Lens Weather in May
Lens in May
The short of it: Lens in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 27 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 18° · low 9° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Lens an average May high of 18°, a low of 9° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 27 min in mid-May, 103 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Lens runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Liévin, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lens, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 4 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 10 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 16 km SSW | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France | 17 km NW | 18° | 9° | 53 mm |
| DouaiHauts-de-France | 19 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| Bruay-la-BuissièreHauts-de-France | 20 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 53 mm |
| LoosHauts-de-France | 24 km NE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| LommeHauts-de-France | 26 km NNE | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |