Lansing Weather in May
Lansing in May
The short of it: Lansing in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 145 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 76° · low 54° · rain 5.7 in. · daylight 14 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Lansing an average May high of 76°, a low of 54° and some 5.7 in. of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 76°, with nights near 54°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 5.7 in..
The sun is up for about 14 h 19 min in mid-May, 67 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Lansing runs about middling and about as wet in May. Leavenworth, 4 mi to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lansing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 1.7 in. more rain
- Versus June
- 9° colder
- Day–night spread
- 22°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 10 mph
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeavenworthKansas | 4 mi NNW | 76° | 54° | 5.6 in. |
| BasehorKansas | 8 mi SSW | 76° | 55° | 5.8 in. |
| Platte CityMissouri | 10 mi NE | 76° | 55° | 5.5 in. |
| ParkvilleMissouri | 12 mi ESE | 76° | 55° | 5.7 in. |
| Bonner SpringsKansas | 13 mi S | 76° | 55° | 5.8 in. |
| EdwardsvilleKansas | 14 mi SSE | 76° | 55° | 5.7 in. |
| TonganoxieKansas | 14 mi SW | 75° | 54° | 5.9 in. |
| RiversideMissouri | 16 mi ESE | 76° | 55° | 5.6 in. |