Athy Weather in May
Athy in May
The short of it: Athy in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 48 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 16° · low 8° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Athy an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 53 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 53 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 48 min in mid-May, 115 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Athy runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Carlow, 17 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Athy, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarlowLeinster | 17 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 55 mm |
| KildareLeinster | 19 km NNE | 15° | 7° | 56 mm |
| PortlaoiseLeinster | 22 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 71 mm |
| Droichead NuaLeinster | 24 km NNE | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| NaasLeinster | 33 km NE | 15° | 7° | 54 mm |
| KilkennyLeinster | 42 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 59 mm |
| TullamoreLeinster | 46 km NW | 16° | 7° | 70 mm |
| CelbridgeLeinster | 49 km NE | 15° | 7° | 56 mm |