Dunkeld Weather in May
Dunkeld in May
The short of it: Dunkeld in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 55 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & March
May in Dunkeld brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 6°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 16°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 7 min in mid-May, 62 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Dunkeld runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Penshurst, 25 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Dunkeld, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h