Bridgetown Weather in May
Bridgetown in May
The short of it: Bridgetown in May averages a high of 30 °C (87 °F) and a low of 25 °C (77 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 25° · rain 62 mm · daylight 12 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & February
Thirty years of records give Bridgetown an average May high of 30°, a low of 25° and some 62 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 44 min in mid-May, 19 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and February.
Against its neighbours, Bridgetown runs about middling and drier than most in May. Hastings, 4 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bridgetown, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HastingsChrist Church | 4 km SE | 31° | 25° | 81 mm |
| OistinsChrist Church | 9 km ESE | 31° | 25° | 78 mm |
| HoletownSaint James | 9 km NNW | 30° | 25° | 98 mm |
| Welchman HallSaint Thomas | 10 km NNE | 29° | 24° | 76 mm |
| BlackmansSaint Joseph | 12 km NE | 29° | 24° | 76 mm |
| White HillSaint Andrew | 13 km NNE | 30° | 25° | 104 mm |
| Four Cross RoadsSaint John | 13 km ENE | 30° | 24° | 88 mm |
| BathshebaSaint Joseph | 15 km NE | 30° | 25° | 94 mm |