Basildon Weather in May
Basildon in May
The short of it: Basildon in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 43 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Basildon an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 43 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 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, Basildon runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Grays, 14 km to the SW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Basildon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GraysEngland | 14 km SW | 18° | 8° | 43 mm |
| Southend-on-SeaEngland | 18 km E | 17° | 8° | 39 mm |
| ChelmsfordEngland | 19 km N | 18° | 7° | 42 mm |
| RomfordEngland | 19 km W | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| DagenhamEngland | 20 km W | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| GillinghamEngland | 21 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 42 mm |
| ChathamEngland | 22 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 41 mm |
| BecontreeEngland | 23 km W | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |