Devizes Weather in May
Devizes in May
The short of it: Devizes in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 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 17° · low 7° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Devizes brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 7°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 34 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, Devizes runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Melksham, 10 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Devizes, 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
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MelkshamEngland | 10 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 50 mm |
| ChippenhamEngland | 15 km NW | 17° | 8° | 51 mm |
| TrowbridgeEngland | 15 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| BathEngland | 26 km W | 17° | 8° | 60 mm |
| FromeEngland | 27 km WSW | 17° | 7° | 56 mm |
| SwindonEngland | 27 km NNE | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| SalisburyEngland | 34 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 51 mm |
| KeynshamEngland | 36 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 58 mm |