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.

Average high 14.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 9.8°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 49 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Saint Peters · average highYear overview

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

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Saint Peters, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.1°C3.8°C3.8°C7313.78.48 h
February 7.2°C3.6°C3.6°C5811.39.910 h
March 9.2°C4.9°C4.9°C4710.311.812 h
April 11.7°C6.8°C6.8°C429.313.814 h
May, selected 14.7°C9.8°C9.8°C499.215.616 h
June 17.6°C12.6°C12.6°C519.416.517 h
July 20.0°C14.8°C14.8°C549.816.116 h
August 20.2°C15.2°C15.2°C629.614.615 h
September 17.7°C13.3°C13.3°C6010.712.713 h
October 14.3°C10.5°C10.5°C8613.410.711 h
November 10.4°C7.1°C7.1°C8915.08.99 h
December 7.8°C4.6°C4.6°C8414.28.08 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

Distance from Saint Peters

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 limits

How 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.