Holyrood Weather in May
Holyrood in May
The short of it: Holyrood in May averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 5 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 11° · low 2° · rain 100 mm · daylight 15 h 5 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Holyrood an average May high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 100 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 11°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 100 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 5 min in mid-May, 92 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, Holyrood runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, 4 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Holyrood, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-LakeviewNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km NW | 11° | 2° | 100 mm |
| Conception Bay SouthNewfoundland and Labrador | 16 km NE | 12° | 2° | 102 mm |
| Clarke's BeachNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 99 mm |
| ParadiseNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km NE | 11° | 2° | 106 mm |
| Bay BullsNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km ESE | 11° | 2° | 117 mm |
| Witless BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km ESE | 11° | 2° | 118 mm |
| Bay RobertsNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 98 mm |
| SouthlandsNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km ENE | 11° | 2° | 109 mm |