Runcorn Weather in May
Runcorn in May
The short of it: Runcorn in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
May in Runcorn brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 8°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 51 min in mid-May, 116 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 June and May.
Against its neighbours, Runcorn runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Widnes, 2 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Runcorn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WidnesEngland | 2 km N | 17° | 8° | 54 mm |
| Great SankeyEngland | 8 km NE | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| HuytonEngland | 11 km NW | 17° | 8° | 53 mm |
| PrescotEngland | 11 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 57 mm |
| WarringtonEngland | 12 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| St HelensEngland | 12 km N | 17° | 8° | 56 mm |
| Ellesmere Port TownEngland | 13 km WSW | 16° | 7° | 50 mm |
| NorthwichEngland | 17 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 50 mm |