Ahlen Weather in May
Ahlen in May
The short of it: Ahlen in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ahlen an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Ahlen runs about middling and about as wet in May. Hamm, 10 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Ahlen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HammNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| BergkamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km SW | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km NW | 20° | 8° | 56 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| Rheda-WiedenbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 57 mm |
| LippstadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |