Preston Weather in May
Preston in May
The short of it: Preston in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 58 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Preston an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 58 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 7th 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Preston runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Northcote, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Preston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm less 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