Somerset Weather in May
Somerset in May
The short of it: Somerset in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 20° · rain 76 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & December
Thirty years of records give Somerset an average May high of 25°, a low of 20° and some 76 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-May, 52 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and December.
Against its neighbours, Somerset runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sandys Parish, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Somerset, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandys ParishSandys | 0 km SSW | 25° | 20° | 76 mm |
| Southampton ParishSouthampton | 5 km SSE | 25° | 20° | 76 mm |
| Warwick ParishWarwick | 7 km ESE | 25° | 20° | 75 mm |
| Pembroke ParishPembroke | 7 km E | 25° | 20° | 75 mm |
| HamiltonHamilton city | 8 km E | 25° | 20° | 74 mm |
| Paget ParishPaget | 8 km ESE | 25° | 20° | 74 mm |
| Devonshire ParishDevonshire | 10 km E | 25° | 20° | 74 mm |
| Smith's ParishSmithʼs | 12 km E | 25° | 20° | 73 mm |