Five Corners weather in May

In May, Five Corners sees average daytime highs of 65°F and overnight lows near 47°F, with 4.2 in of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 68°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Five Corners's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Five Corners's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 65°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 47°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 4.2 in; 12.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 42 min; 4:45 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Five Corners is census designated place in Clark County, Washington, United States.

Density: 1,189/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 63°F in the first days to 68°F by the end.

A typical May day in Five Corners reaches about 65°F in the afternoon and slips back to 47°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 79°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°F warmer than April and about 5°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)	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68
Avg low (°F)	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	62	44
2	63	44
3	63	45
4	63	45
5	64	45
6	64	45
7	64	46
8	64	46
9	64	46
10	65	46
11	65	46
12	65	47
13	65	47
14	65	47
15	65	47
16	65	47
17	66	47
18	66	48
19	66	48
20	66	48
21	66	48
22	66	48
23	67	49
24	67	49
25	67	49
26	67	49
27	67	49
28	67	49
29	67	49
30	68	49
31	68	50

How May really feels in Five Corners

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.

Five Corners weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	45° / 35°	10.3	18.8	4.3	8.9	0.8
Feb	49° / 36°	7.5	15.6	3.6	10.1	1.5
Mar	53° / 38°	8.3	18.8	2.7	11.6	2.4
Apr	59° / 42°	6.6	17.2	0.6	13.3	3.6
May	65° / 47°	4.2	12.4	0	14.7	5.6
Jun	70° / 51°	3.0	9.5	0	15.4	6.6
Jul	78° / 55°	0.7	3.2	0	15.1	8.2
Aug	79° / 56°	1.0	3.6	0	13.9	8.0
Sep	73° / 52°	3.1	7	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	61° / 45°	7.2	13.8	0	10.7	4.6
Nov	50° / 39°	11.1	18.5	1.4	9.3	1.8
Dec	44° / 35°	11.1	18.5	4.5	8.6	0.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	33	34	34	34	35	36	35	35	35	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	34	35	35
Cloudier (%)	67	66	66	66	65	64	65	65	65	65	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	67	67	67	66	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Five Corners gets around 4.2 in of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	46	45	44	43	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

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 96% 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 (%)	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	92	8

Wind in May

Winds average 4 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 5:06 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:44 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)	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31
Sunset (PM)	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:06	7:09
2	14.1	5:04	7:10
3	14.1	5:03	7:12
4	14.2	5:01	7:13
5	14.2	5:00	7:14
6	14.3	4:58	7:15
7	14.3	4:57	7:17
8	14.4	4:56	7:18
9	14.4	4:54	7:19
10	14.5	4:53	7:20
11	14.5	4:52	7:22
12	14.5	4:50	7:23
13	14.6	4:49	7:24
14	14.6	4:48	7:25
15	14.7	4:46	7:27
16	14.7	4:45	7:28
17	14.7	4:44	7:29
18	14.8	4:43	7:30
19	14.8	4:42	7:31
20	14.9	4:41	7:32
21	14.9	4:40	7:34
22	14.9	4:39	7:35
23	15.0	4:38	7:36
24	15.0	4:37	7:37
25	15.0	4:36	7:38
26	15.1	4:35	7:39
27	15.1	4:34	7:40
28	15.1	4:34	7:41
29	15.2	4:33	7:42
30	15.2	4:32	7:43
31	15.2	4:31	7:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Five Corners

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Is May a good time to visit Five Corners?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Five Corners for sightseeing.

What to pack for Five Corners in May

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

In May, Five Corners sees daytime highs around 65°F and nights near 47°F. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Five Corners 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 Five Corners peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 1 (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)	1	2	4	5	8	7	8	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Five Corners in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Five Corners is worst in August — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.3× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	7	10	10	9	8	8	35	33	11	8	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Five Corners?

Five Corners sits at 45.7°N, 122.6°W, 213 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Orchards, 1.2 mi away.

Topography around Five Corners

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Five Corners has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 ft around an average of 243 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,985 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11,099 ft.

The land around Five Corners is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 2 miles, trees (50%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (80%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

194 ft

trees 43%

10 miles

1,985 ft

trees 50%

50 miles

11,099 ft

trees 80%

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

May weather nearby: Orchards 1.2 mi · Salmon Creek 3.7 mi · Hazel Dell 4.3 mi · Vancouver 5.0 mi · Battle Ground 6.8 mi · Camas 11 mi · Portland 12 mi · Washougal 13 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
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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 Five Corners (45.6846°, -122.5751°, elevation 213 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	62	44
2	63	44
3	63	45
4	63	45
5	64	45
6	64	45
7	64	46
8	64	46
9	64	46
10	65	46
11	65	46
12	65	47
13	65	47
14	65	47
15	65	47
16	65	47
17	66	47
18	66	48
19	66	48
20	66	48
21	66	48
22	66	48
23	67	49
24	67	49
25	67	49
26	67	49
27	67	49
28	67	49
29	67	49
30	68	49
31	68	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	92	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	62	44
2	63	44
3	63	45
4	63	45
5	64	45
6	64	45
7	64	46
8	64	46
9	64	46
10	65	46
11	65	46
12	65	47
13	65	47
14	65	47
15	65	47
16	65	47
17	66	47
18	66	48
19	66	48
20	66	48
21	66	48
22	66	48
23	67	49
24	67	49
25	67	49
26	67	49
27	67	49
28	67	49
29	67	49
30	68	49
31	68	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	92	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	62	44
2	63	44
3	63	45
4	63	45
5	64	45
6	64	45
7	64	46
8	64	46
9	64	46
10	65	46
11	65	46
12	65	47
13	65	47
14	65	47
15	65	47
16	65	47
17	66	47
18	66	48
19	66	48
20	66	48
21	66	48
22	66	48
23	67	49
24	67	49
25	67	49
26	67	49
27	67	49
28	67	49
29	67	49
30	68	49
31	68	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	92	8