Lapua Weather in May
Lapua in May
The short of it: Lapua in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 17 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 3° · rain 38 mm · daylight 17 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Lapua an average May high of 15°, a low of 3° and some 38 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 56 min in mid-May, 188 minutes more than a month before.
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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Lapua runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kauhava, 15 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Lapua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KauhavaSouth Ostrobothnia | 15 km NNE | 15° | 3° | 38 mm |
| SeinäjokiSouth Ostrobothnia | 21 km SSW | 15° | 3° | 39 mm |
| YlihärmäSouth Ostrobothnia | 23 km NNW | 14° | 3° | 40 mm |
| KuortaneSouth Ostrobothnia | 31 km SE | 15° | 3° | 39 mm |
| AlahärmäSouth Ostrobothnia | 32 km NNW | 14° | 3° | 39 mm |
| IsokyröSouth Ostrobothnia | 34 km W | 14° | 3° | 38 mm |
| IlmajokiSouth Ostrobothnia | 35 km SW | 15° | 3° | 39 mm |
| KortesjärviSouth Ostrobothnia | 38 km NNE | 13° | 3° | 42 mm |