Moate Weather in May
Moate in May
The short of it: Moate in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 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 66 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Moate an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 66 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 66 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-May, 117 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, Moate runs about middling and about as wet in May. Moate, 17 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Moate, 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
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoateLeinster | 17 km S | 16° | 7° | 71 mm |
| LongfordLeinster | 20 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| AthloneLeinster | 20 km SW | 16° | 7° | 60 mm |
| ClaraLeinster | 24 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 75 mm |
| An Muileann gCearrLeinster | 25 km E | 15° | 7° | 63 mm |
| RoscommonConnacht | 32 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 71 mm |
| TullamoreLeinster | 34 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 70 mm |
| BallinasloeConnacht | 41 km SW | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |