Sherburn in Elmet Weather in May
Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 5°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 12 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
- 16°C
- Average low
- 6°C
- Precipitation
- 53 mm
- Record high
- 27°CMay 19, 2020
- Record low
- -2°CMay 2, 2021
- Daylight
- 15 h 07 min to 16 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 17.3 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 | 5°C | 18°C 2025 | -1°C 2018 | 39% |
| May 2 | 14°C | 5°C | 19°C 2015 | -2°C 2021 | 39% |
| May 3 | 14°C | 5°C | 19°C 2018 | -1°C 2014 | 38% |
| May 4 | 14°C | 5°C | 23°C 2018 | 1°C 2019 | 38% |
| May 5 | 14°C | 5°C | 23°C 2018 | 0°C 2021 | 37% |
| May 6 | 14°C | 5°C | 26°C 2018 | 0°C 2021 | 37% |
| May 7 | 15°C | 5°C | 25°C 2018 | 0°C 2021 | 36% |
| May 8 | 15°C | 5°C | 22°C 2020 | 1°C 2021 | 36% |
| May 9 | 15°C | 5°C | 23°C 2024 | 2°C 2025 | 36% |
| May 10 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2025 | 1°C 2017 | 38% |
| May 11 | 15°C | 6°C | 24°C 2025 | 2°C 2017 | 39% |
| May 12 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2024 | 0°C 2020 | 40% |
| May 13 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2022 | 4°C 2019 | 41% |
| May 14 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2018 | -1°C 2020 | 41% |
| May 15 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2014 | 0°C 2016 | 41% |
| May 16 | 15°C | 6°C | 22°C 2022 | 1°C 2016 | 39% |
| May 17 | 16°C | 6°C | 24°C 2014 | 3°C 2018 | 39% |
| May 18 | 16°C | 6°C | 24°C 2014 | 2°C 2018 | 38% |
| May 19 | 16°C | 7°C | 27°C 2020 | 4°C 2018 | 38% |
| May 20 | 16°C | 7°C | 22°C 2018 | 3°C 2021 | 39% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 7°C | 20°C 2023 | 4°C 2019 | 40% |
| May 22 | 16°C | 7°C | 20°C 2023 | 5°C 2019 | 41% |
| May 23 | 16°C | 7°C | 21°C 2023 | 2°C 2025 | 42% |
| May 24 | 16°C | 7°C | 23°C 2020 | 3°C 2016 | 41% |
| May 25 | 17°C | 7°C | 21°C 2023 | 4°C 2013 | 41% |
| May 26 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2023 | 4°C 2013 | 41% |
| May 27 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2020 | 4°C 2013 | 42% |
| May 28 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2020 | 5°C 2022 | 41% |
| May 29 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2020 | 4°C 2023 | 41% |
| May 30 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2020 | 3°C 2023 | 42% |
| May 31 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 2018 | 5°C 2017 | 45% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 8:36 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:42 AM, sunset 9:24 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00156844, 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.