Climate averages 1991–2020

Kirkland weather
in May.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.8°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 7.9°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 80 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a mild month in Kirkland: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 06 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bellevue (8 km away). In May its highs average 17.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kirkland, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kirkland ranks 486th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 218th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Kirkland is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 71 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kirkland climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kirkland, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.1°C1.8°C	1.8°C	179	18.3	8.99 h
February	8.5°C1.6°C	1.6°C	119	15.1	10.210 h
March	10.6°C2.8°C	2.8°C	139	17.8	11.912 h
April	13.2°C4.6°C	4.6°C	113	15.4	13.614 h
May, selected	16.8°C7.9°C	7.9°C	80	12.5	15.115 h
June	19.2°C10.6°C	10.6°C	71	10.7	15.916 h
July	23.1°C13.2°C	13.2°C	33	6.0	15.616 h
August	23.4°C13.5°C	13.5°C	38	5.2	14.314 h
September	20.1°C11.0°C	11.0°C	71	8.7	12.613 h
October	14.4°C7.3°C	7.3°C	143	14.6	10.911 h
November	9.4°C4.0°C	4.0°C	198	18.1	9.49 h
December	6.5°C1.8°C	1.8°C	181	17.9	8.59 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

Distance from Kirkland

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kirkland) is explained once on the Kirkland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.