Puumala Weather in May
Puumala in May
The short of it: Puumala in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 17 h 30 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 15° · low 6° · rain 37 mm · daylight 17 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Puumala an average May high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 37 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 30 min in mid-May, 173 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Puumala runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Sulkava, 31 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Puumala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SulkavaSouth Savo | 31 km NNE | 15° | 5° | 39 mm |
| TaipalsaariSouth Karelia | 42 km S | 15° | 5° | 37 mm |
| RuokolahtiSouth Karelia | 44 km SE | 15° | 5° | 41 mm |
| SavitaipaleSouth Karelia | 44 km SW | 15° | 5° | 36 mm |
| SuomenniemiSouth Savo | 45 km WSW | 15° | 5° | 36 mm |
| JuvaSouth Savo | 45 km NNW | 15° | 4° | 39 mm |
| KorvenkyläSouth Karelia | 48 km SE | 15° | 5° | 40 mm |
| KivisalmiSouth Karelia | 49 km S | 15° | 5° | 36 mm |