Cambridge Weather in May
Cambridge in May
The short of it: Cambridge in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 9 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 37 mm · daylight 9 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
May in Cambridge brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 6°, with about 37 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 37 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 9 h 43 min in mid-May, 76 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Cambridge runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Seven Mile Beach, 5 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cambridge, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Mile BeachTasmania | 5 km ESE | 15° | 7° | 34 mm |
| MorningtonTasmania | 5 km SW | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| Acton ParkTasmania | 6 km SSE | 15° | 6° | 39 mm |
| WarraneTasmania | 6 km WSW | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| Clarendon ValeTasmania | 6 km S | 15° | 6° | 39 mm |
| HowrahTasmania | 7 km SSW | 15° | 7° | 38 mm |
| RokebyTasmania | 7 km S | 15° | 6° | 39 mm |
| LindisfarneTasmania | 7 km WSW | 15° | 6° | 41 mm |