Ely Weather in May
Ely in May
The short of it: Ely in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 42 mm · daylight 15 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Ely an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 42 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 43 min in mid-May, 112 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Ely runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Newmarket, 20 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ely, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewmarketEngland | 20 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| MarchEngland | 21 km NW | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| CambridgeEngland | 24 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 42 mm |
| WisbechEngland | 30 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 44 mm |
| HuntingdonEngland | 31 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 45 mm |
| ThetfordEngland | 33 km E | 17° | 8° | 43 mm |
| Bury St EdmundsEngland | 35 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| HaverhillEngland | 37 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 44 mm |