Mansfield weather in May

In May, Mansfield sees average daytime highs of 69°F and overnight lows near 51°F, with 4.4 in of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 65°F in the first days to 73°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mansfield's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mansfield's year-round climate.

Daytime high
69°
5th warmest
Overnight low
51°
8th coldest
Rainfall
4.4 in
13.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:18 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
8 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Mansfield is city in and county seat of Richland County, Ohio, United States.

Density
585/km²
people per km²
Founded
1808

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 65°F in the first days to 73°F by the end.

A typical May day in Mansfield reaches about 69°F in the afternoon and slips back to 51°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 57°F and 82°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 10°F warmer than April and about 9°F cooler than June.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How May really feels in Mansfield

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mansfield weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°3.211.47.39.40.0
Feb37° / 23°2.69.65.710.40.0
Mar47° / 31°3.611.73.911.71.4
Apr60° / 41°4.5131.313.14.3
May69° / 51°4.413.8014.25.8
Jun78° / 61°4.212.7014.96.2
Jul81° / 64°3.611.3014.66.3
Aug80° / 63°3.310.3013.66.6
Sep74° / 55°3.09.4012.36.9
Oct62° / 44°3.19.80.210.95.2
Nov49° / 34°3.110.229.71.9
Dec38° / 26°3.210.45.19.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33763
43862
53862
63763
73763
83763
93763
103862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mansfield gets around 4.4 in of rain over 13.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
145
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845
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1244
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2143
2243
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3144

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1871030
2861130
3851140
4841240
5831250
6821350
7811360
8801370
9791371
10771481
11771481
12761491
137514101
147415101
157215112
167215112
177016122
186916123
196816133
206717133
216517144
226317155
236218155
246018166
256018166
265819176
275719177
285619187
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305320198
315220208

Wind in May

Winds average 8 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
28light breeze
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:367:19
213.85:347:20
313.85:337:21
413.85:327:22
513.95:317:23
613.95:297:24
713.95:287:25
814.05:277:26
914.05:267:27
1014.15:257:28
1114.15:247:29
1214.15:227:30
1314.25:217:31
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1514.25:197:33
1614.35:187:34
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1814.35:167:36
1914.45:167:37
2014.45:157:38
2114.45:147:39
2214.45:137:40
2314.55:127:41
2414.55:127:42
2514.55:117:43
2614.65:107:44
2714.65:107:44
2814.65:097:45
2914.65:087:46
3014.75:087:47
3114.75:077:48

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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306.0Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mansfield?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mansfield for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mansfield in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Mansfield sees daytime highs around 69°F and nights near 51°F. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mansfield in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mansfield peaks around June 20 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 20UV 9Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Mansfield in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mansfield is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1216 µg/m³Oct 247 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mansfield?

Mansfield sits at 40.8°N, 82.5°W, 1,243 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Ashland, 13 mi away.

Topography around Mansfield

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Mansfield.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Mansfield has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 ft around an average of 1,266 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,102 ft.

The land around Mansfield is covered by trees (51%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, trees (49%), cropland (24%) and grassland (22%) within 10 miles, and cropland (46%) and trees (34%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
397 ft
10 miles
600 ft
50 miles
1,102 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ashland 13 mi · Mount Vernon 25 mi · Wooster 30 mi · Norwalk 34 mi · Marion 34 mi · Tiffin 42 mi · Medina 43 mi · Delaware 43 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mansfield (40.7584°, -82.5155°, elevation 1,243 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).