Croydon climate

Croydon Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Croydon, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Croydon, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CMay 27, 2005
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 14, 1995
Daylight
14 h 50 min to 16 h 16 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
79%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
16.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 115°C6°C22°C 20051°C 201637%
May 215°C6°C22°C 19971°C 201336%
May 315°C6°C22°C 19970°C 201436%
May 416°C6°C24°C 2006-1°C 199634%
May 516°C6°C24°C 19951°C 200534%
May 616°C6°C24°C 19952°C 199733%
May 716°C6°C24°C 20180°C 199733%
May 816°C6°C24°C 20181°C 199632%
May 916°C6°C24°C 20080°C 199132%
May 1016°C6°C24°C 20081°C 200533%
May 1116°C7°C24°C 20081°C 200533%
May 1216°C7°C23°C 19980°C 201034%
May 1317°C7°C24°C 19980°C 201036%
May 1417°C7°C24°C 1992-1°C 199537%
May 1517°C7°C24°C 20001°C 202036%
May 1617°C7°C23°C 20022°C 199636%
May 1717°C7°C23°C 19972°C 200536%
May 1817°C7°C22°C 20043°C 199536%
May 1917°C8°C23°C 19922°C 199437%
May 2017°C8°C24°C 20204°C 200838%
May 2117°C8°C24°C 20203°C 201540%
May 2218°C8°C24°C 19923°C 200440%
May 2318°C8°C25°C 19923°C 200441%
May 2418°C8°C25°C 20123°C 199739%
May 2518°C8°C25°C 19924°C 199738%
May 2618°C8°C24°C 19925°C 199438%
May 2718°C9°C26°C 20053°C 199438%
May 2818°C9°C24°C 20124°C 199638%
May 2918°C9°C23°C 20032°C 199438%
May 3019°C9°C25°C 20033°C 199440%
May 3119°C9°C25°C 20034°C 200642%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Croydon, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

May 1
sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 8:23 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:50 AM, sunset 9:06 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.