Kemi Weather in May
Kemi in May
The short of it: Kemi in May averages a high of 11 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 18 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 42 mm · daylight 18 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Kemi an average May high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 42 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 11°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 59 min in mid-May, 229 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kemi runs about middling and about as wet in May. Lautiosaari, 7 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Kemi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LautiosaariLapland | 7 km N | 11° | 2° | 42 mm |
| KeminmaaLapland | 7 km N | 11° | 2° | 42 mm |
| HaparandaNorrbotten | 22 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 43 mm |
| TornioLapland | 23 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 43 mm |
| SimoLapland | 24 km ESE | 10° | 2° | 41 mm |
| MarielundNorrbotten | 25 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 42 mm |
| KuivaniemiNorth Ostrobothnia | 34 km ESE | 10° | 1° | 42 mm |
| TervolaLapland | 40 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 47 mm |