Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Indiana), United States weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lafayette (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carmel (81 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Indiana), United States, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Indiana), United States ranks joint 304th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 399th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lafayette (Indiana), United States is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 110 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
Lafayette (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 70 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 59 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 109 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 110 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 92 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 82 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 68 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 64 | 9.2 | 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
- Carmel in MayUnited States · 81 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Fishers in MayUnited States · 89 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MayUnited States · 94 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Champaign in MayUnited States · 121 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Muncie in MayUnited States · 129 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Gary in MayUnited States · 137 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Hammond in MayUnited States · 140 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MayUnited States · 142 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 130 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 Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.