Average Temperatures for Kansas in May

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

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

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 Kansas

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
74 55 Chanute 23 13
77 56 Fort Scott 25 13
77 56 Independence 25 13
76 55 John Redmond Lake 24 13
74 56 Lawrence 23 13
77 55 Leavenworth 25 13
75 56 Olathe 24 13
73 54 Perry Lake 23 12
76 55 Pomona Lake 24 13
76 55 Topeka 25 13

Central Kansas

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
75 52 Concordia 24 11
76 51 Great Bend 25 10
76 52 Hutchinson 25 11
73 51 Lovewell Reservoir Dam 23 10
76 54 Manhattan 24 12
77 56 Marion Lake 25 13
74 54 Milford Lake 24 12
77 53 Salina 25 12
76 54 Tallgrass Prairie Preserve 25 12
75 52 Tuttle Creek Lake 24 11
78 56 Wichita 25 13
76 52 Wilson Lake 24 11

Western Kansas

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
74 46 Colby 24 8
78 51 Dodge City 26 11
79 50 Elkhart 26 10
78 49 Garden City 25 9
74 46 Goodland 23 8
75 47 Keith Sebelius Reservoir 24 8
75 48 Kirwin Reservoir Dam 24 9
79 50 Liberal 26 10
77 48 Webster Reservoir Dam 25 9
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Kansas Temperatures
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