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Ararat in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Ararat is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Ararat is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
14h 06mon average

Is May a good time to visit Ararat?

Yes. May is one of Ararat's best months (May to June, or September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in May, against 44°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 7°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in May, against 26% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in May, against 36% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

14h 06m in May, against 9h 42m to 14h 37m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April65°18°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May72°22°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Ararat sits, in May

America/New York
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:15 AMsets 8:21 PM
Above the sea
823 mupland
Latitude
36.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Waynesville254 km south-west

The land around Ararat, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Ararat

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ararat. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (823 m) against the climate model's (501 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (823 m) against the climate model's (501 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.