Roscommon Weather in May
Roscommon in May
The short of it: Roscommon in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 54 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 16° · low 7° · rain 71 mm · daylight 15 h 54 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Roscommon brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 7°, with about 71 mm of rain over the month. 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 71 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 54 min in mid-May, 118 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, Roscommon runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Lanesborough, 14 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Roscommon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LanesboroughLeinster | 14 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 64 mm |
| BallygarConnacht | 16 km SW | 16° | 7° | 71 mm |
| CastlereaConnacht | 26 km NW | 15° | 7° | 87 mm |
| LongfordLeinster | 27 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| BallymahonLeinster | 28 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |
| AthloneLeinster | 29 km SE | 16° | 7° | 60 mm |
| MoateLeinster | 32 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 66 mm |
| BallinasloeConnacht | 34 km S | 16° | 7° | 65 mm |