Frinton-on-Sea Weather in May
Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 9 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 15°C
- Average low
- 8°C
- Precipitation
- 53 mm
- Record high
- 28°CMay 27, 2005
- Record low
- -7°CMay 10, 2005
- Daylight
- 14 h 53 min to 16 h 20 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 9°C
- Wind
- 18.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 14°C | 7°C | 26°C 2025 | -4°C 2004 | 36% |
| May 2 | 14°C | 7°C | 23°C 1997 | -6°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 3 | 14°C | 7°C | 24°C 1990 | -6°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 4 | 14°C | 7°C | 24°C 2006 | 0°C 2002 | 34% |
| May 5 | 14°C | 7°C | 26°C 1990 | -1°C 1979 | 33% |
| May 6 | 14°C | 7°C | 25°C 1995 | -2°C 2002 | 32% |
| May 7 | 14°C | 7°C | 26°C 1976 | -3°C 2007 | 32% |
| May 8 | 14°C | 7°C | 24°C 1976 | -1°C 2009 | 31% |
| May 9 | 15°C | 7°C | 24°C 1976 | -1°C 2004 | 30% |
| May 10 | 15°C | 8°C | 22°C 2011 | -7°C 2005 | 31% |
| May 11 | 15°C | 8°C | 24°C 2008 | -7°C 2005 | 31% |
| May 12 | 15°C | 8°C | 24°C 2025 | -1°C 2010 | 31% |
| May 13 | 15°C | 8°C | 26°C 1998 | -2°C 2002 | 32% |
| May 14 | 15°C | 8°C | 25°C 1979 | -3°C 2005 | 32% |
| May 15 | 15°C | 8°C | 25°C 1979 | 0°C 1995 | 32% |
| May 16 | 15°C | 8°C | 24°C 1979 | 0°C 1996 | 31% |
| May 17 | 15°C | 8°C | 25°C 1997 | 0°C 1987 | 32% |
| May 18 | 16°C | 8°C | 22°C 2007 | 0°C 2002 | 31% |
| May 19 | 16°C | 8°C | 23°C 2014 | -4°C 2007 | 32% |
| May 20 | 16°C | 9°C | 23°C 1992 | -3°C 2003 | 33% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 9°C | 24°C 1992 | -2°C 2004 | 35% |
| May 22 | 16°C | 9°C | 25°C 1992 | 4°C 1987 | 36% |
| May 23 | 16°C | 9°C | 25°C 1992 | 0°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 24 | 16°C | 9°C | 27°C 1989 | 0°C 2002 | 35% |
| May 25 | 16°C | 9°C | 26°C 1992 | -1°C 2005 | 34% |
| May 26 | 17°C | 9°C | 23°C 2001 | 0°C 2002 | 35% |
| May 27 | 17°C | 9°C | 28°C 2005 | 0°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 28 | 17°C | 10°C | 26°C 2012 | 0°C 2004 | 36% |
| May 29 | 17°C | 10°C | 25°C 2025 | 0°C 2004 | 38% |
| May 30 | 17°C | 10°C | 25°C 2003 | 0°C 2004 | 39% |
| May 31 | 17°C | 10°C | 24°C 2025 | -2°C 2006 | 41% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:26 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:43 AM, sunset 9:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003590, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.