Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint Peters weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Saint Peters: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Southend-on-Sea (52 km away). In May its highs average 15.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Saint Peters, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Saint Peters ranks joint 105th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; Saint Peters is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 51 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
Saint Peters climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 13.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 58 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 42 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 14.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 49 | 9.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 17.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 51 | 9.4 | 16.517 h |
| July | 20.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 54 | 9.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 20.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 60 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 86 | 13.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 89 | 15.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 84 | 14.2 | 8.08 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
- Southend-on-Sea in MayUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Calais in MayFrance · 55 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gillingham in MayUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Maidstone in MayUnited Kingdom · 64 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Colchester in MayUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Basildon in MayUnited Kingdom · 70 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Dunkirk in MayFrance · 76 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Grays in MayUnited Kingdom · 77 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 50 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 Saint Peters) is explained once on the Saint Peters year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.