Donabate Weather in May
Donabate in May
The short of it: Donabate in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 52 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 16° · low 7° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Donabate brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 7°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 52 min in mid-May, 117 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Donabate runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Malahide, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Donabate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalahideLeinster | 4 km S | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |
| An RosLeinster | 5 km NE | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| SwordsLeinster | 5 km SW | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |
| PortmarnockLeinster | 7 km S | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |
| DonaghmedeLeinster | 10 km S | 16° | 7° | 51 mm |
| SkerriesLeinster | 11 km NNE | 16° | 7° | 57 mm |
| BeaumontLeinster | 12 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| BalbrigganLeinster | 14 km N | 16° | 7° | 59 mm |