Carrickmacross Weather in May
Carrickmacross in May
The short of it: Carrickmacross in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 57 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 66 mm · daylight 15 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Carrickmacross brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 7°, with about 66 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 57 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Carrickmacross runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Dundalk, 20 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Carrickmacross, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h