Knock Weather in May
Knock in May
The short of it: Knock in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 55 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 6° · rain 78 mm · daylight 15 h 55 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Knock brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 6°, with about 78 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 55 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Knock runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Kiltamagh, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Knock, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KiltamaghConnacht | 8 km NW | 15° | 6° | 76 mm |
| ClaremorrisConnacht | 10 km SSW | 15° | 6° | 76 mm |
| BallyhaunisConnacht | 10 km ESE | 15° | 7° | 83 mm |
| SwinfordConnacht | 17 km N | 15° | 6° | 78 mm |
| CharlestownConnacht | 21 km NNE | 15° | 7° | 82 mm |
| FoxfordConnacht | 25 km NNW | 15° | 7° | 78 mm |
| CastlebarConnacht | 26 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 76 mm |
| BallaghaderreenConnacht | 26 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 95 mm |