Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Wayne weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Fort Wayne: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muncie (106 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Fort Wayne, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Wayne ranks joint 334th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 374th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Fort Wayne is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Fort Wayne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 69 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 80 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 101 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 21.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 103 | 13.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 91 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 77 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 64 | 9.7 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Muncie in MayUnited States · 106 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 114 mm rain
- South Bend in MayUnited States · 112 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kalamazoo in MayUnited States · 135 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in MayUnited States · 144 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Fishers in MayUnited States · 151 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Carmel in MayUnited States · 153 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in MayUnited States · 167 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in MayUnited States · 172 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 99 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 Fort Wayne) is explained once on the Fort Wayne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.