Limerick Weather in May
Limerick in May
The short of it: Limerick in May averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Limerick an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 58 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 45 min in mid-May, 113 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Limerick runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Moyross, 2 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Limerick, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoyrossMunster | 2 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 60 mm |
| CastletroyMunster | 5 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 59 mm |
| ArdnacrushaMunster | 5 km N | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| AnnacottyMunster | 6 km E | 16° | 8° | 59 mm |
| CastleconnellMunster | 10 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| CaherconlishMunster | 13 km SE | 16° | 7° | 57 mm |
| SixmilebridgeMunster | 13 km NW | 16° | 8° | 68 mm |
| NewportMunster | 15 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 66 mm |