Dover Weather in May
Dover in May
The short of it: Dover in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 86 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dover an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 86 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-May, 97 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Dover runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Hare Bay, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Dover, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km WSW | 12° | 2° | 84 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km NNE | 12° | 2° | 90 mm |
| GamboNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km WSW | 12° | 2° | 78 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km SSW | 12° | 2° | 83 mm |
| New-Wes-ValleyNewfoundland and Labrador | 43 km NE | 13° | 1° | 84 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 49 km WNW | 11° | 1° | 89 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 52 km S | 12° | 2° | 87 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 54 km S | 12° | 2° | 87 mm |