Climate averages 1991–2020
Lawton weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lawton: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wichita Falls (78 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Lawton, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lawton ranks joint 121st of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 413th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lawton is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Lawton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 35 | 4.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 43 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 71 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 113 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 79 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 42 | 5.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 43 | 5.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 65 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 79 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 50 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 47 | 4.8 | 9.910 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
- Wichita Falls in MayUnited States · 78 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Norman in MayUnited States · 110 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MayUnited States · 124 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Edmond in MayUnited States · 143 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Denton in MayUnited States · 194 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Flower Mound in MayUnited States · 214 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Lewisville in MayUnited States · 216 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Frisco in MayUnited States · 217 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 142 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 Lawton) is explained once on the Lawton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.