Average May Temperatures for Kentucky

Average temperatures for May at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Kentucky are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, North - Central, South - Central and Western Kentucky.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern Kentucky

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
75	51	Ashland	24	11
76	52	Baxter	24	11
76	56	Jackson	24	13
77	54	London	25	12
76	51	Mount Sterling	24	10

North - Central Kentucky

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
76	54	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Park	25	12
78	55	Bernheim Forest	25	13
75	54	Elizabethtown	24	12
77	54	Frankfort	25	12
77	55	Harrington Lake, Dix Dam	25	13
76	55	Lexington	24	13
78	59	Louisville	25	15
79	53	Rough River Lake	26	12
76	53	Warsaw, Markland Dam	24	12

South - Central Kentucky

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
77	55	Barren River Lake	25	13
78	57	Berea	25	14
79	57	Bowling Green	26	14
75	52	Cave Run Lake	24	11
75	54	Danville	24	12
81	56	Glasgow	27	13
75	51	Leitchfield	24	11
81	57	Mammoth Cave	27	14
76	53	Monticello	25	12
79	52	Nolin River Lake	26	11
77	54	Scottsville	25	12
77	57	Somerset	25	14
77	51	Stearns	25	10

Western Kentucky

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
77	57	Henderson	25	14
77	58	Hopkinsville	25	14
79	57	Kenlake State Resort Park	26	14
79	57	Murray	26	14
79	58	Paducah	26	14

Average Temperatures for Kentucky in May

Eastern Kentucky

North - Central Kentucky

South - Central Kentucky

Western Kentucky

Reference

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