Simo Weather in May
Simo in May
The short of it: Simo in May averages a high of 10 °C (51 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 18 h 57 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 10° · low 2° · rain 41 mm · daylight 18 h 57 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Simo an average May high of 10°, a low of 2° and some 41 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 10°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 57 min in mid-May, 227 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, Simo runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kuivaniemi, 12 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Simo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KuivaniemiNorth Ostrobothnia | 12 km SSE | 10° | 1° | 42 mm |
| KemiLapland | 24 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 42 mm |
| LautiosaariLapland | 26 km NW | 11° | 2° | 42 mm |
| KeminmaaLapland | 28 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 42 mm |
| IiNorth Ostrobothnia | 42 km SSE | 11° | 2° | 40 mm |
| HaparandaNorrbotten | 46 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 43 mm |
| TornioLapland | 46 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 43 mm |
| TervolaLapland | 48 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 47 mm |