May really WAS cold and wet in Juneau. I did not imagine it. Here is the official weather summary for May: May in Juneau owns coldest maximum temperature record, also 4th wettest on record Juneau experienced a record cold month in May. It was also pretty wet. Meteorologist Richard Lam in the Juneau Forecast Office of the National Weather Service says the average maximum temperature was 48.9 degrees, which was nearly 8 degrees below normal. The previous record was 49.4 degrees set in 1955. Records have been dept at Juneau's Airport since 1943. There were two daily maximum temperature records. It hit 42 on May 8th which tied the previous record set in 1959. It reached 44 on May 11. That tied the previous record in 1952. It was the 4th wettest May on record with 5.73 inches of precipitation which was about 2.5 inches above normal. Rain fell on 29 of the 31 days. The average mean temperature was 44.7 degrees , which was about 4 degrees below normal. It was the 8th coldest May in terms of mean temperature. The average low was 40.5 which was near normal. It was the 4th wettest May on record with 5.73 inches of precipitation which was about 2.5 inches above normal. Rain fell on 29 of the 31 days. There were three days with a trace of snow on the 4th, the 14th and the 15th, which constituted snow records for those dates. But the latest snowfall ever remains as May 25 in 1955. The highest wind gust at the airport was 44 miles per hour from the southeast on the 11th. The highest gust at the Douglas Boat Harbor was 37 miles per hour on the 8th