Reading Weather in May
Reading in May
The short of it: Reading in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Reading an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 51 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Reading runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Bracknell, 16 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Reading, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BracknellEngland | 16 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| MaidenheadEngland | 19 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| BasingstokeEngland | 23 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 51 mm |
| High WycombeEngland | 25 km NE | 17° | 8° | 55 mm |
| SloughEngland | 27 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |
| WokingEngland | 32 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 48 mm |
| UxbridgeEngland | 35 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 48 mm |
| GuildfordEngland | 37 km SE | 18° | 8° | 50 mm |