Alençon Weather in May
Alençon in May
The short of it: Alençon in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Alençon an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 53 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Alençon runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis, 3 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Alençon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-du-CorbéisNormandy | 3 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 52 mm |
| SéesNormandy | 20 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 52 mm |
| MamersPays de la Loire | 22 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 52 mm |
| Villaines-la-JuhelPays de la Loire | 29 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Mortagne-au-PercheNormandy | 35 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 53 mm |
| ArgentanNormandy | 35 km NNW | 18° | 9° | 52 mm |
| La Ferté-MacéNormandy | 37 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 58 mm |
| BonnétablePays de la Loire | 38 km SE | 19° | 9° | 52 mm |