Pyhäntä Weather in May
Pyhäntä in May
The short of it: Pyhäntä in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 18 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 3° · rain 49 mm · daylight 18 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Pyhäntä an average May high of 13°, a low of 3° and some 49 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 13°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 19 min in mid-May, 203 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Pyhäntä runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Piippola, 19 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Pyhäntä, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PiippolaNorth Ostrobothnia | 19 km WNW | 14° | 3° | 48 mm |
| KestiläNorth Ostrobothnia | 28 km N | 13° | 3° | 49 mm |
| PulkkilaNorth Ostrobothnia | 29 km NW | 13° | 3° | 46 mm |
| KärsämäkiNorth Ostrobothnia | 31 km WSW | 14° | 3° | 48 mm |
| VuolijokiKainuu | 34 km ENE | 14° | 3° | 53 mm |
| HaapavesiNorth Ostrobothnia | 46 km W | 13° | 3° | 46 mm |
| PyhäjärviNorth Ostrobothnia | 49 km SSW | 14° | 3° | 49 mm |
| VieremäNorth Savo | 52 km SE | 14° | 4° | 50 mm |