Ambleside Weather in May
Ambleside in May
The short of it: Ambleside in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 77 mm · daylight 9 h 51 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Ambleside an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 51 min in mid-May, 71 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Ambleside runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Miandetta, 2 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Ambleside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiandettaTasmania | 2 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |
| East DevonportTasmania | 2 km NE | 16° | 7° | 78 mm |
| DevonportTasmania | 3 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |
| SpreytonTasmania | 4 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 81 mm |
| LatrobeTasmania | 7 km SE | 16° | 7° | 81 mm |
| ForthTasmania | 12 km W | 15° | 7° | 87 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 13 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 76 mm |
| ShearwaterTasmania | 14 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 71 mm |