Skipton Weather in May
Skipton in May
The short of it: Skipton in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 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 15° · low 6° · rain 49 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Skipton an average May high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 49 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 15°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 7th 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, Skipton runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Beaufort, 29 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Skipton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeaufortVictoria | 29 km N | 14° | 5° | 53 mm |
| SmythesdaleVictoria | 29 km E | 15° | 6° | 56 mm |
| HaddonVictoria | 32 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 57 mm |
| Ross CreekVictoria | 34 km E | 15° | 6° | 57 mm |
| Smythes CreekVictoria | 38 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 57 mm |
| LucasVictoria | 39 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| DelacombeVictoria | 41 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 56 mm |
| Mitchell ParkVictoria | 42 km ENE | 15° | 5° | 58 mm |