Arklow Weather in May
Arklow in May
The short of it: Arklow in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Arklow brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 8°, with about 61 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 46 min in mid-May, 114 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Arklow runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Gorey, 16 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Arklow, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoreyLeinster | 16 km SW | 15° | 8° | 70 mm |
| WicklowLeinster | 21 km NNE | 15° | 7° | 61 mm |
| KilquadeLeinster | 34 km N | 15° | 7° | 57 mm |
| GreystonesLeinster | 39 km N | 16° | 7° | 50 mm |
| EnniscorthyLeinster | 43 km SW | 15° | 8° | 69 mm |
| BrayLeinster | 46 km N | 15° | 7° | 55 mm |
| Little BrayLeinster | 46 km N | 15° | 7° | 55 mm |
| ShankillLeinster | 48 km N | 16° | 7° | 48 mm |