Climate averages 1991–2020
High Peak weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in High Peak: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In May its highs average 15.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than High Peak, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks joint 137th of 143 for the warmest May highs and 136th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; High Peak is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
High Peak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 80 | 14.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 15.1 | 16.516 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 86 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 88 | 14.3 | 7.68 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Stockport in MayUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Sheffield in MayUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Oldham in MayUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Manchester in MayUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Chesterfield in MayUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Barnsley in MayUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Huddersfield in MayUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Salford in MayUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 69 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.