Driffield Weather in May
Driffield in May
The short of it: Driffield in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 48 mm · daylight 15 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Driffield an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 48 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 57 min in mid-May, 120 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Driffield runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Beverley, 18 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Driffield, 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
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeverleyEngland | 18 km S | 16° | 7° | 46 mm |
| BridlingtonEngland | 19 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 46 mm |
| Kingston upon HullEngland | 30 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 48 mm |
| ScarboroughEngland | 31 km N | 16° | 7° | 47 mm |
| BroughEngland | 32 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 46 mm |
| YorkEngland | 42 km W | 17° | 7° | 44 mm |
| GooleEngland | 44 km SW | 16° | 7° | 44 mm |
| SelbyEngland | 48 km WSW | 16° | 7° | 44 mm |