May
May · September · October
79climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Ashland.
May leads for comfortable weather in Ashland: typically 24.9°C by day, 12.8°C at night, with 96 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high24.9°C
Typical low12.8°C
Rain in May96 mm
August
August · July · June
73climate match
October
October · April · May
80climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 7 against May’s 79 — days reach only 9.2°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.8°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
79.2° / -1.8°
Feb
1911.1° / -0.6°
Mar
3415.4° / 2.9°
Apr
6320.9° / 7.9°
May
7924.9° / 12.8°
Jun
6229° / 17.6°
Jul
5331.1° / 19.8°
Aug
5830° / 19°
Sep
7426.8° / 15.3°
Oct
7021.5° / 8.8°
Nov
4115.6° / 3.4°
Dec
1710.8° / 0°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C | -1.8°C | 101 mm | 8.4 | 9 h 56 | 7 | Strong coverage |
| February | 11.1°C | -0.6°C | 80 mm | 7.6 | 10 h 48 | 19 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15.4°C | 2.9°C | 108 mm | 8.6 | 11 h 51 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| April | 20.9°C | 7.9°C | 103 mm | 8.4 | 13 h 04 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.9°C | 12.8°C | 96 mm | 9 | 14 h 05 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29°C | 17.6°C | 114 mm | 9.1 | 14 h 37 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.1°C | 19.8°C | 107 mm | 8.6 | 14 h 24 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 108 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 32 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26.8°C | 15.3°C | 125 mm | 7.5 | 12 h 22 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| October | 21.5°C | 8.8°C | 89 mm | 6.6 | 11 h 12 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.6°C | 3.4°C | 86 mm | 6.6 | 10 h 11 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| December | 10.8°C | 0°C | 91 mm | 8.3 | 9 h 42 | 17 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Ashland runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.3
Feb
+2.2
Mar
+1.1
Apr
+0.6
May
+0.3
Jun
+0.8
Jul
+1.1
Aug
-0.1
Sep
+0.4
Oct
+1.0
Nov
+0.1
Dec
+1.9
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C31 Jan 2002 | -22.8°C21 Jan 1985 | 69 mm25 Jan 2010 | 231 mm1978 · driest 19 mm in 1986 | 64 |
| February | 27.8°C27 Feb 1977 | -17.8°C5 Feb 1996 | 80 mm7 Feb 2020 | 194 mm2020 · driest 12 mm in 1968 | 65 |
| March | 31.1°C12 Mar 2026 | -12.2°C2 Mar 1980 | 115 mm29 Mar 2010 | 274 mm1975 · driest 18 mm in 1985 | 64 |
| April | 33.3°C18 Apr 2002 | -6.1°C11 Apr 1974 | 129 mm16 Apr 1987 | 278 mm1987 · driest 18 mm in 1985 | 65 |
| May | 35.0°C15 May 1985 | 0.0°C1 May 1999 | 91 mm23 May 1989 | 235 mm2020 · driest 22 mm in 2007 | 65 |
| June | 37.8°C30 Jun 2012 | 4.4°C14 Jun 1995 | 131 mm21 Jun 1972 | 381 mm1995 · driest 16 mm in 2022 | 65 |
| July | 38.9°C5 Jul 2026 | 10.0°C2 Jul 1988 | 92 mm2 Jul 1993 | 316 mm1984 · driest 10 mm in 1983 | 65 |
| August | 39.4°C22 Aug 1983 | 7.2°C29 Aug 1986 | 119 mm9 Aug 2024 | 255 mm2018 · driest 8 mm in 2007 | 64 |
| September | 36.7°C12 Sep 1983 | 1.7°C24 Sep 1983 | 169 mm18 Sep 2024 | 385 mm1999 · driest 1 mm in 1985 | 63 |
| October | 35.6°C4 Oct 2019 | -5.0°C28 Oct 1976 | 118 mm12 Oct 2018 | 294 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 64 |
| November | 29.4°C3 Nov 1974 | -12.2°C24 Nov 1970 | 76 mm12 Nov 2009 | 256 mm2009 · driest 6 mm in 2001 | 64 |
| December | 26.7°C8 Dec 1998 | -18.3°C25 Dec 1983 | 64 mm4 Dec 1990 | 197 mm2015 · driest 7 mm in 1965 | 64 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 9 | <1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 8 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3% | 27% | 11% | 29% | 5.9–11.3°C |
| February | 7% | 28% | 11% | 32% | 7.7–13.5°C |
| March | 22% | 28% | 12% | 30% | 12.4–18.3°C |
| April | 47% | 26% | 10% | 28% | 18.8–23.2°C |
| May | 63% | 29% | 11% | 37% | 22.8–26.5°C |
| June | 72% | 28% | 11% | 30% | 27.0–30.8°C |
| July | 71% | 29% | 12% | 36% | 29.1–32.3°C |
| August | 73% | 26% | 11% | 28% | 28.2–31.7°C |
| September | 74% | 23% | 10% | 23% | 25.0–29.1°C |
| October | 53% | 20% | 8% | 20% | 19.2–23.2°C |
| November | 21% | 22% | 9% | 22% | 13.4–18.3°C |
| December | 5% | 25% | 10% | 25% | 7.7–13.6°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 4453068
- NOAA station
- USC00317202 · REIDSVILLE 2 NW
- Station distance
- 16.9 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 29 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 36.33°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.