Didcot Weather in May
Didcot in May
The short of it: Didcot in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 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 50 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Didcot an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 50 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 50 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Didcot runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Oxford, 16 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Didcot, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OxfordEngland | 16 km N | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| ReadingEngland | 25 km SE | 18° | 8° | 51 mm |
| High WycombeEngland | 34 km E | 17° | 8° | 55 mm |
| MaidenheadEngland | 37 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| AylesburyEngland | 37 km NE | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| SwindonEngland | 38 km W | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| BasingstokeEngland | 40 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 51 mm |
| BracknellEngland | 40 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |