Peterhead Weather in May
Peterhead in May
The short of it: Peterhead in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 16 h 34 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 14° · low 6° · rain 48 mm · daylight 16 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Peterhead brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 6°, with about 48 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 14°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 34 min in mid-May, 140 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, Peterhead runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Boddam, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Peterhead, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoddamScotland | 4 km S | 14° | 6° | 50 mm |
| LongsideScotland | 9 km W | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Cruden BayScotland | 11 km SSW | 14° | 6° | 50 mm |
| Port ErrollScotland | 11 km SSW | 14° | 6° | 49 mm |
| HattonScotland | 12 km SW | 14° | 5° | 52 mm |
| MintlawScotland | 13 km W | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| CrimondScotland | 13 km NW | 14° | 6° | 47 mm |
| StrichenScotland | 20 km WNW | 14° | 6° | 51 mm |