Gray Weather in May
Gray in May
The short of it: Gray in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 85 mm · daylight 15 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
May in Gray brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 10°, with about 85 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 4th wettest 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 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Gray runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Arc-lès-Gray, 1 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gray, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc-lès-GrayBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1 km NNW | 21° | 10° | 85 mm |
| AuxonneBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 32 km SSW | 21° | 10° | 85 mm |
| Saint-VitBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 34 km SSE | 21° | 10° | 97 mm |
| GenlisBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 36 km SW | 21° | 10° | 79 mm |
| Is-sur-TilleBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 38 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 75 mm |
| Chevigny-Saint-SauveurBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 38 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 76 mm |
| QuetignyBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 39 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 77 mm |
| BesançonBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 39 km SE | 21° | 9° | 102 mm |