Downs Weather in May
Downs in May
The short of it: Downs in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 77° · low 50° · rain 4.0 in. · daylight 14 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Downs an average May high of 77°, a low of 50° and some 4.0 in. of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 77°, with nights near 50°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 4.0 in..
The sun is up for about 14 h 20 min in mid-May, 68 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Downs runs about middling and drier than most in May. Osborne, 9 mi to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Downs, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 2.0 in. more rain
- Versus June
- 11° colder
- Day–night spread
- 27°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 12 mph
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OsborneKansas | 9 mi WSW | 77° | 50° | 4.1 in. |
| Smith CenterKansas | 23 mi NNW | 76° | 49° | 4.2 in. |
| BeloitKansas | 23 mi E | 77° | 51° | 4.2 in. |
| MankatoKansas | 27 mi NE | 75° | 50° | 4.5 in. |
| LincolnKansas | 38 mi SE | 78° | 52° | 4.2 in. |
| StocktonKansas | 39 mi W | 77° | 49° | 3.8 in. |
| Red CloudNebraska | 41 mi N | 75° | 49° | 4.7 in. |
| SuperiorNebraska | 44 mi NE | 75° | 51° | 4.6 in. |