Douglas Weather in May
Douglas in May
The short of it: Douglas in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 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 8° · rain 72 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Douglas an average May high of 15°, a low of 8° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 72 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 109 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, Douglas runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Cork, 4 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Douglas, 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
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CorkMunster | 4 km NW | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| GlanmireMunster | 5 km NNE | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 7 km E | 15° | 8° | 71 mm |
| CarrigalineMunster | 7 km SSE | 15° | 8° | 66 mm |
| CobhMunster | 10 km ESE | 15° | 8° | 67 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 10 km W | 15° | 8° | 60 mm |
| BlarneyMunster | 11 km NW | 15° | 7° | 63 mm |
| CarrigtwohillMunster | 12 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 64 mm |