Mapleton Weather in May
Mapleton in May
The short of it: Mapleton in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 34 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 74° · low 49° · rain 4.6 in. · daylight 14 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Mapleton an average May high of 74°, a low of 49° and some 4.6 in. of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 11° from April to about 74°, with nights near 49°. Wet spells are common — about 4.6 in., the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 34 min in mid-May, 75 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, Mapleton runs about middling and drier than most in May. Schleswig, 18 mi to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Mapleton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 11° warmer, 1.9 in. more rain
- Versus June
- 9° colder
- Day–night spread
- 24°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 11 mph