Doncaster Weather in May
Doncaster in May
The short of it: Doncaster in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 66 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Doncaster an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 66 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 7 min in mid-May, 63 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and December.
Against its neighbours, Doncaster runs about middling and about as wet in May. Doncaster East, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Doncaster, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster EastVictoria | 2 km E | 17° | 9° | 71 mm |
| KewVictoria | 8 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 57 mm |
| Mount WaverleyVictoria | 10 km S | 17° | 9° | 73 mm |
| Glen IrisVictoria | 10 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 63 mm |
| PrestonVictoria | 10 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Glen WaverleyVictoria | 11 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 73 mm |
| NorthcoteVictoria | 11 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 57 mm |
| RichmondVictoria | 11 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 57 mm |