Blarney Weather in May
Blarney in May
The short of it: Blarney in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 63 mm · daylight 15 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Blarney an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 63 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 63 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 39 min in mid-May, 110 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Blarney runs about middling and about as wet in May. Tower, 3 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Blarney, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TowerMunster | 3 km WSW | 15° | 7° | 62 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 6 km SSW | 15° | 8° | 60 mm |
| CorkMunster | 8 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| KillumneyMunster | 9 km SW | 15° | 7° | 64 mm |
| DouglasMunster | 11 km SE | 15° | 8° | 72 mm |
| GlanmireMunster | 12 km E | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 17 km ESE | 15° | 8° | 71 mm |
| WatergrasshillMunster | 18 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 84 mm |