Great Harwood climate

Great Harwood Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Great Harwood, 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 16°C on May 31, and lows from 5°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Great Harwood, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

May at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Record high
29°CMay 24, 2026
Record low
-1°CMay 14, 2020
Daylight
15 h 07 min to 16 h 42 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
18.0 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 112°C5°C21°C 20240°C 201547%
May 213°C5°C18°C 20171°C 201347%
May 313°C5°C18°C 20172°C 201446%
May 413°C5°C18°C 20233°C 202046%
May 513°C5°C21°C 20182°C 201945%
May 613°C5°C23°C 20132°C 202145%
May 713°C5°C25°C 20162°C 201744%
May 813°C5°C26°C 20162°C 201544%
May 913°C5°C23°C 20243°C 201744%
May 1013°C5°C25°C 20241°C 201746%
May 1113°C6°C27°C 20253°C 201948%
May 1214°C6°C24°C 20254°C 201849%
May 1314°C6°C22°C 20194°C 201950%
May 1414°C6°C22°C 2022-1°C 202050%
May 1514°C6°C21°C 20223°C 201550%
May 1614°C6°C22°C 20224°C 202549%
May 1714°C6°C21°C 20222°C 201848%
May 1814°C6°C25°C 20144°C 201848%
May 1914°C6°C24°C 20204°C 201847%
May 2014°C7°C21°C 20244°C 201748%
May 2114°C7°C23°C 20177°C 201848%
May 2215°C7°C21°C 20187°C 202149%
May 2315°C7°C23°C 20183°C 202550%
May 2415°C7°C29°C 20267°C 202149%
May 2515°C7°C29°C 20172°C 201349%
May 2615°C7°C27°C 20182°C 201349%
May 2715°C8°C26°C 20266°C 201349%
May 2815°C8°C26°C 20208°C 201348%
May 2915°C8°C25°C 20207°C 202349%
May 3016°C8°C26°C 20206°C 202349%
May 3116°C8°C25°C 20216°C 201750%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Great Harwood, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 8:41 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:47 AM, sunset 9:29 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00156832, 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.