid City 176 mi · Estes Park 177 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 Casper (42.8666°, -106.3131°, elevation 5,118 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	55	33
2	55	33
3	56	34
4	56	34
5	57	35
6	57	35
7	58	35
8	58	36
9	59	36
10	59	37
11	60	37
12	60	38
13	61	38
14	61	39
15	62	39
16	62	40
17	62	40
18	63	40
19	63	41
20	64	41
21	64	42
22	64	42
23	65	42
24	65	42
25	65	43
26	66	43
27	66	43
28	67	44
29	67	44
30	68	44
31	68	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	18
2	39	17
3	39	16
4	39	16
5	39	15
6	39	14
7	38	13
8	38	12
9	37	11
10	37	10
11	37	10
12	37	9
13	37	9
14	37	8
15	37	8
16	37	7
17	37	7
18	37	6
19	37	6
20	36	5
21	36	5
22	36	4
23	35	4
24	35	4
25	34	3
26	33	3
27	32	3
28	31	2
29	30	2
30	29	2
31	28	1

	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
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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	55	33
2	55	33
3	56	34
4	56	34
5	57	35
6	57	35
7	58	35
8	58	36
9	59	36
10	59	37
11	60	37
12	60	38
13	61	38
14	61	39
15	62	39
16	62	40
17	62	40
18	63	40
19	63	41
20	64	41
21	64	42
22	64	42
23	65	42
24	65	42
25	65	43
26	66	43
27	66	43
28	67	44
29	67	44
30	68	44
31	68	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	18
2	39	17
3	39	16
4	39	16
5	39	15
6	39	14
7	38	13
8	38	12
9	37	11
10	37	10
11	37	10
12	37	9
13	37	9
14	37	8
15	37	8
16	37	7
17	37	7
18	37	6
19	37	6
20	36	5
21	36	5
22	36	4
23	35	4
24	35	4
25	34	3
26	33	3
27	32	3
28	31	2
29	30	2
30	29	2
31	28	1

	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
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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	55	33
2	55	33
3	56	34
4	56	34
5	57	35
6	57	35
7	58	35
8	58	36
9	59	36
10	59	37
11	60	37
12	60	38
13	61	38
14	61	39
15	62	39
16	62	40
17	62	40
18	63	40
19	63	41
20	64	41
21	64	42
22	64	42
23	65	42
24	65	42
25	65	43
26	66	43
27	66	43
28	67	44
29	67	44
30	68	44
31	68	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	18
2	39	17
3	39	16
4	39	16
5	39	15
6	39	14
7	38	13
8	38	12
9	37	11
10	37	10
11	37	10
12	37	9
13	37	9
14	37	8
15	37	8
16	37	7
17	37	7
18	37	6
19	37	6
20	36	5
21	36	5
22	36	4
23	35	4
24	35	4
25	34	3
26	33	3
27	32	3
28	31	2
29	30	2
30	29	2
31	28	1

	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