Dundrum Weather in May
Dundrum in May
The short of it: Dundrum in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 50 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 61 mm · daylight 15 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Dundrum an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 50 min in mid-May, 116 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, Dundrum runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Ballinteer, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Dundrum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BallinteerLeinster | 2 km S | 15° | 7° | 61 mm |
| RathfarnhamLeinster | 2 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| BalallyLeinster | 2 km SE | 15° | 7° | 60 mm |
| SandyfordLeinster | 3 km SE | 15° | 7° | 60 mm |
| RathgarLeinster | 3 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| RathminesLeinster | 3 km N | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| DonnybrookLeinster | 3 km NE | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| TempleogueLeinster | 3 km W | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |