Vuolijoki Weather in May
Vuolijoki in May
The short of it: Vuolijoki in May averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 18 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 3° · rain 53 mm · daylight 18 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Vuolijoki an average May high of 14°, a low of 3° and some 53 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 14°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 21 min in mid-May, 204 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Vuolijoki runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Pyhäntä, 34 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Vuolijoki, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyhäntäNorth Ostrobothnia | 34 km WSW | 13° | 3° | 49 mm |
| KajaaniKainuu | 36 km E | 13° | 3° | 53 mm |
| KestiläNorth Ostrobothnia | 39 km WNW | 13° | 3° | 49 mm |
| VaalaKainuu | 43 km N | 13° | 3° | 51 mm |
| PaltamoKainuu | 48 km ENE | 13° | 3° | 56 mm |
| VieremäNorth Savo | 48 km S | 14° | 4° | 50 mm |
| PiippolaNorth Ostrobothnia | 50 km W | 14° | 3° | 48 mm |
| PulkkilaNorth Ostrobothnia | 55 km W | 13° | 3° | 46 mm |