Callan Weather in May
Callan in May
The short of it: Callan in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 64 mm · daylight 15 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Callan brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 7°, with about 64 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 64 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 44 min in mid-May, 112 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Callan runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kilkenny, 15 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Callan, 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
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KilkennyLeinster | 15 km NE | 16° | 7° | 59 mm |
| ThomastownLeinster | 17 km E | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| Carrick-on-SuirMunster | 22 km S | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| Cluain MealaMunster | 30 km SW | 16° | 7° | 84 mm |
| ThurlesMunster | 32 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 74 mm |
| CashelMunster | 34 km W | 16° | 7° | 86 mm |
| BagenalstownLeinster | 34 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 60 mm |
| New RossLeinster | 35 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 68 mm |