Peterborough Weather in May
Peterborough in May
The short of it: Peterborough in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 89 mm · daylight 14 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Peterborough an average May high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 89 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 19°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 89 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 46 min in mid-May, 81 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Peterborough runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Lakefield, 15 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Peterborough, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h