Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincoln, United Kingdom weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lincoln, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Scunthorpe (40 km away). In May its highs average 15.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lincoln, United Kingdom, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lincoln, United Kingdom ranks joint 46th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; Lincoln, United Kingdom is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 70 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
Lincoln, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 11.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 45 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 70 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 58 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 61 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 7.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 54 | 10.8 | 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
- Scunthorpe in MayUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Mansfield in MayUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Grimsby in MayUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Nottingham in MayUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Doncaster in MayUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Chesterfield in MayUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Rotherham in MayUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kingston upon Hull in MayUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 52 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 Lincoln) is explained once on the Lincoln, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.