Kettering Weather in May
Kettering in May
The short of it: Kettering in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 43 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 47 mm · daylight 15 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Kettering brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 7°, with about 47 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 47 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kettering runs about middling and about as wet in May. Wellingborough, 11 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kettering, 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
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WellingboroughEngland | 11 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 46 mm |
| CorbyEngland | 11 km NNE | 17° | 7° | 48 mm |
| RushdenEngland | 15 km SE | 17° | 7° | 47 mm |
| NorthamptonEngland | 20 km SSW | 17° | 7° | 48 mm |
| Wigston MagnaEngland | 32 km NW | 17° | 7° | 47 mm |
| BedfordEngland | 34 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 47 mm |
| RugbyEngland | 37 km W | 17° | 7° | 50 mm |
| Saint NeotsEngland | 37 km ESE | 17° | 7° | 45 mm |