Killaloe Weather in May
Killaloe in May
The short of it: Killaloe in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 46 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 67 mm · daylight 15 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Killaloe an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 67 mm of rain. 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 67 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 46 min in mid-May, 114 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, Killaloe runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ballina, 1 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Killaloe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BallinaMunster | 1 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 67 mm |
| NewportMunster | 11 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 66 mm |
| CastleconnellMunster | 11 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| ArdnacrushaMunster | 16 km SW | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| AnnacottyMunster | 17 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 59 mm |
| CastletroyMunster | 17 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 59 mm |
| NenaghMunster | 18 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 63 mm |
| MoroeMunster | 18 km S | 16° | 7° | 62 mm |