Dunstable climate

Dunstable Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dunstable, 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 18°C on May 31, and lows from 5°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 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 Dunstable, 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
56 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CMay 27, 2005
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 4, 1996
Daylight
14 h 54 min to 16 h 21 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
80%
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°C5°C21°C 19970°C 201638%
May 215°C5°C23°C 19971°C 199137%
May 315°C6°C22°C 19970°C 201436%
May 415°C6°C24°C 2006-1°C 199635%
May 515°C6°C23°C 19950°C 199634%
May 616°C6°C24°C 19951°C 199332%
May 716°C6°C24°C 20180°C 199733%
May 816°C6°C23°C 20161°C 199632%
May 916°C6°C23°C 20082°C 199131%
May 1016°C6°C23°C 20081°C 200532%
May 1116°C6°C24°C 20081°C 200534%
May 1216°C6°C22°C 20080°C 202035%
May 1316°C6°C23°C 19981°C 201037%
May 1416°C7°C24°C 1992-1°C 199538%
May 1516°C7°C23°C 20001°C 202038%
May 1617°C7°C23°C 20021°C 199637%
May 1717°C7°C22°C 20041°C 200538%
May 1817°C7°C21°C 20142°C 199637%
May 1917°C7°C24°C 19922°C 200838%
May 2017°C7°C24°C 19922°C 200839%
May 2117°C7°C24°C 19924°C 200841%
May 2217°C8°C24°C 19922°C 200442%
May 2317°C8°C25°C 19923°C 200442%
May 2417°C8°C25°C 19922°C 199742%
May 2518°C8°C25°C 19924°C 199740%
May 2618°C8°C24°C 19924°C 199440%
May 2718°C8°C26°C 20052°C 199440%
May 2818°C8°C24°C 20123°C 199439%
May 2918°C8°C23°C 20033°C 199439%
May 3018°C8°C24°C 20032°C 200740%
May 3118°C8°C25°C 20034°C 200642%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunstable, 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 8:27 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:50 AM, sunset 9:11 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.