Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 3.8°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 374th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 180th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Colorado Springs is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Pueblo in MayUnited States · 67 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in MayUnited States · 81 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Centennial in MayUnited States · 83 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Lakewood in MayUnited States · 99 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in MayUnited States · 100 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Denver in MayUnited States · 102 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Arvada in MayUnited States · 110 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in MayUnited States · 113 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 82 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.