Whitegate Weather in May
Whitegate in May
The short of it: Whitegate in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Whitegate brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 8°, with about 62 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 62 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 109 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Whitegate runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Aghada, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Whitegate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AghadaMunster | 2 km NE | 15° | 8° | 67 mm |
| CobhMunster | 5 km WNW | 15° | 8° | 67 mm |
| CrosshavenMunster | 6 km SW | 15° | 8° | 62 mm |
| FountainstownMunster | 7 km SW | 15° | 8° | 63 mm |
| CloyneMunster | 8 km ENE | 15° | 8° | 63 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 9 km WNW | 15° | 8° | 71 mm |
| CarrigtwohillMunster | 9 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 64 mm |
| MidletonMunster | 10 km NNE | 16° | 8° | 67 mm |