Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Lexington: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 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 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louisville (116 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lexington, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 265th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 447th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lexington is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 109 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
Lexington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 93 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 96 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 114 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 125 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 105 | 12.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 79 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 89 | 8.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 86 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 106 | 10.8 | 9.610 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
- Louisville in MayUnited States · 116 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MayUnited States · 127 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Meads in MayUnited States · 162 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Dayton in MayUnited States · 198 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MayUnited States · 221 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Knoxville in MayUnited States · 231 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MayUnited States · 246 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Columbus in MayUnited States · 254 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 113 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 Lexington) is explained once on the Lexington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.