Felling Weather in May
Felling in May
The short of it: Felling in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 16 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 49 mm · daylight 16 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Felling an average May high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 49 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 6 min in mid-May, 125 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Felling runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Gateshead, 2 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Felling, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GatesheadEngland | 2 km WNW | 15° | 6° | 45 mm |
| Newcastle upon TyneEngland | 4 km NW | 15° | 6° | 45 mm |
| HebburnEngland | 4 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| WallsendEngland | 5 km NNE | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| GosforthEngland | 6 km NNW | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| JarrowEngland | 6 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |
| WhickhamEngland | 7 km W | 14° | 6° | 47 mm |
| WashingtonEngland | 7 km SSE | 15° | 6° | 46 mm |