Ballaghaderreen Weather in May
Ballaghaderreen in May
The short of it: Ballaghaderreen in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 95 mm (3.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 95 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Ballaghaderreen an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 95 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 95 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Ballaghaderreen runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Castlerea, 15 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ballaghaderreen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CastlereaConnacht | 15 km SSE | 15° | 7° | 87 mm |
| CharlestownConnacht | 16 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 82 mm |
| BoyleConnacht | 19 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 91 mm |
| TobercurryConnacht | 20 km NNW | 15° | 7° | 89 mm |
| BallyhaunisConnacht | 20 km SW | 15° | 7° | 83 mm |
| BallymoteConnacht | 21 km N | 15° | 7° | 92 mm |
| SwinfordConnacht | 24 km W | 15° | 6° | 78 mm |
| KnockConnacht | 26 km WSW | 15° | 6° | 78 mm |