Snow Weather in May
Snow in May
The short of it: Snow in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 65 mm · daylight 15 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Snow an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 65 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 50 min in mid-May, 116 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Snow runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Gorodeya, 14 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Snow, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 32 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GorodeyaMinsk | 14 km NE | 18° | 8° | 64 mm |
| RudavkaMinsk | 17 km E | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| NesvizhMinsk | 18 km E | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| LyakhovichiBrest | 22 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| KletskMinsk | 24 km SE | 18° | 8° | 61 mm |
| VishnyavyetsMinsk | 24 km NE | 18° | 8° | 63 mm |
| StolovichiBrest | 24 km W | 17° | 8° | 65 mm |
| MirGrodnenskaya | 26 km N | 18° | 8° | 65 mm |