Elizabethtown weather in May: Elizabethtown, Kentucky: normal highs, lows, rain and records for May
Elizabethtown in May has a normal high of 75°F and a normal low of 54°F, a daily mean of 65°F, rising from 72°F on the 1st to 79°F by the 31st. Measurable precipitation falls on 12 days in a normal May, 5.79 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 24°C and low of 12°C, 147 mm of precipitation in May.
- NOAA stationElizabethtown Wp Cs
- Station IDUSC00152512
- Location37.68°N 85.88°W
- Elevation690 ft (210 m)
- Population34,565
- Jan 42° 24°
- Feb 47° 27°
- Mar 56° 35°
- Apr 67° 44°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 56° 34°
- Dec 46° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Elizabethtown in May?
The normal high is 75°F and the normal low 54°F, for a daily mean of 64.5°F. May is 9.0°F warmer than April and 8.1°F cooler than June. May is the 5th warmest month of the year in Elizabethtown and the wettest. Across the month the normal high rises 7°F, from 72°F on May 1 to 79°F on May 31. From one year to the next May's mean temperature typically moves about 3.1°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Mays in three average between 61°F and 68°F.
Bars above: each day's normal high to low. Columns below: the chance of 0.01 inch or more of precipitation that day, on a scale of 0 to 100% (highest 40%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 72°F | 49°F | 40% | 30% |
| May 8 | 74°F | 52°F | 40% | 30% |
| May 15 | 75°F | 54°F | 39% | 29% |
| May 22 | 77°F | 55°F | 38% | 28% |
| May 31 | 79°F | 58°F | 37% | 27% |
Every day of May: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon May 31, coldest night May 1)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 72°F | 49°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 40 min |
| May 2 | 72°F | 50°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 50 min |
| May 3 | 72°F | 50°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 50 min |
| May 4 | 73°F | 50°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 50 min |
| May 5 | 73°F | 51°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 50 min |
| May 6 | 73°F | 51°F | 40% | 30% | 13 h 50 min |
| May 7 | 73°F | 51°F | 40% | 30% | 14 h |
| May 8 | 74°F | 52°F | 40% | 30% | 14 h |
| May 9 | 74°F | 52°F | 40% | 29% | 14 h |
| May 10 | 74°F | 52°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h |
| May 11 | 74°F | 52°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h |
| May 12 | 74°F | 53°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h |
| May 13 | 75°F | 53°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h 10 min |
| May 14 | 75°F | 53°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h 10 min |
| May 15 | 75°F | 54°F | 39% | 29% | 14 h 10 min |
| May 16 | 75°F | 54°F | 39% | 28% | 14 h 10 min |
| May 17 | 75°F | 54°F | 39% | 28% | 14 h 10 min |
| May 18 | 76°F | 54°F | 39% | 28% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 19 | 76°F | 55°F | 39% | 28% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 20 | 76°F | 55°F | 38% | 28% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 21 | 76°F | 55°F | 38% | 28% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 22 | 77°F | 55°F | 38% | 28% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 23 | 77°F | 56°F | 38% | 27% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 24 | 77°F | 56°F | 38% | 27% | 14 h 20 min |
| May 25 | 77°F | 56°F | 38% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 26 | 78°F | 57°F | 38% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 27 | 78°F | 57°F | 38% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 28 | 78°F | 57°F | 37% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 29 | 78°F | 57°F | 37% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 30 | 79°F | 58°F | 37% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
| May 31 | 79°F | 58°F | 37% | 27% | 14 h 30 min |
- Normal high
- 75°FMay average
- Normal low
- 54°FMay average
- Precipitation
- 5.79 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 120.01 inch or more
- Daylight
- 13 h 40 min to 14 h 30 minMay 1 to May 31
- Days at 70°F or more
- 25
- Days at 80°F or more
- 11
- Sunshine
- 74%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USC00152512; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain in Elizabethtown in May?
On a given May day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 39% on average, highest around May 1 (40%). In all, 5.79 in falls on 12 days of a normal May, 2 of them with an inch or more.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USC00152512.
How does May in Elizabethtown compare across Kentucky?
Across the 68 places PlainClimate covers in Kentucky, May normal highs run from 74°F in Versailles to 81°F in Glasgow; Elizabethtown's is 75°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.