Barking Weather in May
Barking in May
The short of it: Barking in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 44 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Barking an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 44 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Barking runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Ilford, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Barking, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IlfordEngland | 3 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| BecontreeEngland | 4 km NE | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| DagenhamEngland | 6 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| Canary WharfEngland | 8 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |
| RomfordEngland | 8 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| WalthamstowEngland | 10 km NW | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| BexleyEngland | 11 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| Stamford HillEngland | 12 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 44 mm |