Climate averages 1991–2020
Meads 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 Meads: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (162 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Meads, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks joint 259th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 442nd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Meads is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 113 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
Meads climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 90 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 91 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 110 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 108 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 113 | 13.4 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 109 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 91 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 80 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 95 | 10.3 | 9.510 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
- Lexington in MayUnited States · 162 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Columbus in MayUnited States · 174 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MayUnited States · 176 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Dayton in MayUnited States · 197 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Louisville in MayUnited States · 267 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Roanoke in MayUnited States · 274 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in MayUnited States · 289 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Knoxville in MayUnited States · 293 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 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 Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.