Denver Monthly Temperature, Rainfall and Snowfall Extremes for May

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Top 20 Warmest May's			Top 20 Wettest May's			Top 20 Snowiest May's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
1	64.7	1934	1	8.57	1876	1	15.5	1898
2	63.2	1994	2	7.31	1957	2	13.7	1950
3	62.0	1886	3	6.12	1969	3	13.5	1978
4	61.7	1958	4	5.53	2023	4	13.2	1912
5	61.6	1974	5	5.06	1973	5	12.0	1917
	61.6	1879	6	4.95	1935	6	10.0	1908
7	61.5	1939	7	4.88	1938	7	9.0	1907
8	61.4	2018		4.88	1898	8	8.9	1893
9	61.3	1936	9	4.79	2011	9	8.8	1957
10	61.1	1875	10	4.77	1967	10	8.3	1944
11	61.0	1941	11	4.67	1995	11	8.2	1979
	61.0	1874	12	4.64	1987	12	8.0	1931
13	60.9	1963	13	4.61	1884	13	7.6	1983
	60.9	1956	14	4.46	1958	14	7.2	2001
15	60.8	1881	15	4.3	1883			1931
16	60.7	1977	16	4.26	1988	16	7.0	2003
17	60.6	1992	17	4.18	1947	17	6.4	1961
	60.6	1900		4.18	1912		6.4	1915
19	60.5	2012	19	4.15	1891	19	6.3	1910
20	60.4	1897	20	4.12	1961	20	6.1	1975


Top 20 Coldest May's			Top 20 Driest May's			Top 20 Least Snowiest May's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
1	48.7	1917	1	0.06	1974	Numerous with no Snow
2	50.0	1995	2	0.09	1886
3	50.1	1935	3	0.15	1899
4	50.3	1907	4	0.22	1919
5	51.4	1983	5	0.34	1977
6	51.5	1892		0.34	1966
7	51.6	2019	7	0.43	1925
8	52.0	1946	8	0.49	1972
9	52.6	1967	9	0.52	1911
10	52.7	1924	10	0.53	1900
11	52.8	1943	11	0.60	1954
12	52.9	1915		0.60	1921
13	53.0	2015	13	0.64	1970
	53.0	1950	14	0.65	1984
	53.0	1898	15	0.68	1963
	53.0	1882	16	0.71	2005
17	53.1	2011		0.71	1968
18	53.2	1885	18	0.75	1903
19	53.3	1909		0.75	1873
20	53.4	1953	20	0.82	2013

- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.
- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average May Temperature is 57.4 degrees (from 1991-2020 DIA data).
- Average May Precipitation is 2.16 inches (from 1991-2020 DIA data).

- Average May Snowfall is 1.7 inches (from 1882-2020 Historical Record).
- Average May Snowfall is 1.3 inches (from 1991-2020 Stapleton data).

- Official Snowfall Observations, for DIA, didn't start until the 2007-2008 snow season, so no
30 Year Average is available. 

# Wettest Month in Denver History.

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.


UPDATED: 1/9/2022