Dover climate

Dover Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 12°C on May 1 to 15°C on May 31, and lows from 9°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dover, in °C, with the record for each date.0510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CMay 31, 2003
Reanalysis low
5°CMay 7, 1997
Daylight
14 h 49 min to 16 h 14 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
20.9 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 112°C9°C17°C 19936°C 201339%
May 212°C9°C18°C 19976°C 199139%
May 312°C9°C17°C 19956°C 199638%
May 413°C9°C19°C 19955°C 199637%
May 513°C9°C19°C 19956°C 199636%
May 613°C9°C21°C 19956°C 199735%
May 713°C9°C18°C 20185°C 199735%
May 813°C9°C18°C 20167°C 199633%
May 913°C9°C19°C 20086°C 199133%
May 1013°C9°C19°C 20086°C 199633%
May 1113°C9°C19°C 20016°C 199633%
May 1213°C10°C18°C 20066°C 201034%
May 1313°C10°C19°C 20016°C 201035%
May 1414°C10°C19°C 20006°C 199536%
May 1514°C10°C18°C 20007°C 199635%
May 1614°C10°C18°C 20025°C 199633%
May 1714°C10°C19°C 20176°C 199633%
May 1814°C10°C18°C 20146°C 199533%
May 1914°C10°C19°C 20147°C 199434%
May 2014°C10°C19°C 20208°C 201534%
May 2114°C10°C20°C 19928°C 201536%
May 2214°C11°C19°C 20178°C 199736%
May 2315°C11°C19°C 20107°C 201336%
May 2415°C11°C20°C 20106°C 201334%
May 2515°C11°C21°C 19928°C 201333%
May 2615°C11°C19°C 20179°C 199634%
May 2715°C11°C21°C 20058°C 199434%
May 2815°C11°C19°C 19928°C 199634%
May 2915°C11°C20°C 19998°C 199435%
May 3015°C11°C20°C 20038°C 200636%
May 3115°C11°C21°C 20038°C 200638%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dover, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 5:28 AM, sunset 8:17 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:46 AM, sunset 9:00 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.