Ascot Weather in May
Ascot in May
The short of it: Ascot in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 6° · rain 44 mm · daylight 10 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Ascot an average May high of 17°, a low of 6° and some 44 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 17°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 12 min in mid-May, 60 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Ascot runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Epsom, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Ascot, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EpsomVictoria | 2 km SW | 17° | 6° | 47 mm |
| HuntlyVictoria | 4 km N | 18° | 6° | 42 mm |
| White HillsVictoria | 4 km SW | 17° | 6° | 47 mm |
| Jackass FlatVictoria | 5 km WSW | 17° | 6° | 48 mm |
| East BendigoVictoria | 5 km SSW | 17° | 6° | 47 mm |
| North BendigoVictoria | 6 km SW | 17° | 6° | 48 mm |
| California GullyVictoria | 7 km WSW | 17° | 6° | 48 mm |
| StrathdaleVictoria | 7 km SSW | 17° | 6° | 51 mm |