Bathgate Weather in May
Bathgate in May
The short of it: Bathgate in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 16 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 69 mm · daylight 16 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Bathgate an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 69 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 69 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 16 min in mid-May, 130 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bathgate runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Livingston, 8 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bathgate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LivingstonScotland | 8 km E | 15° | 7° | 62 mm |
| BroxburnScotland | 11 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 58 mm |
| Bo’nessScotland | 13 km N | 15° | 7° | 62 mm |
| GrangemouthScotland | 13 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 60 mm |
| FalkirkScotland | 14 km NW | 16° | 7° | 60 mm |
| RosythScotland | 20 km NE | 15° | 7° | 54 mm |
| AirdrieScotland | 21 km W | 15° | 7° | 73 mm |
| CarlukeScotland | 22 km SSW | 14° | 6° | 78 mm |