Bow Weather in May
Bow in May
The short of it: Bow in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Bow an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 46 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 46 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Bow runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Canary Wharf, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Bow, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canary WharfEngland | 2 km S | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |
| IslingtonEngland | 6 km W | 19° | 8° | 47 mm |
| PeckhamEngland | 7 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |
| BarkingEngland | 7 km E | 19° | 8° | 44 mm |
| IlfordEngland | 7 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| WalthamstowEngland | 7 km N | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| LondonEngland | 8 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 47 mm |
| City of WestminsterEngland | 9 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |