Average May Temperatures for New York State- Current Results

Average temperatures for May at cities and other locations throughout New York state are listed below.

You can jump to a separate table for: Downstate New York, Hudson Valley & Catskills, Adirondacks & Seaway, Finger Lakes & Central New York State and Western New York State.

The tables give the normal maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Downstate New York

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
65	47	Bridgehampton, Long Island	18	9
68	51	Islip, Long Island	20	10
71	54	New York City, Brooklyn	21	12
71	55	New York City, Central Park	22	13
68	53	New York JFK Airport	20	11
72	56	New York La Guardia Airport	22	13
69	50	White Plains	21	10

Hudson Valley & Catskills

Average temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
71	48	Albany	22	9
74	49	Hudson	23	9
71	48	Poughkeepsie	22	9
73	47	Saratoga Springs	23	8
62	43	Slide Mountain (2650 feet)	17	6

Adirondacks & Seaway

Normal temperatures for May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
69	44	Glens Falls	21	7
63	42	Gloversville	17	6
62	40	Lake Placid	17	4
68	44	Massena	20	7
64	41	Old Forge	18	5
68	44	Plattsburgh	20	7
65	41	Tupper Lake	18	5
67	47	Watertown	19	8

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

May temperature averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
69	45	Auburn	20	7
66	46	Binghamton	19	8
68	42	Corning	20	5
71	44	Elmira	22	7
67	44	Ithaca	20	7
67	41	Oneonta	19	5
69	47	Syracuse	21	9
68	46	Utica	20	8

Western New York State

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
68	43	Allegany State Park	20	6
68	47	Batavia	20	8
67	48	Buffalo	20	9
69	44	Jamestown	20	7
68	46	Niagara Falls	20	8
68	44	Olean	20	7
69	48	Rochester	21	9

Average Temperatures for New York in May

Downstate New York

Hudson Valley & Catskills

Adirondacks & Seaway

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

Western New York State

Reference

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