Lowestoft climate

Lowestoft Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 11°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 8°C to 11°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, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lowestoft, in °C, with the record for each date.05101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
19°CMay 28, 2017
Reanalysis low
4°CMay 7, 1997
Daylight
14 h 57 min to 16 h 28 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
20.2 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 111°C8°C16°C 20055°C 201338%
May 211°C8°C15°C 19975°C 201337%
May 311°C8°C14°C 19955°C 201837%
May 411°C8°C15°C 19956°C 199636%
May 511°C8°C16°C 19954°C 199635%
May 612°C8°C17°C 19955°C 199634%
May 712°C8°C17°C 19954°C 199733%
May 812°C8°C15°C 20165°C 199732%
May 912°C9°C16°C 19986°C 199632%
May 1012°C9°C16°C 20086°C 199633%
May 1112°C9°C15°C 20155°C 201033%
May 1212°C9°C15°C 20066°C 201034%
May 1312°C9°C15°C 19986°C 201033%
May 1412°C9°C16°C 19925°C 199534%
May 1512°C9°C16°C 20006°C 199633%
May 1613°C9°C16°C 20005°C 199632%
May 1713°C9°C16°C 19975°C 199632%
May 1813°C9°C17°C 20046°C 199632%
May 1913°C10°C18°C 20207°C 199533%
May 2013°C10°C16°C 19917°C 201535%
May 2113°C10°C17°C 20207°C 199636%
May 2213°C10°C17°C 20077°C 201338%
May 2313°C10°C18°C 20106°C 201338%
May 2414°C10°C16°C 20076°C 201336%
May 2514°C10°C18°C 19927°C 201335%
May 2614°C10°C17°C 20058°C 201336%
May 2714°C10°C17°C 20057°C 199636%
May 2814°C11°C19°C 20177°C 199437%
May 2914°C11°C16°C 20117°C 199438%
May 3014°C11°C18°C 20017°C 199440%
May 3114°C11°C16°C 20198°C 199142%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 5:22 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:37 AM, sunset 9:05 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.