Heysham climate

Heysham Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Heysham, 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 7°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 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 Heysham, 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
13°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CMay 25, 2017
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 3, 1996
Daylight
15 h 08 min to 16 h 45 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
19.8 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°C7°C15°C 20073°C 201547%
May 212°C7°C16°C 19974°C 199646%
May 312°C7°C18°C 19952°C 199645%
May 412°C7°C19°C 20062°C 199645%
May 512°C7°C16°C 19952°C 201244%
May 612°C7°C17°C 20182°C 199744%
May 712°C7°C18°C 20083°C 199743%
May 812°C7°C18°C 20164°C 199143%
May 913°C7°C18°C 20083°C 199643%
May 1013°C7°C19°C 20082°C 199645%
May 1113°C7°C20°C 20083°C 202046%
May 1213°C8°C19°C 20013°C 199547%
May 1313°C8°C20°C 19983°C 199548%
May 1413°C8°C19°C 19924°C 201647%
May 1513°C8°C18°C 19985°C 199646%
May 1613°C8°C18°C 20023°C 199646%
May 1713°C8°C18°C 19984°C 199645%
May 1813°C8°C18°C 19983°C 199644%
May 1913°C8°C19°C 19923°C 199445%
May 2013°C8°C18°C 20205°C 199446%
May 2114°C9°C18°C 20107°C 199746%
May 2214°C9°C21°C 20106°C 199748%
May 2314°C9°C18°C 20015°C 199747%
May 2414°C9°C19°C 20124°C 199746%
May 2514°C9°C21°C 20174°C 201345%
May 2614°C9°C21°C 20175°C 199445%
May 2714°C9°C20°C 20184°C 199445%
May 2814°C9°C21°C 20185°C 199444%
May 2915°C9°C19°C 20097°C 201546%
May 3015°C10°C20°C 20036°C 200646%
May 3115°C10°C20°C 20186°C 200647%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 5:35 AM, sunset 8:43 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:47 AM, sunset 9:32 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.