Battlefield Weather in May
Average highs run from 72°F on May 1 to 81°F on May 31, and lows from 51°F to 60°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.56 in over about 12 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 76°F
- Average low
- 56°F
- Precipitation
- 5.56 in
- Record high
- 93°FMay 16, 1972
- Record low
- 29°FMay 6, 1944
- Chance of a freeze
- 5%
- Daylight
- 13 h 44 min to 14 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 58°F
- Wind
- 9.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 72°F | 51°F | 89°F 1959 | 31°F 1963 | 40% | 0% |
| May 2 | 72°F | 51°F | 86°F 2020 | 30°F 1961 | 40% | 0% |
| May 3 | 73°F | 51°F | 88°F 1952 | 31°F 2005 | 40% | 0% |
| May 4 | 73°F | 52°F | 91°F 2014 | 32°F 1954 | 40% | 0% |
| May 5 | 73°F | 52°F | 91°F 2014 | 33°F 1979 | 40% | 0% |
| May 6 | 73°F | 52°F | 90°F 1952 | 29°F 1944 | 40% | 0% |
| May 7 | 74°F | 53°F | 87°F 1952 | 31°F 1989 | 41% | 0% |
| May 8 | 74°F | 53°F | 88°F 1952 | 35°F 1976 | 41% | 0% |
| May 9 | 74°F | 53°F | 89°F 2011 | 32°F 1980 | 41% | 0% |
| May 10 | 74°F | 54°F | 91°F 1963 | 35°F 1966 | 41% | 0% |
| May 11 | 75°F | 54°F | 90°F 1963 | 34°F 1969 | 41% | 0% |
| May 12 | 75°F | 54°F | 90°F 1963 | 36°F 2013 | 40% | 0% |
| May 13 | 75°F | 55°F | 88°F 1956 | 36°F 1971 | 40% | 0% |
| May 14 | 76°F | 55°F | 88°F 1947 | 36°F 2000 | 40% | 0% |
| May 15 | 76°F | 55°F | 87°F 1957 | 36°F 1973 | 40% | 0% |
| May 16 | 76°F | 56°F | 93°F 1972 | 36°F 1997 | 40% | 0% |
| May 17 | 76°F | 56°F | 88°F 1972 | 37°F 2011 | 40% | 0% |
| May 18 | 77°F | 56°F | 88°F 1962 | 37°F 2002 | 40% | 0% |
| May 19 | 77°F | 57°F | 91°F 1987 | 38°F 1968 | 40% | 0% |
| May 20 | 77°F | 57°F | 90°F 1964 | 38°F 1981 | 40% | 0% |
| May 21 | 78°F | 57°F | 91°F 1987 | 38°F 1968 | 39% | 0% |
| May 22 | 78°F | 58°F | 88°F 1953 | 42°F 2015 | 39% | 0% |
| May 23 | 78°F | 58°F | 88°F 1960 | 42°F 2001 | 39% | 0% |
| May 24 | 79°F | 58°F | 88°F 1962 | 43°F 1979 | 39% | 0% |
| May 25 | 79°F | 59°F | 90°F 1962 | 39°F 1979 | 39% | 0% |
| May 26 | 79°F | 59°F | 93°F 2012 | 40°F 1988 | 39% | 0% |
| May 27 | 80°F | 59°F | 93°F 2018 | 37°F 1961 | 38% | 0% |
| May 28 | 80°F | 60°F | 91°F 2018 | 40°F 1947 | 38% | 0% |
| May 29 | 80°F | 60°F | 91°F 2018 | 38°F 1947 | 38% | 0% |
| May 30 | 81°F | 60°F | 90°F 1982 | 38°F 1984 | 38% | 0% |
| May 31 | 81°F | 60°F | 91°F 1953 | 42°F 1966 | 38% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 8:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00013995 (Springfield), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013995, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.