Lancing Weather in May
Lancing in May
The short of it: Lancing in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 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 7° · rain 43 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
May in Lancing brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 7°, with about 43 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 43 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 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, Lancing runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Worthing, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lancing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WorthingEngland | 4 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 43 mm |
| HoveEngland | 11 km E | 17° | 8° | 44 mm |
| BrightonEngland | 13 km E | 17° | 7° | 45 mm |
| LittlehamptonEngland | 15 km W | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| Bognor RegisEngland | 26 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| HorshamEngland | 26 km N | 17° | 7° | 49 mm |
| CrawleyEngland | 33 km NNE | 17° | 7° | 50 mm |
| EastbourneEngland | 43 km E | 16° | 9° | 45 mm |