Ranua Weather in May
Ranua in May
The short of it: Ranua in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 19 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 49 mm · daylight 19 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Ranua an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 49 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 4 min in mid-May, 232 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Ranua runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Pudasjärvi, 62 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ranua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PudasjärviNorth Ostrobothnia | 62 km SSE | 13° | 2° | 47 mm |
| Yli-IiNorth Ostrobothnia | 68 km SSW | 12° | 2° | 42 mm |
| KuivaniemiNorth Ostrobothnia | 72 km WSW | 10° | 1° | 42 mm |
| SimoLapland | 73 km WSW | 10° | 2° | 41 mm |
| RovaniemiLapland | 75 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 43 mm |
| SaarenkyläLapland | 75 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 43 mm |
| NivavaaraLapland | 75 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 43 mm |
| PosioLapland | 77 km ENE | 11° | 1° | 55 mm |