Ashbourne Weather in May
Ashbourne in May
The short of it: Ashbourne in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 52 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 7° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Ashbourne brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 7°, with about 61 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 52 min in mid-May, 117 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, Ashbourne runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ratoath, 4 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Ashbourne, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RatoathLeinster | 4 km W | 15° | 6° | 63 mm |
| SwordsLeinster | 13 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |
| BlanchardstownLeinster | 14 km S | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| FinglasLeinster | 15 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 54 mm |
| LeixlipLeinster | 17 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| LucanLeinster | 17 km S | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| MalahideLeinster | 17 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |
| BalbrigganLeinster | 18 km NE | 16° | 7° | 59 mm |