Basingstoke Weather in May
Basingstoke in May
The short of it: Basingstoke in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Basingstoke an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 51 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 51 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 33 min in mid-May, 107 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Basingstoke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Reading, 23 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Basingstoke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadingEngland | 23 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 51 mm |
| BracknellEngland | 29 km NE | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| GuildfordEngland | 36 km E | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| WokingEngland | 37 km E | 18° | 8° | 48 mm |
| MaidenheadEngland | 39 km NE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| WaterloovilleEngland | 43 km S | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| SloughEngland | 44 km NE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| SouthamptonEngland | 46 km SSW | 18° | 9° | 48 mm |