Macroom Weather in May
Macroom in May
The short of it: Macroom in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 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 15° · low 7° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Macroom an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 110 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Macroom runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Millstreet, 18 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Macroom, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MillstreetMunster | 18 km NNW | 15° | 7° | 65 mm |
| KillumneyMunster | 22 km E | 15° | 7° | 64 mm |
| DunmanwayMunster | 23 km SSW | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |
| BandonMunster | 24 km SE | 15° | 8° | 68 mm |
| TowerMunster | 25 km E | 15° | 7° | 62 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 27 km E | 15° | 8° | 60 mm |
| BlarneyMunster | 28 km E | 15° | 7° | 63 mm |
| DrommahaneMunster | 29 km NE | 15° | 7° | 68 mm |